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Economic Times | 14 May, 2023 | 02:31PM IST
Karnataka Election News Live: "Modi wave is over...": Sanjay Raut after Congress' big win in Karnataka polls
Karnataka Election News Live: The results of the Karnataka assembly elections were announced on Saturday, and the Congress party came out on top by winning 136 of the state's 224 seats, dropping the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a dismal second place with just 65 seats. With this victory, the BJP has lost control of the only southern state it previously controlled and Congress's chances of winning future elections have improved.
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This Mutt is a holy place for me: Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar
Swamiji has always guided me. Swamiji Gave me complete guidance even when the Income Tax raids took place. I asked for 134 seats and I got more than that.
Poster of Lord Ram and Bajrang Bali that was put outside Congress leader Siddaramaiah's residence in Bengaluru is now being removed
We are saying from the beginning that if the Opposition is united then BJP can't remain in power: Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
After the Karnataka polls, a wave has started across the country and people are saying that the days of PM Modi and BJP are coming to an end. If the Opposition will not unite now then the people of the country will not forgive us.
Some people say that I have differences with Siddaramaiah but I want to clear that there is no difference between us: Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar
Many times I have sacrificed for the party and stood with Siddaramaiah ji. I have given cooperation to Siddaramaiah.
15-year-old Kafi, an acid attack survivor and daughter of a peon, scored 95.2% in her CBSE Class 10 results and became the topper of her school
"I studied for 5-6 hours every day. My parents and teachers supported me a lot. I want to become an IAS officer and serve my country," she says.
Congress president deputes ex-CM Sushilkumar Shinde, Jitendra Singh, Deepak Babaria as observers for election of CLP leader in Karnataka
Sushil Kumar Shinde, Deepak Bawaria and Bhanwar Jitendra Singh have been made the observers in Karnataka by AICC
Observers will be present in the Congress Legislative party meeting today and will submit the report to the party high command.
PM Modi visits Jana Shakti, an exhibition at the NGMA, Delhi
PM Narendra Modi visited Jana Shakti, an exhibition at the NGMA, Delhi. This exhibition contains works by India’s top artists on themes covered in Mann Ki Baat such as Swachhata, water conservation, agriculture, space, India’s northeast, Nari Shakti and Yoga, Ayurveda. The artists who have contributed to Jana Shakti include names like Manu and Madhavi Parekh, Atul Dodiya, Paresh Maity, Iranna GR, Jagannath Panda and more.
Cyclone Mocha: Bangladesh's St Martin's island may go underwater temporarily
The state president Nalin Kateel will not step down: Outgoing Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai
Today, some MLAs were present at the state BJP office. We accepted our defeat humbly. This is not PM Modi's defeat, he is a national leader. The Congress leadership has lost in the entire country.
"CM's will be announced within 2-3 days, and we are also preparing for the cabinet to be formed as soon as possible"
- Congress leader Syed Naseer Hussain in response to media queries on next CM of Karnataka
3 people died after inhaling toxic fumes after they entered a newly-built septic tank in a house in the Cuddalore district last evening
Cuddalore Police have registered a case and an investigation is being done: Cuddalore Police Officials.
It was a courtesy call between the AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and Siddaramaiah, this was not a political meeting: Congress MLA Priyank Kharge
CLP meeting will take place where the final decision for the CM will be taken.
"There is no CM race, there is no deputy CM race. Everything will be decided in Congress legislature party meeting and by the Congress high command,"
- Congress MLA M B Patil
We need to change the entire system, and make it transparent as paper leak is a serious issue and needs to be resolved: Congress leader Sachin Pilot
Middle-class suffers the most because of corruption and the allegations we had put on Bommai Govt have proved to be right and this is why people have voted for us in Karnataka.
"The elected members will choose their leader (chief minister) in the meeting (CLP meet). This has been a tradition and rule in the Congress,"
- Congress leader Pramod Tiwari in response to media queries on next CM of Karnataka
After yesterday's violent incident in Akola, Collector Neema Arora and SP Sandeep Ghuge held a peace committee meeting
The meeting was attended by representatives of all religions and communities, leaders of political parties and important persons of Akola city.
