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Year-long events being planned for celebrating golden jubilee of State’s renaming as Karnataka

Karnataka to celebrate golden jubilee of renaming as 'Karnataka' with year-long events. Govt. to hold meetings to elicit public opinion, publish 50 books, give facelift to Kannada schools in border areas, consider Padma award for those who worked for Kannada, address regional imbalance in trusts/academies, build memorials/museums for writers/musicians, and…

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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan attacks Karnataka’s decision to scrap NEP

Responding to the Karnataka State government’s decision to scrap the NEP, Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan said the document was not a political but a visionary one, created by the country’s leading educationists

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Cauvery dispute: Supreme Court Bench to hear Tamil Nadu’s plea on August 25

Supreme Court to hear Tamil Nadu plea for Cauvery water release on August 25. TN seeks 24,000 cusecs for standing crops, Karnataka to make good 28.849 TMC water shortfall. TN urges SC to direct Karnataka to ensure stipulated releases for September 2023 and to ensure 10,000 cusecs from KRS and…

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HC notice on plea complaining about non-shifting of Information Commission’s Bench to Kalaburagi

The High Court of Karnataka on Monday ordered issue of notice to the State government on a PIL petition, which has complained about the failure of the government to shift the office of the State Information Commission’s Kalaburagi Bench to Kalaburagi from Bengaluru for the past four-and-a-half years.

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Leaders divided over Minister’s statement that State govt. is considering bifurcating Belagavi district

Div. of Belagavi district divides leaders: Some support, others oppose. BJP leaders Anna Saheb Jolle, Balachandra Jarkiholi support idea. Kannada orgs. oppose, fear it will strengthen Marathi demand for merger. Bailhongal district agitation committee warns govt. against unilateral decision. Raju Kage, MLA, demands Athani be made new district. Delimitation of…

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Karnataka Lokayukta police arrest deputy tahsildar while accepting bribe

The Karnataka Lokayukta police arrested a Deputy Tahsildar of Holalur Nada Kacheri in Shivamogga taluk and another person while accepting a bribe of ₹30,000 for issuing a pahani with regard to the grant of land to bagair-hukum cultivators.

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Exide Energy to double lithium cell production in Karnataka

At present, Exide Energy is setting up a plant of 6,000 gigawatts (GW) production capacity plant near Bengaluru, which is expected to begin operations in 2024. The company is now seeking additional land.

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BBMP removes unauthorised banner near Karnataka Congress office, imposes ₹50,000 fine

On Monday, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) took down an unauthorized banner that had been erected near the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office and imposed a fine of ₹50,000 for the violation

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Transport and Postal Departments collaborate for swift delivery of DLs and RCs via speed post

The Transport Department has partnered with the Karnataka Postal Circle to provide expedited delivery services for documents such as driver’s licence (DL) and registration certificate (RC) using speed post

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The hunger to play cricket never went away: C.M. Gautam

C.M. Gautam, 37, is back to First Class cricket after 3 yrs, having been chargesheeted in connection to corruption allegations in the 2019 Karnataka Premier League. After the Karnataka High Court quashed the chargesheet, Gautam's dream of playing First Class cricket was fulfilled when he took the field for a…

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Karnataka government will place facts of State’s water situation before Supreme Court Bench: D.K. Shivakumar

Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Water Resources D.K. Shivakumar has said that Karnataka will place before the Supreme Court, which will hear Tamil Nadu’s plea for release of its allotment of Cauvery river water for the month of August, the facts about Karnataka’s dire water situation.Deputy Chief Minister and…

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Farmers take out bullock cart procession in Ballari demanding loan waiver

Hundreds of farmers arrived from different parts of the district and took out a protest march with their bullock carts and tractors in Ballari on Monday condemning what they termed “harassment of farmers by Karnataka Gramin Bank” and demanding a farm loan waiver.

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Committee to be constituted within a week to frame Karnataka Education Policy: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

The Karnataka government has decided to constitute a committee of experts to formulate the State Education Policy (SEP) within a week.

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Threat of BJP poaching our MLAs remains, says Congress leader

“We may have formed the government in Karnataka by getting a comfortable majority of 136 seats. But the threat of the BJP poaching our MLAs and trying to dislodge the government remains,” Satish Jarkiholi, KPCC working president and Minister for Public Works, said in Belagavi on Monday.

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‘Violation’ of approved plan: HC asks actor Ganesh to reply to Forest Dept. notice

The High Court of Karnataka on Monday asked Kannada actor Ganesh to reply within a week to the notice by the Forest Department asking him to stop construction work on his land coming under the eco-sensitive zone of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve.

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Don’t politicise Cauvery issue, says HC Mahadevappa

Karnataka Min. H.C. Mahadevappa urges opposition to abstain from politicising Cauvery issue; former Min. Tanveer Sait says water released to TN during all govts; State govt to decide future course of action at all-party meeting.

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Tomato crisis ends for buyers but begins for farmers

The sudden drop in the price of tomato to ₹30 a kg in the open market on Monday, from the sky-high price of ₹240 a kg last month, came a big breather to the consumers in the Rayalaseema region and the neighbouring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Even though tomatoes were…

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Police launch probe into availing of loans using forged documents in Kozhikode

Police launch probe into illegal availing of loans by six persons using fake title deeds in Kozhikode. Evidence of purchase of 50 acres in Karnataka's Gundlupet. Over 30 cases registered in district, 20 under Chevayur police investigation. Gang operated like parallel village office, fabricating documents to clear loans. Institutions tightened…

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Karnataka yet to get funds for Upper Bhadra project: Jayachandra

Congress MLA and Karnataka government’s Special Representative in Delhi, T.B. Jayachandra, on Monday said the State government has not received funds from the Centre for implementation of the Upper Bhadra project irrigation and drinking water project.

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Karnataka Chief Minister writes to Nirmala Sitharaman seeking release of funds recommended by 15th Finance Commission

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to release special grants and State-specific grants recommended by the 15th Finance Commission and opposed the steepest cut of 23% in devolution of funds.

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Congress MLA T.B. Jayachandra says NICE Road is infructuous, suggests Karnataka government take over project

A voluminous 392-page report prepared and submitted to the State Government in December 2106 by a legislature panel headed by T.B. Jayachandra had indicted NICE for violation of the Framework Agreement (FWA), excess land acquisition, levying toll without laying a concrete road, and illegal mining, among other issues.

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T.N. should coordinate with Centre to solve Cauvery water crisis: Dhinakaran

AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran urges TN govt to coordinate with Centre to resolve water shortage crisis in Delta region. He criticizes Karnataka govt for not adhering to SC directions on Cauvery water-sharing. He suggests TN CM to act expeditiously and approach court with Centre to counter Karnataka's stand. He also…

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Krishna Basin irrigation projects in Telugu States may be hit hard by rainfall deficit

Crops in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh stand to be hit hard, particularly under the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, due to rainfall deficit in the upper catchment areas of the Krishna Basin in Maharashtra and Karnataka. According to irrigation authorities, it is the first time since 2018 that the Srisailam reservoir has…

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