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Chandrayaan-2 successfully achieved a major milestone as the spacecraft entered the Moon's orbit this morning. Nearly a month after taking oath as Karnataka chief minister, following the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition, BS Yediyurappa formed his Cabinet with 17 ministers. Former Union minister P Chidambaram who faces arrest in the INX media case failed to gain an audience in the Supreme Court after the Delhi HC dismissed his anticipatory bail plea. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.

 

Due to the failures of the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Shanthinagar Congress MLA NA Harris has benefited with prime land in Bengaluru, the BJP alleged. The land in question is said to be a pond and the legal cell BBMP failed to defend it in high court.
 

The storm has just made landfall in Karnataka with the Congress-JD(S) coalition coming to an end, but looks like another is brewing over Madhya Pradesh as BJP is feeling the jitters
 

Speaker of Karnataka Assembly Ramesh Kumar has resigned in the immediacy of the new chief minister BS Yediyurappa proving his majority and the financial bill passed. He had earlier hit the headlines for taking the harsh step of disqualifying all the rebel MLAs of the Congress-JD(S) coalition for the end of the term, till May 2023.

Shivaram Hebbar, one of the 15 Karnataka rebel MLAs, has said that they are not disgruntled, but are helpless. Here is why he apologised to the people of his constituency (Yallapur).
 

The game begins now! As incumbent chief minister HD Kumaraswamy who resigned, failed in the trust vote and BS Yeddyurappa will get to hold the reins, he will realise that the accommodation of 15 rebel MLAs in the government will not be practically feasible.

BJP in Karnataka may be rejoicing after winning the Karnataka trust vote. But the party leaders are engaged in detailed discussion to ensure the numbers align well and Yeddyurappa retains the CM's throne for the remaining term.

The Karnataka Speaker has  issued a deadline of 6 pm for CM HD Kumaraswamy to prove his majority. Meanwhile, Mumbai Police detained Congress members as they protested in front of Renaissance Hotel, where the 15 rebel MLAs of the Congress-JD(S) coalition, who had approached the Supreme Court are lodged.  

The apex court's decision, which all analysts agree is well merited and balanced, has clearly put the Karnataka ruling dispensation in an unenviable situation.

While the Congress-JD(S) coalition was depending on R Ramalinga Reddy to win the trust vote, the MLA had not made any affirmations
 

BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar has pointed out that the Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka has only themselves to blame for whatever has happened with their coalition government. He has expressed that the Karnataka government has only been caught in a web of lies and corruption. 

Karnataka crisis has forced the Rajya Sabha to be adjourned by an hour. This after uproar by the Congress over the threat that situation poses to the coalition government in the state. 

 

With minister Nagesh's resignation, the number of the Congress-JD(S) coalition will come down to 105 which is one MLA short of majority, if all resignations are accepted by the Speaker

Here is what Telangana BJP leader Kishan Reddy has to say about the political crisis in Karnataka, after the resignation of 12 MLAs, yesterday.

At least 14 MLAs from Congress and JD(S) visited Karnataka speaker Ramesh Kumar's office and tendered their resignations to the Speaker's assistant, putting the coalition government’s survival under threat