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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicKarnataka budget

Topic: Karnataka budget

Shivakumar gets his way in budget. But Bengaluru civic body has chequered past with big-ticket projects

Urban planners & analysts question if civic body is even qualified or equipped to handle big ticket projects. Most of such projects are meant as money-making schemes, they say

Capex falls to Rs 52,903-cr in Karnataka budget, Siddaramaiah allots nearly same amount for 5 promises

Fall in capital expenditure indicates Congress govt's shrinking space to create assets. In contrast, Rs 52,000 cr is earmarked for 5 guarantees promised to voters before state polls.

Siddaramaiah says Centre’s NEP ‘undermines democracy’, proposes a counter education policy

Karnataka CM says Congress govt forced to present revenue deficit budget due to previous BJP govt's fiscal indiscipline. The budget also announced Rs 4 lakh insurance for gig workers.

Kumaraswamy uses budget to get his numbers right with Congress & Siddaramaiah

Promising to continue Congress’s schemes, Kumaraswamy seems to be bending over backwards to keep predecessors happy. Bengaluru: Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy appears to be...

Kumaraswamy strikes conciliatory note, reaches out to Congress on budget, welfare schemes

Karnataka CM dismisses reports of rift in JD(S)-Congress coalition after Siddaramaiah videos emerge, tells ThePrint govt will complete full term.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

Yudh Seva Medal for Major General SS Sharda, who led Indian Army’s info war during Op Sindoor

Independence Day honours for ADG Strat Comm team behind Op Sindoor’s strategic messaging, including the logo designer, for real-time narrative control & countering misinfo.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

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.