The Congress MLAs said the lawmakers were living in fear and Patil was kidnapped, kept in a room, taken by a special flight to Mumbai and admitted to a hospital.

Karnataka LIVE Updates: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy moved the trust motion in the assembly today even as he launched a scathing attack on the rebel Congress-JDS MLAs and the BJP for the political crisis in the state.

In a letter sent to Adityanath Priyanka said, "I appreciate the security arrangements made by the police and administration during my visit, but it causes a lot of inconvenience to the people and this troubles me."

The parties traded charges after the Congress alleged that Patil had been 'kidnapped' as part of efforts to 'topple' the coalition government. However, Patil, in a video message on a social networking site later, said no one had kidnapped him.

The provisional order for the attachment of the seven-acre plot, 'beneficially owned' by Kumar and his wife Vichiter Lata, was issued on July 16 by the Income Tax Department's Delhi-based Benami Prohibition Unit.

The first priority for the Congress should be to resolve the current leadership cirisis and to reinvent its identity as a credible alternative to the BJP.

Ramalinga Reddy, a former minister, is among the 13 Congress and three JDS MLAs who have tendered their resignations, leaving it tottering on the brink of collapse.

Karnataka LIVE: The state is set for a trust vote in the Assembly this morning as the HD Kumaraswamy government teeters on the edge. While at least 12 rebel MLAs have reiterated that they would not return to the Congress, the party got breather from legislator Ramalinga Reddy who has said that he would vote in the favour of Congress-JDS government.

The House was adjourned by Deputy Speaker Krishna Reddy as the Congress members persistently shouted slogans against the BJP as the proceedings wore on with Kumaraswamy yet to make his speech on the motion.

The Supreme Court had said in its order that 15 rebel MLAs of the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka 'ought not' to be compelled to participate in the proceedings of the ongoing session of the state Assembly.

Akash Vijayvargiya, MLA from Indore-3 landed in a controversy when a video circulated showed the MLA beating a civic officer with a cricket bat in Indore on June 26 during a removal drive by the municipal authorities.

Protests were held in front of several borough offices of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation across the city, Rajarhat BDO office and Howrah district magistrate's bungalow.

Karnataka Assembly Trust LIVE: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy moved the trust motion in the assembly today even as he launched a scathing attack on the rebel Congress-JDS MLAs and the BJP for the political crisis in the state.

Dilip Ghosh chose the occasion to accuse the state's ruling Trinamool Congress of "harassing" those who join the BJP, and said it has become "risky" for people to join his party.

The CPI, the BSP and the NCP are facing the prospects of losing their national party status after their dismal performance in the Lok Sabha elections.

The bifurcation is done for administrative convenience following representations from Ministers, MLAs and the general public, the chief minister said. The government had announced, 33rd district, Kallakurichi in January.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal directed Arvind Kejriwal to appear before the court on August 7.

Sabyasachi Dutta, who is also the TMC MLA from Rajarhat-New Town but has been at loggerheads with the party leadership, clarified that he has not quit the party.

Akash Vijayvargiya, the son of senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, assaulted an official of the Indore Municipal Corporation on June 26 during an argument over demolition of a dilapidated building.

On July 2, 2017, Madhya Pradesh government had carried out a 12-hour drive to plant 6.67 crore saplings in the banks of river Narmada in order to create a Guinness World Record entry.

A BJP delegation met the governor even as the assembly was debating the confidence motion amid fears by the party that 'extraneous' issues were being raised by the coalition to prolong the debate.

'The world misses men like Mandela more than ever today. His life was a testament to truth, love and freedom,' Priyanka tweeted.

43-year-old ex-MLA Thakor resigned on July 5, apparently after voting against Congress candidates in the Rajya Sabha bypolls.

Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah requested Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar to postpone the confidence motion debate till the Supreme Court clarifies on his powers to issue a whip to all Congress MLAs.

Patil, who complained of chest pain, has been shifted to Mumbai's St George Hospital from the Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre and is undergoing treatment there.

