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Directly inviting 17 MLAs who toppled JDS-Congress coalition government, to rejoin the Congress, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President DK Shivakumar asserted that cheating and changing political party is a "common phenomenon in politi

Supreme Court Karnataka MLA Case: The Supreme Court today confirmed the disqualification of 17 Karnataka MLAs whose revolt triggered the collapse of the Janata Dal Secular-Congress government and the subsequent takeover by the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP. But the court has cancelled the Speaker's decision to bar the rebel MLAs from contesting polls till...

A decision on 17 Karnataka MLAs whose revolt triggered the collapse of the Janata Dal Secular-Congress government and the takeover by the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP is expected in the Supreme Court today. The court will decide whether the then Speaker's decision to disqualify the rebels and bar them from contesting elections during the term of the curr...

In Karnataka, where resignations of 17 rebel MLAs led to the collapse of the HD Kumaraswamy government in July, by-elections will be held in 15 assembly seats on October 21, the Election Commission said today.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi hit out at the BJP on Tuesday after the fall of 14-month-old JDS-Congress government in Karnataka and said the rival party will discover one day that "everything cannot be bought".

The 14-month-old JDS-Congress coalition in Karnataka lost the trust vote on Tuesday weeks after its 16 legislators and two independent lawmakers withdrew their support.

After days of turmoil, the Congress-JDS government in Karnataka celebrated a small victory with a rebel lawmaker announcing that he was withdrawing his resignation.

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, back in India after a private visit to the US, launched straight into damage control measures, with a meeting of top leaders of the ruling Congress-Janata Dal Secular (JDS) alliance. Sources close to him said at least some of the rebel lawmakers of the ruling coalition, who resigned over the last week, bring...

Amid speculation that a Cabinet rejig may defuse the crisis within the ruling Congress-JDS combine in Karnataka, coalition coordination committee chief Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday the vacant ministerial berths will be filled first.

Karnataka JDS chief H Vishwanath today resigned from his post, owning the moral responsibility for the party's poor performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections where it one just one of the seven seats it contested.

Amid speculation that JDS-Congress coalition may collapse following its drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, Karnataka BJP Chief BS Yeddyurappa Sunday said his party favoured fresh assembly elections in such an event, ruling out partnering with the regional party to form a new government.

Fed up with the differences in the ruling Congress-JDS coalition and the "Siddaramaiah for CM again'' clamour, senior JDS leader Basavaraj Horatti on Saturday suggested that the assembly be dissolved.

Will the Congress-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka pull of a win this time as well? The infighting between the parties has been a talking point in the recent past. Will this help the BJP to win the crucial state or is the Modi factor enough to bag votes?

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday accused the BJP of making a fresh bid to topple the JDS-Congress coalition government in the state, asserting that it would not succeed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on the Janata Dal Secular-Congress coalition government in Karnataka, alleging it was interested only in "development-free corruption".

Directly inviting 17 MLAs who toppled JDS-Congress coalition government, to rejoin the Congress, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President DK Shivakumar asserted that cheating and changing political party is a "common phenomenon in politi

Supreme Court Karnataka MLA Case: The Supreme Court today confirmed the disqualification of 17 Karnataka MLAs whose revolt triggered the collapse of the Janata Dal Secular-Congress government and the subsequent takeover by the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP. But the court has cancelled the Speaker's decision to bar the rebel MLAs from contesting polls till...

A decision on 17 Karnataka MLAs whose revolt triggered the collapse of the Janata Dal Secular-Congress government and the takeover by the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP is expected in the Supreme Court today. The court will decide whether the then Speaker's decision to disqualify the rebels and bar them from contesting elections during the term of the curr...

In Karnataka, where resignations of 17 rebel MLAs led to the collapse of the HD Kumaraswamy government in July, by-elections will be held in 15 assembly seats on October 21, the Election Commission said today.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi hit out at the BJP on Tuesday after the fall of 14-month-old JDS-Congress government in Karnataka and said the rival party will discover one day that "everything cannot be bought".

The 14-month-old JDS-Congress coalition in Karnataka lost the trust vote on Tuesday weeks after its 16 legislators and two independent lawmakers withdrew their support.

After days of turmoil, the Congress-JDS government in Karnataka celebrated a small victory with a rebel lawmaker announcing that he was withdrawing his resignation.

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, back in India after a private visit to the US, launched straight into damage control measures, with a meeting of top leaders of the ruling Congress-Janata Dal Secular (JDS) alliance. Sources close to him said at least some of the rebel lawmakers of the ruling coalition, who resigned over the last week, bring...

Amid speculation that a Cabinet rejig may defuse the crisis within the ruling Congress-JDS combine in Karnataka, coalition coordination committee chief Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday the vacant ministerial berths will be filled first.

Karnataka JDS chief H Vishwanath today resigned from his post, owning the moral responsibility for the party's poor performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections where it one just one of the seven seats it contested.

Amid speculation that JDS-Congress coalition may collapse following its drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, Karnataka BJP Chief BS Yeddyurappa Sunday said his party favoured fresh assembly elections in such an event, ruling out partnering with the regional party to form a new government.

Fed up with the differences in the ruling Congress-JDS coalition and the "Siddaramaiah for CM again'' clamour, senior JDS leader Basavaraj Horatti on Saturday suggested that the assembly be dissolved.

Will the Congress-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka pull of a win this time as well? The infighting between the parties has been a talking point in the recent past. Will this help the BJP to win the crucial state or is the Modi factor enough to bag votes?

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday accused the BJP of making a fresh bid to topple the JDS-Congress coalition government in the state, asserting that it would not succeed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on the Janata Dal Secular-Congress coalition government in Karnataka, alleging it was interested only in "development-free corruption".