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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

Topic: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

Congress distances itself after leaders’ Pahalgam remarks spark row. Only Rahul, Kharge speak for party

With questions on narrative of Pahalgam attack & comments against war, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, his minister RB Timmapur & MLA Vijay Wadettiwar have left party red-faced.

With Chamarajanagar Cabinet meet, Siddaramaiah treads where few other Karnataka CMs have dared to go

Many past chief ministers and even civil servants in Karnataka have avoided visiting Chamarajanagar, believing it would bring them bad omen.

Karnataka CM holds emergency meet, dispatches teams to Pahalgam after terror attack

Siddaramaiah says he held an emergency meeting with state officials to coordinate response efforts. This came after it was reported that tourists from Karnataka were among those injured.

Siddaramaiah calls special cabinet meet on 17 April to discuss Karnataka caste census

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah also told mediapersons that Congress govt in state will work hard to ‘build the kind of society that Babasaheb Ambedkar wanted to build’.

Proposal for Bengaluru’s second airport turns runway for power games in Karnataka Congress

As Tamil Nadu pushes for an airport in Hosur, Karnataka ministers pitch competing sites near their constituencies, while a central team surveys shortlisted locations for feasibility.

On Camera

Biting terror, doggone dilemma, urban menace. Indian TV war over Delhi street dogs

News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

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.