President Ram Nath Kovind had visited Zambia in April last year. The three-day visit of Lungu is at the invitation of Kovind
The government directed the officials of all departments concerned to hand over data, information and records as and when required by the CBI and cooperate in the investigation
Speaking to reporters here, Yediyurappa said after the expansion, a cabinet meeting will be held
The delay was because the party was not able to finalise the names
Schools and colleges in affected flood-hit districts will remain closed till August 15
The rebels had earlier denied any BJP role in their resignations and withdrawal of support to the government
The development came after the 14-month-old Congress-JDS coalition government headed by HD Kumaraswamy collapsed on Tuesday after losing the vote of confidence in the Assembly
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The ruling coalition's strength in the House is 116 (Congress 78, JD(S) 37 and BSP one), besides the speaker
Yeddyurappa said on Saturday that the Chief Minister "must move the confidence motion Monday itself"
The five MLAs are Anand Singh, K Sudhakar, N Nagaraj, Munirathna and Roshan Baig
They went to Bengaluru to submit their resignations on Thursday, but returned to a luxury hotel here the same day
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The MLAs have returned to the Renaissance hotel in suburban Powai and they would be staying there for another two days
Nagaraj and Sudhakar submitted their resignations to Speaker Ramesh Kumar at his chamber in Vidhana Soudha, the State secretariat
On the other hand, BJP MLAs from the state will hold a protest in front of the Vidhan Soudha here on Wednesday
The state government on the brink; BJP, which has a majority in the House, says it was not involved in the resignations
In a clear sign of simmering political differences between the two sides, Muniyappa also said that Congress will contest alone in the local body elections next year
Kharge alleged that MLAs were being "scared and hounded by using government agencies like the CBI, ED, Income Tax
The previous waiver cost the state exchequer Rs 81.65 bn in fiscal 2017-18