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 …
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Bengaluru, March 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday staged a protest near the Vidhana Soudha alleging that the State Budget presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was like an “empty pot”.The protest was led by BJP state President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashoka, Deputy Leader Arvind Bellad, Chief Whip of the Opposition in the Legislative Council N. Ravikumar, along with former ministers, MLAs and Members of the Legislativ…
Bengaluru, March 2 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said the state government is closely monitoring the situation in parts of West Asia following the escalation of tensions between US-Israel and Iran, and assured that the safety and well-being of Kannadigas abroad is the state’s highest priority.In a statement, the Chief Minister said that according to the information received so far, around 100 Kannadigas are currently stranded in the UAE, including Dubai, and nine in Ba…
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, Feb 10 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Tuesday stated that the investigation into the suicide of industrialist C.J. Roy is making progress. “Details are being gathered from Dubai, and the questioning of Income Tax (IT) officers has been left to the discretion of the Special Investigation Team (SIT),” he said.It can be recalled, C.J. Roy, founder and chairman of the Confident Group, allegedly shot himself at his office in Bengaluru recently while an Income Tax rai…
Hubballi, Feb 6 (IANS) Karnataka Police have arrested a 27-year-old youth for allegedly posting a WhatsApp status that was found to be insulting to Hindu religious sentiments, police said on Friday. The incident has been reported from the Old Hubballi police station. The accused has been identified as Dadapir Hebballi, a resident of Noorani Flats in Hubballi. Police said they registered a suo motu case and arrested him before producing him before a court, which remanded him to judicial custody.A…
Hampi (Karnataka), Jan 5 (IANS) Ruthuparna Vivek and Samuel Jacob won the cars and bikes category respectively in Round 3 of the MSCK fmsci Indian National Hill Climb Championship at Hampi Hills in Karnataka on Monday.The National qualifier organised by Motorsports Academy of Vijayanagar attracted a record 113 entries and was supported by the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports and Karnataka Tourism.Chikmagalur’s 26-year-old Ruthuparna, a regular on the Indian National Rally Championshi…
New Delhi/Gangtok, Jan 4 (IANS) Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque was sworn in on Sunday as the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court. Governor Om Prakash Mathur administered the oath of office to Justice Mustaque at a ceremony held at Lok Bhawan in Gangtok, attended by the High Court judges and other dignitaries. On January 3, the Centre had cleared the appointment of Justice Mustaque as the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court, following the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium headed by…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Centre on Saturday cleared the appointment of Kerala High Court judge, Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque, as the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court.In a post on social media platform ‘X’, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Law & Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal announced that the President, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India and in consultation with the Chief Justice of India (CJI), was pleased to appoint Justice Muhamed Mustaque Ayumantaka…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel, H.D. Kumaraswamy, on Tuesday, urged the Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to introduce a Vande Bharat Express train service to further ease travel between the state capital Bengaluru and the coastal regions of Karnataka. In a letter addressed to the Railway Minister here, Union Minister Kumaraswamy requested the introduction of a high-speed Vande Bharat train service from Bengaluru to Goa’s Madgaon via Hassan, Mangalur…