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BJP takes early lead in Karnataka Assembly bypolls

Karnataka crisis: BJP wants trust vote on Monday

7:18 pm July 13, 2019

Bengaluru: The BJP will press Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to seek trust vote in the Assembly on Monday, state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa said Saturday. The former chief minister asserted that the Congress-JD(S)coalition government has lost majority and its collapse was imminent. In a surprise move amid the existential crisis faced by […]

Mueller testimony on Russia meddling investigation postponed

1:39 pm July 13, 2019

Washington: Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s appearance in Congress next week to testify on the Russia election meddling investigation and allegations of obstruction by President Donald Trump has been postponed, the House Judiciary Committee announced Friday. Mueller was originally scheduled to appear before the committee on July 17. Committee chairmen Jerry Nadler and Adam Schiff released […]

MLAs protest exclusion of Odisha spots from Iconic Sites

7:12 pm July 12, 2019

Bhubaneswar: The non-inclusion of tourist spots of Odisha in the list of 17 Iconic Sites across the country to be developed by the Centre came up for discussion in the state Assembly on Thursday. While ruling BJD and opposition Congress members protested against the absence of Odisha sites in the list as “iconic neglect” towards […]

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Two more K’taka MLAs join dissidents at Mumbai hotel

1:39 pm July 11, 2019

Mumbai: Two more rebel MLAs from Karnataka joined their dissident colleagues, who are staying at a hotel in Mumbai, on Thursday, a source said. With this, the number of rebel legislators from the southern state put up at the Renaissance Hotel in Powai here went up to 14, including nine of the Congress, he added. […]

Suspended Cong MLA Roshan Baig resigns

2:40 pm July 9, 2019

Bengaluru: The Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka Wednesday suffered another blow following the resignation of Shivajinagar Congress MLA R Roshan Baig. “Today I have submitted my resignation from the Karnataka Assembly to the Speaker,” Baig told reporters at Vidhana Soudha after coming out of the office of Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar. The suspended Congress […]