Karnataka assembly election results

Congress 'evacuates' Karnataka MLAs, plans all-out attack on BJP

Suspecting BJP trying to woo its MLAs in order to pass a crucial floor test, Congress transported its MLAs to an undisclosed location late Thursday night.

May 17, 2018, 23:37 PM IST

Karnataka government formation: BJP resorting to horse-trading, no MLA will yield to their demand, says Siddaramaiah

BS Yeddyurappa was on Thursday sworn in as the chief minister of Karnataka for the third time.

May 17, 2018, 23:19 PM IST

Congress forged signatures of many of its MLAs while submitting list to Governor, alleges BJP

Union Human Resources Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday that one was at a loss to understand how Congress could collect the signatures of all the MLAs even before they arrived in Bengaluru and attended the Congress Legislature Party meeting.

May 17, 2018, 22:58 PM IST

Yeddyurappa, Kumaraswamy to Vajubhai Vala: Key names in the battle for power in Karnataka

While BJP is confident of proving its majority on the floor of the House when needed, Janata Dal Secular and Congress leaders claim that they have the numbers.

May 17, 2018, 14:34 PM IST

Defeat of democracy, mockery of Constitution: Rahul Gandhi takes on BJP as Yeddyurappa becomes Karnataka CM

This morning, while the BJP celebrates its hollow victory, India will mourn the defeat of democracy, tweets Rahul Gandhi.

May 17, 2018, 09:31 AM IST

Karnataka political drama: As it happened on May 17, 2018

BJP emerged as the single-largest party winning 104 seats in the May 12 Assembly election, but it fell short of eight seats from the 112-halfway mark in the lower House.

May 17, 2018, 06:20 AM IST

Kumaraswamy attacks BJP, says JDS MLAs being offered Rs 100 crore each

Kumaraswamy said that both Congress and BJP approached him, but he chose to side with the former to "remove black spot" on his father HD Deve Gowda's career.

May 16, 2018, 12:57 PM IST

Uday Chopra googles to discover Karnataka Governor is 'BJP guy', gets trolled on Twitter

Bollywood actor Uday Chopra is once again in the line of fire on microblogging site Twitter, this time over Karnataka Assembly elections 2018 results. It started when the Dhoom actor posted a tweet citing the political affiliation of Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala. Sharing Vajubhai’s Wikipedia profile link, the Chopra scion referred to him as “BJP guy”.

May 16, 2018, 11:26 AM IST

Karnataka Assembly election results: Congress reminds 'Dear BJP' of Arun Jaitley's tweet to assert claim for government formation

With no official confirmation on who Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala would invite to form government in Karnataka, the Congress is up in arms against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming that the JDS-Congress combine has the right to be given a chance first.

May 16, 2018, 08:10 AM IST

Karnataka government formation: Events as they unfolded on May 16, 2018

With 104 MLAs, the BJP is the single largest party, while the JD(S)-Congress coalition, formed after the election results were declared, has 116 legislators. It has also claimed support of an independent MLA.

May 16, 2018, 06:41 AM IST