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17 Karnataka MLAs Stay Disqualified, But Can Contest Polls: Supreme Court
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...
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Supreme Court Upholds Disqualification Of 17 Karnataka MLAs: 10 Points
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...
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Supreme Court Takes Note Of Bengaluru's Fight Against Graphite Plant
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.
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Janardhana Reddy Can't Campaign In Ballari For Karnataka Polls: Supreme Court
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.
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After Supreme Court Anger, Karnataka Shares Some Cauvery Water: 10 Facts
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.
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Can't Share Cauvery Water Till December, Says Karnataka: 10 Points
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.
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Difficult To Implement Court Order On Cauvery, We Have No Water: Siddaramaiah
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...
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Jayalalithaa Gets Four Years in Jail for Corruption, Fined 100 Crores
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.
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Major jolt for Yeddyurappa from Supreme Court
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...
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Reddys slammed for illegal mining in Andhra
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...
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Whose Belgaum is it? The battle heats up
The battle over Belgaum, a long bone of contention between Maharashtra and Karnataka, has heated up once again.
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Blogger judge pulled up by Supreme Court over Dinakaran
It's an open battle in a circle that's usually guarded - that of judges. For months, Justice D V Shylendra Kumar of the Karnataka High Court has been skirmishing with his controversial boss - Chief Justice PD Dinakaran. The conflict is now being heard by the Supreme Court. In regularly-updated blogs, Kumar has been critical of Dinakaran, who stands...
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Relief for Reddy brothers and their mines in Supreme Court
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...
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Justice Dinakaran's transfer to Sikkim causes anger
The Supreme Court collegium shifts Justice Dinakaran to the Sikkim High Court after he refuses to go on leave.
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17 Karnataka MLAs Stay Disqualified, But Can Contest Polls: Supreme Court
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...
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Supreme Court Upholds Disqualification Of 17 Karnataka MLAs: 10 Points
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...
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Supreme Court Takes Note Of Bengaluru's Fight Against Graphite Plant
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.
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Janardhana Reddy Can't Campaign In Ballari For Karnataka Polls: Supreme Court
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.
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After Supreme Court Anger, Karnataka Shares Some Cauvery Water: 10 Facts
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.
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Can't Share Cauvery Water Till December, Says Karnataka: 10 Points
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.
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Difficult To Implement Court Order On Cauvery, We Have No Water: Siddaramaiah
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...
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Jayalalithaa Gets Four Years in Jail for Corruption, Fined 100 Crores
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.
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Major jolt for Yeddyurappa from Supreme Court
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...
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Reddys slammed for illegal mining in Andhra
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...
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Whose Belgaum is it? The battle heats up
The battle over Belgaum, a long bone of contention between Maharashtra and Karnataka, has heated up once again.
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Blogger judge pulled up by Supreme Court over Dinakaran
It's an open battle in a circle that's usually guarded - that of judges. For months, Justice D V Shylendra Kumar of the Karnataka High Court has been skirmishing with his controversial boss - Chief Justice PD Dinakaran. The conflict is now being heard by the Supreme Court. In regularly-updated blogs, Kumar has been critical of Dinakaran, who stands...
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Relief for Reddy brothers and their mines in Supreme Court
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...
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Justice Dinakaran's transfer to Sikkim causes anger
The Supreme Court collegium shifts Justice Dinakaran to the Sikkim High Court after he refuses to go on leave.
