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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...

After NDTV's report on widespread pollution by graphite plant in Bengaluru's bustling Whitefield, the Supreme Court has decided to take up the caseandissued a notice to Graphite India Limited. The concerns of the residents of Whitefield were brought to the court's notice by an expert panel today.

Mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, who is out on bail, cannot campaign in Karnataka's Ballari for the May 12 election, the Supreme Court said today.

After Karnataka was asked by the Supreme Court to explain its repeated defiance of orders, it released some water from the River Cauvery to neighbouring Tamil Nadu late on Monday night. The court will hear the case today.

Karnataka has said that it cannot release any more water from the River Cauvery to neighbouring Tamil Nadu till December, providing the latest installment in a war that involves the Supreme Court.

Over-ruling Karnataka's objections, the Supreme Court today asked the state to release another 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water a day to Tamil Nadu for a week starting tomorrow. The state has called the order "wrong", contending it does not have enough water to drink. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said implementing the order will be "difficult...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was sent to the Bangalore Central Jail on Saturday evening after a court found her guilty of corruption. She has been sentenced to four years in prison and has been fined Rs 100 crore.

BS Yeddyurappa is staring at another political crisis in the state.The Supreme Court has delivered a verdict today that grants new legitimacy to those within the BJP who have been demanding that a new Chief Minister be appointed to replace Mr Yeddyurappa.In October last year, Mr Yeddyurappa had to prove his government had not been reduced to a mino...

The somewhat-fragile BJP government in Karnataka has been dealt another blow: an expert committee has ruled that cabinet ministers, the Reddy brothers, have been running an illegal mining empire across the border in Andhra Pradesh, and that their mining licenses should be cancelled.The report of the Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC), set up b...

The battle over Belgaum, a long bone of contention between Maharashtra and Karnataka, has heated up once again.

Karnataka's Reddy brothers, the mining barons who are ministers in the BJP government in the state, have received welcome news from the Supreme Court.After a five-month ban, their Obalapuram company, which owns three mines along the Karnataka-Andhra Border, has been told it can get back to work, but not within 150 metres of the Karnataka border.Jan...

The Supreme Court collegium shifts Justice Dinakaran to the Sikkim High Court after he refuses to go on leave.

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...

After NDTV's report on widespread pollution by graphite plant in Bengaluru's bustling Whitefield, the Supreme Court has decided to take up the caseandissued a notice to Graphite India Limited. The concerns of the residents of Whitefield were brought to the court's notice by an expert panel today.

Mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, who is out on bail, cannot campaign in Karnataka's Ballari for the May 12 election, the Supreme Court said today.

After Karnataka was asked by the Supreme Court to explain its repeated defiance of orders, it released some water from the River Cauvery to neighbouring Tamil Nadu late on Monday night. The court will hear the case today.

Karnataka has said that it cannot release any more water from the River Cauvery to neighbouring Tamil Nadu till December, providing the latest installment in a war that involves the Supreme Court.

Over-ruling Karnataka's objections, the Supreme Court today asked the state to release another 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water a day to Tamil Nadu for a week starting tomorrow. The state has called the order "wrong", contending it does not have enough water to drink. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said implementing the order will be "difficult...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was sent to the Bangalore Central Jail on Saturday evening after a court found her guilty of corruption. She has been sentenced to four years in prison and has been fined Rs 100 crore.

BS Yeddyurappa is staring at another political crisis in the state.The Supreme Court has delivered a verdict today that grants new legitimacy to those within the BJP who have been demanding that a new Chief Minister be appointed to replace Mr Yeddyurappa.In October last year, Mr Yeddyurappa had to prove his government had not been reduced to a mino...

The somewhat-fragile BJP government in Karnataka has been dealt another blow: an expert committee has ruled that cabinet ministers, the Reddy brothers, have been running an illegal mining empire across the border in Andhra Pradesh, and that their mining licenses should be cancelled.The report of the Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC), set up b...

The battle over Belgaum, a long bone of contention between Maharashtra and Karnataka, has heated up once again.

Karnataka's Reddy brothers, the mining barons who are ministers in the BJP government in the state, have received welcome news from the Supreme Court.After a five-month ban, their Obalapuram company, which owns three mines along the Karnataka-Andhra Border, has been told it can get back to work, but not within 150 metres of the Karnataka border.Jan...

The Supreme Court collegium shifts Justice Dinakaran to the Sikkim High Court after he refuses to go on leave.