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A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi quashed the law, which entitled former chief ministers to retain government bungalows for a lifetime, ruling that granting further privilege violates Right to Equality under Article 14.

The Suheldev Bharat Samaj Party President also said that those cursed will only recover when he will provide medicine (blessing).

Walia said he was joining the SAD due to its "pro-people" policies as well as the party's desire to take all sections of society with it.

Though BS Yeddurappa may be bowing out before the trust vote, and this is in all likelihood going to be his final innings, he will still be the biggest source of strength for BJP as it now looks forward to the 2019 polls.

In the 222-seat Assembly being convened on Saturday, the BJP has 104 elected representatives, while the Congress and the JD(S) together have 116 MLAs. BS Yeddyurappa, who took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on Friday, needs eight more votes to fo...

The Supreme Court also ordered the live telecast of Assembly proceedings to ensure “transparency” and “solve all problems”. As the hearing concluded, Justice Sikri expressed his desire to let the court enjoy the summer holidays.

Interesting political events formed the mainstay of the 1997 state elections in Uttar Pradesh when a popular Congress party leader, now an elected representative to Parliament on BJP ticket, Jagdambika Pal, served as CM for a day.

Siddaramaiah said all the 78 legislators of the party and two Independent MLAs were with them. However, he alleged that Anand Singh had been "abducted" and kept in wrongful confinement by the BJP people.

The apex court, which commenced the hearing at 2.11 AM and ended at 5.28 AM, however made it clear that the swearing-in and the government formation in the state would be subject to the final outcome of the case before it.

Governor Vajubhai Vala on Wednesday invited Yeddyurappa to be sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka while BJP sources say the ceremony will be commenced at 9.30am. The JDS-Congress petition has sought a stay on the swearing-in.

The JD-S leader H.D. Kumaraswamy named Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah for the offer as the BJP, he said, was desperate to form a government and deny the JD-S a chance to form a government with Congress backing.

In 2004, when the she assiduously built a non-BJP alliance and had the numbers to stake claim, Sonia Gandhi played the master card by rejecting the prime ministership and nominating Manmohan Singh instead.

After losing Chamundeshwari by a huge margin and scraping through in Badami, Siddaramaiah’s only solace is his only son Dr Yatheendra making it to the state Assembly. It is an irony that his arch-rivals, the Gowda clan, might rule Karnataka with his party...

Live election result of 136 Sira constituency (Vidhana Soudha seat) in the Karnataka state Assembly elections 2018. Check who won and who lost and who will be the new Sira MLA.

Live election result of 65 Shirahatti constituencies (Vidhana Soudha seat) in the Karnataka state Assembly elections 2018. Check who won and who lost and who will be the new Shirahatti MLA.

Live election result of 18 Ramdurg constituency (Vidhana Soudha seat) in the Karnataka state Assembly elections 2018. Check who won and who lost and who will be the new Ramdurg MLA.