Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 16: Life-time tax on bikes priced above Rs 1 lakh has been increased from 12% to 18%, a rise that comes after a gap of seven years. The government expects an additional Rs 60 crore revenue from the tax hike. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah noted that the tax on two-wheelers has not been increased since 2010. However, he did not touch the tax on bikes and scooters priced below Rs 1 lakh

Bengaluru, Mar 16: The state government has banned two-stroke autorickshaws from Bengaluru roads from next month to cut noise and air pollution in the city. The government would provide Rs 30,000 subsidy to autorickshaw drivers who want to buy four-stroke LPG auto rickshaws and Rs 30 crore has been earmarked for the purpose. Additional Commissioner for Transport H G Kumar said there are 1.2 lakh

Bengaluru, Mar 16: The state is expected to show a Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) growth of 6.9% for fiscal year 2016-17 as against 7.3% during 2015-16, less than nationally expected average of 7%, as per the Economic Survey of Karnataka for 2016-17. The cause for the drop in the growth is attributed to decline in the growth rate of industry and services sectors. While the manufacturing

Bengaluru, Mar 16: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has not proposed any measures to boost the realty sector in his 2017-18 budget, though demonetisation of high-value notes has hit the sector hard. Document registration, including sale deeds and agreement deeds, has come down by 25% from November last year, when the Centre demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. Revenue from the stamps registration

Mangaluru/Udupi, Mar 15: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced formation of 49 new taluks including five in twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in the Budget for 2017-18 presented in the State Assembly today. Moodbidri and Kadaba in Dakshina Kannada district and Kapu, Brahmavar and Byndoor in Udupi districts have been declared as new taluks. In his address, Mr

Bengaluru, Mar 15: Set to face the Assembly polls in a year, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today unveiled in the state budget proposals to set up subsidised food canteens, provide seven kg free food grains per poor person and 100 per cent preference for Kannadigas in certain private sector jobs. Taking the cue from the popular 'Amma canteens' in Tamil Nadu, introduced by former Chief Minister late J

Mangaluru, Mar 15: A measure announced in the Karnataka State Budget 2017 would bring great relief to thousands of non-resident Indians from Karnataka. Presenting his 12th budget, Chief Minister Siddaramiah on Wednesday announced a scheme to help start self-employment in the state to those overseas Kannadigas who wish to come back and settle. In fact this is one of the recommendations of Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 15: Karnataka government proposed to set up a Centre of Excellence in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security Centre here, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said in the state 2017-18 budget today. The Centre is being set up keeping in mind emerging technologies and to create necessary technical resource and skill development, in collaboration with entrepreneurs to give

Mangaluru, Mar 15: Chief Minister Siddaramiah has not ignored the needs of the people of coastal Karnataka in his 12th budget. The twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have got a fair share of goodies. Amongst the major proposals include allocation of Rs 100 crore for the construction of vented dams under "Paschima Vahini" project. This is seen as a bid to soothe the anger of

Kollam, Mar 15: Even as Kerala mourns the death of two minor sisters who were sexually abused near Walayar,a similar case has surfaced from Kundara near Kollam. A 10-year-old girl was found hanging from the window frame of her house on January 15. A postmortem report suggested that the girl had been subjected to repeated sexual violence. As many as 22 injurie were found on her body, including her