Resort politics is back in Karnataka as the ruling Congress-JD(S) and the Opposition BJP attempt to guard against their legislators being poached ahead of a possible vote of confidence in the state Assembly. Meanwhile, reports are coming that Chinese soldiers crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh division of Jammu and Kashmir last week after some Tibetans hoisted Tibetan flags on the occasion of Dalai Lama's birthday. Here in this segment, News Nation brings you live news from all corners of the world. The latest stories will appear in our live blog below - so keep scrolling down.Â
Catch all the 9 LIVE Updates of July 13 here:
5:00 pm:Â 107 West Bengal MLAs from CPM, Congress and TMC will join BJP. We have their list prepared and they are in contact with us: Mukul Roy, BJP in Kolkata.
4:47 pm:Â India-Pakistan meeting on Kartarpur Corridor to be held tomorrow at 9:30 am at Wagah.
4:30 pm:Â Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath will leave for Bengaluru, today evening and will stay there tomorrow.
3:59 pm:Â Filipe Nery Rodrigues, Jennifer Monserratte, and Chandrakant Kavleka, three out of the ten MLAs who joined BJP from Congress recently, take oath as ministers in Goa Government. Former Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo also takes oath.
3:20 pm:Â A clash erupted between customers & salesmen of a petrol pump in Nigha area of Asansol, earlier today.
#WATCH West Bengal: A clash erupted between customers & salesmen of a petrol pump in Nigha area of Asansol, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/vVp2q7xKXM
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2019
3:15 pm:Â Meghalaya becomes first state to have a water policy.
3:00 pm:Â Rebel Congress MLA MTB Nagaraj met Congress legislative party leader Siddaramaiah.
Bengaluru: Rebel Congress MLA MTB Nagaraj met Congress legislative party leader Siddaramaiah, at the latter's residence. Congress MLA Zameer Khan also present pic.twitter.com/UynvODAUBq
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2019
2:55 pm:Â We have no objection to No Confidence Motion. We will wait until Monday. On Monday, we are ready to face the No Confidence Motion: BS Yeddyurappa.
2:45 pm:Â A bus got stuck near Pipalkoti on Badrinath Highway, today, following heavy rainfall in the region. All passengers are safe.Â
2:35 pm:Â Rebel Congress-JDS Karnataka MLAs including Ramesh Jarkiholi visited Sai Baba temple in Shirdi.
Rebel Congress-JDS Karnataka MLAs including Ramesh Jarkiholi visited Sai Baba temple in Shirdi. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/RCp732OkAq
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2019
2:30 pm:Â BJP MLAs staying at Ramada hotel in Bengaluru, held a lunch meeting with party state president BS Yeddyurappa.
2:20 pm:Â Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Gopichand Gahlot joins BJP, in presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
1:45 pm: Five more rebel Karnataka Congress MLAs including Anand Singh and Roshan Baig have also moved Supreme Court against the assembly speaker not accepting their resignations.
1:36 pm:Â Locals staged a protest against Rishikesh administration's order to temporarily shut 'Lakshman Jhula' bridge on river Ganga. The bridge was shut due to its dilapidated condition.
1:22 pm:Â Rebel Cong MLA MTB Nagaraj arrives to meet Siddaramaiah at latter's residence. MTB Nagaraj had earlier met Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara and DK Shivakumar.
1:05 pm:Â Three people of a family murdered, two others injured. The accused Arjun Panhale has been arrested. Police begin investigation.
1:00 pm:Â Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) in September this year.
12:50 pm:Â Though new ministers are being inducted,assembly will go on as per schedule. New Ministers will have to study their portfolios while answering questions on floor of the House. Congress will have to give name of leader of opposition by 15 July: Goa Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar.
12:05 pm:Â We should live together and die together because we have worked for 40 years for the party, there are ups and downs in every family. We should forget everything and move forward. Happy that MTB Nagaraj(rebel MLA) has assured us he will stay with us: DK Shivakumar.
12:00 pm:Â It is highly appreciable that the Speaker of the House took initiative to carry out 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, in Parliament premises. I will go back to Mathura next week and carry out this Abhiyan there as well: Hema Malini
11:55 am:Â Goa Cabinet rejig won't affect Assembly session schedule: Speaker.
11:30 am:Â On 15 July at 2:51 am, we're going to launch the most prestigious mission Chandrayaan-2. GSLV MK-III being used for the mission.After successful launch, it'll take nearly 2 months to go&land on Moon near South Pole: Dr K. Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
11:15 am:Â Fire breaks out in a rubber factory in Jhilmil industrial area. 26 fire tenders present at the spot.
11:05 am:Â BJP MPs including Minister of State (Finance) Anurag Thakur and Hema Malini take part in 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' in Parliament premises.
#WATCH Delhi: BJP MPs including Minister of State (Finance) Anurag Thakur and Hema Malini take part in 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' in Parliament premises. pic.twitter.com/JJJ6IEd0bg
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2019
11:00 am:Â Water level in Gandak Barrage rises after heavy rainfall in west Champaran.
10:44 am: Virender Sehwag’s wife file FIR against business partners for taking loan of 4.5 core by forging her signature.
10:33 am:Â 2 dead & 12 injured after a bus caught fire in Pipli area of Kurukshetra, last night.
10:05 am:Â Light to moderate rain/thundershowers with heavy spells at isolated places accompanied by thunder and lightning very likely to continue in the districts of Chamba, Kangra, Una, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Solan, Sirmaur, Mandi & Shimla, today.
9:50 am:Â The Haj Committee of India organizes a flagging-off ceremony for the pilgrims as the first Haj flight from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai will depart tomorrow.
9:45 am:Â Aarti, wife of Virender Sehwag has filed a complaint against her business partners alleging they took a Rs 4.5 crore loan by forging her signatures and later defaulting on payment.
9:40 am:Â Troops securing different roads leading to Amarnath Yatra in Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir, earlier today.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP): Troops securing different roads leading to #AmarnathYatra in Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/DG0wBBFQy8
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2019
9:25 am:Â BSP MLA Ramabai on if she is still unhappy for not being made a minister in Madhya Pradesh Govt: Banayenge, zaroorat padegi jab unhe.
9:20 am:Â One Ikrar Ahmed apprehended by Delhi Police Special Cell near Tis Hazari. A pistol and 4 live cartridges recovered from him. He was wanted in several cases registered against the 'Namastey Gang' & several other cases of robberies in Delhi.
9:15 am:Â Several areas in west Champaran waterlogged, following heavy rainfall.
9:10 am:Â Normal life gets affected at Sangam in Prayagraj after water level of river Ganga increases following heavy rainfall.
9:00 am:Â After failing to get his citizenship question on the census, President Donald Trump now says his fallback plan will provide an even more accurate count determining the citizenship of 90 percent of the population "or more."