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For the second day in succession, the Karnataka Assembly was adjourned, following the pleas by Congress MLAs. Though the governor had asked the chief minister to prove his majority at 1:30 pm and later again at 6pm, the CM did not pay heed.

The Kerala Police have arrested six members of the SFI in connection with the stabbing of the Thiruvananthapuram University College student Akhil Chandran in the premises of the institution
 

The 84-year-old veteran BJP leader, Biswa Bhusan Harichandan was earlier elected five times to the Odisha Assembly from Chilika and Bhubaneswar constituencies. Now, he is all set to take over as the new Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

Seeking quashing of the Governor’s order to prove his majority by 1: 30 pm today (July 19) the coalition government has approached the Supreme Court. 

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday (July 18) moved the confidence motion in the state Assembly with the 14-month old Congress-JDS government headed by him hanging by a thread after a rebellion by a section of ruling coalition lawmakers. Governor’s letter has forced both parties to approach the Supreme Court for clarity

The Punjab Governor announced that Pakistan will allot 42 acres of land for Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur. He also said the total land for Kartarpur Corridor will be 408 acres.

Mishra, 78, had resigned from the Narendra Modi-led government as minister for micro, small and medium enterprises in 2017. The Uttar Pradesh leader did not contest the last Lok Sabha election

President Ram Nath Kovind visited Attiyuran Temple in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram and paid obeisance to Lord Athi Varadar deity taken out of water once in 40 years

The apex body of Sikhs, the SGPC has invited Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to the celebrations of Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary at Nankana Sahib in Pakistan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked BJP MPs to embark on a 150-km-long 'padayatra' in their constituencies. The Enforcement Directorate filed a supplementary charge sheet in a Delhi court in an alleged money laundering case against Misa Bharti
 

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

With more MLAs tendering resignations, here is what Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mallikarjun Kharge had to say.
 

Two experienced political bigwigs – former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and Governor Vajubhai Vala – hold the key to solve the political mess in Karnataka

The RBI reduced the key policy rate thrice with an aggregate reduction of 0.75 percentage points in the repo rate, the rate at which RBI lends to banks.

In a last-ditch effort to save the government, chief minister Kumaraswamy is likely to reshuffle the Cabinet. He will however be in trouble if the Governor asks the coalition government to prove majority