Breaking Highlights, Top Alerts of May 16
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12:29 pm: JD(S) MLAs are being offered Rs 100 crore each. Where is this black money coming from? They are supposedly the servers of poor people and they are offering money today. Where are the income tax officials?: HD Kumaraswamy, JD(S) (ANI)
12:28 pm: Supreme Court refuses to give protection to witnesses of Kathua gangrape-murder case; also refuses to change the investigating agency in the case. Next hearing on May 17 (ANI)
12:18 pm: Party has to show numbers when it comes to proving the majority, we will do that for sure. I can't speak openly but we will definitely prove the majority. It is BJP who was given the mandate by people: Bhagwanth Khuba, BJP, on Karnataka elections (ANI)
12:17 pm: HD Kumaraswamy chosen as legislative party leader in a meeting of the JD(S) MLAs in Bengaluru (ANI)
12:14 pm: Unidentified miscreants escape with a ballot box from polling booth no. 76 in Malda's Ratua, as Panchayat elections for West Bengal continues (ANI)
12:11 pm: The party has chosen me. I have given the letter to the Governor and he will call me, that is what I am hoping. He told me that he will take an appropriate decision. I'll inform you after I receive letter from Governor: BS Yeddyurappa, after meeting the Guv (ANI) Read More
12:09 pm: HD Kumaraswamy will be the CM and there'll be a coalition govt. That is the only truth. People want him to be the CM. These kind of mechanistion will happen but the fact is that HD Kumaraswamy will be CM. We won't be influenced by anyone: A Manjunath, JD(S)
11:40 am: Turkey tells Israeli consul in Istanbul to leave country temporarily (AFP)
11:39 am: 66 out of 78 MLAs present for Congress legislative meet at Karnataka Party Congress Committee office in Bengaluru (ANI)
11:32 am: We have to protect the verdict of the people. BJP is doing bad politics. We don't have to stoop down to their level. We are 118 in number, we don't want anyone. No body has called me to the resort: NA Harris, Congress (ANI)
11:27 am: We are all together All this is false news. In fact there are 6 BJP people, who are touch with us: Congress' MB Patil (ANI)
11:18 am: Nepal Army's cargo helicopter crashes in Muktinath; both pilots killed (ANI)
11:07 am: JD(S)' MLAs Raja Venkatappa Nayaka and Venkata Rao Nadagouda not present in the ongoing JD(S) legislative party meet in Bengaluru, over Karnataka elections (ANI)
11:05 am: HD Kumaraswamy meets BJP leaders before joining the JD(S) meet
10:51 am: JD(S) legislative party meeting begins in Bengaluru (ANI)
10:50 am: We are the single largest party. You have seen how Congress and JD(S) were fighting, six months back. Now, they want to come together and form government: DV Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister (ANI)
10:40 am: We have already decided to go with Congress. That's the reason we called Janta Dal (Secular) Legislature Party meeting. There is no question of taking any other decision: HD Kumaraswamy, JD(S)
10:37 am: People want BJP govt and we will make it. Anyone can create unnatural tensions, but people of Karnataka are with us. After meeting, we will take necessary steps. Attempt made by Congress to make a backdoor entry is not appreciated: Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister (ANI)
10:22 am: The leader will be elected during the legislature party meeting. From there we will go to Raj Bhavan immediately. We will claim to form the govt. Most probably we will ask the Governor to give us time tomorrow: BS Yeddyurappa, BJP on Karnataka election results (ANI) Read More
10:15 am: Deadly Southern California explosion believed to be intentional act; blast may have come from package (The Associated Press quoting Federal official)