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Thursday, October 23, 2025
TopicCongress-JD(S) Alliance

Topic: Congress-JD(S) Alliance

Karnataka assembly speaker Ramesh Kumar, a former TV actor, is no stranger to drama

Two-time speaker Kumar is in no hurry to take a ‘lightning’ fast decision on Karnataka’s govt and has admirers across party lines.

BJP will take charge in Karnataka next week, says a ‘confident’ Muralidhar Rao

BJP national general secretary P Muralidhar Rao said the party expects the Congress-JD(S) coalition to lose the trust vote in the Karnataka Assembly on Thursday.

Karnataka Speaker sets floor test for Congress-JD(S) govt on July 18

The floor test will end suspense over the numbers game that has threatened the Congress-JD(S) coalition's majority after 16 MLAs submitted their resignations.

What an Indian law can do to MLAs defecting in Karnataka & Goa – nothing

Anti-defection is the only law in India that has consistently failed every time it has been invoked to secure political stability.

Mumbai to Goa via Pune — BJP keeps Karnataka MLAs moving as Kumaraswamy govt nears collapse

The year-old Congress-JD(S) coalition government is struggling to stay in power in Karnataka following a spate of MLA resignations.

Karnataka MLA H Nagesh resigns from Kumaraswamy govt, deepens JD(S)-Congress crisis

The move comes amid reports that ministers in the coalition government will be asked to step down to make way for disgruntled MLAs who resigned as legislators.

Kumaraswamy won’t resign, will convene meetings to try and save JD(S)-Congress govt

Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy has refused to take his father Deve Gowda’s advice to resign. Instead, he’s prepared to face a no-confidence motion on 12 July.

Yeddyurappa says BJP will wait and watch on govt formation in Karnataka

Ours is a national party & we will take a decision after discussing with the national leadership, said former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa.

Karnataka govt in crisis, CM Kumaraswamy, state Congress chief travel abroad

While Congress-JD(S) govt is in a precarious position following resignation of 2 MLAs, the CM is in US and Cong chief Dinesh Gundu Rao in London.

After Narendra Modi wave, only a miracle can save Congress-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka

The drubbing the Congress-JD(S) has received in the Lok Sabha elections could end up bringing down the state government in Karnataka.

On Camera

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.