Bengaluru, July 22 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara on Wednesday said the state is facing a severe drought and that the government has urged the Centre to declare it a national disaster. He also said that the clarity on the much-awaited Cabinet expansion may emerge by noon.”The drought situation in Karnataka is grave,” he underlined.Addressing reporters in Bengaluru, Parameshwara said he would be touring drought-affected regions in Chikkaballapura district and Bengaluru Rur…
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Bengaluru, March 11 (IANS) Karnataka’s IT exports are expected to cross Rs 5.50 lakh crore this year, state IT and BT Minister Priyank Kharge told the Assembly on Wednesday.Responding to a question from BJP MLA Vedavyas Kamat, Kharge said: “Talking about the IT-BT potential in Karnataka, in 2022-23, our IT-BT exports were Rs 3.55 lakh crore. In 2023-24, it rose to Rs 4.09 lakh crore, and last year, in 2024-25, it increased to Rs 4.58 lakh crore. This year, March 31 is the closing date. I am 100 …
Bengaluru, Feb 17 (IANS) Karnataka BJP has alleged that the state government has illegally obtained 31 plots and is engaged in land grabbing instead of providing houses to the poor and land to the landless. The party has also released purported documents in this regard and demanded that all these sites be taken back.Addressing a press conference at the BJP state office, Jagannath Bhavan, in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy made the…
Bengaluru, Dec 24 (IANS) After the victory in the town panchayat elections held in various districts of the state, the Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Wednesday that the election results indicate the party’s return to power in the state. Speaking to the media at the state BJP office “Jagannath Bhavan” in Bengaluru Urban district’s Malleswaram, N. Ravikumar, Opposition’s Chief Whip in the Legislative Council and senior BJP leader, said, “If the results of the town panchayat electio…