11:31 am: PM Narendra Modi begins his address after laying the foundation for Zojila tunnel in Leh
11:30 am: Most important objective was to establish transparency. Since live feed of the proceedings would be given, we hope there would be fairness. I have no doubt that the victory would be of Congress and JD(S): Abhishek Manu Singhvi (ANI)
11:16 am:
11:14 am: Supreme Court rejects Congress-JD(S) plea challenging appointment of Pro-tem Speaker KG Bopaiah (ANI)
11:12 am: 'Live broadcast of floor test would be the best way to ensure transparency of proceedings', says Supreme Court over hearing on Congress-JD(S) plea challenging appointment of pro tem speaker KG Bopaiah (ANI)
11:09 am: Hearing on Congress-JD(S) plea challenging appointment of pro tem speaker KG Bopaiah: SC says 'law can't direct the Governor to appoint a particular person as Pro-tem Speaker. Unless convention becomes legal norm, it can't be enforced by Court' (ANI)
10:55 am: Hearing on Congress-JD(S) plea challenging appointment of pro tem speaker KG Bopaiah: Kapil Sibal says, 'long standing convention has been broken after the appointment of Bopaiah'; adds 'even SC has ratified this practice in two judgments'. (ANI)
10:44 am: Hearing on Congress-JD(S) plea challenging the appointment of pro tem speaker KG Bopaiah, begins in the Supreme Court (ANI)
10:41 am: Congress MLAs arrive at Bengaluru's Vidhana Soudha ahead of floor test in the Karnataka Assembly today (ANI)
10:39 am: Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and other BJP MLAs arrive at Vidhana Soudha for floor test in the Karnataka Assembly today (ANI)
10:36 am:
10:30 am: 19 labourers killed, 6 injured after truck overturns near Ahmedabad's Bavaliyari village in Gujarat (PTI)
10:28 am: PM Narendra Modi arrives in Leh on day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir (PTI)
10:24 am: For me, today is not an important day, the important days will come in future. Up to 4 pm, BJP will try to poach our MLAs. All the MLAs are together, no one is going to go to the other side. None of our MLAs are trapped. Me and Siddaramaiah will go together: HD Kumaraswamy, JD(S) (ANI)
09:42 am: 15 people injured after a bus turns turtle on NH 21 in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh (ANI)
09:40 am: Wait till 4.30 pm. We will win and BS Yeddyurappa will be the CM for 5 years: Sadananda Gowda, BJP on floor test in the Karnataka Assembly today (ANI)
09:39 am: Both Congress and JD(S) have an unholy alliance. They are going to be rejected, people are going to reject them: Union Minister Ananth Kumar on floor test in the Karnataka Assembly today (ANI)
09:38 am: 100% I am going to have absolute majority. Tomorrow I am going to take all that decision which I promised to the people of Karnataka: CM BS Yeddyurappa on floor test in the Karnataka Assembly today (ANI)
09:37 am: Numbers are against BJP. Numbers are in favor of us. MLAs are in our favour. We will form the govt: Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress on floor test in the Karnataka Assembly today (ANI)
09:35 am: BJP doesn't have the numbers, we will win the floor test. BJP is just trying to prove their majority and they will fail to do so: Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress on floor test in Karnataka assembly today (ANI)
