New Delhi: Reacting to the arrests of Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Singh Bhagora in the cash-for-votes scam, the then Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee said, "What happened on July 23 was bad and serious. It's a judicial process." But the former Lok Sabha speaker insisted that MP's should have gone to Delhi Police or informed...
05:09 PM, Sep 06, 2011
New Delhi: The "callous" approach of Delhi Police in probing the 2008 'cash-for-vote scam' came under severe criticism on Friday from the Supreme Court which asked it why no custodial interrogation has been conducted in the case so far. "We are not happy at all with probe done by the Delhi Police. This is not the way to prove the offence of such serious nature," a bench headed by Justice...
02:30 PM, Jul 15, 2011
![Yeddyurappa seeks to nix revolt with trust vote]( "Yeddyurappa seeks to nix revolt with trust vote")
Bangalore: In a politically smart move aimed at preempting the possible revolt against his leadership from any quarters should a situation arise in future, Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has decided to seek trust vote on the floor of the Assembly on Thursday. "We would like to demonstrate to the Opposition parties as well as to the people of Karnataka that all the BJP legislators are one and united under the...
10:23 AM, Jun 02, 2011
Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to a very special edition of the Last Word. The Hindu's WikiLeaks exposes have created a furore. The opposition claims this is proof of American arm-twisting and Congress corruption in politics. The government dismisses the cables as unverified and subjective. So today we ask where does the truth lie? That's with the Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu, N Ram; America's Ambassador to India at the time...
08:28 PM, Mar 18, 2011
Bangalore: The BJP government of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is safe for the moment after the state High Court remained split on the disqualification of 11 BJP MLAs by Speaker K G Bopaiah. The issue will now be heard by a third judge on October 20. On the issue of disqualification of five Independent MLAs, the two-member bench of the court referred the matter to a division bench...
08:18 AM, Oct 18, 2010
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday accused the opposition Congress-JDS combine of attempting to destablise his government and said he had created "history of sorts" by winning the trust vote for a second time in a gap of three days. "I thank all those who supported my government. The government winning the trust vote today is a victory of democracy. In the history of the country, there...
04:49 PM, Oct 14, 2010
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa survived a second trial of strength in the state Assembly on Thursday, but the validity of the win will depend on the High Court's decision on the disqualification of 16 rebel MLAs on October 18. Facing the second trust vote in four days, Yeddyurappa's motion expressing confidence in his council of ministers was carried by 106 votes supporting it and 100 against. With...
07:49 AM, Oct 14, 2010
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for Thursday’s trust vote in the state Assembly but turned down a fresh plea by disqualified Independent MLAs wanting to take part in the floor test. The HC said proceedings of the Assembly regarding the confidence vote was subject to its decision on the writ petitions filed by 16 disqualified MLAs to be given on Monday. The floor test can...
05:17 PM, Oct 13, 2010
New Delhi: So was the speaker constitutionally correct in disqualifying the rebel MLA's - especially the independents? The verdict on the matter will soon be given by the Karnataka High Court. But constitutional experts seem to be divided on the legalities of the controversial political decision. Did Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.G. Bopaiah act in accordance with the Constitution by disqualifying 11 BJP rebels and 5 independents before the trust vote...
10:07 PM, Oct 11, 2010
New Delhi: Following the chaos in the Karnataka Assembly over the trust vote for the BJP government and the consequent recommendation of President’s Rule by Governor HR Bhardwaj in the state, the Congress Core Committee met to discuss the situation. Sources say that Home Minister P. Chidambaram has briefed the core committee on the trust vote and the Governor’s report has also been discussed at the meet. The Congress Core...
09:16 PM, Oct 11, 2010
Ranchi: The four-day-old Arjun Munda government in Jharkhand on Tuesday won the trust vote in the 82-member assembly by 15 votes. Forty-five members voted in favour of the BJP-led coalition and 30 against it. Deputy Chief Minister Hemant Soren moved the motion on behalf of the new ministry, which assumed office on September 11, ending the President's rule imposed on June 1. The state plunged into a political crisis after...
04:21 PM, Sep 14, 2010
Shibu Soren government was reduced to a minority after Bharatiya Janata Party withdrew support on Monday. ...
06:20 PM, May 27, 2010
Buddhadeb says losing Somnath has caused a lot of pain to CPI-M. ...
11:28 PM, May 10, 2009
Mulayam says UPA govt has forgotten his party after trust vote. ...
01:20 PM, Apr 11, 2009
Congress-NCP relations are under strain not just in Maharashtra. ...
02:22 PM, Mar 19, 2009
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