Karnataka

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday filed a statement of objections before the Karnataka High Court on a petition challenging his election.  “The election petition filed by the petitioner lacks legal merit and factual basis. The petitioner has filed the present election petition purely to wreak political vengeance and the same is filled with political malafides. The petitioner has approached this Hon’ble Court without solid evidence or legal grounds,…

Last Updated: September 21, 2023, 08:59 IST In the 2019 Lok Sabha poll data, the irony can be seen. Of 8,048 candidates who contested the 543 Lok Sabha seats, only 726 were women candidates. (Getty) Nothing stops parties from voluntarily allotting 33 per cent or more of their tickets to women to give them a chance to win and increase the women proportion in the next Lok Sabha from…

Last Updated: September 17, 2023, 15:14 IST BJP leader BS Yediyurappa (File photo) Lok Sabha polls are round the corner and like last time the BJP aims to win more than 25 (out of 28) seats in Karnataka, the BJP leader said Alleging that the Congress government in Karnataka was in deep slumber over the drought situation, veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Sunday said his party will…

Nitte Institute of Communication (NICO), Mangaluru, has received the Godox Certification. As part of the certification, Godox will conduct workshops on lighting for students, where they will learn from the Godox Team about latest lighting techniques and practices. NICO will also be organizing Short Term Courses with Godox. Obtaining the certification reaffirms NICO’s commitment to providing students with excellent training in media and communication, backed by cutting-edge equipment from…

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the state will once again file a petition before the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) expressing its inability to release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu. The CWRC on Tuesday recommended that Karnataka release 5,000 cusecs of water every day for the next 15 days to the neighbouring state. The Chief Minister, who today held a “special emergency meeting” following the CWRC…

Last Updated: September 10, 2023, 10:50 IST Senior Congress leader BK Hariprasad (L). Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (R). (Images: X/PTI) During the meeting at the Palace grounds, many seers from various backward communities attacked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for allegedly trying to sideline their leader, BK Hariprasad In what is seen as the battle between two influential backward leaders, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and BK Hariprasad, the latter — a senior…

NEW DELHI: Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will have an understanding with JD(S) for 2024 Lok Sabha polls.Yediyurappa also said that Union minister Amit Shah has agreed to give four Lok Sabha seats to JD(S) as part of poll understanding with BJP.“I am happy that Deve Gowda ji met our Prime Minister and they have already finalised about…

Last Updated: September 06, 2023, 19:11 IST Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. (File photo/PTI) Amid the India-Bharat naming row, he took a swipe at the BJP-led government at the Centre questioning them as to which of their promises were fulfilled Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday said changing the name of the country from ‘India’ to ‘Bharat’ will not serve any purpose unless it benefits people.…

BENGALURU: The Department of School Education and Literacy in Karnataka has announced a revamp of the SSLC (class X) and II PU (class 12) exams. They will now include three ‘annual exams,’ enabling students to select the best score if they wish to retake a subject. The announcement was made by Minister Madhu Bangarappa during the Teacher’s Day event at Vidhan Soudha on Tuesday.Currently, students take one annual examination…

K.J. George, Minister of Energy, participating in #THTalksBengaluru, a live chat with The Hindu and its readers, in Bengaluru on Monday. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR With the demand for power progressively increasing, the Energy Department has framed a contingency plan to tackle any future shortfall by shifting the focus to renewable energy, said K.J. George, Minister of Energy, while answering questions from The Hindu’s readers during THTalksBengaluru.…

Last Updated: September 03, 2023, 23:54 IST Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy. (File Photo) Before being discharged, Kumaraswamy also appealed to the people not to take the symptoms of stroke and paralysis lightly Former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who has recovered from a stroke due to timely treatment, said on Sunday that this was his “third birth”. Giving credit to God and the team of doctors who treated…

Raising the spectre of ‘Operation Lotus’ 2.0 in Karnataka, senior BJP leader KS Eshwarappa on 2 September claimed there will be no Congress left in the state before or after the Lok Sabha elections next year, reported news agency PTI. Addressing a press conference in Shivamogga on Saturday, Eshwarappa said, “The Congress is making big claims. They are saying that half of the BJP MLAs will join their party.…

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has promised to fulfil the Arya Idiga community’s demand of setting up a development corporation and also establishing a Narayana Guru Bhavan. He was speaking after the inauguration of Brahmashri Narayana Guru Jayanti, organised by the Department of Kannada and Culture on Thursday. He said it was an insult to God to create caste or religious conflict in the name of God. “The forces that created…

The Congress government in Karnataka launched its most ambitious Griha Lakshmi scheme, under which woman head of every family gets Rs 2,000 per month, in the presence of party leader Rahul Gandhi in Mysore on Wednesday. ALSO READ | Karnataka Congress Leaders Deny ‘Operation Hasta’ Buzz, But Ghar Wapsi of MLAs May Give Party Upper ‘Hand’ It is one of the five poll guarantees that helped the Congress win…

Last Updated: August 29, 2023, 21:46 IST The Shivamogga airport was the long-standing dream of the four-time Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. (Photo: X) Among the passengers on this inaugural flight will be ministers MB Patil, Madhu Bangarappa, former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, MP BY Raghavendra, and other public representatives from the Malnad region Nearly six months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Shivamogga airport in the run-up to…

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. (File: PTI) The ruling Congress has been alleging large scale irregularities in the COVID management during the previous BJP rule in the state The Karnataka government has set up an inquiry commission headed by a retired High Court judge to probe into the procurement of medicines, equipment and the alleged irregularities in oxygen supply during the COVID-19 pandemic when the BJP was in power. Issuing…

Reported By: Soumya Kalasa Last Updated: August 27, 2023, 00:03 IST Children enjoying mid day meal in Naregal Public School. (News18) For a government school in Naregal, a town in the Gadag district of Karnataka, it was a big deal to have a class full of students. But today, all classes from 1 to 7 are filled up The biggest challenge for teachers and wards in an academic setup…

PM Narendra Modi was in Bengaluru to interact with ISRO scientists for the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3. (Image: @Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ/Twitter) The Congress clicked pictures of BJP leaders, including state president Nalin Kumar Nateel, and put them on X (formerly Twitter) and said the BJP high command was least bothered about state leaders Karnataka Congress took a dig at leaders of the state unit of the…