Bengaluru: The State Government has announced that it will soon convene a meeting of farmer leaders in a bid to resolve long-standing agrarian issues. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra and Health Minister Ramesh Kumar, who visited the farmers who have been protesting at Freedom Park here for the past couple of days, asserted…
Bengaluru: The State Cabinet, which met here on Wednesday, has decided to hold a 10-day Monsoon Session of the State Legislature from June 5. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra said that the Session may be extended if need be. Pointing out that this is an extended budget session, he said the CM, who…
Bengaluru: The State Government has said that it will confiscate properties of finance companies which cheat investors on the promise of high returns. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra said that many companies such as Maithri Plantation Horticulture (P) Ltd., Agri Gold, Green Buds etc., had cheated investors…
Bengaluru: A comprehensive project report on the proposed Mekedatu Reservoir, aimed to be an alternative to KRS Reservoir, will be ready in a fortnight. Disclosing this to press persons here yesterday, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs T.B. Jayachandra said that the report was being readied by Cauvery Neeravari Nigama (CNN) which will be submitted…
Bengaluru: Reiterating its opposition to implementation of Kasturirangan Report on saving the eco-sensitive Western Ghat region, the State government has decided to urge the Centre to withdraw the third notification on the report. The State Cabinet which met here yesterday took the decision to this effect. Karnataka has been opposing the report consistently and had…
Bengaluru – The State Cabinet, in an effort to promote e-governance, has cleared Rs. 800 crore second phase of Karnataka State Wide Area Network (KSWAN) which aims to connect 10,000 government offices in the State. Addressing presspersons at Vidhana Soudha yesterday, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra said that the Wipro Technologies had bagged…
The State Government will come out with a new sand policy, which allows import of sand from Malaysia and Indonesia at cheap rates. Speaking to press persons here yesterday, Law Minister T.B. Jayachandra said that the Government is contemplating to buy sand from Malaysia and Indonesia at Rs. 12,000 per tonne in the wake of…
Desperate to tide over drinking water crisis, the State Government has decided to identify newer ground water sources. For this, the Government will identify water sources that are more than 2,000 years old and is purchasing advance equipment to identify water source and also to draw water. Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha yesterday, Law…
Law Minister T.B. Jayachandra yesterday said that the tuition fee for seats under Right to Education (RTE) Act in private unaided schools will be hiked from the academic year 2017-18. Reimbursement for primary classes has been increased to Rs. 16,000 from Rs. 11,000 per child per year. For nursery classes, the refund would go up…
Taking a U-turn on its earlier decision to scrap the entire list of 362 gazetted probationers of the 2011 batch, the State Cabinet yesterday accepted the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (KAT) order on the recruitment of the probationers. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah decided to accept the Oct. 2016 order of KAT and…
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