BENGALURU/MYSURU: A special court for elected representatives directed Lokayukta police Tuesday to continue investigations into the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) alternative site allotment scam and submit a final report.The Bengaluru court was passing its order reserved on protest petitions filed by Mysuru complainant-activist Snehamayi Krishna and ED against the closure report in the case…
BENGALURU: All items made by govt and private firms in Congress-governed Karnataka will mandatorily have to carry names and product info in Kannada on labels, CM Siddaramaiah said Friday.Speaking after felicitating Rajyotsava (state foundation day) awardees in Vidhana Soudha, the CM pointed out that most products made in the state now carry key information only…
BENGALURU: A day after deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar suggested a potential revision of the Shakthi scheme, which provides free bus travel for women, CM Siddaramaiah on Thursday asserted there’s no move to review any of govt’s guarantee schemes.“There is no proposal (on this) at the government level. I’ll talk to Shivakumar about it,”…
MANGALURU: Just a day after announcing the Congress government’s “decision” to revoke the ban on wearing hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka enforced by the previous BJP-led dispensation, CM Siddaramaiah did a volte-face on Saturday. He claimed he had only intended to say that the demand for lifting the ban was still under consideration.The CM…
