11:16 am: Congress-JD(S) plea against Karnataka Governor inviting BJP to form govt: Supreme Court wanted to know on what basis the Governor asks a party to provide a stable government. BJP's lawyer Mukul Rohatgi submitted that at this stage he does not want to say anything more (ANI)
11:13 am: Appointment with Goa Governor at noon. We are going to tell her that since her counterpart in Karnataka has called the single largest party, she should also call us now. We are single largest party, will prove majority on the floor of the House: Yatish Naik, Goa Congress spox (ANI)
11:07 am: All MLAs are intact, threats using various govt agencies are going on but we will fight it out. We were not allowed to take a charter flight last night: DK Shivakumar, Congress, in Hyderabad (ANI)
11:00 am: Congress-JD(S) plea against Karnataka Guv inviting BJP to form govt: Letters, handed to SC by BJP's lawyer Mukul Rohatgi, say that Yeddyurappa has been elected as leader of largest party, BJP and he has support of necessary number of MLAs and is ready to prove it on floor of House (ANI)
11:00 am: Congress-JD(S) plea against Karnataka Governor inviting BJP to form govt: Supreme Court asks counsels for letters from BS Yeddyurappa, Mukul Rohatgi hands over two letters of the BJP leader's letters to SC (ANI)
10:51 am: US Senate confirms Gina Haspel to be first woman director of the CIA (Reuters)
10:46 am: Congress plea against Karnataka Governor inviting BJP to form govt: Kapil Sibal also present at Supreme Court to argue on behalf of the Congress party (ANI)
10:37 am: MLAs who were staying at B'luru resort received threats,we wanted to take them to Kerala by air but permission was not granted,ultimately they had to travel by road. Is this democracy?No one trusts Constitution anymore, people have faith only in judiciary:GN Azad, Congress in Hyderabad (ANI)
10:34 am: Karnataka: Certainly (BJP has the numbers), without that how can we form the govt?: BJP's Sadananda Gowda; on Congress MLAs being taken to Hyderabad he said, 'It is their right no? They can take them anywhere, even to Pakistan' (ANI)
10:31 am: Crucial hearing on Congress-JD(S) petition challenging Karnataka Governor's invitation to BJP to form govt, begins in Supreme Court (ANI)
10:17 am: China stops anti-dumping probe into US sorghum (AFP)
10:15 am: India asked security forces not to launch operations during Ramzan but my husband was killed in firing by Pak. What'll happen by offering compensation? It'll not bring back my husband: Wife of BSF's Sitaram Upadhyay, who lost his life in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir's RS Pura (ANI)
10:09 am: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal writes to PM Narendra Modi, says, 'I urge you to kindly use your good offices to persuade Haryana to continue supplying same levels of water (to Delhi) that it has been supplying for last 22 years and to not disrupt it until Court decision' (ANI)
10:05 am: Spoke to our former Prime Minister Shri HD Deve Gowda Ji and conveyed birthday wishes to him. I pray for his good health and long life, tweets Prime Minister Narendra Modi (ANI)
10:04 am: He (Hafiz Saeed) is out in the open, it is a tremendous concern to the US. We have a reward on him, for his arrest: Heather Nauert, spokesperson, US State Department on the question of Nawaz Sharif's statement on 26/11 Mumbai attacks (ANI)
10:03 am: We have a very strong relationship with Prime Minister Modi’s government. We have strong people-to-people ties with the Indian State dept: Heather Nauert, spokesperson, US State Department (ANI)
10:01 am: Jammu and Kashmir: Two civilians injured in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in RS Pura sector. Schools within 3 kms radius of International border have been declared closed by the administration (ANI)
