Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will present the first Budget of his Congress-JD(S) coalition government on July 5, the State Cabinet decided yesterday. The Cabinet that met for the first time after its expansion and portfolio allocation also decided to request Governor Vajubhai Vala to address the joint session of the State Legislature on…
Bengaluru: With his younger brother H.D. Kumaraswamy becoming the Chief Minister twice, PWD Minister H.D. Revanna too is said to be aspiring to become the CM at least once. Although Revanna is not eyeing the CM post in the current Assembly, he has reportedly set his eyes on the next Assembly polls. Revanna is learnt…
Mysuru: The Zilla Panchayat (ZP) meeting convened today to elect heads and members of various Standing Committees was adjourned amidst high drama. Soon as the meeting began at 11 am, ZP President Nayeema Sulthana, who chaired the meeting, was surprised to see only few members, following which she adjourned the meeting to 12 noon, citing…
Bengaluru: Even as the State BJP unit is reeling under disappointment after coming so close to a majority in the Assembly polls held last month, top BJP leaders met key RSS State functionaries at the RSS Office ‘Keshava Krupa’ in Chamarajpet here yesterday. The meeting, which was held in the backdrop of so near yet…
Bengaluru: Marithibbegowda of the JD(S), who was re-elected for the fourth term in the recently held Legislative Council polls from South Teachers Constituency, took oath as MLC here on Friday. Marithibbegowda, who functioned as Legislative Council Deputy Chairman in his presvious term, has been an MLC since 2000, having won in 2000, 2006, 2012 and…
Mysuru: Former Mayor and MCC Corporator Sandesh Swamy has strongly opposed the MCC Ward delimitation and the reservation announced by the Government. Addressing a press meet here on Thursday, Sandesh Swamy said that the Ward delimitation made on the basis of 2011 population census was unscientific. Maintaining that Ward delimitation must be made by including…
Mysuru: Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh distributed appointment letters to cooks and assistant cooks, who are directly appointed by the Backward Classes Welfare Department, at a programme held at Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Hall here recently. The vacant posts of cooks and assistant cooks in the Backward Classes Welfare Department’s students’ hostels had been advertised and the…
Mysuru: “The ground water level is going down day by day and one of the main reasons for this is the growth of urban areas. People are also migrating from rural areas into towns and cities and this has led to more consumption of water. Everyone should think twice before throwing out sweet water,” said…
Mysuru: Claiming that there were about three lakh Veerashaiva-Lingayat Community members living in the city, constituting more than 25 percent of the city’s population, the Mysuru city unit of Akhila Bharath Veerashaiva Mahasabha has demanded reservation for the community in the forthcoming MCC polls. In a press release, Mahasabha President T. Lingaraju said that areas…
Somwarpet: There is good monsoon this year in the State and it is the right time to visit waterfalls. However, one wrong step and one has to pay with one’s life. Such a tragic incident occurred yesterday at Mallalli waterfalls, when a youth was trying to take a selfie and fell into the waters and…
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