BJP has slammed Congress govt for allegedly letting AICC general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala 'chair' meeting of Bengaluru officials & MLAs. Siddaramaiah says not 'official meeting'.
Since assuming office last month, the Karnataka CM has accorded cabinet rank status to 5 people not part of state council of ministers, including political strategist Sunil Kanugolu.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's aides describe him as patient, 'no-nonsense' man with an elephantine memory who loves food & is up to date with movies, sports.
Bengaluru: Poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu, among those credited with creating several of the Congress’ catchy campaigns in the runup to the 10 May Karnataka...
Second list has representation from Vokkaliga, Lingayat, Backward Class, SC — both left & right divisions, SC-others, ST, Muslim, Jain, Brahmin and Namdhari Reddy communities.
‘Gruha Jyothi’ & 4 other schemes have got ‘in principle’ approval, estimated to cost exchequer Rs 50,000 crore. Karnataka has 2.1 cr domestic consumers, of which 1.26 cr are BPL households.
Congress’s statements come after Amnesty (India) sought ‘priority actions’ from newly-elected govt on anti-conversion, anti-cattle slaughter and Hijab ban laws brought in under Bommai.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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