Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday claimed that India is heading towards partition due to increasing population. He added that a law should be introduced to control increase in population.

Bengaluru Police Commissioner Alok Kumar has issued prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, restricting the gathering of more than five persons and any form of protests within the two-km area around the Vidhana Soudha.

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JD(S) government is still on shaky grounds. The government has lost support of 18 MLAs as of now. If resignations of these MLAs are accepted, Kumaraswamy government may topple.

Amid an ongoing political crisis in Karnataka, Section 144 has been imposed at the state assembly Vidhana Soudha from 11 to 14 July, according to ANI reports. It prohibits an assembly of more than 4 people in an area.

Shivakumar and others reached Mumbai early on Wednesday and attempted to meet the 10 Karnataka legislators put up at the Hotel Renaissance in Powai.

The 13-month old Congress-JD(S) government plummetted into a crisis following the resignation of 11 MLAs last week.

If the resignations of all the 12 MLAs of the Congress, three of the JD-S, one of regional party KPJP and an Independent are accepted by Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar, the ruling coalition's number in the 225-member House will drop from 118 to 101, 12 short of the majority mark.

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Mamata Banerjee has been on a rough course with the Modi government. Late last month, she scaled up her fight by skipping the oath-taking ceremony of the Prime Minister and his new Council of Ministers.

​Thursday brought a jolt to Chandrababu Naidu as four of his Rajya Sabha MPs quit the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In what came as a rude shock to Naidu were the names of his close confidantes YS Chowdary and CM Ramesh's names among those came as a rude shock to Naidu.

On Tuesday, Mamata Banerjee decided not to attend a meeting called by PM to discuss the possibility of holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections. Meanwhile, TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu will also not attend the meeting called by the PM.

“We've decided to contest the 2022 elections. We've to strengthen the party so that in 2022 Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) forms a government on its own. Rumours are that there'll be merger, this should put an end to all that,” said Shivpal Yadav.

In a strong retort to Mamata Banerjee, state BJP president Dilip Ghosh said if voted to power, the saffron party would work towards making the state the "second Gujarat" as it would create employment for its jobless youth.

It was during the end of second hour when Jai Kishan, a British fast bowler of Indian origin, was hit on the head while trying to stop Warner's shot.

Earlier in the day, Sonia Gandhi was elected as chairperson of Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP). The decision was taken in the very first meeting of newly elected Congress Lok Sabha MPs. The meeting took place in the Central Hall of Parliament.

The CPP is currently chaired by Sonia Gandhi and all 52 Lok Sabha MPs will be present at the meeting, besides its members in the Rajya Sabha, sources said. The meeting will be held in the central hall of Parliament and MPs will also chalk out its strategy for the upcoming session of Parliament, they said.

"I am seeing reports in newspapers that we had asked for 3 seats, this is false. We had not asked for any seat," Nitish Kumar clarified.

"It is good that she decided not to attend PM Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony. After killing 54 BJP workers with which face she will attend the celebration. She has disgraced the democracy," said Manoj Tiwari.

“I think Vidhan Sabha elections will be held within 6 months to 1 year in West Bengal. There is a lot of dissatisfaction in TMC. The TMC government is being run by police and CID pressure,” ANI quoted Rahul Sinha as saying.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony on May 30.