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Welcoming the Supreme Court order for a floor test, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa today asserted he was "100 per cent" confident that he would prove the majority in the state Assembly.

Monsoon rains are expected to arrive on Kerala coast on May 29, the weather office has said in a statement.

The Congress today welcomed the Supreme Court's order of holding a floor test in Karnataka Assembly tomorrow, saying the constitution has won and democracy restored

The Congress has sought an appointment with President Ram Nath Kovind on behalf of like-minded opposition parties to brief him about the Karnataka governor inviting the BJP to form government in the southern state, even though the assembly election ended in split verdict

Like every big development, the Karnataka numbers game also inspired many social media jokes, memes and WhatsApp messages. One of them featured in the Supreme Court hearing in which BJP's BS Yeddyurappa was ordered to take a trust vote by 4 pm on Saturday.

The BJP's BS Yeddyurappa, who was sworn in yesterday as Chief Minister of a minority government in Karnataka, has to take a trust vote at 4 pm tomorrow, the Supreme Court said today, drastically slashing to 24 hours the time he has to win over more lawmakers

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has eked out a narrow, uncertain victory following a bitterly-fought state election in the south Indian state of Karnataka, with its minority government sworn in this morning.

Two buses started from Bengaluru around 12:15 am on Thursday night and zoomed down the highway in scenes straight out of a thriller. On board were around 116 Karnataka lawmakers -- from the Congress and Janata Dal Secular (JDS) -- being driven to Hyderabad under secrecy as much as they could manage with media teams close behind

The BS Yeddyurappa-led BJP government in Karnataka has been asked by the Supreme Court to take floor test tomorrow at 4 pm. The court today resumed hearing a petition filed by Congress- Janata Dal Secular (JDS) combine challenging Karnataka Governor's controversial invitation to the BJP's BS Yeddyurappa to become chief minister, the Congress and the JDS in Karnataka moved their lawmakers from Bengaluru to Hyderabad. In a move that came well past midnight, the lawmakers were taken in bus to the Telangana capital, 569 km from Bengaluru.

More than a hundred newly-elected Karnataka legislators from the Congress and the JDS reached Hyderabad this morning just as the Supreme Court ordered a floor test for the BS Yeddyurappa-led BJP government tomorrow at 4 pm. The BJP has 104 lawmakers and the support of one independent MLA - seven short of the majority mark of 112. Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala's invitation this week to Mr Yeddyurappa to become chief minister sparked a huge row and allegations that the BJP will use money and clout to provoke defections. The move was challenged by the Congress in the Supreme Court.

On a day the Congress said he would prove to be a "one day" chief minister, BS Yeddyurappa got down to business soon after his swearing in, appointing his government's top law officer and making key changes to the police establishment in Karnataka.

Motorists talking on cellphones cannot be charged under a Kerala Police Act, the state's high court has said and ruled in favour of a man, saying there was no provision in law barring use of the gadget.

The Congress will observe 'Save Democracy Day' across the country on Friday to protest Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala's "collusion with the BJP" and his "partisan" action of inviting BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa to take oath as Chief Minister following a split verdict in that state.

The Congress has gone on an overdrive to protect its lawmakers sequestered in a luxury resort 60 km from Karnataka capital Bengaluru. But this time, it isn't telling its newly-elected lawmakers to deposit their mobile phones to prevent emissaries from the ruling BJP from reaching out to them. Instead, it wants them to install an app on their phones and record the calls they receive.

Buoyed by the overnight hearing in Supreme Court on its petition challenging the Karnataka governor's invite to the BJP to form the government, the Congress today scaled up its attack, calling BS Yeddyurappa a "one day chief minister".