Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 25 (ANI): Two days after JD(S)-Congress coalition government lost its trust vote, Karnataka assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Thursday announced the disqualification of independent MLA R Shankar, who had resigned from the Congress party.
New Delhi (India), July 23 (ANI): Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday accused Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar of acting in the "most partisan manner" and deliberately delaying the trust vote to help Congress-JDS government stay afloat.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 23 (ANI): Thirteen rebel Karnataka Congress- JD(S) MLAs on Tuesday wrote to Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar, seeking four weeks' time to appear before him in connection with the disqualification notice served to them.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 22 (ANI): Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Monday held meetings with BJP and Congress-JD(S) coalition leaders.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 22 (ANI): Amid ongoing discussion on the confidence motion, a 'fake' resignation letter addressed to the Governor of Karnataka was spotted lying in front of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy in the Assembly.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 22 (ANI): Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Monday took a dig at the politics of defection in Karnataka and quoted former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to buttress the point.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 22 (ANI): Ahead of the floor test of Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka later today, Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar has summoned rebel legislators to meet him at his office at 11 am on Tuesday.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 18 (ANI): Karnataka Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Thursday sought a detailed report from Home Minister M B Patil on rebel Congress MLA Shrimant Patil, who was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai after he complained of chest pain on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh on Thursday said the leader of Congress Legislature Party can exercise his authority on issues like whip against absentee members without any interference from his office.
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Five more Karnataka Congress MLAs moved the Supreme Court on Saturday, contending they had resigned "voluntarily" and that their resignation must be accepted by the Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 12 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political turmoil in Karnataka, the Congress and the BJP have decided to move their legislators to different hotels in the city after the Assembly proceedings on Friday.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 12 (ANI): In a fresh turn of events in Karnataka, Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar has agreed to meet on Friday three of the five rebel Congress MLAs, who have tendered their resignations in the "prescribed" format.