Women power, powers Chandrayaan-2
Chennai, July 13 (IANS) A good measure of women’s power is powering India’s Rs 978 crore second moon mission, the Chandrayaan-2, with the Project Director and the Mission Director also being women. “Nearly 30 per…
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Karnataka crisis: SC to hear rebel MLAs plea on Tuesday
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday ordered status quo on the July 10 plea by Karnataka’s rebel Congress and JD-S MLAs alleging that Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh was delaying acceptance of…
Karnataka drama: Speaker in no hurry to accept rebel MLAs’ resignations
Bengaluru, July 12 (IANS) The political crisis in Karnataka entered a new phase on Thursday, with Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar showing no mood to take an early decision on the resignation of 16 MLAs of…
Karnataka drama: Speaker in no hurry to accept resignations on session’s eve
Bengaluru, July 11 (IANS) The political crisis in Karnataka entered a new phase on Thursday, with Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar showing no mood to take an early decision on the resignation of 16 MLAs of…
Kumaraswamy rejects BJP’s demand for his resignation
Bengaluru, July 11 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday rejected the opposition BJP’s demand for him to quit as his coalition government has been reduced to ‘minority’ after 16 legislators of the ruling…
SC asks Karnataka Speaker to decide on rebel MLAs today
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court asked the rebel Congress MLAs of Karnataka to meet Assembly Speaker at 6 p.m. on Thursday regarding their resignations and said Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar should take…
Karnataka BJP hopes Governor will ask CM to take floor test
Bengaluru, July 11 (IANS) A restive BJP is hoping Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala would direct Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to take the floor test in the Assembly on Friday to prove if he has majority…
Karnataka drama ends; Shivakumar to be deported to Bengaluru tonight
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Signalling an end to a day full of high political drama in Mumbai, Karnataka Congress leader and Minister D.K. Shivakumar expressed hope that “all the rebel Congress-Janata Dal (S) MLAs would…
Kumaraswamy flays manhandling of Karnataka ministers, MLA in Mumbai
Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday condemned the manhandling of two state cabinet ministers and a legislator of the ruling dispensation by the police in Mumbai. “Manhandling ministers and MLAs…
Karnataka slug fest peaks; rebels move SC, 2 more Congress MLAs quit
New Delhi/Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) Karnataka’s political slug fest intensified on Wednesday, with the rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs approaching the Supreme Court against the Assembly Speaker’s decision not to accept their resignations and the…
Action against Shivakumar after complaints: Government
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said police had stopped Karnataka Minister D.K. Shivakumar from entering a hotel in Mumbai after rebel Congress MLAs complained that they faced threats…
Congress leader Azad woos Karnataka MLA Reddy to withdraw resignation
Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and the party’s trouble-shooter Ghulam Nabi Azad is wooing rebel Karnataka legislator R. Ramalinga Reddy to withdraw his resignation and save their coalition government with the Janata Dal-Secular…