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K'taka assemby adjourns after BJP protests over 'failure' of govt

The Karnataka assembly was adjourned briefly on Tuesday following protests by the opposition BJP over alleged delay in implementation of five guarantees made by the ruling Congress ahead of the elections. BJP MLAs trooped into the well of the House and raised slogans against the ruling Congress, leading to a brief adjournment by Speaker U T Khader. The proceedings began with the Speaker allowing the star question to be raised. Accordingly, Congress MLA Shivalinge Gowda rose to raise the question. However, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai demanded acceptance of adjournment motion and discussion on the issue in place of the question hour. Joining him, BJP MLA R Ashoka accused the government of "cheating" people in the name of five guarantees. Soon other saffron party legislators too raised their voice demanding that their submission be allowed first. The speaker repeatedly appealed to the opposition BJP to allow the Question Hour to take place, but to no avail. Deputy Chief

BJP to protest in K'taka against govt's 'failure' to fulfill poll promises

The opposition BJP in Karnataka will stage protests against the alleged delay in implementation of the five poll promises made by the ruling Congress in the run-up to the assembly elections. The agitation will take place both inside and outside the assembly simultaneously from Tuesday till July 14 when the session ends seeking effective implementation of the guarantees, according to BJP sources. While the BJP legislative party will hold the demonstration inside the assembly, former chief ministers B S Yediyurappa, Basavaraj Bommai, D V Sadananda Gowda, BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel will stage a protest at the Freedom Park. The second day of the assembly session is expected to be stormy if the BJP goes ahead with its plans. The saffron party has been targetting the Congress especially over the implementation of 'Anna Bhagya' scheme, which provides 5 kg grains to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. Due to unavailability of required amount of rice, the Siddaramaiah ...

Karnataka CM vows to get caste-wise census report commissioned in 1st stint

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday vowed to get the caste-wise census report which he had commissioned during his first stint as CM from 2013-18. He said the caste-based census was a must to bring those communities in the mainstream of the society who were subjected to injustice due to casteism. Siddaramaiah alleged that the then Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy during whose tenure (May 2018-July 2019) the caste-based census report was ready, scuttled its tabling by threatening the then Backward Classes Welfare Minister C Puttaranga Shetty. Speaking after performing the ground-breaking ceremony of Sri Kaginele Mahasansthan Kanaka Gurupeeth, here today, Siddaramaiah said the Kuruba (shepherds) community, which he belonged to, constitute about seven per cent of the total population of the state. "We are seven per cent in the total population (in the state), which means that out of seven crore population, we are 49 lakh. That's why to find out the caste-wise population I h

Seers in Karnataka oppose repeal of anti-conversion, cow slaughter laws

Heads of various mutts in Dakshina Kannada district have strongly opposed the decision of the Karnataka government to repeal anti-conversion law and the cow slaughter prevention Act. The meeting of the seers condemned the recent statements by some ministers on the move to withdraw Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act and amend Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, Gurudevananda Swami of Odiyuru Mutt told reporters here on Friday. The seers called upon Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar not to go ahead with any move to change the Acts as it will lead to social unrest in Dakshina Kannada and other districts of Karnataka. Terming the move as anti-Hindu,' Gurudevananda Swami said the government should not hurt the sentiments of Hindus. He also threatened that the seers will go on a hunger strike if the government proceeds with the move. The seers will submit a memorandum to the Governor, Chief Minister,

Karnataka govt hands out largest drone-based land parcel mapping contract

Geospatial organisations Allterra and NeoGeo said on Wednesday that they have collaboratively won the "largest-ever" drone-based land parcel mapping contract through an open tender process from the Karnataka government. The project covers an area of 68,000 SQ. KM. and 10 districts in Karnataka Gadag, Koppal, Kodagu, Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Vijayapura, Yadgir, Raichur, Bidar, and Kalaburagi, the companies said in a statement. Both companies have chosen Aereo (formerly Aarav Unmanned Systems) as their technology partner for this project, which will be done using Aereo's state-of-the-art drone solutions. This work envisages deployment of approximately 60 survey-grade 'PPK' (Post Processed Kinematic) drones to capture high-resolution images to generate maps with a resolution better than 5 cm per pixel, it said. At full scale, the fleet of drones will be mapping an approximate area of 1,75,000 acres in a single day on an average. Furthermore, the Survey Settlement and Land Rec

Karnataka minister invites Musk to set up business units in the state

The Karnataka commerce minister invites Elon Musk to make investments in the state. Karnataka is the ideal destination for Tesla's expansions in India, he said.

