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The Latest Breaking News from Karnataka

Top news developments in Karnataka on June 16, 2023

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Why Rohit Chakratirtha won’t oppose revision of textbooks by Congress government in Karnataka

Offers to participate in discussions if the government invites me. “We have given valid reasons for the deletion or inclusion of new texts”

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Foxconn to start manufacturing iPhone in India Karnataka by April 2024

Taiwanese company has set a target to manufacture 20 million (2 crore) units of iPhones in India annually

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EXPLAINED | How is electricity tariff calculated in Karnataka?

Tariff for the financial year April 2023 – March 2024 was hiked in May 2023, which meant that the escoms had to collect the tariff for the month of April retrospectively. Thus, a 70 paise per unit arrear would be passed on to consumers in June. Along with this, the…

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Centre says stoppage of rice and wheat supply to States is aimed at controlling inflation

Under the scheme, the Karnataka Government has promised to provide 10 kg of food grains/rice to every member of a Below Poverty Line (BPL) household.

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Madrasa reform attempts in Karnataka

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Launch of Anna Bhagya on July 1 hangs in balance after FCI’s refusal to sell rice

After the refusal by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to provide additional rice to Karnataka, the launch of the Anna Bhagya scheme on July 1 by the Congress government hangs in balance as it is scouting for the availability of rice at competitive cost in other States even as…

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Thilak Naidu replaces S Sharath in BCCI junior selection panel

Former Karnataka wicketkeeper-batter Thilak Naidu has replaced S Sharath in the BCCI junior selection panel as the latter was promoted to the senior selection committee earlier this year.

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KRRS demands withdrawal of Land Reforms Amenment Act, APMC Act introduced by BJP

The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) has urged the State government to revoke the amendments and laws on land reforms and APMC introduced by the previous BJP government, on the grounds that they are detrimental to the farmers.

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D.K. Shivakumar slams Centre for denying rice to Karnataka

Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday slammed the Centre for denying rice to the State for launching its Anna Bhagya scheme. Speaking to reporters at Mysuru airport, Mr. Shivakumar, who was here on a private visit, condemned the NDA government for deliberately denying allotment of rice to the State.…

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Procure rice from State farmers, CM told

Karnataka Sugarcane Cultivators’ Association president Kurubur Shantha Kumar has urged the State government to procure rice and millet from local farmers instead of approaching other States or the Centre.

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KRRS observes ‘raitha satyagraha’ demanding withdrawal of ‘anti-farmer’ laws

Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) members observed ‘raitha satyagraha’ in the State on Thursday demanding the withdrawal of what they called anti-farmer laws — Karnataka Land Reforms Act, anti-cow slaughter law, and APMC Act.

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Karnataka police detain convict in T.P. Chandrasekharan murder case for questioning

The Karnataka police took into custody T.K. Rajeesh, who is serving life imprisonment in the T.P. Chandrasekharan murder case, from the Kannur Central Jail on Thursday.

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Raitha Sangha urges govt. to repeal farm laws immediately

Activists under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene, led by its honorary president Chamaras Malipatil, staged a protest at Tipu Sultan Garden in Raichur on Thursday and demanded that the State government repeal three farm-related laws immediately.

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Congress govt in Karnataka decides to repeal anti-conversion law brought in by BJP regime

BENGALURU: The Karnataka cabinet led by the Congress on Thursday decided to repeal the anti-conversion law brought in by the previous BJP government.

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Karnataka Cabinet okays removing chapters on RSS founder and Savarkar in school textbooks

Karnataka Cabinet approved the revision of Kannada and Social Science textbooks of class six to ten in the State, for the current academic year by removing the chapters on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Hindutva ideologue V.D. Savarkar among others.

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Karnataka to scrap anti-conversion law, reverse textbook changes

The newly-formed Karnataka Cabinet on June 15 decided to roll back the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2022, (popularly called the anti-conversion Bill) introduced by the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government.

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Karnataka won’t help merit students secure 50% seats in private medical colleges at government fee

National Medical Commission (NMC) wants the fee for 50% of seats in private medical colleges and deemed-to-be-universities on par with government seats. A private medical college in Tamil Nadu and Nitte deemed-to-be-university of Mangaluru had challenged the same in the jurisdictional High Courts, but both lost the case

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Top news developments in Karnataka on June 15, 2023

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CET 2023 result announced in Karnataka

Vignesh Nataraj Kumar has topped the engineering stream with 97.889% of marks. He is from Sri Kumaran Children’s Home, Bengaluru.

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Many senior women in Karnataka feel their workplaces support them, says report

Around 33% of senior women in Bengaluru are engaged in full-time or part-time employment while 85% of them said that they worked in an employment-friendly atmosphere, according to “Women and Ageing: Invisible or Empowered?”, a report released by HelpAge India on Wednesday (June 14), the eve of UN recognized ‘World…

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Charges of ‘adjustment politics’ during Assembly elections trigger political debate

The comments of BJP leaders Pratap Simha and C.T. Ravi on “adjustment politics” causing the party’s rout in the 2023 Assembly elections have sparked off a political debate in Karnataka.

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CM blames Centre for conspiring to scuttle Anna Bhagya scheme by denying rice to State

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday accused the Narendra Modi-led Union government of conspiring to “scuttle” the State government’s election guarantee by ensuring that Karnataka does not get the required quantum of rice to implement its Anna Bhagya scheme, which aims to provide 10 kg of rice for each member of…

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