Tag: govt
Karnataka Crisis: 5 Congress, 3 JD-MLAs 'resign'
In a severe jolt to the year-old coalition government in Karnataka, five Congress and three Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) legislators on Saturday resigned from their respective Assembly segments in the southern state, sources said.....
Modi Slams 'professional Pessimists' For Criticizing Government's Vision
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that those criticizing his government's vision of making India a $5 trillion economy were "professional pessimists".....
Karnataka CM To Seek Trust Vote On July 18
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will seek a vote of confidence of the state Assembly on July 18, against the backdrop of 16 MLAs of the ruling Congress and JD(S) tendering their resignation.....
Will Follow SC Order On MLAs' Resignations: Karnataka Speaker
Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Wednesday said he would follow the Supreme Court's order that the 15 rebel legislators of the ruling Congress-JD-S allies cannot be compelled to participate in the proceedings of the House.....
Rahul, Priyanka Slam BJP After Govt Falls In Karnataka
Outgoing Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the 14-month-old Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government in Karnataka failed to prove its majority in the floor test in the state Assembly.....
Bill To Designate Individuals As Terrorists Passed In LS
A Bill to tighten the lead anti-terrorist law to empower the government to designate individuals as terrorists and streamline the process of confiscating their property, among other things, was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with voice vote despite the opposition's demand for its scrutiny by a Standing Committee.....
'Man Who Knows Too Much' -- Karan Singh -- Says Tread Cautiously On Art 35A, 370
He is the Man Who Knows Too Much, Dr Karan Singh or Tiger as his father Maharaja Hari Singh used to call him fondly, formerly Regent of J&K (from June 20, 1949, he acted as Regent), then Sadr e Riyasat (from November 17, 1952 to March 30, 1965, Karan Singh was the elected head of state of Jammu and Kashmir). On 30 March 1965, Karan Singh, who became the first Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (till May 15, 1967) and the last residual link between feudal and monarchial Kashmir and its evolution to a democratic set-up, wants the government to tread c....
Governor Not Last Word On J&K, We Want Centre To Assure Us: Omar Abdullah
Former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) chief minister and National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah on Saturday said he had met Governor Satya Pal Malik to find out what was happening in the state and why nothing was being done to scotch rumours, if those were baseless.....
Imran Dials Foreign Leaders; Special Parliament Session Called
Pakistani leaders, including the opposition, on Monday denounced India for scrapping special status for Jammu and Kashmir, while Prime Minister Imran Khan dialled foreign leaders such as Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during which he termed India's move illegal and one that would destroy regional peace and security.....
RS Passes Bill To Turn J&K Into UTs, Nod To Axe Art 370
In a big triumph for the government, the Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019 and adopted the resolution to scrap the Constitution's Article 370 paving way for bifurcation of the state into two Union territories (UTs) and allowing people from other states to buy land there.....