Karnataka bandh today over electricity tariff: All you need to know

In protest of an abnormal increase in electricity costs, the Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called for a statewide strike on June 22

Congress ministers fixing commission rates for department work: Bommai

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai lashed out at the Congress govt in the state and said that it did not make advance preparations to provide rice

K'taka's decision to remove chapter on Savarkar will have opposite effect

The decision of the Congress government in Karnataka to drop a chapter on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar from school textbooks will have a reverse effect, said his grandson Ranjit Savarkar on Friday. Talking to PTI on the sidelines of an event in Goa, Ranjit Savarkar said the Congress may think that by deleting the chapter they might deprive students of the opportunity to learn about Savarkar but students are very sharp. A lot of material on Savarkar is available on social media. The Savarkar Smarak has published his literature on their website. We are publishing them even in Kannada, he said. Ranjit Savarkar said it won't make any difference if the chapter is deleted. In fact, I will say that if you suppress more, it will rebound more. That is a natural reaction. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, he said. The Congress-led Karnataka government on Thursday approved the revision of Kannada and Social Science textbooks of Classes 6 to 10 in the state for this academic

BJP slams Cong over conversion law, says want to turn K'taka into mini Pak

Karnataka BJP on Friday once again lambasted the Congress government over its move to amend the anti-conversion law and drop all the stringent provisions introduced by the previous government

Karnataka to scrap anti-conversion law, remove chapter on RSS founder

The Congress government has also decided to make it mandatory to read the Preamble to the Indian Constitution in all schools and colleges

K'taka CET results out: 203,381 students eligible for engineering courses

The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) released the result for the Common Entrance Test (KCET) 2023 on Thursday with 2,03,381 students securing eligibility for Engineering and Technology courses

Karnataka CM is making lame excuses to blame Centre on rice supply: Bommai

A day after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accused the central government of trying to scuttle his administration's free rice scheme for the poor, senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday hit back alleging that he was making "lame excuses" and indulging in "conspiracy politics" by putting the blame on the Centre. The Congress government in the state is indulging in tactics realising that it will default on the guarantees, the former chief minister said, suggesting that the Siddaramaiah regime put the money into the bank account of the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer, until it makes necessary arrangements for rice. "The state government on one hand is cheating the people of the state with regard to providing 10 kg of free rice to the poor, and on the other hand to save themselves from the bad name of having failed to fulfill the promise, is playing politics on the issue of supply of rice," Bommai said. Speaking to reporters here, he said the Centre as per t

Women participation in public sector down from 30% to 24%: Karnataka CM

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in a veiled attack on the BJP said that after 2013-14 the participation of women in the public sector has come down from 30 per cent to 24 per cent

K'taka deputy CM Shivakumar to get more responsibility ahead of MP polls

A party source said that to get things in order to kick off first big public meeting in the state, Cong has sent Shivakumar, who is also known as party's 'troubleshooter' to poll-bound state

Cong's 'prism' of looking at history limited to Nehru-Gandhi family: MoS IT

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekar on Friday hit out at the Congress government in Karnataka over reports about it removing a lesson on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar from school textbooks, saying the party's views on history are limited to the Nehru-Gandhi family. The senior BJP leader termed the reported move as Congress antics to grab attention, and alleged that it has a long history of rewriting the country's history to remove those who are not part of a "dynasty". On Thursday, Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa had said revision of school textbooks will be done this year itself in the interest of students. Bangarappa, while talking to reporters in Bengaluru, had also indicated that the proposal on the textbook revision will be placed before the Cabinet probably when it meets next. He, however, did not wish to go into details, when asked about reports stating that plans are on to remove some lessons from textbooks introduced by the previou

Siddaramaiah to turn bus conductor on June 11 to inaugurate 'Shakti' scheme

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will become a bus conductor for a day on June 11 as the Congress govt will implement the 'Shakti' scheme facilitating free travel for women in state-owned buses

Will review law banning cow slaughter, amendment to APMC Act: Siddaramaiah

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said he will review the anti-cow slaughter law and amendments to the Land Reforms Act and the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee Act. The chief minister was speaking to farmer leaders who called on him to convey their apprehensions about corporate agriculture, a government press release said. "Farmer leaders expressed concern that the small and marginal farmers, who constitute more than 85 per cent of the total agriculturists in the state, will be affected due to the Union government's decision to introduce corporate agriculture," the statement said. The CM said he will hold a separate meeting to discuss in detail the policies and regulations required for the development of the agriculture sector, the release said. The Congress had opposed the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, 2020 and amendments to Land Reforms (Amendment) Act as well as the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (Amendment) Act, 2020, ..

Karnataka govt to receive socio-economic caste survey report: Siddaramaiah

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday assured that he would receive the report of the socio-economic caste survey conducted by the Permanent Backward Classes Commission during the erstwhile government led by him and take appropriate action for people's welfare. He said various communities will be given provisions based on the survey data. Siddaramaiah gave this assurance while speaking to the delegation of 'Karnataka Shoshitha Vargagala Maha Okkuta' (a federation of oppressed classes) that met him today, the CM's office said in a statement. The caste survey will provide the necessary data for taking appropriate decisions about the facilities to be provided to the people, the Chief Minister said. The survey was conducted to collate scientific and accurate information that is essential for providing reservation and other facilities, he added. The Chief Minister said appropriate action would be taken based on date gathered in the report. The "confusion" created by the .

Congress mulls 'Peaceful Karnataka' helpline against communal forces

Karnataka Congress is considering setting up of a 'Peaceful Karnataka' helpline against communal forces and to ensure law and order in the society