Whom will it benefit ? ask city builders Mysore/Mysuru: Following an assent from Governor Vajubhai R. Vala on Nov. 19, 2020, the State Government may have promulgated an ordinance to amend the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 to slash the stamp duty on flats or apartments to push up the ailing housing sector due to COVID-19….
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…
Bengaluru: In a setback to the Government, a Single Judge Bench of the High Court on Thursday set aside the Government’s Oct. 8, 2020 reservation notification to the posts of President and Vice-President in all the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), including Town Municipalities. The Court also directed the State Government to notify the new reservation…
Bengaluru: 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…
Kushalnagar: Bowing to the demand for a separate Cauvery Taluk with headquarters at Kushalnagar, the State Government has issued a notification to form Kushalnagar Taluk. The notification has been issued yesterday by V.T. Rajashree, Under Secretary to Government, Revenue Department under the powers conferred under Karnataka Land Revenue Act 1964. The notification will be in…
Bengaluru: The State Government has released Rs.634 crore towards three months pending salary of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) employees. The staff and employees of the State Transport Corporation were unhappy over non-payment of salary even for Deepavali. Deputy Chief Minister and Transport Minister LaxmanSavadi took up this matter with Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa and…
Illegal non-Green cracker stalls shut Mysore/Mysuru: It may be a festival of lights for some but it is definitely a dark Deepavali for a majority of traders who could not sell a single cracker following the order from Karnataka High Court to sell only green crackers. Over two dozen cracker stalls across the city had…
Mysore/Mysuru: Claiming that the Government had failed to pay its share of their salaries for the past three months, the teaching and non-teaching faculty of the city’s Government-aided SJCE began an indefinite stir at the main gate of the College in Manasagangothri here on Thursday. The College staff, who had launched a symbolic protest since…
Bengaluru: Focussed towards building innovation and technology ecosystem beyond Bengaluru City, the State Government has rolled out a new initiative “Beyond Bengaluru” at a time when ‘Work from Home’ or ‘Work from Anywhere’ has become normal due to COVID-19. Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan, also the Minister of Electronics, IT, BT and Science and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Sale of crackers has come to a standstill in city following issuance of a notice to State Government by the High Court (HC) on the grounds that it had not defined what a ‘green cracker’ is, in its recent order on sale and use of crackers. The HC observed that Government Order was ineffective…
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