Bengaluru: Karnataka State Cabinet has approved the waiver of short-term crop loans up to Rs 1 lakh borrowed from cooperative banks on Thursday, August 9th. The decision follows state government’s promise in the state budget on July 5th and is expected to cost the exchequer Rs 9,448.61 crore. After reports emerged of a number of […]
Bengaluru: The state Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for regularisation of grazing land being cultivated by farmers. If all the 3.4 lakh applications seeking the regularisation are approved, 11 lakh acres of land being cultivated illegally will be regularised. Law Minister T B Jayachandra told reporters after the meeting that suitable amendments will be made to […]
Bengaluru : Citing poor performance and high operating costs, the State Cabinet on Friday decided to scrap 143 Tata Marcopolo air-conditioned buses which operate in Bengaluru and Mysuru cities. It has been decided to conduct a departmental probe into the reasons and motives behind the purchase of these buses under the JNNURM in 2009 by […]
Bangalore : The State Cabinet on Thursday rejected the final list announced by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) on March 21 for the 362 posts of gazetted probationer, Group A and B, belonging to the 2011 batch. The list was rejected following rampant corruption in the selection of candidates. The government has filed criminal […]
Bangalore : Rice mills across the State will shut indefinitely from Monday in protest against the State Cabinet’s decision to procure 5 lakh tonnes of levy rice before March 31 next to meet the requirements of the Anna Bhagya scheme. Karnataka State Rice Millers’ Association working president N.R. Vishwaradhya told presspersons here on Saturday that […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP yesterday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged role of former state minister Sajjad Ahmed Kitchloo in the communal clashes at Kishtwar.“The role of the local MLA, Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo (former minister of state (MoS) for Home into the communal violence be probed by an independent agency that […]
