K'taka min sacked for embarrassing Cong

ON the surface, it seemed like a routine resignation. But behind the calm facade of Cooperation Minister K N Rajanna's sudden exit from the Karnataka cabinet lies a web of controversy, high-stakes power struggles and whispers of betrayal that have set the state's political corridors abuzz.

- BANSY KALAPPA @ Bengaluru

IN a day of high drama, the Opposition's protest against the ongoing voter roll revision in Bihar spilled onto the streets with the Delhi Police detaining several top leaders of INDIA bloc, including Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, during their march to the Election Commission of India's (ECI) headquarters in the capital.

While the march led by Rahul began from Parliament House at noon, the MPs were stopped midway as the police had placed multiple barricades on Parliament Street to block them from moving forward.

While the police asked the MPs not to proceed further and made an announcement through a loudspeaker that they should send only 30 representatives forward, many MPs sat on the road and raised slogans against the alleged 'vote theft' and poll rigging.