Tag: Karnataka
BJP MP voted in favour of Congress in Bellari mayoral polls
Congress files complaint to EC against Yeddyurappa
Witch hunt against Chidambaram and family still alive
So here are some facts. The Aircel-Maxis case has been quashed by Judge O P Saini in February this year. Therefore, any rational person would think that there is no further investigation is possible. Hence, Monday’s news reports that the CBI will file a status report on the Aircel-Maxis case on[Read More…]
Karnataka gets award for empowering women entrepreneurs
Women empowerment is a need for a healthy society. In view of this, the government of Karnataka has taken effective measures to develop a healthy ecosystem dedicated to advance women entrepreneurship. By sustaining this culture, the women entrepreneurs in Karnataka have received an ideal platform which now invites global investments[Read More…]
We will call your gods to clean the shit’: Powerful song on manual scavenging goes viral
There are over 12,700 manual scavengers in 13 states despite manual scavenging been banned four years ago. Manual scavenging was banned in 2013. Out of 12,737 manual scavengers, the maximum of 10,301 are in Uttar Pradesh, followed by 737 in Karnataka, 363 in Tamil Nadu, 322 in Rajasthan and 237 in[Read More…]
Over 12,700 manual scavengers in the country
Karanataka wants to legalise manual scavenging
Bengaluru: Two detained for attacking writer with ink for defaming ‘gods’
Two people have been arrested concerning the blackening of the face of a controversial writer, Yogesh Master, at a function held in Davangere on Monday. Shivaprakash and Chetan were detained by Davangere police. The detained were reportedly belonging to the right wing Hindu Jagaran Vedike. The event took place when[Read More…]
Former Congress leader S M Krishna to join BJP on March 15
Former Congress leader S M Krishna will join the BJP on March 15, said Karnataka BJP President B S Yeddyurappa on Monday. “Krishna will join BJP fold on March 15 in New Delhi,” said Yeddyurappa to reporters following a rally in the run up to the Nanjangud and Gundlupet bypolls.[Read More…]
Karnataka: Former minister Kumar Bangarappa quits Congress
Karnataka minister lands in trouble over ‘chappal’ remark
Cauvery water dispute: SC to hear plea on Monday
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear the plea relating to Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The issue, which resulted in dispute between the two states for decades, had resulted in violent protests in 2016. Earlier, the top court had asked Karnataka government to allow release of [Read More…]
Karnataka Assembly passes bill to allow Kambala
Karnataka Assembly on Monday passed a bill to facilitate the conduct of “Kambala”, a traditional annual buffalo race held in the coastal districts of the state. The demand for lifting the ban on Kambala garnered massive support after the success of Jallikattu protest in Tamil Nadu. However, a clause in[Read More…]
Karnataka: Soaked in blood, teen cries for help; people choose to film him instead
In a horrific incident, a teenager in Karnataka was left bleeding on the road after he met with an accident and was offered no help. Instead, people took pictures on their phones and made videos of him bleeding for almost 25 minutes. The 18-year-old teenage Anwar Ali, who was almost[Read More…]
Rs 21 lakhs robbed from an ATM in Karnataka
Three anonymous individuals stole Rs 21 lakh in cash from an ATM on the outskirts of Tumakuru town in southern Karnataka, said police on Tuesday. The ATM of the state-run Karnataka Bank Ltd is located at Gubbi on the ring road, connecting the town to the state highway, about 80[Read More…]
Crores of illegal cash seized from Congress leader
Cop rapes a mentally challenged lady in Karnataka
An Assistant Sub Inspector raped a mentally challenged woman in Tumkuru , Karnataka. The Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has asked the cop to be arrested and dismissed from service. This is especially shocking as the Karnataka government has adopted a no-tolerance policy in crimes committed by the police. This incident has added to more[Read More…]
Bengaluru to get its own suburban railway
Cauvery row refuses to die down as opposition backs ‘rail roko’ agitation
Cauvery issue has come to rock the city of Chennai again as various farmers’ organizations began their 48-hour ‘rail roko’ agitation in Tiruchi on Monday. Demanding the constitution of Cauvery Management Board, they garnered support from opposition parties like the DMK as former DMK Minister K.N. Nehru courted arrest after[Read More…]
SC seeks report from Karnataka government on Cauvery water release
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Karnataka government to apprise it by Tuesday afternoon whether it has released water to Tamil Nadu as directed by it on September 30. The Centre also moved the apex court seeking modification of its earlier order asking it to constitute the Cauvery Water[Read More…]
Release 6000 cusecs daily or face wrath of law: SC to Karnataka over Cauvery issue
The Supreme Court has reprimanded the Karnataka government for failing to follow the apex court’s order of sharing Cauvery River water with its neighbour Tamil Nadu. Furthermore, in a fresh ruling the Siddaramaiah-led government has been asked to release 6000 cusecs of water every day to Tamil Nadu, starting October[Read More…]
Uma Bharti offers to go on hunger strike as no truce in Cauvery dispute
Union Minister Uma Bharti has offered to ‘go on a hunger strike if there is any problem in either Karnataka or Tamil Nadu’, after the government failed to broker a solution to the Cauvery water dispute. Uma Bharti, who is the Water Resources Minister, was asked by the Supreme Court[Read More…]
Cannot release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu now, Karnataka tells SC
Karnataka government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it would not be able to release water from the Cauvery river to neighbor Tamil Nadu until the year end. The court had directed Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of river water daily to Tamil Nadu for seven days till Tuesday.[Read More…]
Supreme Court to decide over Cauvery row today, Karnataka asked to release water daily for 10 days
After almost a week of agitation over the Cauvery water sharing row, the Supreme Court will announce the verdict today. The Cauvery supervisory committee on Monday ordered the release of 3,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu from 21 to 30 September. This decision sparked another round of[Read More…]