Chief minister DK Shivakumar with finance department officials ahead of a review meeting at Vidhana Soudha Bengaluru: With an eye on Karnataka becoming the state with the highest GST growth this financial year, chief minister DK Shivakumar directed commercial taxes department officials to crack down on tax evasion while ensuring honest taxpayers are treated with…
A TOI inspection found 12 garbage blackspots, damaged footpaths, and widespread encroachment along the Kanakapura Road corridor Bengaluru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar has the option of travelling through Kanakapura Road in a zero-traffic convoy to reach his home constituency or take the Metro train to exit the city. But for thousands of residents navigating the…
Mangaluru: Satyajith Surathkal, state president of Sri Narayana Guru Vichara Vedike, has urged chief minister DK Shivakumar and KPCC president BK Hariprasad to include at least two ministers from the Billava community for the remaining one-and-a-half-year of the govt.Expressing gratitude to the Congress for appointing a senior community leader, BK Hariprasad, as the KPCC president,…
KPCC president BK Hariprasad Hubballi: KPCC president BK Hariprasad Wednesday attacked the BJP over alleged misappropriation of money donated by devotees at the Ayodhya Ram Temple and questioned, “What is the difference between the Modi-Shah duo and Mahamud Ghazni, who plundered the temples, including that one at Somanath, by raiding the country 17 times?”Alleging that…
Gadag: Former chief minister and Haveri MP Basavaraj Bommai suggested chief minister DK Shivakumar not to make township that will affect farmers. Instead, the satellite township should be developed on govt lands with all necessary facilities, he said.Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, Bommai said that the govt has sufficient land to utilise. “We…
Thousands of Yoga enthusiasts performed mass Yoga in front of Vidhana Soudha to mark the 12th International Yoga Day in Bengaluru on Sunday. Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot and minister U T Khadar participated in the event Bengaluru: The steps of Vidhana Soudha transformed into a sea of wellness early Sunday morning as Bengaluru marked the…
Bengaluru: As chief minister DK Shivakumar looks to expand his cabinet with fresh faces, a new political headache has cropped up in the form of KPCC president BK Hariprasad’s demand for a change in the compositions of boards and corporations in the state.There are 90 boards and corporations in the state with 1,118 posts of…
BENGALURU: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge pulled up party workers during the ‘Sankalpa Samavesha’ programme in Bengaluru after a section of the crowd disrupted the event by raising slogans in support of Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar.Visibly annoyed by the chants of “DK, DK”, the veteran Congress leader scolded the workers, calling them “useless fellows”, and…
Bengaluru: As a parting gift on handing over the charge to BK Hariprasad as new KPCC president, chief minister DK Shivakumar announced that he is making way for 50,000 more leaders to come through the ranks of Congress by way of creating guarantee implementation committees at panchayat and ward levels.Sources said, however, that they will…
Capt Brijesh Chowta, MP, Dakshina Kannada Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta has written to chief minister DK Shivakumar, urging that pedestrian safety, accessibility and mobility be incorporated as key planning principles in the forthcoming master plan for Mangaluru.Capt Chowta referred to a recent Supreme Court judgment recognising the right of citizens to walk…
