The milk federation is confident milk production will rise in the coming months. Despite the fall in the production of milk in the southern states due to lumpy skin disease, Karnataka will not be importing any dairy products from other countries to make up for the loss. The Karnataka Department of Animal Husbandry has denied […]
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Police says it has credible information against the former minister for hoarding ration kits to be distributed among voters. Police will soon charge Krishnaiah Shetty, former minister and aspirant for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket from Gandhinagar constituency after it seized ration kits from his house that were to be distributed among voters. Chandrashekar, Inspector, […]
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The unexpected weather conditions have adversely affected the production of mangoes in Karnataka. Bengaluru’s mango mela has been delayed by 15 days due to the low production of mangoes in almost 200 farms around the city. N. Jayaprakash, assistant director of Horticulture, Horticultural Producers’ Cooperative Marketing and Processing Society (HOPCOMS),said, “We will be starting the […]
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After SR Srinivas resigned from JD(S), the party’S Gubbi candidate is now Sri Nagaraj. Janata Dal (secular) (JD(S)) leader Sri Nagaraj is to replace Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), S.R. Srinivas, of Gubbi constituency, in the upcoming Karnataka elections after the latter announced that he might join the Congress party. Veeranna, JD(S) spokesperson said, “Sri […]
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The remaining 17 districts of Karnataka do not have district hospitals. They have either sub centres or taluk hospitals. Despite having 31 districts in the state, Karnataka just has 16 district hospitals. It has the second lowest district to district hospital ratio in India; right after Telangana which has 5 district hospitals for 33 districts. […]
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BSP expects to win 25 seats in upcoming elections. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has released its Category-A list of candidates for the Karnataka State elections at a press release today. The elections may be held in May, 2023. The candidates include M. Krishna Murthy, K. B. Vasu, N. Madhu, G. Aswath Narayan and H. R. Mahesh.The […]
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Muslim religious leaders plan to discuss their removal from the reservation with Vokkaliga and Lingayat leaders in the state. Fearing that they will be blamed for communal tensions before the assembly elections of 2023, the Muslim community of Karnataka will take the legal way to fight for their reservation rights. Recently, the Karnataka government scrapped […]
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The Factories Bill, 2023 seeks to increase maximum shift hours from 9 hours to 12 hours while increasing overtime hours. All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and other prominent unions across Karnataka are planning to set up a series of protests in the coming months to oppose the Factories […]
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There are only three percent of women in the first candidate list of JD(S). Janata Dal Secular has only three women candidates in the first list of candidates released in December last year for the upcoming state assembly elections, despite promising 35 percent women representation for state elections of 2023, back in 2021. Sheela Naik, […]
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Many MSME entrepreneurs in the city do not apply for IPR protection due to high attorney fees etc. The new revision of the scheme will reimburse the amount taken to process the IP. Under the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) scheme of the Ministry of Medium and Small Enterprises (MSME), companies can receive a reimbursement of […]
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