Breaking Highlights, Top Alerts of May 18
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02:03 pm: Patna: Tejashwi Yadav and other alliance leaders met Bihar Governor Satyapal Malik, hand over letters stating that RJD is the single largest party and hence should be invited to form Government (ANI)
02:02 pm: Haryana Govt suspends State Staff Selection Commission chairman over controversial question on Brahmins in JE. Education Minister, Ram Bilas Sharma says, 'Advice of the Advocate General is being sought on the issue. Inquiry commission would submit its report at the earliest' (ANI)
02:00 pm: Congress delegation meets Manipur Acting Governor Jagdish Mukhi, stakes claim to form government in state
01:58 pm: Rs. 100 crore or Rs. 200 crore, our MLAs are with us. None of our members are going away. Today, evening or tomorrow early morning, we all are leaving for Bengaluru: GT Devegowda, JD(S) in Hyderabad (ANI)
01:50 pm: China denies it offered package to slash U.S. trade gap by $200 billion (Reuters)
01:44 pm: Let us wait till 4 pm tomorrow. What is the outcome on the floor of the Karnataka assembly. The Manipur Governor Jagdish Mukhi said that he will look into the matter. I hope he will do justice: Okram Ibobi Singh, Congress and Former CM of Manipur (ANI)
If they are targeting us, they are getting an appropriate reply. We were expecting such an incident because the harvesting season is over & once harvesting season gets over, they always do such mischief: Ram Awtar, IG BSF, on ceasefire violation by Pakistan in RS Pura sector (ANI)
01:41 pm: Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorists looted cash from a J&K bank branch in Qaimoh (Kulgam), reports ANI
01:35 pm: All Congress and JD(S) MLAs and two independents are with us: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (PTI)
01:31 pm: Congress stakes claim to form govt in Goa; submits letter to Governor Mridula Sinha seeking invite to prove majority in House (PTI)
01:27 pm: Mr.Yeddyurappa who has 104 MLAs including himself, in the letter requested for 7 days, he had no other name, yet Governor invited him. It was unconstitutional, Governor even gave him 15 days time: Siddaramaiah (ANI)
01:18 pm: We are going to prove our majority to the Governor. We stake claim to form the government. We have the support of many parties & MLAs of those parties are with us. Let's see what happens: Tejashwi Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal (ANI)
01:10 pm: As per the directions of Supreme Court, we are expected to prove our majority tomorrow. We are sending our file to Karnataka governor to call an assembly session at 11 am tomorrow. We are going to prove majority: BS Yeddyurappa, CM of Karnataka (ANI)
12:45 pm: BJP's "bluff" that it will form govt without numbers has been called out by court: Rahul Gandhi (PTI)
12:41 pm: Cambridge Analytica files for voluntary bankruptcy in US
12:38 pm: New attack foiled in France, two Egyptian brothers arrested: Interior minister (AFP)
12:27 pm: Will discuss with Chief secretary and call for assembly session tomorrow. We are 100 per cent confident that we will prove full majority: Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa on Supreme Court's order for floor test (ANI)