Karntaka Mlas

With the Congress leadership in Karnataka claiming that some legislators and leaders from the ruling BJP are in touch with them, an MLA of the ruling party on Tuesday claimed that at least 16 legislators from the rival party are in contact with him a

Karnataka politics, rarely short of drama, is seeing the latest chapter of back and forth between the three main parties in the state, the ruling Janata Dal (Secular), the Congress and the BJP.

The BJP's KG Bopaiah will be temporary speaker tomorrow when his party's BS Yeddyurappa, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, will take a trust vote on the Supreme Court's orders. This is one more decision by Governor Vajubhai Valla that the Congress is set to challenge in court.

Karnataka has recorded 65 per cent voter turnout as polls closed at 6 PM. There are nearly 3000 candidates in the fray for the 225-strong Assembly; 224 MLAs are elected and one is nominated.

Women in Mangalore have decided to put newly-elected legislators on probation. If the MLAs don't measure up, women activists say, they will attempt to fire them.

With the Congress leadership in Karnataka claiming that some legislators and leaders from the ruling BJP are in touch with them, an MLA of the ruling party on Tuesday claimed that at least 16 legislators from the rival party are in contact with him a

Karnataka politics, rarely short of drama, is seeing the latest chapter of back and forth between the three main parties in the state, the ruling Janata Dal (Secular), the Congress and the BJP.

The BJP's KG Bopaiah will be temporary speaker tomorrow when his party's BS Yeddyurappa, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, will take a trust vote on the Supreme Court's orders. This is one more decision by Governor Vajubhai Valla that the Congress is set to challenge in court.

Karnataka has recorded 65 per cent voter turnout as polls closed at 6 PM. There are nearly 3000 candidates in the fray for the 225-strong Assembly; 224 MLAs are elected and one is nominated.

Women in Mangalore have decided to put newly-elected legislators on probation. If the MLAs don't measure up, women activists say, they will attempt to fire them.