Congress leader Siddaramaiah arrives at party president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in Bengaluru
The Modi wave is over and now our wave is coming across the country: Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Sanjay Raut
Our preparation for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections has started and today a meeting has been called under the chairmanship of Sharad Pawar, we will discuss about the 2024 elections in this meeting and start preparing for it.
In today's (CLP) meeting, the high command will consider everyone's opinion and deliver a decision based on the consensus reached," says Congress leader Sharan Prakash Patil in response to media queries on next CM of Karnataka
Newly elected AAP MP from Jalandhar, Sushil Kumar Rinku meets AAP national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal & Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann in Delhi
Karnataka has shown that people can defeat dictatorship: Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Sanjay Raut
Congress won which means Bajrang Bali is with Congress and not BJP. Our Home Minister (Amit Shah) was saying that if BJP loses, there will be riots. Karnataka is calm and happy. Where are the riots?
Karnataka polls: Shivakumar stages 'dharna' alleging govt machinery's misuse post BJP's narrow win in Jayanagar
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will highlight the disaster management measures taken for this project in front of the DRRWG delegates: MHA
The DRRWG's five key priorities are early warning, resilient infra, national response, building back better and nature-based solutions.
Section 144 imposed in parts of Maharashtra's Akola city following a clash between members of two communities on Saturday
Congress leader Siddaramaiah leaves from his residence
Karnataka Congress will hold its first CLP meeting today.
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal urges Congress to "win people's hearts" for next five years in Karnataka by being open, honest and non-discriminatory
INS Mormugao, the latest guided-missile Destroyer, successfully hit 'Bulls Eye' during her maiden Brahmos Supersonic cruise missile firing
The ship and her potent weapon, both indigenous, mark another shining symbol of Aatmanirbharta and Indian Navy's firepower at sea.
Meeting of Mahavikas Agadi has been called today at 4.30pm at the residence of the NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Uddhav Thackeray, Nana Patole, Ajit Pawar, Balsaheb Thorat and other leaders will be attend the meeting: Sanjay Raut, Uddhav Thackeray faction leader
COVID-19 cases
India reports 1,272 new cases and 2,252 recoveries in the last 24 hours; the active caseload stands at 15,515.
Minimum temperature in Delhi recorded at 25.9 degrees Celsius: IMD
Partly cloudy skies with possibility of dust storm and thunderstorm towards evening and strong surface winds of 20-40 kmph during day.
Civil defence officials urge people to vacate the Bakkhali Sea beach, in the wake of Cyclone Mocha
Encounter breaks out in Sangam area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district between security forces and terrorists: Police
Cyclone Mocha to make landfall along Myanmar-Bangladesh coast today: IMD
Earthquake of 4.3 magnitude strikes Afghanistan's Kabul
- An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 struck Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed.The earthquake occurred at 8:14 am today, the NCS said.The depth of the earthquake was recorded to be 60 km.
- "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.3, Occurred on 14-05-2023, 08:14:29 IST, Lat: 33.34 & Long: 69.94, Depth: 60 Km, Location: 151 km SSE of Kabul, Afghanistan," the NCS tweeted.
China trying to broker 'workable solution' between Pakistan, Taliban on banned outfit TTP
- China is trying to broker a'workable solution' between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban to addressthe issue of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), reported TheExpress Tribune.
- According to official sources familiar with the plan revealed thatForeign Ministers of China and the interim Afghan government were inIslamabad recently for a trilateral meeting to discuss the currentsituation in Afghanistan.
- Among the issues on the agenda included the terrorist sanctuaries inAfghanistan. While Pakistan is concerned over the presence of TTP andits affiliates, China wants the Afghan Taliban to neutralise the threatposed by East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), reported The ExpressTribune. Moreover, China has a vested economic interest in the region.
- China'strade with Afghanistan has been growing fast and it may become thesecond-largest trading nation with Afghanistan in 2023 after Pakistan, asituation that bodes well for the continuation of the CPEC part of theBelt & Road Initiative into Afghanistan, as per Silk Road Briefing(SRB).
