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Repeal two farm laws passed in Karnataka last year, says farmers' body

The two laws were passed despite protest by the opposition Congress in 2020

Cong failed to respond to plight of farmers of northern Karnataka: Bommai

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday accused the Opposition Congress of failing to respond to the plight of farmers of the northern part of the state when it was in power

BJP drags Cong leader Siddaramaiah's late son into alleged bitcoin scam

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah hit back at the ruling party accusing it of trying to hide its "corruption" and attempting to get personal to pursue "dirty agenda" in politics.

Karnataka sets up fintech task force with Razorpay, Zerodha founders

The task group will work towards creating a roadmap for the growth of the industry, identifying the opportunities and challenges faced by the fintech ecosystem

Karnataka to upgrade 250 primary health centres in 2021, 250 next year: CM

Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has said Karnataka is set to upgrade 250 primary health centres this year and 250 more next year

Covid-19 pandemic: 308 new cases and 8 deaths in Karnataka

Karnataka's total number of infections rose to 2,992,584

Bitcoin scam: Congress continues attack on ruling BJP in Karnataka

The party once again demanded a judicial probe by a sitting judge

Karnataka will soon come out with R&D policy: CM Basavaraj Bommai

Karnataka would soon come out with a Research and Development policy that would make R&D an integral part of schools, colleges, universities and even private institutions, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday. "Shortly we will come out with a R&D policy, wherein we want R&D in schools, colleges, universities and private sector institutions as well as we want to encourage garage oriented R&D centres. We want R&D to percolate to that level," he said. Speaking to reporters here, he said it will be a spectrum of different fields, as innovation is limitless. Responding to a question, the Chief Minister said the Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS) that began today is a very big event, through which the government wants to scale up innovation to the next level. "More than 7000 delegates from all over the world are participating in it by virtual mode. We expect many companies which are participating envisage interest in most of the cutting edge technologies and ...

Expecting lots of firms' interest in tech, AI: Karnataka CM at BTS

Terming the Bengaluru Tech Summit a 'very big event', Karnataka Chief Minister Bommai said 'we have now pitched into the next level of innovations through this tech summit'

Strong Centre-State ties vital for federal democracy, says Bommai

The Karnataka CM on Sunday stressed on strong Centre-State relations

Karnataka coronavirus update: 236 new Covid cases, 2 deaths in 24 hrs

Karnataka on Sunday reported 236 fresh COVID-19 cases and two deaths taking the caseload and cumulative fatalities to 29,91,850 and 38,145 respectively, the health department said. It also said 264 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 29,45,679. The active cases stood at 7,997. Bengaluru Urban remained the major contributor of COVID cases with 152 fresh infections and both the deaths being reported from the city. Other districts too reported new cases including 11 each in Dakshina Kannada and Hassan and 10 in Mysuru. There were zero fatalities in 30 districts. While 13 districts reported nil infections and fatalities, 14 districts logged cases in single digit. The positivity rate for the day was 0.24 per cent and the case fatality rate was 0.84 per cent. A total of 96,838 samples were tested in the state including 80,573 RT-PCR tests on Sunday, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 5.21 crore. The number of vaccinations done so

Karnataka Bitcoin scam blew up as Oppn didn't probe when in power: Bommai

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai slammed Congress party over alleged bitcoin scam and said that 'issue had become bigger' because the Opposition did not probe matter properly when in power.

No Bitcoin scam: BJP dismisses Congress' claim of cover up in Karnataka

BJP on Saturday dismissed the Congress party's allegations on the Bitcoin issue cover-up, saying there was no scam.

Police use teargas to disperse anti-CAA protesters in Karnataka's Mangaluru

Hundreds of college students, cadres of the Left organisations and minority institutions staged protests and staged sit-in demo in the port city against the CAA and sought its repeal at the earliest.

Cong seeks SC-monitored SIT probe into Karnataka multi-crore Bitcoin 'scam'

The Congress alleged a multi-crore Bitcoin scam and its cover-up by the BJP govt in Karnataka and demanded that an independent investigation be conducted by a Supreme Court-monitored SIT.

CM Bommai meets Yediyurappa, BJP state chief as Bitcoin scam casts shadow

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai called on former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa amid the opposition allegations that the BJP government was not doing enough to probe the alleged Bitcoin scam. The two leaders reportedly had a discussion for about 30 minutes late on Friday, sources close to Bommai said. After his meeting with Yediyurappa, Bommai went to the BJP state headquarters and was closeted with the BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel for more than an hour. The meetings assume significance as Bommai had recently visited Delhi and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior party leaders, including BJP national president J P Nadda. Soon after the meeting, he told reporters that Modi had asked him not to worry and to work with loyalty and boldness in the interest of the people "and rest everything will be fine." Bommai had paid a two day visit to national capital on Thursday and discussed in detail many issues, especially related to the administrative steps taken in the

Karnataka soon to have anti-religious conversion law: CM Basavaraj Bommai

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the state will soon have an anti-religious conversion law

PM Modi asked me not to bother about Bitcoin scandal: CM Bommai

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked him not to bother about the Bitcoin scandal in the state

Covid-19 pandemic: Karnataka reports 328 new cases and 9 deaths

The fresh cases took the total number of infections to 29,90,856

K'taka will see 3rd CM if Bitcoin scandal investigated thoroughly: Congress

Former minister and Congress MLA Priyank Kharge on Wednesday said that if the Bitcoin scandal is investigated thoroughly and transparently, the BJP government in Karnataka will soon see a third CM