Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 12: The Karnataka Lingayat Education (KLE) School in Nagarbhavi, southwest Bengaluru, owes the BBMP Rs 1.8 crore in property tax dues since 2008, an internal audit has revealed. The school, part of the Belagavi-based KLE Group of Institutions, located on Nagarbhavi Ring Road, allegedly made a false declaration under the self-assessment scheme. According to the audit report, the

After the positive election results from the three states of Hindi heartland, Rahul Gandhi addressing the media said that this victory in the assembly election is the victory of party workers, farmers, small businessmen/owners and he thanked them. He said that the victory has brought a major responsibility. “We will work toward fulfilling that responsibility. I would like to thank all the people

Belagavi, Dec 11: Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy Tuesday said the state government was in the process of recruiting 1,715 teachers to teach in English language from standard one in government schools. He said the government was committed to tutoring rural children in English, which was now important in global communication. The Karnataka government had in October issued an order to

Bengaluru, Dec 11: Legislators, irrespective of their party affiliation, participating in the discussion on drought condition in the State, expressed anger over PSU and Commercial banks not agreeing to Karnataka government’s proposal to waive off farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh availed by farmers and suggested the government to withdraw all its deposits in these banks if they were not agreeing for

Belagavi, Dec 11: The Home Department of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Government has rejected a request by Karnataka government for use of Kannada language in the High Court and similar requests from some other states had also been rejected, Law and Parliamentary affairs minister Krishna Byregowda said on Tuesday. Answering a question from Congress member U B Venkatesh during

Bengaluru, Dec 11: The Congress party scoring a spectacular victory in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh Assembly election has provided the much needed cushion to the ruling JD(S)-Congress Coalition government, in Karnataka, which repeatedly faced constant threat by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to destabalise it. Reacting sharply on Congress party’s victory in three major

Mangaluru, Dec 11: The impressive performance of the Indian National Congress in assembly polls in north Indian states has energised the party workers in coastal Karnataka. Dozens of the Congress workers in Mangaluru and Udupi took to the streets to celebrate the Congress victory in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and impressive performance in Madhya Pradesh after the announcements of results today.

Belagavi, Dec 11: Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa today rapped ruling Janata Dal(S)-Congress Coalition government saying that it had utterly failed to bring relief to the people suffering from drought conditions, while it had not kept up its promises made to the farmers including farm loan waiver. Making preliminary submission seeking an Adjournment Motion

Belagavi, Dec 11: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said that the government would soon provide 10 hours of three-phase power supply in rural areas to help farmers to irrigate their land in a better manner using ground water sources. Replying to M S Somalingappa (BJP) during the question hour in the Winter Session at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here on Tuesday, he said so far three-phase

Bengaluru, Dec 11: Congress veteran DK Shivakumar had to helplessly tender an apology just because he revealed the fact that doctor who is treating Siddaganga mutt pontiff Shivakumara Swami in Chennai is a Muslim. “I am very happy that Shivakumara Swami is fast recovering. It’s all because of the expertise and effort of Dr Mohammed Rela, a Muslim, who runs the world-class Dr Rela Institute and