Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday expressed grief after 12 people were killed in the firecracker store incident near Anekal town in Attibele.
"We need to know which community has remained socially, economically and politically backwards even after 76 years of independence. Ours is a caste-based society. Statistics are necessary to bring the socially, economically and politically backward castes to the mainstream," Siddaramaiah sai
After Bharatiya Janata Party announced to send a fact-finding committee to violence hit-Shivamogga district, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said, "What is the truth that they are going to find about?"
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said "We have appealed to the centre for compensation of 4860 crores but the amount of loss we have incurred is more than 30 thousand crores due to drought in the state."
In a megapolis like Bengaluru, where ease of mobility could translate into large economic gains, many citizens remain excluded from their share in equitable mobility. The recent Karnataka Shakti Scheme that facilitates women to travel across Karnataka free of cost is a positive step forward
Explaining the drought situation in the state, the Chief Minister said that 195 taluks have been declared drought-prone as per the central guidelines. Another 32 taluks fulfill the prescribed criteria.
The governments of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have been locked in a protracted tussle over the sharing of Cauvery waters. The river is seen as a major source of sustenance for the people in the two states.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said that cumulative inflows into the reservoirs in Karnataka's Cauvery basin are decreasing. He also said that water in the reservoirs is just above half of what is needed.
"If Karnataka is left like this, one day Bin Laden, Hussain, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Kasab's photos will be exhibited in Karnataka. It has been 140 days since the Congress government came to power in the state. On the day the Congress came to power, the flag of Pakistan was hoisted in Belgau
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Monday accused the Siddaramaiah government of lacking the "will to protect the rights of Karnataka" in the ongoing Cauvery dispute with Tamil Nadu.
"Decentralization was Gandhi's dream. This is the only way democracy can succeed. He believed that the development of the country and the state would be possible through decentralization. Thus he advocated grama swaraj," Siddaramaiah said.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, addressing the Mahatma Gandhi Seva Award 2023 ceremony, emphasized the timeless relevance of Mahatma Gandhi's ideology and hailed it as a guiding light for the government's pro-people initiatives.