Former Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy (File Photo/IANS)

Ex-CM Kumaraswamy denied admission by Bengaluru hospital citing lack of beds

Bengaluru | Notwithstanding the Karnataka government’s claim that there is no shortage of beds in the hospitals, former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, who tested positive for Covid -19 earlier on Saturday, was in for a rude shock when a private hospital in Bengaluru reportedly turned down his request for admission citing shortage of beds. Senior Janata […]

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Raveena Tandon slams Nikhil Kumaraswamy’s wedding during lockdown

Mumbai: Actress Raveena Tandon has slammed former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Gowda wedding, which reportedly defied lockdown restrictions. Nikhil got married to Revathi at a farmhouse near Bidadi in Ramanagara district amid the lockdown. The farmhouse is three kilometres from Bidadi and 45km southwest of Bengaluru in the southern state. Raveena took […]

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Kumaraswamy told to face floor test by 6 p.m. on Tuesday

Bengaluru: Amid late Monday night drama in the Karnataka Assembly, Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar directed Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to face floor test on Tuesday by 6 p.m. to prove majority in the House. “I am adjourning the House nearly at midnight to meet again on Tuesday at 10 a.m. for concluding the debate on the […]

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SC declines plea seeking directions for immediate trust vote in Karnataka

New Delhi: Calling it “impossible”, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down a plea by two Independent Karnataka MLAs asking for the court’s directions to immediately conduct the trust vote in the state Assembly. In their petition, R. Shankar and H. Nagesh said they had withdrawn their support to Karnataka’s ruling Congress-Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) coalition and […]

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Karnataka rebel MLAs seek SC order for floor test on Monday

New Delhi/Bengaluru: The 15 Karnataka rebel Congress and JD-S legislators and 2 Independents on Sunday filed an joint petition in the Supreme Court seeking direction to Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar and Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to hold the trust vote by 5 p.m. on Monday. “We pray for an order directing the floor test in […]

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No delay in floor test on astrologers’ advice: JD-S

Bengaluru: Believe it or not, beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy is reportedly delaying the floor test in Assembly on the advice of astrologers, which the JD-S denied, here on Saturday. “It’s rubbish and a plant by a desperate Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the social media,” Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) spokesman Ramesh Babu told IANS. Refuting […]