Days after the arrest of Karnataka Minister B Nagendra by the ED in the alleged Karnataka Maharishi Valmiki Corporation Board scam, Karnataka Congress on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of using the central agencies to "topple" the opposition-led state government and said that
After the Karnataka government put a draft bill on quotas for Kannadigas in the private sector on hold, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader CT Ravi termed it "natakbaazi" and said that in the state, the atmosphere is against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress government.
"Seventh Pay Commission was one of the demands of the people and it was also there in our manifesto. Yesterday we brought it into the Cabinet and saw the blueprint of the financials. It will benefit around 14 to 15 lakh state employees...," Priyank Kharge said speaking to ANI on Tuesday.
In the cabinet meeting chaired by CM Siddaramaiah on Monday, a decision has been taken to implement the 7th Pay Commission for state government employees with effect from August 1.
Karnataka Government on Sunday decided to release only 8,000 cusecs of water from the Cauvery River to Tamil Nadu instead of one thousand million cubic meters of water.
The Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments are locked in a protracted tussle over the sharing of Cauvery river water. The river is seen as a major source of sustenance for the people in either state.
The National Commission for Schedule Castes on Thursday took a suo-motto cognizance and issued a notice to the Karnataka Government in the diversion of funds allocated for scheduled castes in Karnataka.
Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party President BY Vijayendra on Thursday attacked the state government over the Dengue cases in the state and said that the Karnataka government is not "bothered", adding that BJP will raise the in Assembly.
Emphasising the rapidly growing global city of Bengaluru's need for another international airport with an annual capacity of handling 100 million passengers, MB Patil, Minister for Infrastructure, stated on Wednesday that the construction of a second airport for the city is certain.
On the rise in cases of Dengue in Karnataka, state Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Tuesday said that they are strictly monitoring the situation adding that all departments have been instructed to keep doing source reduction.
The Minister for Large and Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development, Government of Karnataka, led a series of fruitful discussions with key government officials from South Korea over which involved discussions reflecting the Karnataka Government's commitment to fostering internati