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Cabinet recommends OBC tag for Kunchitiga community

The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to recommend to the Central government the inclusion of the Kunchitiga community, a sub-caste of the Vokkaligas, in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) list for providing reservation to the community in jobs and seats in educational institutions.

The Hindu · Sep 22, 2023

Karnataka moves Supreme Court over inability to release 5K cusecs water to TN, seeks Mekedatu clearance from Centre

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court expressing its inability to release 5,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu from the Cauvery reservoirs in the state.

The Times of India · Sep 20, 2023

CM Siddaramaiah urges MPs from Karnataka to put aside politics and stand together in Cauvery water dispute

Karnataka CM reiterates that the State requires 106 TMC of water of which 33 TMC is for drinking, 70 TMC for crop protection, 3 TMC for industrial purposes. “At present, we are left with only 53 TMC of water,” he told MPs from the State.

The Hindu · Sep 20, 2023

BJP highlights ‘infighting’ in Karnataka Congress, says state will suffer

NEW DELHI: BJP IT Cell head and co-in-charge of West Bengal Amit Malviya on Sunday tweeted two video clips and claimed that infighting is raging in Karnataka Congress with party MLC B K Hariprasad confronting chief minister Siddaramaiah.

The Times of India · Jul 23, 2023

Mekedatu: Annamalai should not portray himself as saviour, says Congress

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.S. Alagiri said that BJP State president K. Annamalai hung onto a ‘single word’ uttered by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Water Resources Minister D. K. Shivakumar about the construction of a checkdam at Mekedatu.

The Hindu · Jul 4, 2023

Despite contracts ending, ads in bus shelters continue, BBMP fails to recover over ₹100 crore

Despite the tender agreement between advertising agencies and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) over erecting bus shelters and putting up advertisements ending a few years back, hoardings are still displayed illegally, even as the civic body has failed to recover over ₹100 crore.

The Hindu · Jun 28, 2023

Ready to set up more solar parks in State if farmers lend land: DKS

Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar on Wednesday expressed the government’s willingness to expand the solar power park at Pavagada in Tumakuru district, which is said to be the biggest in Asia. He said that a proposal regarding the same would be sent to the central government if the landowners…

The Hindu · Jun 14, 2023

D.K. Shivakumar goes on city rounds, listens to proposals to decongest Hebbal and K.R. Puram

Karntaka Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D. K. Shivakumar went around the Bengaluru city to inspects traffic bottlenecks in the city on on June 13, 2023.

The Hindu · Jun 13, 2023

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The Hindu · Jun 8, 2023

Portfolios likely to be allocated today

The tussle among Ministers for some key portfolios is said to be the reason for the delay in issuing the final notification on allocation of portfolios by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to his ministerial colleagues, including Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar.

The Hindu · May 28, 2023