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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
KARNATAKA Ratna Prabha is Karnataka’s new chief secretary The Karnataka government appointed senior woman IAS officer K Ratna Prabha as the new chief secretary. She will be the third woman civil servant to hold the top bureaucratic post in Karnataka after Teresa Bhattacharya (2000) and Malati Das (2006) and the second woman to concurrently hold the … Read more
Enabling legislations, financial and procedural incentives, and business opportunities for investors Today, economy of India is the seventh largest in the world by nominal Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) and third largest by purchasing power parity and the annual growth rate of GDP has been 7.3% from 2011 to 2015. The country is classified as a … Read more
UTTARAKHAND Vigilance Dept Trapped 194 Govt Officials Since Formation Of State Vigilance Department has trapped 194 Government officers of various departments, including 54 gazetted officers, while receiving bribes since Uttarahand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in November 2000. Besides, the government officers, caught red-handed while receiving bribe, were booked under appropriate sections … Read more
KARNATAKA Neelamani N Raju becomes Karnataka’s first woman DG-IGP Karnataka is all set to get its first woman police chief in Neelamani N Raju. Raju, a 1983 batch IPS officer, will replace incumbent director general and inspector general of police Rupak Kumar Dutta, who retires on Tuesday, official sources said. The decision was taken by … Read more
KARNATAKA Reservation mandated in all Karnataka based education institutes for transgenders The Karnataka government, based on the inputs from all its department, has decided to provide a mandatory reservation for transgenders and the sexual minorities in all levels of formal education across Karnataka. It has also said that a separate toilet for the transgenders should be … Read more
KARNATAKA Eco-tourism in Karnataka set to get costlier The Karnataka State forest department increased the entry fees for National parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Bird Sanctuaries. Safari, homestay, parking, photo and video shooting charges are also being hiked by the Forest Department. The new charges will be applicable from November 1 onwards. In 2015, charges were increased by … Read more
KARNATAKA Green panel approves Rs 151 cr industrial area proj in K’taka A central green panel has given environment clearance for developing the Rs 151.60-crore Jakkasandra industrial area in Kolar district, Karnataka. As per the proposal, the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) will develop an industrial area in 627.47 acres in Jakkasandra village of Kolar with an aim … Read more
UTTARAKHAND Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana The Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harshvardhan launched “Pt Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana” which will experiment and endeavour to formulate and implement appropriate S&T Interventions for Sustainable development through cluster approach in Uttarakhand. … Read more
KARNATAKA CM Siddaramaiah bats for GST exemption on handmade products, writes to finance minister Taking a stance in light of the satyagraha embarked and broken by noted theatre personality Prasanna this week, on the goods and services tax (GST) being levied upon handloom products, chief minister Siddaramaiah has written to union finance minister Arun Jaitley … Read more