In a dramatic turn of events after Karnataka delivered a hung Assembly, the Congress on Tuesday announced its backing to the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) to form a government to prevent the BJP from regaining power in its only southern bastion....
Blaming Siddaramaiah for his "over-confidence", Karnataka Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday said the Chief Minister was advised against contesting from two seats but he still went ahead. He said the Congress did not do even 10 per cent of what the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did during the campaigning. "Rahul Gandhi (Congress Presi...
An upbeat B.S. Yeddyurappa, the BJP's Chief Ministerial nominee, would call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah in New Delhi on Wednesday and invite them to the swearing-in ceremony of the party's new government in Karnataka, said an official on Tuesday. "Yeddyurappa will leave for Delhi Tuesday night or Wednesday morning to meet Modi a...
The Central government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed to the Lokpal Committee as an eminent jurist. A bench, headed by the Justice Ranjan Gogoi, was told that Rohatgi was selected by a committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Chief...
The Congress on Tuesday offered its backing to the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) to form a government in Karnataka. This was announced by party leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Siddaramaiah, the outgoing Chief Minister of Karnataka where elections held on Saturday threw up a hung Assembly. ...
The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) caused more damage to the Congress than the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) itself in the Karnataka Assembly election, BJP spokesman S. Shantaram said on Tuesday. Shantaram told IANS that heavy turnout in the old Mysuru region, Hassan and Tumakuru in the southern region -- the traditional strongholds of the JD-S -- suggested that th...
BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa was on Tuesday elected to the Karnataka Assembly from Shikaripura by 35,397 votes, the Election Commission announced. Yeddyurappa, 75, defeated Congress nominee Goni Malatesha and seven others in his home constituency. ...
Kabul, May 15 At least six Afghan security forces and eight Taliban militants were killed on Tuesday after heavy fighting broke out in the country's Farah city. Taliban militants launched a major offensive at around 2.40 a.m. from northern and western neighbourhood of Farah, in a coordinated effort to seize full control of the city, an official told Xinhua news a...
Jerusalem, May 15 (IANS) Fresh protests are expected at the Gaza border on Tuesday, a day after Israeli troops killed 58 Palestinians during demonstrations coinciding with the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem. International condemnation poured in over Israel's use of force against unarmed Palestinian protesters on Monday, the deadliest day ...
At least seven people, including two children, drowned when a boat carrying migrants to a Greek island sank off Turkey's Aegean coast.The boat was carrying at least 20 refugees to the Greek island of Lesbos late Monday when it capsized near Ayvacik district of Turkey's Canakkale province, the Haberturk daily said on Tuesday. Thirteen migrants wer...
