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Jademma from Ballari recently visited religious hill stations like Bababudangiri, Mullayanagiri, Sitalayyanagiri in Chikkamagaluru district along with her family. What she took away from it was not just good memories. Faced with the issue of absence of public toilets despite lakhs of visitors, she wrote an emotional letter to President…

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday assured a delegation that he would receive the report of the Social and Economic Survey, popularly called the caste census, conducted by the Karnataka Backward Classes Commission during 2013-18, when he led the government.

Intense lobbying has begun in the ruling Congress in Karnataka as eight seats have fallen vacant in the Legislative Council. The Congress is all set to secure six of the eight seats.

With Karnataka government clearly stipulating eligibility criterion for the Gruha Lakshmi scheme, families have no fresh window to choose a new woman head to avail the scheme under which beneficiaries are paid ₹2,000 a month. 

Taking exception to Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil’s statement saying that the State government will urge the Union government to establish All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kalaburagi, Parasmal Sukhani, Executive Member of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and president of Taranath Shikshana Samsthe, Raichur, has urged…

Karnataka Today newsletter: Gruha Jyothi to benefit 2.14 crore domestic consumers, and more

Also, those who have not recorded a consumption average below 200 units in the last year, but achieve it in the upcoming months, can apply for the scheme next year, says Karnataka Energy Minister K.J. George.

Top news developments in Karnataka on June 7, 2023

The Karnataka government on Tuesday issued guidelines for the Gruha Lakshmi scheme (monthly financial assistance of ₹2,000 for women), for the benefit of women who are identified as heads of families in Antyodaya, BPL or APL cards of the household. Among the eligibility criteria is that the woman or her…

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis said the report by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), which apparently showed that Maharashtra had surged ahead of Gujarat and Karnataka in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), had silenced the Opposition.

Former IAS officer Sasikanth Senthil, who headed the Congress’ election war room strategy in Karnataka, said that the ethnic conflict in Manipur is an example of adverse effects of the politics of religious polarisation.