New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday turned down the Centre’s plea challenging the Karnataka High Court order asking it to increase the liquid medical oxygen allocation for the State to 1,200 MT per day from the present 965 MT amid the second wave of Covid-19. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, on behalf of the Centre,…
Police teams raid to confiscate records
May 6, 2021Chamarajanagar: Following the Karnataka High Court order to the State Government to immediately seize all the relevant records in the Offices of the Deputy Commissioners of Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts, and the Chamarajanagar District Hospital on oxygen supply and correspondences among the authorities in the two districts for the relevant period, a team of Police…
Government to hold meeting with KSRTC Union tomorrow
May 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Following a High Court direction, the Government will hold a meeting with Federation of Karnataka State Transport Corporations at the KSRTC’s head office at Shantinagar in Bengaluru tomorrow (May 3). The Chief Labour Welfare Officer of KSRTC has written to the Federation President, asking five office-bearers of the Federation to attend a meeting at…
Transfer 11,722 hectares land to Forest Department: HC tells Govt.
April 29, 2021Land must be handed over to re-compensate forest land utilised for Harangi Dam in Kodagu Bengaluru: The High Court (HC) of Karnataka has directed the State Government to transfer the entries in respect of 11,722.29 hectares of lands identified under C and D categories in Kodagu district to the Forest Department as was decided four…
Vokkaligara Sangha elections postponed
April 25, 2021Bengaluru: Amid the surge in COVID-19 crisis, the Government has postponed the elections to Karnataka Vokkaligara Sangha, which was scheduled to take place on May 16. The Karnataka High Court (HC), which heard a petition filed by Film Producer Krishnegowda seeking conduct of elections for the State Vokkaligara Sangha, had directed the Government on Mar….
KSRTC bus services register improvement after HC’s observation
April 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the Karnataka High Court (HC) observed that it was probably the worst time for transport strike, Government bus services in the city and district saw a marked improvement this morning even as the indefinite strike launched by the employees of the four State-run Transport Coporations entered the fifteenth day today. On…
Nobody should engage in damaging the country’s integrity, says HC Judge
April 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that nobody should engage in disturbing the unity and integrity of the country in the name of caste and language, Karnataka High Court Judge Ashok G. Nijagannavar stressed on the need for building a strong India. He was delivering a talk on the topic’ Judiciary and Democracy’ during the inauguration of Allama Research…
PIL on MRC land lease: Govt. defends lease decision
April 16, 2021High Court asks State to file affidavit; hearing posted to May 27 Bengaluru: The State Government has defended its decision to lease out 139.39 acres of prime land under Public Works Department (PWD) in Survey No. 4 and 74 of Kurubarahalli in Mysuru to the Mysore Race Club (MRC). The State defence came during a…
MRC land lease extension row: HC grants a week’s time for Govt. to take final call
April 8, 2021Case posted for hearing on Apr. 15 Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has granted a week’s time for the State Government to decide on the leased out 139.39 acres of land owned by Public Works Department (PWD) in Survey No. 4 and 74 at Kurubarahalli in Mysuru to the Mysore Race Club (MRC). Expressing…
Re-looking into MRC land lease, Govt. tells HC
March 31, 2021Advocate General seeks a week’s time; next hearing on April 7 Bengaluru: The State Government has told the Karnataka High Court (HC) that it was re-examining the possibilities of taking back the leased out land to Mysore Race Club (MRC). “We are re-looking into the issue of taking back the lease of 139.39 acres of…
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