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KARNATAKA Cabinet meet to decide ‘religious minority’ tag for Lingayat community A crucial Cabinet meeting called to discuss accepting retired High Court judge H.N. Nagamohan Das Committee report recommending ‘religious minority’ tag for the Lingayat community will be held soon. Though Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra said the Cabinet had a … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka Bank’s all-woman branch Karnataka Bank opened its first all-woman branch at Bull Temple Road in Bengaluru. This is the 800th branch of the bank. Speaking on the occasion, Mahabaleshwara MS, Managing Director and CEO, said the bank opened 36 branches during 2017-18. The bank has registered a business turnover of … Read more
KARNATAKA raises red-gram procurement cap to 3.64 million tonnes Positively responding to the letters written by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers H.N. Ananth Kumar, in view of farmers’ consistent demand for removal of quantity cap for red-gram procurement under Price Support Scheme (PSS), the Union government on Tuesday enhanced … Read more
KARNATAKA Important temples on Mysuru palace premises to be restored The district administration has authorised the restoration and renovation of major temples on the Mysuru palace premises that are managed by the Muzrai Department. This is the first time in recent years that the restoration measures have been approved on this scale and will extend the … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka has just 20% of EVMs needed for elections The officials in Karnataka are busy procuring Electronic Voting Machines(EVMs) from other states that had recently gone to polls and from defence PSU Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL), who together will supply 80% of the machines needed to conduct the impending elections likely to be scheduled in the … Read more
KARNATAKA At 8.5%, state’s GDP to grow faster than national average this fiscal Karnataka’s economy is expected to grow at a rate of 8.5% to Rs 9.5 lakh crore in 2017-18, according to the state’s economic survey. Karnataka’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), defined as the sum of the economic value of all goods … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka will prepare action plan to protect Great Indian Bustard The state government has plans to protect the Great Indian Bustard, which is a rare and endangered species of birds. Punati Shridhar, principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) and CEO of the Karnataka Ecotourism Board, said human intervention leads to mass destruction of … Read more
KARNATAKA No premature transfers of government servants: Karnataka The state government on Monday placed a January 27, 2018 circular before the Karnataka High Court, stating that no government servant is being transferred prematurely in contravention of the June 7, 2013 transfer guidelines. The circular alsostatesthat no order willbeissued in violation of these guidelines which mandate that any transfer … Read more
KARNATAKA Mysuru district achieves 94.98% coverage in pulse polio drive Mysuru district achieved 94.98% coverage in the pulse polio drive. Of the targeted 2,44,590 children in the age-group of zero to five years, 2,26,340 were administered polio drops. There also were over 27 mobile units stationed at City Railway Station, bus stand … Read more
Gandhiji’s Early Visits to Karnataka : Meanwhile, on returning from South Africa in 1915, when Gandhiji (1869- 1948) visited Madras, at the request of D.V. Gundappa, he made a short visit to Bangalore on May 8th 1915 to unveil the portrait of Gopala Krishna Gokhale, and on this travel to Bangalore, earlier he was garlanded … Read more