Live | Karnataka row: Congress moves Supreme Court over pro-tem Speaker appointment
The Congress-JD (S) combine has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka Governor’s decision to appoint Mr. Bopaiah as the pro-tem Speaker.
According to sources, the petition was placed before a registrar of the apex court but some defects were pointed out in the plea. “Some defects have been pointed out to us and we are curing those defects,” one of lawyers, associated with the development, said.
Supreme Court orders Centre to implement draft Cauvery Management Scheme
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Central government to implement its draft Cauvery Management Scheme after finding it in consonance with its February 16 judgment.
The court also found the draft scheme in conformity with Section 6A of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act.
Tejaswi meets Governor, stakes claim to form government in Bihar
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejaswi Yadav, who also is the Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Legislative Assembly met Governor Satya Pal Malik along with some MLAs and staked claim to form government in the State.
Goa Congress MLAs urge Governor to follow Karnataka precedent
Goa Congress leaders, including leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Chandrakant Kavlekar, and party MLAs on Friday called on Governor Mridula Sinha and urged her to follow the immediate precedent set by Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala and invite the Congress in Goa, as the largest party to form government.
Congress books Hyderabad hotel rooms for a 'marriage party' for its Karnataka MLAs
A midnight diktat from the party’s All India Congress Committee (AICC) central leadership, to arrange on a war footing accommodation for the newly elected party legislators of Karnataka, put the managerial skills of the top functionaries of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) to ultimate test.
With clear instructions that the entire exercise should be a closely guarded affair, the TPCC leaders, led by president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, had to literally get their act together to accomplish the biggest task of their careers.
Modi to launch works on Zojilla tunnel, other projects in J&K on Saturday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is arriving on a visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, will kickstart work on prestigious Zojilla tunnel, that will provide all-weather connectivity between Ladakh and the Valley, and lay foundation stones for or inaugurate other infrastructure projects.
BSF jawan, 2 civilians killed in Pakistan shelling during Ramzan truce pact
A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan and two civilians were killed as Pakistan violated the Ramzan ceasefire agreement and resorted to shelling on the International Border in Jammu on Friday.
An official said Pakistani troops targeted Indian positions and civilian areas on Thursday night, which left the BSF jawan dead in R.S. Pura.
Cambridge Analytica files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the center of this year's Facebook privacy row, filed for voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy in a New York court late on Thursday.
Cambridge Analytica LLC listed assets in the range of $100,001 to $500,000 and liabilities in the range of $1 million to $10 million.
K.G. Bopaiah: The Speaker who invoked Supreme Court’s wrath
Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala on May 18 appointed former Speaker K.G. Bopaiah as the pro-tem Speaker. He will be conducting the floor test on Saturday at 4 p.m., as mandated by the Supreme Court. Mr. Bopaiah was elected to the Assembly in the 2018 elections from the Virajpet constituency.
All Chilean bishops quit over child abuse scandal: spokesman
Thirty-four Chilean bishops announced their resignation on Friday over a child sex abuse scandal within the Church in Chile after three days of intense meetings with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
“We, all the bishops present in Rome, have tendered our resignation to the Holy Father so that he may decide freely for each of us,” the bishops said in a statement read out by a spokesman at the Vatican.
Trump threatens Kim with ‘decimation’ if he doesn't agree to denuclearisation
United States President Donald Trump has threatened North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with “decimation,” unless he agrees to denuclearise the Korean peninsula.
With the June 12 US- North Korea summit at stake, Mr. Trump on Thursday gave Mr. Kim two options — reach an agreement to denuclearise and remain in power or suffer the fate of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was overthrown and murdered by rebels who were supported by a NATO bombing campaign in 2011, Efe news reported.
Central govt carries out reshuffle in top bureaucracy involving 24 secretaries
In a large-scale top level bureaucratic reshuffle, the Central government on Friday named important secretaries for commerce, petroleum and natural gas, information and broadcasting, education and steel. The reshuffle involves appointments of over two dozen top bureaucrats in the Centre.
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