Reacting to Siddaramaiah's comment, Chief Minister Bommai said that he will take his remark in a positive manner and pointed out that dog is a faithful animal and he is also serving the people of Karnataka faithfully.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to present the Union Budget in Parliament on February 1 and the first part of the session is expected to continue till February 10.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi with a minor stomach infection, was discharged from the institute on Wednesday, sources said.
According to the sources, the 63-year-old has been admitted to a private ward of the hospital for a routine check-up around noon on Monday and is likely to be discharged soon.
The 63-year-old minister was admitted to a private ward of the hospital around 12 pm, official sources said. Sources also added she was admitted to AIIMS Delhi for a routine check-up.
Breaking the trend of the fifth consecutive week of rising foreign exchange reserves, they fell by USD 571 million to USD 563.499 billion in the week that ended on December 16, Reserve Bank of India's Bulletin Weekly Statistical Supplement data showed on Friday.
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the processes for recovering money for depositors post bank loan write-offs are "layered", while noting that small depositors are put to "extreme difficulty" in the process of justice delivery.
The Appropriation Bill gives power to the government to withdraw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India for meeting the expenditure during the financial year.