Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday felicitated Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chief S Somanath after the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon’s lunar south pole.
Amid the Cauvery dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that Karnataka will argue the matter in the court because the petition filed by Tamil Nadu is not maintainable.
Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, former Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa, Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader HD Kumaraswamy, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, Lok Sabha MP Sumalatha Ambareesh and several other leaders are present at the meeting.
The Karnataka government has provided Rs 15 crore towards the State Disaster Relief Fund to address the damage caused by heavy rains, floods, and landslides in Himachal Pradesh, the government informed through an official statement.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah instructed the officials to take action to distribute laptops to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students of universities in the state.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that Universities should develop scientific and rational thinking in young men and women along with providing higher education and knowledge to them.
The Chief Minister was speaking at the meeting which was held under his chairmanship with the Vice Chancellors of Public Universities and Senior Officials of the Higher Education Department in the Conference hall, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru.
Three members of an expatriate Indian family, hailing from the Davanagere district of Karnataka, were found dead at their residence. Their relatives met Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday and requested to bring dead bodies here.
The Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday staged a protest in Mandya district, demanding not to further release water from the Cauvery river to Tamil Nadu.
In the year 2019, 14 MLAs from the Congress and three MLAs from the JD(S) had quit their parties, which led to the collapse of the JD(S)-Congress government and led to the installation of the BJP government in the State.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday met Consul General of the United States of America Christopher W Hodges and said that there is a conducive environment for investment in Karnataka and there is an opportunity to invest in Tumkur, Davangere and other tier two cities as well.