Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet yesterday approved a new sand policy that is expected to bring down cost of the material and put greater regulation over chances of over exploitation of the resource. J.C. Madhuswamy, Karnataka’s Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, said the new policy was approved under three categories which would give greater powers…
Bengaluru: In some relief for senior citizens, the State Government has hiked the monthly pension for beneficiaries of Sandhya Suraksha Social Security Scheme for aged citizens by Rs.200 a month. Announcing this at a press meet after a State Cabinet meeting here on Tuesday, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J.C. Madhuswamy said that the pension…
Bengaluru: With drinking water becoming a scarcity as cities and towns are growing beyond limits, the State Government has tweaked the present rules governing water conservation, by enacting a Bill that makes it mandatory for owners of sites of dimensions 30’x40’ and above to have a rainwater harvesting system. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J.C….
Bengaluru/Mysuru: The Cabinet has decided to close the Lokayukta investigation against Mysuru Palace Board Deputy Director T.S. Subramanya on charges that he allowed a VIP pre-wedding photoshoot inside the Palace premises though photo-shooting is banned there. In 2016, the son of a retired IAS officer Nandakumar B.N. Aditya, his fiancé Navyatha and Venkatesh, the photographer…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has decided to hold the monsoon session of the Karnataka Legislature from Sept. 13 to 24 in Bengaluru, and this was decided in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Speaking to newsmen, Parliamentary Affairs Minister J.C. Madhuswamy said due to COVID-19 pandemic situation, the Assembly session was delayed…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as rumblings continue in the BJP over the constitution of the new Cabinet, Minister J.C. Madhuswamy has asserted that the Basavaraj Bommai Cabinet is a balanced one with a mix of old and new faces. Speaking to presspersons after visiting Suttur Mutt and seeking the blessings of Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji here yesterday,…
Mysore/Mysuru: In a statement that has put the ruling BJP in discomfiture, Minor Irrigation Minister J.C. Madhuswamy said that the Centre was slowly divesting the States of their powers and encroaching upon the subjects under concurrent list. He was speaking at the seminar on ‘ National Integration and Regional Freedom,’ organised by Akhila Bharath Sharana…
MP Tejasvi Surya speaks at National Seminar in city Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly advocating nationalism, BJP Yuva Morcha National President and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya said that he will not compromise when it comes to protection of regional languages. The essence of regionalism is its mother-tongue and it needs to be preserved and protected at any…
Bengaluru: The State Government is seriously thinking con-vening a Joint Session of the State Legislature from Jan. 18, said Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J.C. Madhuswamy. Briefing reporters after the State Cabinet meeting here yesterday, he said Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will take a decision and inform it to the Governor who in turn will…
Bengaluru: Amid COVID-19 crisis, the winter session of the State Legislature will take place from Dec.7 to15. Announcing this to presspersons after the Cabinet meeting here on Wednesday, Law Minister J.C. Madhuswamy said that the Government has decided to hold the session even amidst COVID-19 crisis. Pointing out that several key bills will be passed…
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