Live Breaking News May 16
Twitter is buzzing with breaking news and news alerts from India and rest of the world. Here is the coverage of all breaking alerts and latest updates from the micro-blogging site on one page:
Breaking News of May 16:
11:41 pm: JD(S) HD Kumaraswamy arrives at Eagleton Resort in Bengaluru where Congress and JD(S) MLAs are staying Karnataka elections (ANI)
11:31 pm:
10:50 pm: Halk bank executive Mehmet Hakan Atilla sentenced to 32 months prison in US case over Iran sanctions (Reuters)
10:16 pm: CBI arrests Sub-Inspector Ashok Singh, Station Officer & Sub-Inspector Kamta Prasad Singh both of Police Station Makhi in Unnao (both presently under suspension) in ongoing investigation of one of the cases related to certain incidents of violence in UP's Unnao (ANI)
09:51 pm: BJP government in Karnataka: BS Yeddyurappa to take oath as CM tomorrow, gets 15 days to prove majority
09:44 pm: Trump responds to N Korea threat to cancel Kim Jong Un summit, says he will still insist on denuclearization (AP)
09:37 pm:
09:08 pm: PM announces ex-gratia relief, from PM Relief Fund, of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of those who lost their lives and Rs. 50,000 each to those who were seriously injured after a portion of an under construction flyover collapsed in Varanasi, yesterday (ANI)
09:04 pm:
08:56 pm: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg agrees to meet European MEPs, says official (AFP)
08:52 pm: 117 is the strength of the Congress and JDS combined. The BJP did not have and does not have majority. The people of Karnataka have not given majority to the BJP. These 117 are ready to verify themselves in front of the Governor: Randeep Singh Surjewala
08:46 pm: The Governor of Karnataka must bind by the Constitution and the order of the Supreme Court. We have the majority numbers but, the Governor isn't calling us to form government: Kapil Sibal
