Bengaluru: Welcoming the orders of Supreme Court, former JD(S) state chief H Vishwanath on Thursday morning told reporters that the disgruntled MLAs will now be returning to the state.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday morning ordered the disgruntled MLAs of Karnataka to appear before the assembly speaker in the evening at 6.pm on Thursday and submit resignation in person.

As the stage is set for a major political showdown starting Thursday in the wake of a spate of resignations threatening the existence of the coalition government in Karnataka, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Alok Kumar has issued prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, restricting the gathering of more than five persons and any form of protests within the two-km area around the Vidhana Soudha.

Mumbai: A fresh set of resignation letters of eight rebel MLAs who are camping in Mumbai was sent to the Speaker of Karnataka Assembly Wednesday, said a BJP leader from Maharashtra.

Bengaluru: Though the BJP leaders were claiming that they were not trying to destabilize the coalition government, BJP leaders R Ashok and KG Bopaiah were seen with independent MLAs R Shankar and Nagesh who have camped in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: Condemning the BJP over detention of his cabinet colleagues in Mumbai and for the protest at the Vidhana Soudha here, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Wednesday accused it of crossing all boundaries of democracy and civil code of conduct.

Bengaluru: A woman killed her nine-year-old daughter and committed suicide in the limits of Yelahanka suburb police station.

Bengaluru: KPCC president Dinesh Gundurao accused that Governor of the state Vajubai Vala was acting as a BJP agent and the national party was misusing the Raj Bhavan as its office.