In an earlier incident, Siddaramaiah had lost his cool while taking to a woman in Mysuru in January. That time too, a video of the incident had gone viral. read more

“A prostitute who can’t dance says the floor isn’t right to dance,” the Congress leader had reportedly said when a reporter asked his reaction to JDS workers blaming him for the collapse of the alliance government. read more

The Congress high command is yet to take a call on the vacant Leader of the Opposition post in the Assembly, and the party’s Karnataka unit president Dinesh Gundu Rao’s tenure is set to end in a year. read more

On Tuesday, N Manjunath Prasad, the outgoing commissioner of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, said there were no funds to run the scheme as neither the state government nor the civic body had allocated funds for it. read more

Former Karnataka chief minister and Congress legislature party leader Siddaramaiah traded barbs with JD (S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda and hinted that he may not be keen on the allaince between teh two parties anymore. read more

The animosity between the two had appeared to have been dealt with while the two parties were in power, although there were signs of simmering anger on both sides. This came out into the open as Deve Gowda turned up the pressure over the past two days,... read more

Siddaramaiah sought to know whether the Governor, who sent “letter after letter” to the previous government to prove majority, was not aware of the “plight of the people” under a one-man cabinet in the state where different regions were reeling from... read more

The allegation by rebel MLA Shivaram Hebbar came after weeks of speculation that sections of the two former coalition partners were unhappy with Siddaramaiah’s role in quelling the rebellion that ultimately toppled the 14-month government. read more

During the resumed debate on motion of confidence moved by chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, Yeddyurappa told Siddaramaiah, the Congress Legislature Party leader, that the whip he has issued against the rebel MLAs has no value. read more

Karnataka Floor Test Live: As members debate in the Vidhana Soudha, Speaker KR Ramesh has told Congress-JD(S) government that the trust vote be completed today. Follow live updates here read more

Karnataka Crisis Assembly Trust Vote Highlights: The Karnataka assembly began debate on the trust vote on Thursday. The Congress-JD(S) alliance is on the edge after 16 coalition MLAs resigned in the last two weeks. read more

Karnataka Political Crisis Highlights: The strength of the assembly would be reduced to 209 if the 16 resignations are accepted with a halfway mark of 105. read more

The discussion on the vote of confidence will begin at 11 am on Thursday,” Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah announced. read more

Karnataka crisis: Sixteen MLAs belonging to Karnataka’s ruling Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition have submitted resignations from the assembly over the past week, plunging the 15-month-old government into a crisis and bringing it to the brink of... read more

Karnataka political crisis: Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar said he would need to be convinced that the resignations sent by Congress and JDS legislators were “voluntary and genuine”. read more