Chief Minister of Karnataka, H D Kumaraswamy, has recently announced to open doors of opportunities for larger section of children across the state by introducing English-medium classes in government schools. The state had been following the language policy (1994) mandating the use of mother tongue as the medium of instruction[Read More…]
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Karnataka maiden budget highlights: Hike in petrol price, major focus on loan waiver
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy announced a number of populist schemes including huge farm loan waivers to the tune of Rs 2 lakh while presenting his maiden budget on Thursday July 5, in Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru. The budget proposes formation of a farmer’s consultation committee comprising of progressive farmers. CM Kumaraswamy[Read More…]
Karnataka CM braces for trust vote on Friday, says confident of win
Bengaluru: An upbeat Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday expressed confidence about winning the trust vote on Friday and proving that his JD-S-Congress coalition government has the majority in the new Assembly. I am confident of winning the trust vote on the Assembly floor as we have the numbers[Read More…]
Civil court grants anticipatory bail to Karnataka’s ex-CM Kumaraswamy
On Wednesday, a city civil court awarded a 7 day anticipatory bail to former Karnataka CM and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) lawmaker H.D. Kumaraswamy. He is allegedly involved in a mining scam in which a serving IAS officer was arrested on Monday. Kumaraswamy, who was the JD-S Chief Minister in 2006-07,[Read More…]