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D.K. Shivakumar slams Centre for denying rice to Karnataka

Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday slammed the Centre for denying rice to the State for launching its Anna Bhagya scheme. Speaking to reporters at Mysuru airport, Mr. Shivakumar, who was here on a private visit, condemned the NDA government for deliberately denying allotment of rice to the State.…

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Procure rice from State farmers, CM told

Karnataka Sugarcane Cultivators’ Association president Kurubur Shantha Kumar has urged the State government to procure rice and millet from local farmers instead of approaching other States or the Centre.

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KRRS observes ‘raitha satyagraha’ demanding withdrawal of ‘anti-farmer’ laws

Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) members observed ‘raitha satyagraha’ in the State on Thursday demanding the withdrawal of what they called anti-farmer laws — Karnataka Land Reforms Act, anti-cow slaughter law, and APMC Act.

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Karnataka police detain convict in T.P. Chandrasekharan murder case for questioning

The Karnataka police took into custody T.K. Rajeesh, who is serving life imprisonment in the T.P. Chandrasekharan murder case, from the Kannur Central Jail on Thursday.

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Raitha Sangha urges govt. to repeal farm laws immediately

Activists under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene, led by its honorary president Chamaras Malipatil, staged a protest at Tipu Sultan Garden in Raichur on Thursday and demanded that the State government repeal three farm-related laws immediately.

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Karnataka Cabinet okays removing chapters on RSS founder and Savarkar in school textbooks

Karnataka Cabinet approved the revision of Kannada and Social Science textbooks of class six to ten in the State, for the current academic year by removing the chapters on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Hindutva ideologue V.D. Savarkar among others.

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Karnataka to scrap anti-conversion law, reverse textbook changes

The newly-formed Karnataka Cabinet on June 15 decided to roll back the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2022, (popularly called the anti-conversion Bill) introduced by the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government.

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Karnataka won’t help merit students secure 50% seats in private medical colleges at government fee

National Medical Commission (NMC) wants the fee for 50% of seats in private medical colleges and deemed-to-be-universities on par with government seats. A private medical college in Tamil Nadu and Nitte deemed-to-be-university of Mangaluru had challenged the same in the jurisdictional High Courts, but both lost the case

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Top news developments in Karnataka on June 15, 2023

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CET 2023 result announced in Karnataka

Vignesh Nataraj Kumar has topped the engineering stream with 97.889% of marks. He is from Sri Kumaran Children’s Home, Bengaluru.

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Many senior women in Karnataka feel their workplaces support them, says report

Around 33% of senior women in Bengaluru are engaged in full-time or part-time employment while 85% of them said that they worked in an employment-friendly atmosphere, according to “Women and Ageing: Invisible or Empowered?”, a report released by HelpAge India on Wednesday (June 14), the eve of UN recognized ‘World…

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Charges of ‘adjustment politics’ during Assembly elections trigger political debate

The comments of BJP leaders Pratap Simha and C.T. Ravi on “adjustment politics” causing the party’s rout in the 2023 Assembly elections have sparked off a political debate in Karnataka.

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CM blames Centre for conspiring to scuttle Anna Bhagya scheme by denying rice to State

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday accused the Narendra Modi-led Union government of conspiring to “scuttle” the State government’s election guarantee by ensuring that Karnataka does not get the required quantum of rice to implement its Anna Bhagya scheme, which aims to provide 10 kg of rice for each member of…

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Govt. ready to roll back amendments made to APMC Act: Minister

Congress government in Karnataka has said that it will roll back the amendments made to the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act and proposes to introduce a reformed law for management of the agricultural markets.

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Vedike urges government to introduce roster system for appointments on contract basis

The Karnataka Dalit Janajagruti Vedike has demanded that the government introduce reservation roster for contract and outsourced jobs in all the government departments and government-aided institutions across the State.

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NIA arrests absconding terror accused from Ballari

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested a 33-year-old alleged Popular Front of India (PFI) worker dubbed as the “master weapons trainer”, living under a fake identity in Ballari in Karnataka. The accused was involved in the Nizamabad terror conspiracy case and was on the run since September last…

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High Court quashes sedition case against Bidar school for staging play on CAA, NRC

The High Court of Karnataka in Kalaburagi has quashed the sedition case booked against Bidar’s Shaheen School for staging a play by schoolchildren on the theme of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in 2020.

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Vijayapura MP Ramesh Jigajinagi wants BJP to hang leaders who denied tickets to seniors, for loss in Karnataka Assembly elections

Vijayapura MP Ramesh Jigajinagi says that some BJP leaders denied tickets to senior leaders and replaced them with new faces. “That was the real reason for our defeat. If that had not happened, BJP would have won 130 seats and formed the government. I do not know who came up…

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Top news developments in Karnataka on June 14, 2023

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Bengaluru boy Dhruv Advani gets all-India fifth rank in NEET-2023

The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the NEET-2023 result late on Tuesday (June 13). Dhruv Advani from Bengaluru, secured the fifth rank at the all-India level and is the topper in Karnataka. He scored 715 marks (99.99%) out of 720 in the NEET exam.

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KPRS demands withdrawal of circular on linking Aadhaar with farm pumpsets

Activists of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS) staged a demonstration outside the headquarters of Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited (GESCOM) in Kalaburagi on Tuesday demanding that the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) circular on linking Aadhaar with irrigation pumpsets of below 10 HP within six months, be withdrawn.

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Special court attaches 82 properties of Janardhana Reddy and his wife in illegal mining case

The special court of sessions, set up to exclusively deal with criminal cases related to former and present MPs/MLAs in Karnataka, has ordered attachment of 82 properties belonging to former Minister G. Janardhana Reddy and his wife G. Lakshmi Aruna till the adjudication of the corruption case related to illegal…

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Karnataka power rate hike temporary: PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi

Karnataka PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi on June 13 said that the hike in power rates is temporary. “The issue is resolved soon,” he said.

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