Page 3 - Karnataka Assembly Election 2018

Karnataka Assembly explained: Strongest Opposition vs weakest leading party

With 104 members belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Karnataka legislative assembly will witness a balance it has never seen

Tables turned in Karnataka: Kumaraswamy gets a pat from southern neighbours

Earlier, there was a plan to take its legislators to Kerala as it governed by a non-BJP party. But the Air Traffic Control (ATC) in Bengaluru put a spanner on that plan

Rahul lauds Opposition for beating BJP, says PM Modi symbolises corruption

The Congress leader said he was very proud that the opposition has stood together and defeated the BJP and "we will continue to do" it.

Cong-JD(S) invited to form Karnataka govt, given 15 days to prove majority

The swearing-in of new government will take place on May 21, said Kumaraswamy

Karnataka govt formation: Cong-JD(S) gets invite, 15 days to prove majority

The 2-day old B S Yeddyurappa government in Karnataka collapsed today, with the chief minister announcing his decision to resign without facing a trust vote

Karnataka Verdict: Yeddyurappa resigns as CM after 48 hours in office

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday resigned as the chief minister of Karnataka, two days after he took oath. Delivering an emotional speech in the Karnataka Assembly, Yeddyurappa slammed the "opportunistic alliance" between Congress and Janata Dal (Secular), labelling it "unholy". Read more: http://mybs.in/2VmuYQj

B S Yeddyurappa, a seasoned oarsman who failed to safely anchor BJP's boat

Yeddyurappa broke his own record of the most short-lived head of government in Karnataka on Saturday, as he bowed out of office in three days

Karnataka verdict fallout: Supreme Court order a triple blow to the BJP

The court also asked a pro-tem speaker be appointed for administering oaths and conducting the floor test

Karnataka: Congress releases audio, claims MLA bribery by Janardhana Reddy

As a fallout of the political tussle in Karnataka, the Congress on Friday staked its claim to form the government in Goa and Manipur, while the RJD and Congress staked their claim to form the govt in

Karnataka Floor test: Congress leaders confident of forming the government

Congress leaders are confident to form the government even though reports suggest that 8 Congress, 2 JD(S) and 1 Independent MLAs in touch with BJP. For live coverage visit: http://mybs.in/2VmuYQj

SC to hear plea against Karnataka pro-tem Speaker Bopaiah today; updates

Supreme Court said that the pro-tem Speaker K G Bopaiah shall conduct the floor test today at 4 pm to ascertain the majority

Shekhar Gupta: Because Modiji says so

He's our most polarising leader, deeply hated by many but equally loved by more, especially the young. To extrapolate BJP's struggles in Gujarat and Karnataka to 2019 is being fatally complacent

Karnataka's last resort politics

Where in parliamentary democracies around the world do political parties drag Supreme Court judges in the middle marches of the night to decide who will rule?

Democratic horseplay: It would be funny if it weren't so sad

Far from relief, the aftermath of that election has put Indian democracy in free fall, in both alarming and interesting ways

Karnataka floor test tomorrow: Yeddyurappa says 100% confident; top updates

The Supreme Court reduced the 15-day window the BJP had been given by Governor Vajubhai Vala to prove its majority in the House and ordered that Yeddyurappa face a floor test on Saturday itself

Karnataka verdict: Of hung Assemblies, governors, govts and courts

The Supreme Court has nullified Karnataka Governor's decision to give BJP chief minister B S Yeddyurappa 15 days to prove his majority and ruled the floor test should be held on Saturday at 4 pm

BJP begins stint with loan waiver, gets busy wooing MLAs for floor test

All farm loans of up to Rs 100,000 would be written off, says B S Yeddyurappa

Karnataka fallout: Congress MLAs shifted by bus to Kerala resort; updates

BJP's Yeddyurappa is now CM of Karnataka. Meanwhile, Congress and RJD want the governors of Bihar and Goa to invite them to stake claim to the government

Karnataka: CM B S Yeddyurappa announces farm loan waiver; latest updates

In a joint petition in Supreme Court, the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) had sought a stay on the oath-taking taking ceremony of BJP's chief ministerial candidate Yeddyurappa

Here's why Modi's fragile 'victory' in Karnataka election highlights a risk

The prospect is that opposition parties could team up to try and keep the BJP out of power in upcoming elections, like they did in a 2015 state election in Bihar