Siddaramaiah

Karnataka Lok Sabha polls: Yathindra Siddaramaiah's comments targeting Amit Shah, which the BJP has described as reprehensible and a personal attack on the home minister, prompted the party to file a formal complaint with the EC.

Seeing Prime Minister Narendra Modi boast of winning 400 seats while engaging in such illegal activities to crush the opposition reveals that he has seen the writing on the wall, Siddaramaiah said.

In October last year, a Central team came to the state conducted an inspection and submitted an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) report to the union government.

The City Crime Branch of the Bengaluru Police has registered a case. The mail sender demanded a ransom of Rs 20 crore to refrain from carrying out the explosions

Home Minister G Parameshwara said investigators have gathered certain information from CCTV footage and footage from the city's public transport buses was also being analysed as part of the probe to nab the culprit.

Addressing a public meeting at Malavalli in Mandya district, the chief minister reminded the audience that the JD(S) had got 37 seats in 2018 but lost 18 seats in 2023 when it won only 19 seats in the assembly elections.

Shops and establishments will be allowed to open till 1 am in Bengaluru and 10 other corporation areas in order to further trade and commerce, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said in his budget speech.

A GCC is a dedicated offshore unit established by a company in a foreign country to in-source IT and other related business functions.

"There are factual errors, false monetary claims, misleading statements, and selective mention of certain losses allegedly suffered without mentioning the gains that have accrued to the state in the 15th Finance Commission period," Sitharaman said in a note on February 7 rejecting Karnataka's claims.

"Karnataka has faced significant challenges with a reduced tax devolution share post the 15th Finance Commission, resulting in a loss of over Rs 45,000 crore," the CM said.

The situation remained tense, but under control, even as the incident led to a political slugfest between the Congress government and opposition BJP-JD(S), who have joined the protests.

In the first phase, he flagged off 100 non-AC electric buses of the BMTC at Vidhana Soudha here.

BJP criticizes Karnataka government's decision to lift hijab ban, accusing the ruling Congress of perpetuating a 'divide and rule' strategy.

As they demanded that a special court with a full time judge be set up to hear the case, the Chief Minister asked the Additional Chief Secretary dealing with internal administration to look into it for necessary action.

Our policies are not developed in isolation but are driven by collaboration between industry and academia, in tandem with the state government, says Siddaramaiah.

"We want industries to view the state as the hub with an 'end-to-end ecosystem' for innovation and business growth," says CM Siddaramaiah.

The Chief Minister's office released the proceedings' for the ministers on Friday which said drinking water requirements for people, cattle, agriculture and industries, fodder, employment scenario, drought relief distribution and various measures to deal with drought in the state have already been discussed in the cabinet meeting.

Karnataka farmers suffered a Rs 30,000 crore loss from this year's drought, says Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

"Electricity generation has reduced, while the demand has increased. It is because of deficit rainfall and due increase in demand like it happens during summer. The consumption demand now is 15,000-16,000 MW, compared to 9,000 to 10,000 MW during the corresponding period last year, so this has led to some issue," Siddaramaiah said.

The Karnataka Excise Department has submitted a proposal to the government recommending setting up of liquor shops in gram panchayats with a population of over 3,000.