Karnataka IAS officer P. Manivannan was transferred Monday even as he led crucial Covid-19 relief efforts. He has now been posted as animal husbandry secretary.
B.S. Yediyurappa has been struggling to keep his flock together, which seems to have lent an air of indecisiveness to Karnataka’s fight against Covid-19.
In exclusive interview to ThePrint, CM Yediyurappa says Karnataka has suffered Rs 1,500-cr loss since lockdown began and could open liquor outlets for revenue.
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa insists that calling off the session would send a wrong signal of fear & anxiety even as opposition seeks an adjournment.
Presenting his seventh budget, CM Yediyurappa does not announce any major schemes or flagship projects, admits Karnataka under severe financial distress.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
This is a tradition in Karnataka government. Intimidating and transferring competent officers who do not toe the line of polticians. Congress or BJP, it makes no difference which party is in power. During Siddharamaiah’s time, suicide of DK Ravi, IAS officer who was held in high regard by the public triggered almost state wide spontaneous public protest. Sangliana, who was seeen as an honest police officer iin late 1970s and early eighties was transferred very frequently, even to civil supplies department, though he was a police officer.
This is a tradition in Karnataka government. Intimidating and transferring competent officers who do not toe the line of polticians. Congress or BJP, it makes no difference which party is in power. During Siddharamaiah’s time, suicide of DK Ravi, IAS officer who was held in high regard by the public triggered almost state wide spontaneous public protest. Sangliana, who was seeen as an honest police officer iin late 1970s and early eighties was transferred very frequently, even to civil supplies department, though he was a police officer.