Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to constitute a Cabinet Sub-Committee to re-evaluate the long-disputed Bengaluru-Mysuru Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP), Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil announced. The Sub-Committee will examine whether the Government should continue with the project, originally implemented by former MLA Ashok Kheny’s Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE). So far, 1,699…
Damocles’ sword hangs over 10 Universities
February 15, 2025Cabinet to decide fate of Mandya, Kodagu, Hassan, Chamarajanagar and six other Universities Bengaluru/Mysuru: In a decision set to have significant educational consequences, the Karnataka Cabinet will determine the fate of ten Universities established during the previous BJP tenure. The Congress Government claims that the BJP-led administration created 10 Universities — Hassan, Bidar, Chamarajanagar, Haveri,…
Bangalore Palace land row: Cabinet to promulgate Ordinance to bypass TDR
January 25, 2025Bangalore Palace (Utilisation and Regulation of Land) Ordinance, 2025 gives full control to the Government Bengaluru: In a significant move, the Karnataka Cabinet last evening decided to promulgate an Ordinance allowing the Government to forgo the Rs. 3,011.66 crore Transferable Development Rights (TDR) payment mandated by the Supreme Court to the erstwhile royal family of…
State taking Ordinance route is unjust move: Raja Chandra
January 25, 2025Mysuru: “The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to take over the entire Bangalore Palace land through an Ordinance. Even this has to have the Governor’s signature. This decision comes amidst threat of contempt of Court. Let us see what the Supreme Court says on Feb. 4,” said R. Raja Chandra, a member of erstwhile Mysore royal…
Bangalore Palace Grounds Ownership Case: State to file Interim Application before SC seeking early hearing
January 17, 2025Contempt petition on cards against members of Mysore Royal Family for ‘unauthorised structures’ Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to file an Interim Application (IA) before the Supreme Court, seeking an urgent hearing on the validity of the Bangalore Palace (Acquisition and Transfer) Act, 1996, which vested the Bangalore Palace with the State Government. Speaking…
State Cabinet clears Centre’s Unity Mall Project in Mysuru
February 12, 2024Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to build the Unity Mall in Mysuru with the help of the Centre’s interest-free loan of Rs. 193 crore under the ‘One District, One Product’ project. The Mall, on the lines of Dilli Haat, will be built on 6.5 acres of land of Karnataka Exhibition Authority…
Cabinet to discuss Cauvery crisis today
September 22, 2023State to ask Cauvery Water Management Authority, Cauvery Water Regulation Committee to assess ground realities Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka Cabinet will meet at 6 pm today at Vidhana Soudha to deliberate on the Cauvery water issue in light of ongoing protests, particularly in the Cauvery basin of the Old Mysuru region. These protests were sparked by…
Implementation of five poll guarantees: CM chairs marathon meeting with top Officials, Cabinet
June 2, 2023Will he or will he not? – All eyes on Siddharamaiah as he walks the tightrope Bengaluru: All eyes are set on the Karnataka Cabinet meeting that began this noon chaired by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah where a decision will be taken on implementing the five guarantees promised by the ruling Congress during the Assembly elections…
34 Ministers get portfolios
May 29, 2023Bengaluru: A day after Chief Minister Siddharamaiah expanded his Cabinet with the induction of 24 new Ministers on Saturday, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, following the advice of the CM, issued a Gazette Notification late on Sunday night allotting portfolios to all the 34 members of his Cabinet. According to the official list, which was released this…
Cabinet clears six Private Varsity Bills
December 27, 2022Bengaluru: The State Cabinet on Monday approved Bills that grant Private University status to six major educational institutions in Karnataka. Speaking to press persons after the Cabinet meeting at Belagavi’s Suvarna Soudha yesterday, Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan said the six proposed Varsities are: T. John University (Bengaluru), Rajya Vokkaligara Sangha University (Bengaluru), Sapthagiri…
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