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Guarantee schemes won’t stop, says Shivakumar; Will continue beyond 2028 polls, adds SiddaramaiahKarnataka's Congress government assures its guarantee schemes will continue. Chief Minister DK Shivakumar stated the ongoing verification d...
Karnataka to set up NRI, public grievance departments; eyes overseas investmentsKarnataka is establishing new departments for Non-Resident Indians and public grievances. Chief Minister DK Shivakumar aims to boost NRI in...
Gram panchayats boost own earnings, fund schools, flood control and digital accessIndian villages are achieving financial independence. Gram panchayats are boosting tax collections and using their own funds for schools, f...
Foxconn gets a breather as Karnataka govt asks gram panchayats not to act on tax noticesKarnataka government intervenes to prevent a dispute between local gram panchayats and Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn. The government has d...
Karnataka gram panchayats slap notices on Foxconn for tax dues, threaten to seize assetsThe 300-acre Foxconn facility in Devanahalli near Bengaluru international airport comes under the Vishwanathapura and Koira gram panchayats...
Foxconn gets tax demand notice from two gram panchayats, industries dept to interveneFoxconn's Bengaluru facility has received notices from local gram panchayats demanding taxes and land use details. This has created a polit...
Karnataka govt set rules for layout approvals on converted land outside planning areasIn a move to streamline urban planning, Karnataka's Gram Panchayat areas have introduced fresh regulations for layout approvals. Developers...
Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra rules out plans to curtail powers of panchayat presidentsAccording to sources close to the Home Minister, the Panchayat Raj department had proposed certain amendments to the Karnataka Gram Swaraj ...
Amit Shah’s Sunday Belagavi rally to sound party’s poll-prep bugleAhead of the rally, Shah will address a meeting of cabinet ministers in Bengaluru in the presence of chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Satur...
BJP plans gala show during Amit Shah's visit to Karnataka to prepare party for panchayat elections, bypollsThe senior BJP leader is expected to attend official as well as party events in the state. The BJP is working on the details of his tour pr...
Karnataka gram panchayat polls in two phases on Dec 22 and 27State Election Commissioner B Basavaraju said the model code of conduct has come into immediate effect with the announcement of the poll sc...
Karnataka announces free Wi-Fi for 2500 gram panchayatsChief Minister Siddaramaiah has set aside Rs. 50 crore for the project through the viability gap funding method in his 2017-18 state budget...
Free wifi in villages good for governance but not priority in rural distress situationChief Minister Siddaramaiah has set aside Rs 50 crore for the project through the viability gap funding method in his 2017-18 state budget ...
Rahul Gandhi's jibe apart, Karnataka Congress keen on implementing PM Modi's Swachh Bharat initiativeKarnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Bill 2015, passed by both Houses of the state legislature without discussion last week, emphasises ...
Karnataka plans MoS status for zilla panchayat chiefsLike Hegde, Siddaramaiah is facing the dissent of his MLAs, who are unhappy with decentralisation of powers to gram sabhas.
Reverse quota: Karnataka reserves 50% seats for men in panchayatsWhen the state goes to panchayat polls on May 29, there will be a strange affirmative action in place: Half the seats would be reserved for...
Congress in Karnataka makes resistance to Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana scheme poll plankSAGY is set to turn into a weapon in the hands of the Congress in Karnataka, which is going for panchayat polls later this month.
Karnataka panchayats may get spending freedom; state to introduce Gram Panchayat Bill“All it requires is setting up of internal processing by the finance department,” said TR Raghunandan, a former joint secretary in the depa...
Karnataka move to empower villagers to recall representatives failsThe state government had earlier planned to introduce a bill in the assembly seeking changes in the existing act for local body elections.
Karnataka government drafting right to recall bill for rural votersRahul Chimanbhai Mehta, who made the right to recall his plank while contesting in Gandhinagar, said even the Karnataka draft bill was inad...