B S Yediyurappa’s announcement comes amid signs that the scandal is gaining political steam ever since disqualified JDS MLA A H Vishwanath last week dropped the political bomb, accusing the H D Kumarswamy government of tapping phones. read more

The new BJP government is scheduled to face the vote of confidence in the House on Monday, for which the session is being convened.In a significant move, Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Sunday disqualified with immediate effect 14 rebel MLAs. read more

Fourteen months after it was formed, the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) government tumbled on Tuesday after it lost a trust vote in the assembly 99-105. The collapse was brought about by the resignation of 15 legislators roughly two weeks ago. Here are... read more

Karnataka political crisis: The fate of Karnataka’s beleaguered coalition government hung in the balance on Monday night as the debate on a trust vote in the assembly entered its third working day and the speaker summoned rebel lawmakers. read more

Karnataka crisis: Speaker Ramesh Kumar said he was hurt by claims that he was delaying taking a decision on the resignations, and put the blame on the MLAs for turning up at his office without an appointment at 2 pm-- half an hour after he had left--... read more

Gowda didn’t respond to questions about the presence of BJP’s BY Vijayendra at the airport which had fuelled speculation that he might be around to shepherd Srinivasa Gowda out of Karnataka. read more

Shivakumar, who in a bid to pacify dissidents reached Mumbai this morning, was served tea, coffee and doughnuts by the hotel staff on regular intervals. Those accompanying him, media and police personnel were also offered food. read more

Karnataka Government Crisis: All ministers have sent their resignations to make space in the HD Kumaraswamy cabinet to accomodate rebel MLAs. read more

Talking to reporters after meeting Governor Vajubhai Vala, JD(S) MLA H Vishwanath said 14 MLAs have jointly tendered their resignations to the Speaker and requested him to accept them. read more

HD Deve Gowda’s comments on Thursday came as he inducted new leaders, HK Kumaraswamy and Nikhil Kumaraswamy to the party’s top team. read more

Kumaraswamy, who is holidaying in the United States, blamed the BJP for the exit of lawmakers from his alliance partner, Congress’s party, but underscored that the BJP’s effort to get lawmakers to cross sides and pull down his government would remain... read more

Former PM Deve Gowda said he was misunderstood by the media which assumed his mid-term poll comment was about the HD Kumaraswamy government. He insisted that he was talking about the local body elections. read more

The Sri Lankan authorities have arrested 24 people from the minority Muslim community in connection with the multiple blasts that rocked the island nation on Sunday. read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the ruling Congress and JDS in Karnataka differ on every issue but were united on backing dynasty and corruption and speaking ill about nationalism and him. read more

Sources in the I-T department said the searches were conducted by four teams, each comprising 15 officials at the offices, residences and factory premises of people allegedly associated with the JD(S) leadership. read more