Contract pourakarmikas, unlike regular workers, do not get proper wages for the work they do and are denied benefits.

Siddaramaiah’s budgets have always focussed on women, backward castes, Dalits and minorities, but this time the attention is very clearly d...

The govt has committed to spend Rs 5 cr to set up a foundation named after novelist Poornachandra Tejaswi and another Rs 5 crore on a Fores...

In 2015-16, non-Kannada movies earned Rs 109 crore in entertainment tax collection in Bengaluru alone and the figure has been steadily risi...

Although the Budget is not clear on the number of bicycles and docking stations, the govt will introduce, it aims to provide a “healthy, no...

Bengaluru itself houses more than a million workers in technology and BPO sectors, and service sectors are known to hire workers on contrac...

In his last Budget, the chief minister woos the masses with a proposal to extend retirement age in private cos. His 'tax the rich' axiom fi...

This 104-year-old hospital had humble beginnings and served the poor.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, who is also in charge of planning the State’s finances, on Wednesday proposed in his Budget for 2017-18 abolishi...

Siddaramaiah announced "Namma Canteen" along the lines of "Amma Canteens" that dot Tamil Nadu and are thronged by the masses.

Service sectors are known to hire workers on contract basis, and renew the employment contract on expiry on a need basis.

Stocks of United Brewerie, United Spirits rose up to 2.75% while Radico Khaitan, Globus Spirits rose more than 4% in intra-day trade on Wed...

The budget will be Siddaramaiah's best opportunity to shore up support before the 2018 assembly elections and the Nanjangud and Gundlupet b...

The Karnataka Budget for 2017-18 has proposed a number of measures that are bound to bring cheer to wine enthusiasts and cinema lovers.

Siddaramaiah said in his Karnataka state budget 2017-18 speech presented to the state assembly on Wednesday: “Any public policy, apart from...

Siddaramaiah announced that tree parks -- named after environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka -- will be established in every assembly const...

The state's current agriculture growth rate, despite the drought, is an estimated 4.2%, marginally higher than the 4.1% that Jaitley has pr...