Mangaluru: Evincing interest in introducing Tulu script to schoolchildren, Minister for Kannada and Culture Jaimala said here on Wednesday that she will pursue the matter with the government. At a programme organised by the Karnataka Tulu, Konkani and Beary sahitya academies at the Tulu Bhavan, she asked A.C. Bhandary, president of the Tulu Sahitya Academy, […]
Bangalore : The Karnataka government has distanced itself with the proposed hike in milk price. Animal Husbandry Minister T B Jayachandra on Wednesday said the decision to hike milk prices is left to the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) and the government will not interfere in this regard. He told mediapersons that the government had only […]
Mumbai : Accusing the Maharashtra government of being lax in arresting culprits involved in rationalist Narendra Dabholkar’s murder, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said the government was bent on “maligning” the image of Hindu organisations by linking them to the killing.“The perpetrators of Dabholkar’s murder are still at large as police have failed […]
Mangalore : UT Khader, State health and family welfare minister who addressed a meeting at the Wenlock Hospital along with members of a study team which arrived from Bangalore, elaborated on the various plans on anvil to upgrade Wenlock Hospital and also to provide better facilities. He said a 250 bed multi-speciality block is on […]
Mangalore : The Campus Front of India has urged the government to go back on its decision to ban Students Council elections in colleges all over the state. Speaking to media on August 2, Friday, Iqbal Bellare, State President of the CFI said the decision would hamper the democratic process of elections in the colleges […]
Mangalore : The Muslim Souharda Vedike South India has been critical of the Karnataka Government stance in dealing with the case of PDP leader Madani, an accused in the Bangalore blast case. Speaking to media, SM Basheer Ahmed, the Vedike Secretary said the state government stance was condemnable and also accused the public prosecutor of […]
Mumbai : Taking a serious note of sale of ‘synthetic milk’, the Bombay High Court yesterday directed Maharashtra government to provide every dairy in the state with testing kits to detect the presence of chemicals.A public interest litigation filed by Pune-based S M Joshi Memorial Association says that Food and Drug Administration had found presence […]
Mangalore : Tulunada Rakshana Vedike, Sanathana Seva Trust, Kadala Sene and SC/ST Committee jointly staged a protest in front of the DC office on July 25 opposing delay in the registering and issuing of the Adhar Cards. Social activist M G Hegde in his protest speech said that even though the government’s initiative to issue […]
New Delhi : With an eye on elections, the government has made it easy for people to procure cooking gas, especially for a vast majority of migrant labourers and students. Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily on Thursday approved a proposal for Free Trade LPG (FTL) Scheme for selling 5-kg LPG cylinders through petrol pumps owned […]
Bangalore : Karnataka government may make rain water harvesting mandatory in the city, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah indicated yesterday.“Let’s try to make it mandatory,” he said in reply to a question from K S Puttannaiah (Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha), who pointed that Coimbatore city in Tamil Nadu has done a good job in rain water harvesting, […]
