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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

India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.