Siddaramaiah formally elected Congress Legislature Party leader in Karnataka.
Bengaluru: A meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) began here on Thursday to formally elect Siddaramaiah as its leader and next Chief Minister.
Kolkata: The Congress in West Bengal Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's stay on the state government's order banning the screening of the film 'The Kerala Story'.
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Congress government in Karnataka on May 20, Janata Dal (United) spokesperson Rajib Ranjan said on Thursday.
Ramanagara: Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy acknowledged on Thursday that the five 'guarantees' of the Congress "lured" people in the May 10 Assembly elections and not the 'Pancharatna' programme promised by his party Janata Dal (Secular).
Udupi: In a shocking incident, a mother and her son committed suicide by hanging themselves at Brahmabaidarkala Nagar in Kannarpadi in Kinni Mulki this afternoon.
Sullia: Senior BJP leader and former Zilla Panchayat Member, Naveen Kumar Rai Manela, tragically passed away on Thursday after falling into a stream.
New Delhi: Opposition parties, including the Congress, took a swipe at Kiren Rijiju who was on Thursday moved from the law ministry to the relatively lower profile Ministry of Earth Sciences, calling him a "failed law minister".
Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar has accepted the post of the Deputy Chief Minister albeit reluctantly. His acceptance, nevertheless, is being attributed to an intervention by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Wildlife lovers have reasons to cheer as a tigress has given birth to four cubs in the Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) in Maharashtra's Gondia district, officials said.
