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Speaking to reporters, former TRS MLA Somarapu Satyanarayana claimed that their party leaders had harassed him, including the police officers and hence decided to quit the party

The present Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Governor ESL Narasimhan is the longest-serving Governor of both the states

Meanwhile, Karnataka chief minister Kumaraswamy, who was on the US tour, is heading back as Congress leaders are desperately trying to reach out to the disgruntled legislators  

As HD Kumaraswamy failed to ensure the victory of son Nikhil Kumaraswamy in Mandya Lok Sabha poll and his father JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda from Tumakuru, now, with HK Kumaraswamy's appointment as Karnataka JDS president, HD Revanna is all set to stamp his authority over the party

After months of speculation and persuasion from current Karnataka JDS president, H Vishwanath, the party is all set to hand over the baton to Sakleshpura MLA HK Kumaraswamy as party president. To appeal to youths, Madhu Bangarappa appointed as JDS working president

The move by the DMK came after Vellakoil MP Saminathan, who was the previous youth wing state secretary resigned from the post and paved the way for appointing Udhayanidhi Stalin to the position

In a video, Piriyapatna JDS MLA Mahadev was seen claiming that he was offered Rs 40 crore without mentioning any names. The Congress pointed fingers at the BJP

Earlier in July 2018, the West Bengal Assembly had passed a resolution unanimously to change the name of the state to "Bangla" in the three most-spoken languages (Bengali, Hindi and English) and had sent the proposal to the home ministry

The Pinayarai Vijayan-led Kerala government, which is in a hurry to implement the Supreme Court’s order in relation to the Sabarimala verdict, is now accused of pussy-footing over the Jacobite-Orthodox church feud

Earlier, several senior Congress leaders staged a sit-in protest seeking Rahul Gandhi to continue as their party president.