More false promises to come from Congress: Chandrashekhar

The entire Congress leadership from top to bottom is only interested in slandering the BJP and not in having political discourse, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. The Congress party is bereft of any ideas and now is resorting to slandering and badmouthing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. “Despite having seen what Mani […]

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Karnataka lags in Unnati

Unnati project, an initiative for MGNREGA beneficiaries, falls short in achieving the target due to lack of interest and technical issues. Central Government’s skill-upgrading initiative – Unnati Project for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) beneficiaries has not been able to achieve its set target for the country as the beneficiaries are not […]

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Real-time attendance app delays salaries

The attendance taking App National Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) has been plagued with technical issues. Workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) have not been able to mark their attendance and therefore have not received salaries due to a technical hitch in the app that is used for the purpose. The […]

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Tamil campaigners and anthem: Vatal furious

Kannada activist accuses BJP of ignoring Kannadiga sentiments The pro Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj, from Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha, voiced his criticism of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prioritizing Tamil culture in Tamil-dominated areas of Bengaluru. He claimed that the party does not prioritise Kannada and is using culture politics for the elections. At a […]

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Solar Pumps yet to be popular among farmers

 Kusum scheme registration and funding has stopped as only 4000 farmers all over Karnataka have availed it since 2014. Due to high installation and maintenance cost, farmers in Karnataka prefer using diesel and grid power pumps over solar pumps. The Kusum scheme has stopped registration from lack of funds, as Karnataka sees few takers for […]

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More kids to be screened for diseases next year

The Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) program screens children from newborns to 18-year-olds for health issues. Karnataka’s Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) program achieved 67 percent of the goal it had targeted for 2022-23. The department wants to get better results for the upcoming year. For this, Dr. Ningadalli Siddharam, State Consultant, RBSK, said that […]

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Communal conflicts concerning: BKC

Educational professionals say that communal harmony can fix most of Karnataka’s problems. A panel of education professionals headed by Professor B K Chandrashekhar discussed a host of problem from farmer suicides to communal tensions. Prof B K Chandrashekhar is an ex-member of the Karnataka Legislative Council who has been working as a professor for the […]

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Social audit, not a responsibility of the Gram Panchayat

MNREGA workers have been demanding the gram panchayat of K.Golahalli to conduct a social audit to check mismanagement in working sites. K.Golahalli Gram Panchayat failed to conduct a social audit of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Gurantee Scheme (MNREGA). The responsibility of conducting a social audit is missing from the list of the functions of this […]

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Congress stands strong in Chamrajpet Constituency

Drainage, infrastructure and damaged roads still a problem in certain areas of Chamrajpet, say residents. Communal tension in the Chamrajpet constituency has been a problem for years along with other problems related to road, infrastructure, and drainage.  Not much has changed in Chamrajpet under the tenure of the present Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA)  Zameer […]

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Two-wheeler ban to wait for elections

NHAI is most likely to ban two-wheelers for safety reasons on Mysore Bengaluru Expressway. The authorities in charge of the expressway said that the ban on two-wheelers may take effect after elections, which are scheduled to start from May 10, 2023. Satyanarayan, shift in charge of Skylark, the company that collects the toll, said, “The […]

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