Mysuru: With Chief Minister Siddharamaiah issuing an order on 30 percent wage hike for Government employees, the Karnataka State Government Employees Association will felicitate the Chief Minister at Employees Meet to be held at Palace Grounds in Bengaluru on Mar.3. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Association Hon. President H.K. Ramu thanked the…
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Hublot watch case: ACB gives clean chit to CM without recording complainant’s statement!
February 27, 2018Bengaluru: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has given a clean chit to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah in the expensive Hublot watch case without recording his statement, alleged complainant Nataraj Sharma, who is also an advocate. It has not been revealed when the watch was purchased by Girish Chandra Varma before he gifted it to CM. If…
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Sixth Pay Commission recommends 30% hike for State Government employees
January 31, 2018Will it be an election bonanza? IN A NUTSHELL Number of Government employees: Over 5.20 lakh Minimum revised pay scale: Rs. 17,000 plus allowances Maximum revised pay scale: Rs.1,50,600 plus allowances Minimum revised pension: Rs. 8,500 plus DA Maximum pension: Rs. 75,300 plus DA Family pension upper limit: Rs. 45,180 per month with DA Recommended…
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Now is the time for voters to demand their ‘pound of flesh’
January 27, 2018Come elections to Assembly or the Parliament, there is heat in the political camps. Otherwise, there is bonhomie among all political parties, though covertly, so that they can individually reap the benefit of our liberal democracy steeped in corruption. While Siddharamaiah’s ruling Congress may have the disadvantage of incumbency, the master-politician Siddharamaiah of great Machiavellian…
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CM to Police: Crack down on communal social media posts
January 18, 2018Bengaluru: Asking the State top Police brass to take communal posts and messages on social media seriously, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday directed them to register suo moto cases against those involved in posting provocative messages intended to incite tension. Communal troublemakers should be booked under the stringent Goonda Act, if necessary, and steps must be…
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Siddharamaiah to donate silver gifts to Male Mahadeshwara Temple
January 17, 2018Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has decided to donate the silver gifts presented to him by the public and his supporters to Male Mahadeshwara Swamy Temple in Chamarajanagar. Presiding over the Temple Development Authority meeting at Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills recently, the CM sought to know whether the silver items he had received as gifts could…
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CM Siddharamaiah holds meeting with Mahadayi agitators
January 12, 2018Mysuru: Even as there seems to be no end for early settlement of Mahadayi waters sharing row, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah held a meeting with Mahadayi agitators at the Government Guest House in Nazarbad here last night. More than 60 agitators led by Mahadayi Action Committee leader Veeresh Sobaradamath, urged the CM to lead an all…
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CM Siddharamaiah meets M.C. Nanaiah at his house; fuels speculation
January 10, 2018Madikeri: A courtesy meeting between Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and Senior JD(S) leader M.C. Nanaiah, who has adopted a politically neutral stand, has given rise to numerous speculation in this tiny coffee district of Kodagu. The meeting took place at Nanaiah’s house yesterday and the CM took time to meet the veteran politician and former Minister…
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Taluk status for Ponnampet, Kushalnagar will be examined: CM Siddharamaiah
January 9, 2018Madikeri: “The requisition for granting taluk status to Ponnampet and Kushalnagar has come recently which will be examined,” said Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. He was addressing the Congress Government’s ‘Sadhana Samavesha’ at Crystal Court Hall in Madikeri this morning. Referring to BJP National President Amit Shah’s recent visit to Bengaluru, Siddharamaiah said that it was just…
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State Cabinet to discuss Kurubarahalli Sy. No. 4 and Alanahalli Sy. No. 41 land row
January 6, 2018Mysuru: The State Cabinet will shortly take up the Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41 land row which has been lingering for several years. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who recently held a meeting with Urban Development, Revenue and Mysuru District in-charge Ministers, Departmental Secretaries, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) and K.R. MLA M.K. Somashekar,…
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