Karnataka

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Congress government has made significant allocations for the welfare of the backward classes, dalits and religious minorities (Ahinda communities) in the 2018-19 annual budget. Mr. Siddaramaiah, in the last budget of his government tenure, offered several sops to various small and marginal communities, including free bus passes for all students from 2018-19. The

Former Minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy, who spent several years in jail over corruption charges, is reportedly considering joining Congress party as several pre-poll surveys conducted in Karnataka have predicted victory of the CM Siddaramaiah-led ruling party again. New base According to sources, Reddy and his brothers who had played a key role in previous BJP government in

Bengaluru, Feb 16: In his pre-assembly election budget for 2018-19, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today announced schemes for universal health coverage, providing free LPG gas connections and mitigating miseries of dry land farmers. The chief minister also said the implementation of the sixth pay commission for 5.93 lakh state government employees and 5.73 lakh pensioners would cost Rs 10

Bengaluru, Feb 16: Faced with ballooning expenditure on the one hand and sluggish economic growth on the other, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday presented the last budget of his current tenures on Friday. Personally this is Siddaramaiah’s 13th budget. Here are the key highlights from the Nava Karnataka Budget 2018: With a Budgetary Allocation of Rs 5,849 crore for the Department of

Kasaragod, Feb 16: A fire that broke out at a bar outlet attached to a three-star hotel here destroyed the liquor stock and other properties on Thursday. It took Fire and Rescue Services personnel and the police about two hours to put out the fire at Hotel Highway Castle at Nullipadi, about a kilometre from the municipal bus station. The fire, suspected to have caused by short-circuit, was noticed

Mangaluru, Feb 16: The players’ auction of the much awaited Mangalore Premier League cricket tournament-2018 jointly organized by the Brand Vision Events, Mangalore Occasional and Sea Bird Cricket Academy with the approval and guidance of Karnataka State Cricket Association will be held on Saturday, February 17, at II Floor of Forum Fiza Mall. This was confirmed on Friday at a joint press meet by

Mandya Feb 16: Cauvery Hitarakshana Samiti president G Madegowda expressed satisfaction over the Supreme Court verdict on Cauvery river water sharing dispute. Speaking to reporters at Mandya, he added that meeting will be called soon to discuss next steps. Gowda said that expansion of agricultural land acreage, usage of drinking water and other pertinent matters will be discussed during the

New Delhi, Feb 16: India's top court today directed the Karnataka government to release 177.25 tmcft of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from its inter-state Biligundlu dam. The judgement clarified that Karnataka will now have an enhanced share of 14.75 tmcft water per year while Tamil Nadu will get 404.25 tmcft, which will be 14.75 tmcft less than what was allotted by the tribunal in 2007. Earlier, in

Bengaluru, Feb 16: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa said that the state budget to be presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday will have no consequence as the election code of conduct will come into force before it is implemented. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on Thursday, Yeddyurappa said, Siddaramaiah, who also holds the finance portfolio, should not hoodwink the people by

Bengaluru, Feb 16: The JD(S) is all set to forge an alliance with the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) ahead of the Assembly polls. Pawar, who was in the Bengaluru on Thursday for the working committee meeting of the NCP, met JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy and had a telephonic conversation with JD(S) supremo and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda. "We did not go into the