Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda elected to the Upper House by defeating opposition candidate with a huge margin. D V S was polled with 123 votes, whereas his opponent Congress candidate Anand Gaddadevaramath had to satisfy with just 69 votes. Immediately after his victory, the elated CM thanked all his MLAs, particularly the independents [...]
BJP ruling Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been conferred with the JnNURM award for implementing reforms related to financial sustainability. Mayor Sharadamma and Special Commissioner of BBMP, K Niranjan received the award at the National Conference of JnNURM at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The award is for reforms that are taken up by BBMP [...]
Karnataka BJP Government tabled a bill to provide the guarantee of services to its citizens within a stipulated time limit. The proposed bill, tabled in the Legislative Assembly by Urban Development Minister Shri S Suresh Kumar, provides for a two-tier appeal for aggrieved persons to a competent officer and the appellate authority. A provision has [...]
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation’s (KSRTC) ambitious plan for the country’s first inter-modal transport hub project is likely to takeoff within one year. The final bids for the Rs 1,500 crore project which was initiated two years back will happen soon. The corporation which follows a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for developing bus terminals [...]
Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda announced enhanced budgetary support for nano initiatives and activities of the vision group on science and technology in the budget for ensuing fiscal (2012-13), during the two-day ‘Bangalore Nano’ conference-cum-expo. Chief Minister suggested scientists to find tangible solutions for food security, energy security, water purification, medicine and healthcare. To encourage [...]
Karnataka BJP Government tabled in a bill in the Legislative Assembly, for developing all ports in the State on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. The Karnataka Maritime Board Act, 2011 was introduced by Minister for Ports and Inland Water Transport, Ecology and Environment, Fisheries and Science and Technology, J Krishna Palemar. The bill provides [...]
Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa was felicitated by the BJP Kissan Morcha, Karnataka, at the Southern States’ Paddy Growers Conference, in recognition of his farmer friendly moves when he was the CM. Stressing the importance of adopting farmer-friendly measures, Yeddyurappa suggested centre to present a separate agriculture budget, similar to railway budget. Yeddyyurappa also [...]
BJP urged Governments at the Centre and in the States to bring a separate budget for agriculture and allied sectors for the development of farm and farmers. National president of BJP Kissan Morcha Om Prakash Dhankar urged Union Government to bring an end to the tradition started by the British by introducing a separate Railway [...]
Karnataka BJP Government passed Karnataka Janapada Vishwavidyalaya Bill-2011 unanimously in Legislative Council, which is the first of its kind in the world. The objective of establishing the university was to preserve folk culture and this bill would provide the establishment and incorporation of Janapada Vishwavidyalaya.
Karnataka BJP Government all set to prepare an action plan to complete the irrigation projects in Krishna basin in order to utilize 300 TMC ft of water as awarded by Krishna river water dispute tribunal. It is estimated to spend Rs 17,000 crore over seven years to complete the projects and fully utilize 300 TMC [...]
Bangalore traffic police has been conferred the Award for Excellence. The Centre’s urban development ministry lauded the city traffic cops for adopting best practices for improving urban mobility through B-TRAC project. The components of B-TRAC are installation of 179 surveillance cameras to monitor traffic movement; installation of five enforcement cameras to check traffic violations; installation [...]
Karnataka BJP Government in its continued effort to make people’s lives easier, is trying newer methods to support the growth of infrastructure, which is the foundation for overall economic growth. The state government is planning an agri-business policy that will facilitate agricultural growth and beef up infrastructure in the rural areas. The state is looking [...]
BJP Kisan Morcha organized two day conference at Palace Ground: In a bid to generate awareness among paddy growers to return to the traditional way of growing paddy, the Kisan Morcha, a wing of BJP has organised a two-day conference at Palace Grounds. Inaugurating the conference, Dharmendra Pradhan, National General Secretary, BJP spoke about the [...]
