Mysore/Mysuru: Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs and Minor Irrigation, J.C. Madhu Swamy has asserted that ‘Inter-State water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over Mekedatu (Multi-purpose Balancing Reservoir Project) in Ramanagar district, is not a fit subject that has been drawn to Court by TN Government. Some people with vested interests foment disputes and…
Govt. forms Cabinet Sub-Committee to look into raising of SC,ST reservation quota
November 20, 2020Bengaluru: Even as the demand for raising the reservation quota for SC,ST communities is growing by the day, the State Government on Wednesday said that it was forming a Cabinet Sub-Committee to look into the issue. Speaking to presspersons after the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Law Minister J.C.Madhuswamy said that the Sub-Committee will be formed…
Hassanamba Temple opens, but not for public
November 6, 2020To close at 2 pm on Nov.16 Hassan: Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the doors of the famed Hassanamba Temple at Hassan were opened on Thursday for the annual festival. The Temple was opened after Narasimharaja of Urs community chopped a banana stem in the auspicious time of 12.17 pm yesterday. Soon after the stem was…
New IT policy aims to create 60 lakh plus jobs in next five years
September 6, 2020Bengaluru: Information Technology Policy for the period 2020-25 is aiming at generating 60 lakh plus direct and indirect employment in the State in next five years. The draft policy was approved in the State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa here on Sept. 3. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Law and Parliamentary Affairs…
Land-loser farmers of KHB Layout near Yelwal to get sites
September 5, 2020Bengaluru: The State Cabinet, which met here on Thursday, decided to allot sites to land-loser farmers who parted with their land for a residential layout to be developed by Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) near Yelwal on the outskirts of the city. Speaking to press persons after the Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Law Minister J.C. Madhuswamy…
Govt. slashes KSFC interest rate by 4 percent
July 24, 2020Bengaluru: The State Government on Thursday slashed KSFC (Karnataka State Finance Corporation) annual interest rate by 4 percent on the loans extended by it to entrepreneurs. Announcing this after a State Cabinet meeting here yesterday, Law Minister J.C. Madhuswamy said that following representations by loanees, the State Government has decided to slash annual interest rate…
Boost to corporate farming: Karnataka to let non-farmers buy farmland
June 12, 2020Bengaluru: In a significant change to the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961, the State Cabinet yesterday decided to allow non-agriculturists to purchase agricultural land and to remove the ceiling on income from non-agricultural sources to do so. It has also decided to increase the number of units of land a person can hold. The Government…
No ban, but reduction of flights: J.C. Madhuswamy
May 29, 2020Bengaluru: The State Government has requested the Civil Aviation Ministry to reduce the number of flights from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to Karnataka in view of the high number of COVID-19 cases prevalent there. In a clarification issued to media, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs J.C. Madhuswamy has said that…
Priority for Kannadigas in private sector jobs
November 2, 2019Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to direct all private investors in the State to reserve Group C and D jobs for Kannadigas. Group C and D jobs basically include clerical, floor-level jobs and attendants. Law Minister J.C. Madhuswamy said that the new policy of job reservation in private sector will be applicable for…
‘Position and power are temporary’, Says Minister J.C. Madhu Swamy
August 28, 2019Mysuru: Samvahana Prakashana had organised a programme at Rajendra Bhavan in JSS Hospital premises here recently for the release of the book ‘Bharata Ondu Marushodhane’ written by NRI writer Ravi Hanch. Releasing the book, Minister J.C. Madhu Swamy said that any position including Ministership is temporary like a role in a play and suggested people…
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