Mandya (Karnataka), July 13 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Monday warned that the BJP would lay siege to the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) reservoir if the Karnataka government failed to release water for standing crops in the Cauvery basin within the next three days.Ashoka, who visited drought-hit sugarcane fields in Malavalli and nearby villages in Mandya district, interacted with farmers and assessed crop damage caused by the shortage of irrigation water. Addre…
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Bidar, July 13 (IANS) Karnataka BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra on Monday accused the Congress government of neglecting farmers in the drought-hit regions of North and Kalyana Karnataka and urged it to immediately provide compensation of Rs 50,000 per acre to affected farmers.Addressing a press conference at Bidar airport, Vijayendra said the drought situation had become alarming in Bidar, Kalaburagi and Yadgir districts, where rainfall has been only around 12 per cent of normal.He alleged…
Bengaluru, July 7 (IANS) The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) General Body meeting, held on Tuesday at Palace Grounds in Bengaluru under the chairmanship of KPCC President B.K. Hariprasad, passed five resolutions, including a demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged theft of funds and valuables from the Ram Mandir Trust and a call for a Rs 10,000 crore special package from the Centre to tackle the drought situation in Karnataka. In a resolution on the …
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday alleged that the Congress government was facilitating the inclusion of “Bangla” (Bangladeshi) residents in state’s electoral rolls through the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, and demanded criminal action against officials allegedly violating Election Commission guidelines. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, BJP leader R. Ashoka claimed that Booth Level Officers (BLOs) were distributing Enumerati…
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) Karnataka BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra on Friday criticised Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar over his appeal to farmers not to cultivate water-intensive crops due to dwindling water levels, alleging that the statement had demoralised the farming community. Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday warned of a potentially severe drought this year, urging farmers not to depend solely on reservoir water for cultivation as inflows into most major reservoirs…
Belagavi, July 1 (IANS) Referring to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Karnataka, state Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Wednesday said the SIR exercise should be carried out carefully to ensure that no eligible voter is deprived of the right to vote, and that every effort should be made to ensure that no voter loses the right to vote. He urged Congress workers to work unitedly to strengthen the party and continue striving for the welfare of the poor, Dalits, backward …
Ahmedabad, June 29 (IANS) The Congress on Monday claimed that a difficult drought-like situation in parts of Gujarat has left major dams in Saurashtra, Kutch and North Gujarat with only around 20 per cent of their total water storage, warning that the situation could worsen if rainfall does not improve in the coming weeks. Addressing a press briefing at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee president Amit Chavda said that the state is witnessing an “alarming” decline in rai…
Mangaluru (Karnataka), June 26 (IANS) The political row over the recent Karnataka Legislative Council cross-voting intensified on Friday, with BJP State President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra asserting that his “time is good” and expressing confidence that the differences within the party leadership would soon be resolved.It may be noted that following the cross-voting, Vijayendra’s leadership has come under scrutiny, with allegations that he has joined hands with Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.Speak…
Mogadishu, May 11 (IANS) At least 31 people were killed and 30 others injured in inter-clan fighting that broke out in northern Somalia’s Laashimo Valley last week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) confirmed on Monday.The fighting, which occurred between May 6 and 7, displaced approximately 9,000 people, 85 per cent of whom are women and children, according to the latest UNHCR situation report.”The scale and intensity of the violence created widespread fear among pastoral…
Chennai, April 29 (IANS) In a bid to prevent wildlife from straying out of forests in search of water amid an intense summer drought, the Forest Department has stepped up efforts by filling water troughs at multiple locations across forest divisions in Tiruppur and Erode districts. With temperatures soaring to 41 degrees Celsius in Erode — among the highest recorded in the state — and 38.5 degrees in Tiruppur, forest areas are witnessing severe dry conditions.The prolonged heatwave has led to …