Bengaluru: Upset over officials of the State Government seeking a higher commission than before for clearing bills, the Karnataka State Contractors Association (KSCA) on Monday said it will lodge a complaint with top Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, if corruption in the Siddaramaiah Government is not addressed. KSCA President R. Manjunath, who met…
Congress Government has emptied treasury: B. Sriramulu
February 27, 2025Mysuru: Accusing the State Congress Government of emptying the treasury by misuse and indiscrete diversion of funds for purposes other than budgetary allocations, senior BJP leader and former Minister B. Sriramulu alleged that the Government was pushing the people to poverty by rising prices of essential commodities and services. Addressing a press meet at the…
Now, pay 10 times more for birth, death certificates
February 19, 2025Mysuru: Residents of Karnataka, already grappling with increased bus and metro fares, now face an additional financial burden as the State Government has significantly raised fees for birth and death certificates. The hike comes as part of amendments to the Karnataka Birth and Death Registration Rules. Birth and death certificates are essential documents for families,…
Chorus grows against Govt. move to shut 10 Varsities
February 17, 2025Protests planned to save Mandya, Kodagu and Chamarajanagar Universities Mysuru: The chorus of opposition is growing against the Congress Government’s decision to close 10 Universities — Hassan, Bidar, Chamarajanagar, Haveri, Kodagu, Koppal, Bagalkot, Maharani Cluster, Mandya and Nrupathunga — established by the previous BJP Government, citing financial difficulties. The move has sparked strong political and…
Cabinet opens doors to privatise Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel
November 29, 2024Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to invite private parties for the repair, restoration and maintenance of the iconic Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel in Mysuru. The chosen party must ensure the preservation of the property’s heritage status, said Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil during a press briefing after the Cabinet meeting yesterday. The…
Big Bribe barb against Excise Department
November 6, 2024Bengaluru: Beleaguered Congress Government in the State that is in news for wrong reasons due to multi-crore scam at Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited, site scam at Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and Karnataka State Waqf Board claiming ownership of farm lands and other long held assets of mutts and temples, has…
SCSP/ TSP Funds for Guarantee Schemes – Doesn’t Social Welfare Minister feel the pain? asks Research Scholar
July 31, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The research scholars and students staged a protest under the banner of University of Mysore Researchers Association, in front of the clock tower at Manasagangothri campus in city yesterday, in protest against the diversion of Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub-plan (TSP) funds, for the implementation of Congress’s five Guarantee Schemes in the…
Game of Throne in Karnataka
June 28, 2024I came and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift; nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, not yet favour to men of skill but time and chance happens to them all. — Old Testament The latest buzz…
JD(S) protests fuel price hike
June 19, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Janata Dal (Secular) party workers, led by Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD), staged a protest in front of Gandhi Square in the city this morning against the State Congress Government’s decision to hike the price of petrol and diesel. Speaking on the occasion, GTD said that by hiking fuel prices the State Government has…
Impact of guarantee schemes: State Government increases fuel prices
June 16, 2024Statewide protest by BJP tomorrow Bengaluru/Mysuru: Following the Congress-led State Government increasing Karnataka Sales Tax (KST) on petrol and diesel, the fuel rates in the State has gone up. Accordingly, the rate of petrol in Mysuru which was Rs. 99.40 per litre has gone up to Rs. 102.41 per litre an increase of Rs. 3.01…
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