Ramesh Kumar previously served as the speaker of the assembly between 1994 and 1999. read more

Two coaches of Andhra Pradesh AC Superfast Express going from Hazrat Nizamuddin station in New Delhi to Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh caught fire near Birlanagar station in Gwalior on Monday. There were no reports of any casualty.

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The Congress-JD(S) alliance stood firm to snatch an unlikely victory but, in defeat, the BJP could reap caste dividends. read more

BJP’s Yeddyurappa said in the Karnataka assembly ahead of the trust vote that “till the last breath of my life, I will work for the people”. read more

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to prove his majority in a floor in the Karnataka assembly on Saturday at 4pm. 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

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad (C) and former chief minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah (R) march back to Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office after the ‘Raj Bhawan Chalo’ march in Bengaluru as part of the Congress called ‘Save Democracy Day’ across the country.

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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

Siddaramaiah’s attitude towards others (hinting at Vokkaligas and Lingayats) made them turn against the party read more

The Congress protested the swearing in of BS Yeddyurappa as the new CM of Karnataka. Congress leaders held protest at Vidhan Soudha after the swearing-in ceremony. Former CM Siddaramaiah said, “We will go to the people and we will tell them how BJP is going against the Constitution”. All may not be over for Congress as yet, as the SC will continue hearing the party’s petition on May 18. Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani has also moved SC in his personal capacity against Karnataka governor’s decision to invite BJP to form government (Kavyasri Srinath)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

Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa slammed the Congress-JDS alliance as “unholy” and charged they were out to grab power though the people had “rejected them outright”. read more

Bharatiya Janata Party leader BS Yeddyurappa took oath as Karnataka’s chief minister on May 17 after the Supreme Court paved the way for his swearing-in in a rare overnight hearing. After the results of the May 12 assembly elections threw up a hung assembly, both the BJP and the Congress-JD(S) combine had separately met the governor Vajubhai Vala and staked claim to form the next government. The governor, on Wednesday night, invited Yeddyurappa as leader of the single largest party, a move that was decried by the Congress which immediately approached the apex court to stall the oath taking ceremony. After a nearly three-and-a-half hour hearing, a three-judge bench refused to stay Yeddyurappa’s swearing-in. The court, however, said the swearing-in was subject to the final outcome of the matter before it and posted the case for further hearing at 10.30 a.m. on May 18. (Hindustan Times)read more

Abhishek Manu Singhvi arrives at Supreme Court for the hearing of a Congress and JD(S) petition challenging the Karnataka Governor’s decision. “The BJP has only 104 MLAs, the Governor invited Yeddyurappa to form government in an unconstitutional manner,” senior counsel Singhvi, who appeared for the Congress, told the three-member bench of Justices A.K. Sikri, S.A. Bobde and Ashok Bhushan, during a midnight hearing.

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Rahul Gandhi’s tweet came after Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala invited BJP’s BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday night to form the government in the state. read more