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A number of top Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Anand Sharma, protested near the Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex and shouted slogans. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul, other leaders protest in Parl complex over...

The Congress leadership has blamed the saffron party for the desertions from its ranks in both the states.

11 July 2019 12:33 PM IST

'Meet MLAs today,' SC denies K'taka Speaker's request for more time

The Karnataka coalition, which came to power in May last year, is on the brink after 18 resignations since last week.

11 July 2019 11:24 AM IST

Janata Dal Secular leader H D Kumaraswamy. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Prohibitory orders around Vidhana Soudha ahead of K'taka cabinet meet

The police commissioner issued the orders on Wednesday night, taking into account intelligence inputs.

11 July 2019 10:16 AM IST

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a rally Maidan in Cooch Behar on Monday. (Photo: Asian Age)

Why so greedy?' Mamata Banerjee hits out at BJP over Karnataka crisis

She alleged that mediapersons were not allowed where Congress lawmakers are locked up and some agencies were helping...

11 July 2019 8:56 AM IST

Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday questioned if the BJP became rich by selling tea across the country. (Photo: File)

Amidst crisis, Kumaraswamy to chair cabinet meeting today

The Congress has been accusing the BJP of conspiring to topple the coalition government in Karnataka.

11 July 2019 8:37 AM IST

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad with JD(S) leader H.D. Deve Gowda during a protest in Bengaluru on Wednesday. (Photo: ANI)

Karnataka crisis: Rebels move SC against Speaker, 2 MLAs quit

The ruling coalition faces the threat of losing its majority if the resignations of the rebel MLAs are accepted.

11 July 2019 6:21 AM IST

Earlier in the day, Yeddyurappa met the Governor and told him that the Congress-JD(S) coalition does not have the required strength in the Assembly and sought a direction from the Governor to the Speaker that he should act on the resignations soon. (Photo: ANI)

Yeddyurappa meets Speaker, urges him to accept resignation of...

On Monday, the Speaker had said that the resignation letters of the eight out of 13 MLAs of ruling coalition were not in...

10 July 2019 5:42 PM IST

HD Deve Gowda asked people to wait for May 15. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

'Present situation worse than Emergency,' says Deve Gowda

Gowda urged political parties to come together, setting aside their differences, to 'save democracy', which, he alleged,...

10 July 2019 5:39 PM IST

Shivakumar and JD(S) MLA Shivalinge Gowda arrived in Mumbai this morning on a special flight from Bengaluru to meet rebel MLAs staying at Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel. (Photo: ANI)

Congress-JDS legislators are kept in captivity: D K Shivakumar

Security was heightened outside the hotel in Powai area of Mumbai after the dissidents wrote to Mumbai Police seeking...

10 July 2019 3:42 PM IST

Shivakumar and JD(S) MLA Shivalinge Gowda arrived in Mumbai this morning on a special flight from Bengaluru to meet rebel MLAs staying at Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel. (Photo: ANI)

Section 144 imposed in Mumbai's Powai where K'taka's rebel MLAs are...

Security was heightened outside the hotel in Powai area of Mumbai after the dissidents wrote to Mumbai Police seeking...

10 July 2019 2:01 PM IST

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has a majority of 353 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha. (Photo: File)

Opposition parties give notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha

Rule 267 was invoked to discuss the issues of 'defections being engineered to dislodge elected governments'.

10 July 2019 1:24 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

Karnataka crisis: Rebel Congress, JD(S) leaders move SC, hearing...

The leaders have accused the Speaker of abandoning his constitutional duty and deliberately delay in acceptance of their...

10 July 2019 10:52 AM IST