24 killed, 12 injured in road crash in Zambia
- Twenty-four people died and 12 others sustainedserious injuries when a bus they were travelling in hit a truck insouthern Zambia, the police said.Zambia Police Deputy Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale said onSaturday that preliminary investigations indicated that the bus with 35passengers on board overturned, falling on the left side of the roadinto a ditch after the bus hit behind the truck. The bus driver is amongthe injured.
Uttarakhand: Chamoli DM walks for 18 Km, takes stock of preparations for Hemkund Sahib Yatra
In view of the upcomingHemkund Sahib Yatra, Chamoli collector Himanshu Khurana walked for 18kilometres and took stock of ongoing preparations on Saturday, for theyatra scheduled to begin on May 20, said an official.
"Punished for being patriot," former NCB officer of Aryan Khan case on CBI raids
- The former NarcoticsControl Bureau (NCB) officer, Sameer Wankhede, who is accused ofallegedly demanding Rs 25 crore as a bribe for not framing Shah RukhKhan's son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case, on Saturday allegedthat he was being punished for being a patriot. Wankhede's statement came in response to the Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) raids raided his residence and other premises onFriday.
- Wankhede alleged that 18 CBI officials yesterday raided his house whilehis wife and children were present in his house.
- "I am getting rewarded for being a patriot, yesterday 18 CBI officialsraided my residence and searched it for more than 12 hours while my wifeand children were present in the house. They found Rs 23,000 and fourproperty papers. These assets were acquired before I joined theservice," said Wankhede.
BJP's C K Ramamurthy declared winner from Jayanagar with margin of 16 votes
- BJP candidate C K Ramamurthy won the Jayanagar seat in Karnataka by a slender margin of 16 votes against his Congress rival Soumya Reddy on Saturday, officials said.
- "The result was announced by the officials at the Counting Centre at S S M R V College in Jayanagar late tonight," a state Information Department official said in a statement.As the victory margin was too narrow, Ramamurthy had demanded recounting of votes.
- Tension prevailed at the R V Institute of Management in Jayanagar where the counting was taking place as the Congress state president D K Shivakumar along with state unit working president Ramalinga Reddy, who is also the father of Sowmya Reddy, and many other leaders staged a demonstration outside the polling booth, demanding justice. They alleged misuse of government machinery to favour Ramamurthy.
- Election officials declared Ramamurthy as the winner with a thin margin of 16 votes. With this, the Congress has won 135 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly. The BJP has won 66 seats and the JD(S) 19, according to the Election Commission website.
"How can we hold talks with terrorists?" Pak FM on vandalism by Imran Khan's supporters
- Commenting on the episodes ofviolence and vandalism in protests sparked after the arrest of formerprime minister Imran Khan, Pakistan's Foreign Minister BilawalBhutto-Zardari on Saturday termed his party "political terrorists" andasked how could talks be held with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI),reported Dawn.
- "We always supported talks and even convinced our allies for it. But[now], how can we hold talks with terrorists? We can only hold talkswith those who condemn terrorism and dissociate themselves from thesepolitical terrorists," he said.
Elon Musk marks TikTok as "Extremely destructive" after finding ill effects via research
- Billionaire Elon Musk has expressed hisconcern over the ill effects of the social media platform 'TikTok' oncertain age groups. Musk took to his Twitter handle on Sunday to share a finding whichmentions about ill-effects of the video-making platform 'TikTok'.
- Elon dropped a picture featuring a research synopsis about theresearchers who created accounts of fictitious 13-year-old users andlater their feeds got flooded with clips about eating disorders, bodyimage, self-harm and suicide. Musk captioned it as, "Extremelydestructive if accurate."
Violent clash between 2 groups in Akola, Section 144 imposed
- A violent clash eruptedbetween two groups over a minor dispute in the Old City police stationarea of Maharashtra's Akola on Saturday evening, the police said. A video purportedly showed members of the two groups pelting stones ateach other, damaging vehicles and creating ruckus on the streets.
- However, officials said that the situation is under control now.
- The incident prompted the administration to issue prohibitory orderunder Section 144 of CrPC.
Hemkund Sahib Yatra is going to start on 20th May
Hemkund Sahib Yatra is going to start on 20th May. The entire Yatra route has been inspected jointly with the officers of all the departments. For the shortcomings found during this period, the concerned officials have been directed to make all the arrangements.