K Chandrasekhar Rao's remarks came in the Assembly when Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader M Bhatti Vikramarka referred to the issue of merger. "They came as per 10th Schedule of the Constitution," he said.

The cabinet has approved bills that enables tenant farmers to enter into cultivation agreements and gave nod to bill that ensures no loss to the land owners. It has also started taking measures to ban liquor in the state.

The first phase of Aditya Thackeray’s yatra will start from Jalgaon and cover four districts of North Maharashtra — Jalgaon, Dhule, Nashik, Ahmednagar- in the next five days.

Karnataka LIVE Updates: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy moved the trust motion in the assembly today even as he launched a scathing attack on the rebel Congress-JDS MLAs and the BJP for the political crisis in the state.

The provisional order for the attachment of the seven-acre plot, 'beneficially owned' by Anand Kumar and his wife Vichiter Lata, was issued on July 16 by the Delhi-based Benami Prohibition Unit (BPU) of the department.

The Prime Minister asked MPs to attend Parliament regularly and take their roster duties seriously, adding they must focus on their constituencies.

Karnataka LIVE: In a jolt to the Kumaraswamy government, the Supreme Court today said the 15 rebel Congress-JDS MLAs could not be forced to take part in the trust vote scheduled for tomorrow.

The court also said Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar was free to decide on the resignations of the rebel legislators within such time-frame as deemed appropriate by him.

The Supreme Court had directed that the 15 rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs 'ought not' to be compelled to take part in the proceedings of the Karnataka Assembly.

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy is due to face a trust vote on Thursday and his government could collapse ahead of it if Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar was to accept the resignations of the rebel MLAs.

Reddy, a former minister, is among the 13 Congress and three JDS MLAs who have tendered their resignations while two independent legislators have withdrawn their support to the 14-month old Kumaraswamy government, leaving it tottering on the brink of collapse.

While Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said the party has emerged victorious as 90% of its arguments during the trial was accepted by the top court, Randeep Surjewala said it's a 'terrible precedent'.

The Congress is yet to decide on its new president after Rahul Gandhi made his resignation public, taking moral responsibility for the party's Lok Sabha poll debacle.

'The proposed amendments will lead to further promotion of ease of doing business, de-clogging of National Company Law Tribunal and Special Courts,' an official release said.

Sardesai, who was deputy chief minister, and two other ministers of his party were dropped from the Goa cabinet recently when ten Congress MLAs joined the BJP.

Chandrababu Naidu also questioned dual Standards of Jagan and said, 'Jagan has charged higher tariff for his two power plants in Karnataka and he is questioning our tariffs in AP.'

Chennithala, the Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, also claimed the state had never seen such 'police atrocities and custodial deaths' as being witnessed now.

The amendment to the Cow Progeny Slaughter Prevention Act, enacted by the previous BJP government, proposes jail terms ranging from six months to five years for those engaging in violence in the name of cow vigilantism.

Sushma Swaraj thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking the case to the ICJ and senior advocate Harish Salve for arguing the matter very effectively and successfully.

Karnataka LIVE: The Supreme Court will deliver today its crucial order on the pleas of rebel Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) MLAs seeking a direction to the Karnataka Assembly Speaker to accept their resignations even as suspense mounts over the fate of the 13-month-old HD Kumaraswamy government in the state.

The court had earlier ruled against the demolition of the existing secretariat complex and the iconic Erram Manzil and asked the state government to file a counter in 15 days.

Suriya said that the National Education policy sought to impose entrance and qualifying examination on students and the three-language formula in Tamil Nadu.

Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said 26 officers figuring in 20 CBI cases from these All India Services have been convicted in the past three years.

Parliament LIVE: Two days after Lok Sabha proceedings descended into chaos as opposition parties protested against the passing of the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, the bill is slated to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha today. The latest amendments will enable the NIA to additionally investigate offences related to human trafficking, counterfeit currency, manufacture or sale of prohibited arms, cyber-terrorism, and offences under the Explosive Substances Act, 1908.

Revanna rejected the allegations of his style of functioning was responsible for the resignation of MLAs and also said that he had no hands-on the transfers in departments other than his.