Karnataka: Schools shut, Sec 144 imposed in Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi, Dec 19 (UNI) All schools and education institutes have been shut down and Section 144 imposed for next three days in the wake of the 'bandh' against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) here on Thursday.
Bengaluru/UNI: Prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC was clamped in Karnataka as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order as various political parties and organisation had planned to stage dharna, demonstration and protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
CAA demonstration: 24 Congress leaders detained in Karnataka
Shivamogga/UNI: As many as 24 Congress leaders, including K B Prasanna Kumar, a former MLA, who were staging a protest at Mahatma Gandhi Park in the city on Monday against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) were detained by the police.
Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappato visit Delhi shortly to discuss about his cabinet expansion
Bengaluru/UNI/IBNS: Armed with resounding victory in the December 5 by-election, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa would be leaving to Delhi shortly to discuss with party High Command and senior party leaders about his Cabinet expansion on Monday.
BJP sweeps Karnataka bypolls, Yediyurappa government set to continue
Bengaluru/IBNS: The four-month old Yediyurappa government in Karnataka is set to continue as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the crucial bypolls held in the state to attain halfway mark in the 224-member assembly.
People have accepted defectors: DK Shivakumar after Congress' likely defeat in Karnataka bypolls
Bengaluru/IBNS: As the Congress is heading for a massive defeat in the Karnataka bypolls on Monday, party leader DK Shivakumar said people have accepted defectors.
Karnataka bypolls: Voting in 15 assembly seats begin
Bengaluru/UNI: The polling in the 15 assembly constituencies in Karnataka began peacefully at 0700 hrs on Thursday.
Congress open for alliance with JD-S again: AICC GS
Belagavi/UNI: AICC general secretary KC Venugopal said here on Monday that the Congress was again open to an alliance with JD(S) after the Assembly byelections.
Karnataka: 40 students injured as bus collides with tank
Vijaypura, Nov 27 (UNI) About 40 college students sustained injuries when a KSRTC bus collided with a diesel tanker on Wednesday on National Highway 50 at Yumkunji by-pass in Sindagi village of Vijaypura District.
No possibility of mid-term poll in Karnataka: Yediyurappa
Mysuru/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday expressed confident that BJP would sweep the upcoming 15 Assembly seats and that would put an end to all talks around mid-term polls in the state.
Yediyurappa government has no value base to be in power: Congress' Abhishek Singhvi
New Delhi/IBNS: Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its alleged horse-trading, Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi on Wednesday said the BS Yediyurappa government in Karnataka has no "moral, legal, political value base to continue" as a response to the Supreme Court's upholding of the disqualification of 17 MLAs by then Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar.
Supreme Court upholds disqualification of 17 K'taka MLAs but allows them to contest by-polls
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the disqualification of 17 Karnataka MLAs by then Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar but allowed them to contest the upcoming by-elections due to be held on Dec 5.
Former K'taka Min Patil writes to PM seeking financial assistance for Jawar farmers
Vijayapur/UNI: Former Karnataka Water Resources minister and senior Congress leader MB Patil has appealed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rescue the Jawar growers in Karnataka and to announce better support price for the staple food grain.
Amit Shah involved in Operation Kamala: Cong
Bengaluru/UNI: Charging that BJP National President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah was involved in luring the Opposition MLAs to topple the Congress-JD (S) coalition government in Karnataka, Opposition leader in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Thursday said the party would meet President Ramnath Kovind and submit a petition in this connection.
Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah releases Congress manifesto for MCC elections
Mangaluru/UNI: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao released the manifesto for the MCC elections at the District Congress office, Mallikatta here on Wednesday.