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'We will consider,' says Karnataka CM Bommai on further cut in fuel tax

Bowing to public pressure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a Rs 8 per litre cut in excise duty on petrol and Rs 6 a litre on diesel to avoid increase in fuel prices

Protect 'Brand Bengaluru', SM Krishna urges CM amid rain havoc in city

Veteran politician S M Krishna has written to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, expressing concern that frequent rain havoc in the city would hurt "Brand Bengaluru"

85.63% students clear K'taka SSLC exams, girls once again outperform boys

As many as 85.63 per cent of the students have cleared the Karnataka SSLC (class 10) examinations, for which the results were announced on Thursday. A total of 8,53,436 students had appeared for the exams held from March 28 to April 11, while those who passed are 7,30,881. During 2019-20, the pass percentage was 72.42 per cent. "This is the highest pass percentage in the last 10 years," Primary and Secondary Education Minister B C Nagesh told reporters here announcing the results. As has been the trend, girls fared better than boys with a 90.29 per cent pass percentage compared to 81.3 per cent for boys. A total of 145 students scored 625 out of 625, the Minister said. The government schools clocked a pass percentage of 88 per cent, while aided schools and unaided schools recorded 87.84 and 92.29 per cent respectively. While, urban pass percentage is 86.64 per cent and in rural it is 91.32 per cent.

CM visits rain-affected Bengaluru areas, announces steps to fix woes

Development of valleys, desilting of drains, removing of bottlenecks and encroachment, increasing the number and capacity of STPs cross the city are some of the measures announced by the CM

Vedanta-Foxconn talks with Karnataka on chip unit stuck over sops: Report

Vedanta-Foxconn is checking with other states such as Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Telangana to ascertain if they can find a better offer than Karnataka

Karnataka CM Bommai meets Amit Shah, raises hope of cabinet changes

Hopes of cabinet aspirants in Karnataka soared high after Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital on Wednesday.

Yediyurappa hints at Karnataka cabinet expansion or reshuffle before May 10

The former chief minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon take a decision in this regard after discussion with Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Amit Shah to take call on Karnataka cabinet changes during Bengaluru visit

The Karnataka state BJP is witnessing heavy political activity as Union Home Minister Amit Shah is arriving here Monday late night.

Karnataka identifies 3.58 lakh bogus pension beneficiaries, saves Rs 430 cr

The state at present offers nine monthly pensions, including old age, disability, widows, unmarried/divorced women, transgenders, acid attack victims, and endosulfan patients

Loudspeaker row: Everyone should abide by law, says Karnataka CM Bommai

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the police have already issued a circular to this effect and meetings will be held at the police station level

Cabinet reshuffle or expansion after Delhi visit: Karnataka CM Bommai

Speaking to reporters Bommai said that the matter of cabinet expansion has been discussed with party President J P Nadda already

Same conspirators behind sex CD row and Karnataka contractor death: BJP MLA

The BJP leader, however, has not revealed the names of alleged conspirators so far

IBM keen to share knowledge with Karnataka govt on cyber security, AI

The three-member IBM delegation led by Sandip Patil, managing director, IBM South Asia assured the minister that the company would help the government in formulating a cyber-security policy

Contractor death: Congress demands FIR against Karnataka minister

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi accused the prime minister and the Karnataka chief minister of being complicit in the contractor's death

DA payable to govt employees in Karnataka hiked by 2.75 per cent

The Karnataka govt on Tuesday issued an order enhancing the rates of Dearness Allowance payable to government employees from the existing 24.50% to 27.25% of basic pay from January 1 this year

Will ensure education of students returning from Ukraine: Karnataka min

'We are discussing about reducing fee for medical courses,' Sudhakar stated in the Legislative Council

Karnataka govt launches programme to provide 5 lakh jobs to women

Minister of Higher Education, Electronics, IT-BT, S & T and Skill Development Dr C N Aswath Narayan on Tuesday launched Women@Work (W@W) programme with an aim to provide five lakh jobs within 2026 to women with necessary employable skills.Participating in an event organised by Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) in association with KTECH and Karnataka Skill Development Corporation to mark the Women's Day celebrations, the minister launched the new initiative that was also held as part of the Karnataka digital economy mission programme.Ashwin D Gowda, MD, Karnataka State Skills Development Corporation, KDEM Chairman B V Naidu, CEO Sanjeev Gupta, and Ramkumar Narayanan of VMware among others were also present.Speaking on the occasion, Dr Aswath Narayan said women who will be imparted training in specialized skills will become employable in the next five years which will go a long way in contributing to the country's GDP growth.Dr Narayan said as part of the Women@Work ...

Karnataka Budget: CM proposes doing away with govt control over temples

In his maiden budget for 2022-23 presented on Friday, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai proposed for doing away with government control on temples in the state by giving autonomy to those coming under the purview of Endowment department. He had first indicated about bringing in a law aimed at 'freeing' Hindu temples from state control, while addressing the BJP state executive meeting in December last year. "There is a long pending demand to do away with the government control on the temples. By considering these demands of devotees, autonomy will be given to temples coming under the purview of the Endowment department. Necessary legal action will be taken to delegate the discretion of developmental works to the temples," Bommai said in his budget speech. A total of 34,563 temples in the state come under Muzrai (Endowment) department, and they have been categorised as grade A, B and C, based on their revenue generation. A total of 207 temples with annual revenue above Rs 25

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai to present budget on March 4

The budget session would be held from March 4-30, according to the provisional schedule of the Legislative Assembly Secretariat on Wednesday

Decision on NIA probe into Bajrang Dal activist murder after inquiry: CM

Amidst demand to hand over the probe into killing of a Bajrang Dal activist in Shivamogga to NIA, Karnataka CM Bommai said a decision will be taken based on the outcome of police investigation.