Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s plan to get nod for Cabinet expansion or reshuffle from the Party High Command, seems to have proved futile as he returned empty handed from New Delhi this morning without getting the go-ahead for his Cabinet plans. Bommai left for Delhi on the afternoon of Apr. 5 with his Cabinet…
CM to lay foundation for Shaktidhama School in Mysuru
April 6, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will lay the foundation stone for Shaktidhama Vidyashala and also inaugurate the newly built Infosys Foundation Block at Shaktidhama Women Rehabilitation Centre premises on Nanjangud road at 4 pm on Apr. 7. Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji will grace the occasion. District Minister S.T. Somashekar, Infosys Executive Vice-President…
Union Minister Smriti Irani calls on CM Bommai
April 5, 2022Bengaluru: Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani called on Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at his official residence on Race Course road here on Monday and held talks with him on women empowerment and Central schemes. Later speaking to presspersons, Smriti Irani said that the Union Government has planned to develop 14 lakh…
State has exceeded target in tax collection by Rs. 9,500 cr.: CM
April 4, 2022Bengaluru: Maintaining that the State has exceeded tax collection target by Rs. 9,500 crore in the financial year 2021-22, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who also holds the Finance portfolio, said that more efforts will be made to bring fiscal discipline back on tracks. Replying to a debate on annual grant demands of various departments in…
Mysore Paints & Varnish Ltd. pays 25 percent dividend to shareholders
April 3, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Paints & Varnish Ltd. (MYLAC) has declared a dividend of 25 percent for the year 2020-21. It has reported a turnover of Rs. 39.75 crore and a profit before tax of Rs. 6.75 crore. Following this, the State Government’s dividend share of Rs. 23,68,250 was handed over to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai through…
Mid-day meal scheme to be named after Dr. Shivakumara Swamiji: CM
April 1, 2022Ahead of 2023 polls, VVIPs including Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi land at Siddaganga Mutt Tumakuru: The mid-day meal scheme of the Karnataka Government for school children will be named after late Dr. Sri Shivakumara Swamiji, who started the concept of mid-day meal for poor children in institutions run by the Siddaganga Mutt of Tumakuru. Chief…
Early Assembly polls for Karnataka: Advantage Congress or BJP?
April 1, 2022Now that the top leaders of consequence from the Congress and BJP are in Karnataka, probably because they are expecting an early poll for State Assembly, I decided to express my thoughts on this idea of ‘advancing the Assembly polls’ by the ruling party (here BJP) hoping it would bring them victory. It is a…
Auto drivers to meet CM in Bengaluru tomorrow
March 27, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking fulfillment of their demands, auto drivers, under the banner of Samyukta Karnataka Autorickshaw Drivers and Owners Welfare Association, will meet Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at Bengaluru on Mar. 28 and submit a memorandum to him, containing their charter of demands. The demands include resolution of issues concerning old vehicles that are going to…
Process of starting Film City near Nanjangud has started: CM Bommai
March 26, 2022Bengaluru: Setting at rest speculations regarding the place of establishment of Film City, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the process of setting up the much-awaited Film City at Immavu in Nanjangud taluk of Mysuru district is in progress. Replying to a call attention motion moved by JD(S) MLC C.N. Manjegowda in the Legislative Council…
Mekedatu Drinking Water Project: Karnataka Assembly passes resolution condemning Tamil Nadu’s stand on the project
March 25, 2022Bengaluru: In retaliation to the Tamil Nadu’s (TN) Assembly resolution opposing Mekedatu Drinking Water Project along Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border, the Karnataka Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution strongly condemning the TN resolution and reiterated that the State Government is committed to implement the project. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai presented the resolution in the Assembly…
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