Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) Chief HD Deve Gowda on Friday wrote a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah over the alleged "illegalities" in the implementation of the Bangalore-Mysore Corridor Infrastructure Project (BMICP).
The dismissed police personnel have been identified as Mukul Yadav Sub Inspector, posted at Gola Ka Mandir police station, head constable Vikas Tomar and constable Rahul Yadav posted at Gwalior Crime Branch. They extorted around Rs 23 lakh from bookies in the district, a senior police offici
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader CN Ashwath Narayan criticized Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday after the latter alleged that the Centre is 'decreasing' the tax share of the state year by year.
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.
A delegation of BJP leaders on Wednesday met Karnataka governor Thawar Chand Gehlot and submitted a memorandum against the Siddaramaiah government for the arrest of a kar sevak (volunteer) in Hubballi.
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 the arrest of a person in Karnataka's Hubballi for alleged involvement in the riots after the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992, Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra on Tuesday accused the Congress-led state government of being "anti-Hindu".
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.
The procedure to notify the three new laws-- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam-- started soon after President Droupadi Murmu on December 25 gave her assent.
More than 1 crore people have been screened for sickle cell disease under the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission, an official statement issued on Tuesday said.