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Gruha Jyothi is a scheme of the Congress government in which households in Karnataka can avail 200 units of free power. A total of 1,00,20,163 consumers had registered up to Thursday July 6 across Karnataka.

The Congress-led Karnataka government has been facing challenges in fulfilling its promise of providing five kg of rice to Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antyodaya card holders. The Centre’s discontinuation of the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS), which provided surplus grains, has put Karnataka in a difficult position. This move…

Aryan Nehra of Gujarat and A.K. Lineysha of Karnataka were adjudged ‘best male’ and ‘best female’ swimmers respectively in the senior National aquatics championship at Gachibowli Aquatics Complex here on Wednesday.

Tomatoes worth over ₹2.7 lakh were stolen from a farmhouse at Gonisomanahalli in Hassan district of Karnataka on July 4 night.

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In the legislative Council, BJP MLC N. Ravikumar pointed out that religious heads had threatened to sit on a dharna over withdrawal of the anti-cow slaughter provisions that had been introduced in 2020.

Stating that ‘there is no warranty of five guarantees’, former minister R. Ashok said the Siddaramaiah-led government has no moral authority to continue in office by postponing implementation of schemes, such as Yuva Nidhi and Gruha Lakshmi.

Production was anyway expected to be lower as some farmers had opted out of cultivating tomatoes citing poor earnings. Adding to that, about 50% of production in Karnataka has gone down the drain due to leaf curl viral disease.