Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday felicitated Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chief S Somanath after the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon’s lunar south pole.
Amid the Cauvery dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that Karnataka will argue the matter in the court because the petition filed by Tamil Nadu is not maintainable.
Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, former Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa, Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader HD Kumaraswamy, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, Lok Sabha MP Sumalatha Ambareesh and several other leaders are present at the meeting.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah instructed the officials to take action to distribute laptops to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students of universities in the state.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that Universities should develop scientific and rational thinking in young men and women along with providing higher education and knowledge to them.
Three members of an expatriate Indian family, hailing from the Davanagere district of Karnataka, were found dead at their residence. Their relatives met Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday and requested to bring dead bodies here.
"No one will leave the party, all are intact with us. There are one or two people. We have spoken to them also. I believe no one will leave the party," BS Yediyurappa said. This comes amid speculations of a few BJP MLAs likely to shift to the Congress.
Amid speculations that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA ST Somashekar Gowda might jump ship to Congress, former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that he is in talks with the former and no one will leave the party.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday met Consul General of the United States of America Christopher W Hodges and said that there is a conducive environment for investment in Karnataka and there is an opportunity to invest in Tumkur, Davangere and other tier two cities as well.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said that the National Education Policy (NEP) will be cancelled from the next academic year in the state.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written a letter to Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar, asking the Centre to re-evaluate the current parameters for declaring drought declaration by the state governments, the Chief Minister's Office posted the letter on X, formerly Twit