SC: Rebel Karnataka MLAs can’t be forced to vote in house

The Supreme Court issued an interim order ruling that the speaker of Karnataka assembly, KR Ramesh Kumar, will decide on the resignations of 15 rebel Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) MLAs within a time frame the speaker may consider appropriate. Read More
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Karnataka crisis: Congress, JD(S) leaders protest against BJP

After 10 rebel MLAs personally submitted their fresh resignations to assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar in Bengaluru, he ruled out any immediate decision on the matter despite a Supreme Court order. Read More
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Karnataka speaker to take 6 days to decide on MLAs resignation

In a major relief to the Karnataka government, assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar has asked for more time to look into the resignations submitted by the 14 MLAs. The speaker said he needs at least six days to decide on resignation as he has to make conscious decision. Read More
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Karnataka: Cong, JD(S) ministers quit in last effort to save govt

In a last-ditch effort to save the crumbling government, 21 Congress ministers and nine JDS ministers resigned from the state cabinet to placate the 14 rebel MLAs who withdrew their support to the Congress-JD(S) coalition government. Read More
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Karnataka crisis: HDK may delay assembly’s monsoon session

The ruling Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka is facing a huge crisis following the resignation of 12 Congress legislators from the assembly, on Saturday. This started with two Congress MLAs resigning, on Monday. Read More
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Now, Deora, Scindia resign from their Congress posts

Following the resignation of Rahul Gandhi as the Congress’s president, Milind Deora, president of Congress’s Mumbai unit and Jyotiraditya Scindia, Congress general secretary in charge of western UP, have submitted their resignations from their respective party posts. Read More
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Rahul quits as Congress chief, asks party to elect new leader soon

Claiming responsibility for the Lok Sabha election debacle, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, in an open letter to party workers, resigned from his post and said it was an honour to serve the party. He said that it would be unjust to “ignore” his own responsibility for the election defeat. Read More
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Congress chief ministers pursue Rahul to withdraw his resignation

In an attempt to pursue Congress president Rahul Gandhi to withdraw his resignation from his post, chief ministers of states from the party urged Rahul Gandhi that nobody else except him was capable of reviving the organization at this stage. Read More
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In fresh blow to Karnataka govt, 2 Congress MLAs resign

Two Congress MLAs – Vijaynagar Congress MLA Anand Singh and Gokak Congress MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi – resigned from the Karnataka assembly dealing a fresh blow to the already tottering JD(S)-Congress coalition government. Read More
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Govt tables Triple Talaq Bill in Lok Sabha, many parties oppose

Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad introduced a new bill to make the practice of triple talaq or instant divorce, practiced in the Muslim community, illegal, in the Lok Sabha saying rights of Muslim women will be protected. Read More
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