Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah agreed to increase the honorarium of guest lecturers by Rs 5,000 to Rs 8,000 based on their experience and appealed to them to call off their strike immediately and report to duty.
CM Siddaramaiah announced that a meeting of the concerned departments will be convened soon to discuss and decide on the use of millet at Indira canteens and school meals so that the people and school children of the state could become healthier and stronger.
Dy CM Shivakumar told ANI that they have come to attend a party meeting. "We have a preparatory meeting of the party... We have come to attend the meeting," he said.
"Don't we need to punish those who have done wrong? Are they (BJP) protesting saying that they shouldn't be punished?" Siddaramaiah asked while speaking to reporters at his Home Office Krishna here.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah appealed to BJP leaders in the state to stop playing petty politics in the "name of God and religion", urging them to act responsibly as an opposition amid protests by the party over Hubballi arrest.
On BJP MLA Yashpal Suvarna's letter to declare a holiday on January 22, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said he was not aware of the BJP's demand for a government holiday for the inauguration of Ram Mandir and as the central government is conducting the program, let them give a holiday.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dismissed the opposition's allegation of hate politics in connection with the arrest of a man linked to the riots that took place after the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992.
BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Monday slammed former Karnataka Minister and Congress leader Holalkere Anjaneya for his statement that the state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah "is our Rama". Yatnal cautioned him to talk about Lord Ram and other Hindu deities with respect and dignity.
Following Bharatiya Janata Party MP Pratap Simha's jibe at Karnataka CM Siddaramiah for allegedly "targeting his family to save his son" after his brother Vikram Simha was arrested by forest department officials from Bengaluru over the allegation of cutting trees in the forest area of Hassan
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Pratap Simha took a jibe at Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Sunday for 'targeting his family to save his own son' after his brother Vikram Simha was arrested by forest department officials from Bengaluru over the allegation of cutting trees in the forest area of Hassan
CM Siddaramaih was addressing a gathering at Sindhanur in Raichur district on Saturday, after inaugurating the Timmapur Lift Irrigation Project, the golden jubilee celebrations of the government degree college, laying the foundation stone for the Jal Jeevan Mission project and initiating sev