State
Bawankule’s probe letter on BJP MLA’s firm sparks controversy
The controversy surfaced after former Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole made public a copy of a probe letter issued in June last year. Patole alleged that Mehta had encroached on land belonging to tribal and other communities and evaded stamp duty worth hundreds of crores, causing a potential loss of ₹400–500 crore to the state
Karnataka High Court refuses to quash rape case against government school teacher for repeated abuse and blackmail of colleague
The allegations made in the complaint and the charge-sheet depict “not consent but submission extracted under duress” and that the petitioner must face a full-fledged trial, said Justice M. Nagaprasanna
Amid confusion over internal reservation, Karnataka SC/ST commission holds deliberations
Amid confusion over the internal reservation among Scheduled Castes, and reduction of overall reservation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from 56% to 50% for recruitment to 56,432 posts, the Karnataka State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes held deliberations with senior officials, former KPSC functionaries, and community representatives
Karnataka government plans new Excise Act to curb illegal sale of liquor
Excise Minister R.B. Thimmapur informed the Legislative Assembly that the government is considering revising the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965, and introducing a new law to curb the illegal sale of liquor
Redeployment of specialist doctors from CHCs to taluk hospitals done to reduce neonatal mortality, says Karnataka Health Minister
Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has said that redeployment of gynaecologists and anaesthetists from community health centres in rural areas with lesser deliveries to taluk hospitals was done in an effort to reduce neonatal deaths after an audit of neonatal deaths in different areas of the State
There are some problems in supply of certain drugs only at primary health centres: Karnataka Health Minister
Acknowledging that there were some problems related to the supply of certain medicines at primary health centres in the State, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, however, told the Legislative Council that the drugs were not in short supply at State-run hospitals at the district and the taluk level
Exclusion of Kannada language: Railway recruitment exam postponed after protests by Karnataka Rakshana Vedike
The organisation has been opposing the exclusion of the regional language, arguing that it disadvantages local candidates and limits their participation in the recruitment process.
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