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Drought relief: Karnataka announces one-time aid of ₹2,500 to about 50 lakh farmers, moratorium of 12 months for loan repayment
While Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced that the State would share the burden if the Centre announces a loan waiver, the opposition BJP termed the State’s relief package ‘a pittance’
Drought damages 62,985 hectares of onion crop in Karnataka; prices remain high
While onions are being sold at ₹50-55 a kg in the wholesale market, retail prices range between ₹65 and ₹70 a kg
Soujanya case: Karnataka forms SIT headed by N. Shashikumar for fresh probe
The team includes Mangaluru City Police Commissioner C.H. Sudheer Kumar Reddy, State Intelligence SP Nisha James, CID SP Lokesh Jagalsar and Bengaluru Rural Additional SP Venkatesh Prasanna
HC rejects Parsi woman’s divorce and ₹5-crore alimony plea, says Mumbai event was blessing ceremony, not marriage
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has rejected a divorce petition filed by a Parsi woman settled in Perth, Australia, after holding that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain her Parsi matrimonial suit because the ceremony held in Mumbai was not a valid Parsi marriage ceremony, but a “Tandoorasti” — a traditional Zoroastrian prayer, blessing and reception held for couples
2016 Kopardi rape-murder case: HC to inspect crime spot before deciding death penalty for two convicts
MUMBAI: Nearly a decade after the rape and murder of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Kopardi village in Ahmednagar district, now Ahilyanagar, a case that sparked widespread outrage and became the catalyst for the Maratha protests in 2016, the Bombay High Court has decided to inspect the crime spot before determining whether to confirm the death penalty imposed on two labourers convicted in the case
CWMA upholds order for Karnataka to release 4,000 cusecs of water a day to T.N. for 15 days
The releases over 15 days will amount to a total of 5.18 tmcft
Karnataka willing to share loan waiver burden if Centre announces it: D.K. Shivakumar
Amid a demand by the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (Secular) for announcement of farm loan waiver by the Karnataka government, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said that the State was willing to share the financial burden of loan waiver if the Union government makes such an announcement
Four State transport corporations facing ₹8,000 crore in losses, says Karnataka Minister
Karnataka’s four State-run transport corporations are collectively facing losses of around ₹8,000 crore and are struggling to pay salaries, Transport Minister Byrathi Suresh said in the Legislative Council
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