Bengaluru, April 29 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said on Wednesday that the proposed AHINDA convention in Hubballi was aimed at addressing the socio-economic backwardness of marginalised communities and bringing them into the mainstream.The event is being held amid speculation that the convention was a show of strength for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah amid the row over the change of guard in the state.It can be noted that AHINDA stands for Alpasankhyataru, Hindulidavaru, and Dal…
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Bengaluru, April 27 (IANS) Asia’s largest integrated SCADA-based command centre for water and sewerage management is ready for inauguration in Bengaluru, marking a major milestone in the city’s infrastructure development under the Cauvery Stage 5 project, said an official statement on Monday.The state-of-the-art Integrated Intelligent Water and Sewerage Management Center (SCADA), implemented with financial assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), was inspected on Mo…
Davanagere (Karnataka), March 23 (IANS) Congress candidate Samarth Mallikarjun filed his nomination for the Davanagere South Assembly bypoll on Monday in the presence of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, and other prominent leaders. The leaders arrived in a massive procession in Davanagere city.Siddaramaiah said that in earlier bypolls, the Congress had defeated the sons of former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, and…
Bengaluru, March 19 (IANS) Stating that legal counsels have confirmed there were no legal hurdles to increasing the height of the Alamatti Dam, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said he would convene an all‑party meeting in the state and take a decision to go ahead. Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have objected to the project.It can be noted that the Upper Krishna Project (UKP) Phase 3 is a major irrigation scheme in North Karnataka aiming to raise the Almatti Dam height from…
Bengaluru, March 10 (IANS) Karnataka Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Tuesday launched an attack on the State Budget 2026-27, alleging that it had pushed the people of Karnataka into a “debt vortex” and done injustice to backward classes, Scheduled Castes, and other sections of society.Participating in the discussion on the budget in the Assembly, Ashoka said the state government was borrowing heavily to repay old loans while failing to show progress in implementing earlier schemes.“T…
Bengaluru, March 3 (IANS) Launching a sharp personal attack on Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy accused him of neglecting governance and indulging in political counterattacks, amid the ongoing controversy over alleged phone tapping in the state. Siddaramaiah had been alleged of tapping phones of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who is aspiring to become the Chief Minister of the state. Chief Minister Siddaramai…
Bengaluru, March 2 (IANS) Karnataka BJP on Monday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress government, alleging internal surveillance, financial mismanagement, and failure to fulfil election promises. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, R. Ashoka, alleged that Siddaramaiah had formed an “unauthorised team” headed by an officer of the rank of a Superintendent of Police (SP) to monitor the activiti…
Bengaluru, Feb 18 (IANS) Amid the leadership tussle in the Karnataka Congress, a batch of Congress legislators, including MLAs and MLCs, left for a foreign trip in the early hours of Wednesday from Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru. However, the leaders denied any political motive behind the visit and maintained that the trip was purely personal.The development has fuelled speculation over an intensifying leadership tussle in the Karnataka Congress. The legislators, considered to be …
Bengaluru, Feb 13 (IANS) Responding to the government’s decision to allow IPL and international matches at Bengaluru’s iconic Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium, Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara stated that safety is paramount and that security measures will be strengthened fourfold.It can be noted that the Karnataka government on Thursday granted conditional permission to resume cricket matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, months after the venue was barred from hosting events…
Bengaluru, Feb 10 (IANS) Responding to the charge by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that Prime Minister Narendra Modi evaded the discussion on the motion of thanks to the speech of the President in the Lok Sabha, BJP state President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra said that the culture of evading responsibility originated from the roots of the Congress party. “First find Rahul Gandhi, who is missing, to resolve the leadership tussle in Karnataka,” he mocked. In his statement addressed to CM Sidda…