The budget was already under strain even before BJP lost Karnataka. The fiscal target was breached in the 2018 financial year, while the goal for this year was widened to 3.3 percent of gross domestic product. read more

Describing the Congress-JD(S) alliance as “unholy”, BJP president Amit Shah said the H D Deve Gowda’s party fought the election on an anti-Congress plank and benefited from people’s mood against the incumbent party in Karnataka. read more

Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha in its plea has sought quashing of the Karnataka Governor’s communication inviting Kumaraswamy to form government. read more

Siddaramaiah claimed that all 78 Congress legislators and two Independent MLAs were with them, but alleged that MLA Anand Singh had been “abducted” by the BJP and was in Delhi. read more

The civil aviation ministry said it sought a report on the charge that permissions were denied to chartered flights booked to ferry JD(S) legislators from Bengaluru to Kochi. read more

In a bid to prevent horse trading, the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) has been moving its newly elected Karnataka MLAs from resorts and hotels in Bengaluru to undisclosed locations outside the state. read more

Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, went into a huddle on Wednesday and decided to file the petition against the Karnataka Governor for inviting BJP’s Yeddyurappa to form the government. read more

The Karnataka assembly will hold a special session on Saturday for a Supreme Court mandated floor test for the BJP government led by BS Yeddyurappa. Here are the live updates: read more

Could Karnataka work for anti-BJP forces the way UP worked for the saffron clan? The similarities are hard to miss: a hung house, arch-rivals burying the hatchet, a contested gubernatorial decision, and the matter taken to court amid allegations of ... read more

The Congress’ decision to move the Supreme Court on Wednesday night, challenging the Karnataka governor’s invitation to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form the next state government, is part of the new aggression. read more

The Supreme Court will on Friday hear Congress petition challenging governor’s decision to invite BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa to form government in Karnataka. read more

Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the Constitution is under “severe attack” and there is an atmosphere of fear in the country. “The BJP’s irrational insistence that it will form a govt. in Karnataka, even though it clearly doesn’t have the numbers, is to make a mockery of our Constitution. This morning, while the BJP celebrates its hollow victory, India will mourn the defeat of democracy,” said Gandhi on Twitter.

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The Congress also attacked Karnataka Governor, accusing him of encountering Constitution twice, first by inviting the BJP to form government on Wednesday and allowing Yeddyurappa to take oath on Thursday while a matter in this connection is set to be... read more

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi opposed in the Supreme Court the Congress-JD(S) plea challenging Karnataka governor’s decision to invite BJP to form government. read more

The BJP manifesto for the Karnataka assembly election promised to waive off all farmers’ loans up to Rs 1 lakh from nationalised and cooperative banks if the party formed a government. read more