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Nod from CM must for transfers after general transfer period

CHIEF Minister Siddaramaiah has directed the chief secretary to direct department heads not to transfer officials without prior permission from him after the general transfer period every year.

Mysore Sandal Soap planning new packaging, logo

KARNATAKA Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL), globally recognised for its iconic Mysore Sandal Soap, is set to expand its footprint with the addition of around 480 new distributors across India in 2025.

Temple damage: CMO says repairs carried out

FOLLOWING a report in The New Sunday Express on the defacing of the historical Sudi Jodu Kalasa temple in Sudi, 30km from Badami city, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) has responded, saying necessary measures have been taken to restore the monument.

SNEHAMAYI ALLEGES INDUCEMENTS TO WITHDRAW CASE

Says he didn't give in to relentless pressure

BJP TAKES GOVT TO TASK OVER RECENT MATERNAL DEATHS

Ashoka: Govt caught in medical mafia grip, judicial probe needed

K'taka collected ₹15K cr addnl tax from stamps & registration

KARNATAKA Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda informed the Council that in the present fiscal year, the State Government has collected Rs 15,145 crore in additional tax from stamps and registration.

₹260CR 'SCAM' IN POWER CORPORATIONS, SAYS COUNCIL LOP

A scam to the tune of Rs 260 crore has taken place in the power corporations in the state, Leader of Opposition in Council Chaluvadi Narayanaswamy has alleged.

Siddu says will not evict farmers, rejects demand to withdraw '73 notification

THE State Government has decided not to evict farmers cultivating land earlier notified as Waqf property and not to recover Waqf land where temples or other religious structures have come up or marked as Hindu graveyards.

Amid Yatnal tirade, Vijayendra meets PM Modi in Delhi

Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

RDPR varsity bill clears Council hurdle

THE Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University (Amendment) Bill 2024, which was cleared by the Assembly on Tuesday, was passed in the Council amid high drama on Wednesday.

I was simple villager, deprived of higher edu: Go Ru Cha on Sammelana presidency

Says honour bestowed upon me by KaSaPa as Sammelana president is the most significant

HECTIC PREPARATIONS ON FOR KANNADA MEET IN MANDYA

HECTIC preparations are underway at the sugar bowl Karnataka -- Mandya -- which is all set to host the 87th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelan from Friday.

Farmers detained for trying to stop trains

FARMERS led by Sugarcane Growers Association president Kurbur Shanthakumar were detained when they proceeded to stop trains protesting the Union Government's anti-farmer policies.

Miffed Group-D staffer locks up officials in office

THE Minor Irrigation department's office at Vidyanagara here witnessed some drama on Tuesday evening, after a miffed Group-D employee locked up senior officers inside for some time, before the police had to come and intervene.

KRRS PLANS PROTEST NEAR RBI OVER NABARD ISSUE

Thousands of farmers from all dists across the state to participate in the protest in Bengaluru in last week of Jan

Idli, dose belong to Kannadigas, not Tamilians: Writer

RETIRED Professor and noted writer R V S Sundaram said the idli and dose belong to Kannadigas and not Tamilians as people believe today.

Bose appeals for rly line between Hejjala, Ch'nagar

CHAMARAJANAGAR MP Sunil Bose submitted a formal appeal to Union Minister of state for Railways V Somanna on Wednesday requesting the construction of a new railway line from Hejjala to Chamarajanagar.

Health dept flags 26 meds as misbranded

THE health department has flagged 26 medicines -- eight as spurious or fake and 18 as misbranded -- which are consumed for acidity, pain relief, cholesterol, iron deficiency, and nasal congestion.

Modi raps Cong over demand for Shah's axe

Attacks Kharge claim on Ambedkar's insult

13 KILLED AS NAVY BOAT RAMS FERRY

THIRTEEN people were killed after a speed boat of the Indian Navy crashed into a passenger ferry near the Gateway of India here on Wednesday.

Chelsea's Mudryk fails drugs test: Club

CHELSEA forward Mykhailo Mudryk has failed a doping test, the Premier League club said on Tuesday, as reports stated the Ukraine international has been provisionally suspended.

NIA court convicts 3 IM operatives

THE SPECIAL Court for NIA Cases convicted three Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives for hatching a conspiracy to carry out blasts ahead of the then US President Barack Obama's visit to India for Republic Day in 2015, as per instructions from Pakistan.

Hopcoms outlets on the verge of closure

GOING by the current trend of online platforms and private players selling vegetables and fruits procured directly from farmers at competitive prices, outlets of the Karnataka government-owned Horticultural Producers' Cooperative Marketing and Processing Society (Hopcoms) are on the verge of closure.

RAHUL AND JADEJA BRING ORDER AS INDIA TAIL WAGS

Poor form and captaincy issues could be two unrelated things as Rohit falls for another low score on day four in Brisbane on Tuesday

RAHUL AND JADEJA BRING ORDER AS INDIA TAIL WAGS

SOMEWHERE in the middle of the first innings, Virat Kohli rushed out of the Gabba dressing room, called up Abhimanyu Easwaran, told him something in earnestness and sent him off the ground.

Two World Champions, 31 GMs, Tamil Nadu is the best: Anand

OPEN rooftop car. Scores of people. Cavalcade of cars. It was another maddening but memorable day in the newly-crowned world champ, D Gukesh's, life.

Rana wouldn't have got into our playing XI: Gujarat coach Klinger

GUJARAT GIANTS, after finishing last in the back-to-back Women's Premier League points table, went into the mini-auction looking to make a few important changes.

Bid in satellite spectrum not feasible: Scindia

A day after Congress leader Jairam Ramesh raised concerns over the government's decision to administratively allocate satellite spectrum in the country, communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday defended the move, saying that satellite spectrum is neither suitable nor practical for auction.

ITC Hotel demerger from January 1, 2025

FMCG giant ITC Ltd has fixed January 1, 2025 as the effective date for the demerger of its hotel business after receiving an order from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).

Sebi may tighten SME listing norms, bring in transparency

THE Securities and Exchange Board's (Sebi) board meeting slated for Wednesday is likely to come up with a slew of measures to clean the SME IPOs space that has, of late, received regulatory attention.