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Kumaraswamy to take oath as Karnataka CM on Wednesday, sends invite to Rahul Gandhi, Mamata

Andhra Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati and other politicians have been invited for the swearing-in ceremony of HD Kumaraswamy as the next chief minister of Karnataka. The event will be held on Wednesday.

May 20, 2018

SC order vindicates Congress' stand: Rahul Gandhi

The Supreme Court has ordered a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly at 4 pm on Saturday. The apex court decision came a day after BS Yeddyurappa was sworn in as the Karnataka Chief Minister.

May 18, 2018

Advantage Congress-JD(S) alliance, BJP to face floor test at 4 pm Saturday

The Supreme Court questioned Governor Vajubhai Vala's decision to let the BJP form the government in Karnataka despite the party not having the majority. Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri also added that "floor test seems to be the best option."

May 18, 2018

Rahul Gandhi compares India's situation to Pakistan's dictatorship, gets slammed by BJP

While criticizing the current political scenario in Karnataka, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that "the Constitution is under severe attack in the country".

May 18, 2018

Karnataka Election Results: Congress and BJP stake claim, all eyes on governor

Karnataka Election Results 2018: While Congress has said that it would form an unconditional alliance with the JD(S) in Karnataka, even nominating HD Kumaraswamy as the chief minister, the BJP has requested an eight-day time to prove majority. The drama over who will form the government in Karnataka seems far from over.

May 16, 2018

K’taka polls: BS Yeddyurappa offers prayer ahead of election results

Bharatiya Janata Partys chief ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa offered prayers on result day for Karnataka assembly elections on Tuesday morning.

May 15, 2018

BJP likely to form government in Karnataka, Twitter reacts to election results

The BJP is still ahead of the Congress in 104 of the 222 seats in the state, but the earlier celebrations have been toned down as a sense of doubt looms. Earlier, the party had said that it was confident of receiving the required numbers and would not need the JD(S) to form the government, but it may have spoken a bit too soon.

May 15, 2018

Karnataka assembly elections results: Top 8 contenders for CM post

With most of the opinion polls predicting a fractured verdict, Karnataka elections 2018 is no longer a three-pronged battle between Siddaramaih (Congress), BS Yeddyurappa (BJP) and HD Kumaraswamy (JDS). Here are five others in race to become the next CM.

May 14, 2018

Karnataka Assembly elections results: 'Congress-JD(S) combine will strive for a better future'

Congress has made an unconditional offer to JD(S) and offered the chief minister's post to HD Kumaraswamy. As BJP emerged as the largest party in the elections, Karnataka governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala has also given it a week's time to form the government.

May 14, 2018

BS Yeddyurappa announces swearing-in ceremony date; Siddaramaiah calls him mentally disturbed [Photos+Video]

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has called BJP's chief ministerial BS Yeddyurappa mentally disturbed after the latter announced the date of swearing-in ceremony on the day of voting for the assembly election.

May 12, 2018

BS Yeddyurappa blasts Siddaramaiah over his claim of making Karnataka the top state

The former chief minister launched a Twitter attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for allegedly claiming that his government was responsible for making Karnataka the No 1 state in the country.

May 11, 2018

Karnataka Assembly elections 2018: 5 reasons why BJP may form government

Karnataka Assembly elections 2018: Anti-Incumbency, the return of BS Yeddyurappa and Sriramulu, Narendra Modi wave, Amit Shah's micromanagement, and caste-based strategies are among a few reasons why BJP may come to power in the southern state.

May 10, 2018

Is there a secret understanding between BJP and Janata Dal in Karnataka?

It's baffling that the utterances that validated the pre-poll alliance chatter came from none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself.

May 2, 2018

Meet Krishna Byre Gowda, Karnataka's Agriculture Minister, who feels for farmers & knows his millets [VIDEO]

With rising farmer distress and agitations in the country over the lack of implementation of MSP, the minister said that the Karnataka government is aggressively intervening in the state's agricultural markets with the help of the government of India.

Dec 15, 2017

Protests, violence mark Tipu Jayanti; over 100 BJP workers detained at Hubli, bandh in Kodagu

Ant-Tipu Jayanti protesters pelted stones at a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus in Madikere on Friday.

Nov 10, 2017

Karnataka: SUV used by BS Yeddyurappa's son mows down pedestrian, driver held

The incident took place at 8.35 pm when the victim was getting off an auto-rickshaw. Raghavendra was travelling from Davangere to Shivamogga.

Sep 1, 2017

Karnataka: Congress on back foot as official alleges pressure behind FIRs against Yeddyurappa

A KAS officer has said in a letter that political pressure from the Congress was behind the two new FIRs lodged against BS Yeddurappa. Read to know how this affects the Congress and the BJP in Karnataka.

Aug 20, 2017

Karnataka: Modi eyeing caste equations in Cabinet rejig to neutralise Siddaramaiah?

Last year, the Modi government had inducted a number of faces from UP keeping in mind the Assembly elections earlier this year. It is now doing the same for poll-bound Karnataka to win the prestige battle against Siddaramaiah?

Aug 18, 2017

Siddaramaiah's sub-nationalism: As an exception, Congress is giving BJP tough times in Karnataka; is Rahul noting?

When the grand old party is being blown away by the BJP in almost all corners of the country, Karnataka is one state where it has kept the BJP at bay, thanks to CM Siddaramaiah's innovative politics.

Aug 1, 2017

BS Yeddyurappa says Karnataka will burn if Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat is arrested

BS Yeddyurappa has said that Karnataka will burn if Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat is arrested.

Jul 14, 2017