Karnataka

New Delhi, Jul 6: Following Karnataka's USD 5 billion write off, the nation's farm loan waivers will double to USD 40 billion by the summer 2019 elections, says a Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) report. Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy in the maiden budget of the Congress-JDS coalition government yesterday announced a mega Rs 34,000 crore farm loan waiver scheme. He capped the

Mangaluru, Jul 6: A state-level volleyball coach and a tree-cutting contractor have been booked by the Forest Department for the alleged illegal felling of a rain tree and the pruning of over a dozen other trees in and around the volleyball training ground adjoining the Mangala Stadium in the city. The department took action after green activist Shashidhar Shetty brought the issue to its notice

Bengaluru, Jul 6: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday gave himself and his team of officers a pat on the back for what he termed was “a record budget” while hitting out at the BJP “for being thankless.” Addressing a press conference, Kumaraswamy strongly defended the first budget of the Congress-JD(S) coalition amid criticism from the BJP. “I have shown a revenue surplus of Rs 106 crore. It

Bengaluru, Jul 6: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday accused Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who also holds the Finance portfolio, of cheating the farming community. “The finance minister is silent on the issue of mobilising the resources to compensate the loan waiver of Rs 34,000 crore. Farmers should not get carried away by the debt waiver. The chief

Bengaluru, Jul 6: Coalition partner Congress, especially former chief minister Siddaramaiah, has had the last laugh as Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has been forced to retain the previous Congress government’s February 2018 budget almost in its entirety. Siddaramaiah’s pet schemes - Anna Bhagya, Ksheera Bhagya, Krishi Bhagya, Mathru Poorna among others - will continue. In fact, Kumaraswamy said

Magnaluru, Jul 6: Mangaluru City South MLA Vedavyas Kamath is of the opinion that there are no schemes for the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada in the Karnataka budget 2018-19. Speaking to coasaldigest.com, the BJP leader said that not much financial aid came towards Dakshina Kannada out of the budget read out by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. “It was disappointing and injustice to our people

Dharwad, July 5: Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde hit out at secular intellectuals, saying the latter does not have an understanding of the difference between a living human being and a dead body. "So-called intellectuals don't understand 'antar atma' (inner self). For them, there is no difference between a living human and dead bodies, as both have the same body parts. These people think

New Delhi, Jul 5: Criticising doctor-turned-Islamic preacher Zakir Naik over his fear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government may misuse the law to target him, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Thursday said that anybody who comes under cloud should have courage to face allegations. "To say that there won't be fair trial in our country is extremely unfair. We may have legal

Bengaluru, July 5: In another case of VVIP culture, a Congress leader PN Krishnamurthy was seen arguing with a traffic policeman after his car was stopped in the state capital. In a video of June 4, surfaced on Thursday, the Congress leader was seen arguing with the policeman and called him an 'idiot'. "You don't know who you are speaking to," Krishnamurthy told the policeman. Recently, a

Bengaluru, July 5: After Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy proposed a hike in fuel price while presenting the state budget, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said it would not be a burden on the people. He said, "For mobilization of resources a small increase has been made in sales tax of diesel and petrol in the Budget. It will not be a burden." The Chief Minister has proposed to increase the rate