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Bengaluru: The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka was expanded on Wednesday, with the induction of 25 legislators as cabinet ministers including 23 from the alliance partners and one BSP MLA and an Independent. Of the 23 from the alliance, 14 are from Congress and 9 from JD-S. Governor Vajubhai R. Vala administered the […]

New Delhi: A day after sparking a storm over his remarks that he was at the mercy of the Congress, JD-S leader and Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday said his ruling ally had numbers that made its voice stronger in the coalition government. “What mercy? They supported my party. According to their direction […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government led by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday won the confidence motion with a voice vote in the new Assembly after opposition BJP members walked out ahead of the floor test. “The confidence motion has been put to vote and won by a voice vote in favour of Kumaraswamy,” declared newly […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R Vala on Saturday invited Janata-Dal-Secular’s legislative party leader H.D. Kumaraswamy to form the next government in the state, following the resignation of BJP’s B.S. Yeddyurappa ahead of his trust vote. “The Governor has invited me to form the next government as the leader of the JD-S legislative party with the […]

New Delhi: A day after BJP’s B.S. Yeddyurappa took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister dashing the hopes of JD-S-Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he spoke to Janata Dal-Secular supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and wished him on his birthday. “Spoke to our former Prime Minister Shri H.D. Deve Gowdaji and conveyed birthday wishes […]

Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is heading for a landslide victory while the ruling Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) alliance face rout in Karnataka’s 28 Lok Sabha constituencies where vote count was underway on Thursday. According to the latest trends available at noon, the BJP is leading in 23 seats, Congress in three, […]

Bengaluru: The spree of resignations by MLAs of the ruling Congress and JD(S) is set to resonate in the Karnataka Assembly when it convenes on Friday for a 10-day session amidst Opposition BJPs demand for a floor test and ouster of the H.D. Kumaraswamy government. The session had been convened in the normal course before […]