By: Express News Service | Bangalore | Updated: December 13, 2020 7:22:14 am Kumaraswamy has avoided criticizing the BSY government. On December 8, shortly after the approval of the BJP government Karnataka Land Reform (Amendment) Bill, 2020 – to remove restrictions that allowed agricultural land to be bought only by …
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Written by Ralph Alex Arakal | Bangalore | Updated: December 10, 2020 6:51:13 pm The bill provides for the prohibition of all forms of livestock slaughter and severe punishment for offenders. The BJP-led government in Karnataka past Karnataka’s draft law for the prevention of slaughter and preservation of livestock (2020) …
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By: Express News Service | Bangalore | Updated: December 9, 2020 8:39:58 am The BJP government in Karnataka on Tuesday managed to get the state legislative council to pass a land tenure reform bill with the support of the opposition JD (S), even as Congress voted against the bill. (Archive) …
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New Delhi: Karnataka High Court (HC) ruled that BJP Legislative Council Member (MLC) AH Vishwanath is not eligible to be a minister in Chief Minister Yediyurappa’s cabinet as he was disqualified as an MLA last year under the law against defection. Vishwanath was one of 17 MLA rebels who resigned …
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Bangalore: Some call it a masterstroke. Some call it a political hara-kiri. Karnataka’s beleaguered Prime Minister BS Yediyurappa has played a big gamble by proposing that his caste be Lingayats, Other Backward Class or OBC. It has played another gamble by setting up a separate body for them: Veerashaiva – …
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BENGALURÚ: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappait is political secretary and great nephew NR Santosh it has repeatedly been embroiled in controversy. Santosh has been Yediyurappa’s shadow for many years and had also served as her personal secretary. He was seen organizing the logistics for the then rebel Congress and the JD …
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BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister BS YediyurappaPolitical secretary and relative NR Santosh, who was hospitalized after an alleged suicide attempt, is “stable and cheerful” and could be discharged in a day or two, doctors who treated him said Saturday. According to sources, Santosh is said to have attempted suicide by consuming …
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Karnataka Prime Minister BS Yediyurappa’s Political Secretary NR Santhosh was hospitalized on Friday night after consuming sleeping pills, people familiar with the matter said. His condition was said to be stable, they added. Santhosh consumed the pills after apparently some videos of Yediyurappa leaked and allegedly showed him discussing who …
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MYSURU / BENGALURU: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa set another deadline for cabinet expansion, saying the delayed process will be completed in two to three days. Yediyurappa, who was in Mysuru on Wednesday, did not offer further details, prompting political circles and many in the BJP to wonder if the party’s …
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Coronavirus: Karnataka’s chief minister said that all schools will remain closed until the end of December. (Archive) Bangalore: The Karnataka government has decided to keep state and pre-university schools, or PU universities, equivalent to classes 11 and 12 closed, at least until the end of December in view of the …
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