Congress stages protest against installation of Savarkar’s portrait Belagavi: Vinayak Damodar (Veer) Savarkar’s portrait was unveiled in Karnataka’s Suvarna Vidhana Soudha Assembly Hall this morning, the first day of the winter session of the Karnataka Legislature in Belagavi. The Government unveiled six portraits of significant personalities in the Assembly Hall, one of which is of…
Power Minister sets officials 3-day deadline to repair transformers
November 22, 2017Belagavi: Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) has set a three-day deadline for officials to get the broken-down transformers repaired. Replying to a question by MLC Kantharaju during the Question Hour in the Legislative Council here yesterday, Shivakumar warned of action against those officials who fail to get power transformers repaired within the deadline. Pointing out…
6,000 Pourakarmikas to be appointed by end of January 2018
November 19, 2017Belagavi: The State Government will appoint 6,000 Pourakarmikas by the end of January 2018, said Minister for Municipal Administration Eshwara Khandre here recently. Replying to MLA Madhu Bangarappa’s question, Minister Khandre said that the Government has also begun the recruitment process for 1,129 C and D group employees out of which 117 had already been…
Assembly passes Bill on SC/ST staff promotions
November 18, 2017Belagavi: The Legislature Assembly yesterday unanimously passed a Bill that seeks to circumvent a recent Supreme Court order striking down consequential seniority in promotions awarded to SC/ST employees. While the BJP and the JD(S) raised some technical points pertaining to the Bill, there was no opposition per se – apparently as all political parties want…
Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy suicide case: Verbal duel in State Legislature as BJP demands Minister George’s resignation
November 14, 2017Belagavi: The opening day of the Winter Session of the State Legislature at Suvarna Soudha, Belagavi, yesterday witnessed heated exchanges between the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP in the Legislature Council as BJP members persisted with their demand for the resignation of Bengaluru Development Minister K.J. George, who has been named as the first…
KPME (Amendment) Act: 15,000 angry doctors lay siege to Belagavi Assembly Session
November 13, 2017Belagavi/Mysuru: Nearly 15,000 private doctors from various parts of the State converged at Belagavi as part of ‘Belagavi Chalo,’ protesting against the proposed amendments to the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) Act, even as the winter session of the State Legislature began this morning at Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi. Around 600 doctors from Mysuru also…
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