My-Kannada News

Siddhu finds place in Cong list

2008-04-21T21:15:00.000+05:30

Former Karnataka deputy chief minister Siddharamaiah has found a place in the candidate list released by Congress for the upcoming Assembly polls. The other key players include former state ministers D K Shivakumar, Roshan Baig and K J George.

However there are divided opinions among the activists over the seat selection with many of the party supporters threatening to quit the party.

The list finalised by the All India Congress Committee has named 84 candidates in its first list which is going on elections on May 10th. --MP

New joint CEOs for Wipro

2008-04-18T23:13:00.001+05:30

India's IT giant and global software services firm, Wipro has announced some changes in its top level management.

The restructure includes appointing Girish Paranjpe, Suresh Senapaty and Suresh Vaswani to the Board of Wipro Ltd. Girish Paranjpe and Suresh Vaswani are appointed as joint CEOs.

"We are transitioning our leadership to a pair of joint-CEOs who together give twice the leverage to seize these opportunities. Girish and Suresh have been close partners in spearheading the growth of Wipro's IT business over the past 10 years," Wipro Ltd Chairman Azim Premji said.
--MP

BJP target JD(s) in poll campaign

2008-04-15T23:06:00.001+05:30

With election campaign heating up in Karnataka, BJP is targeting on JD(s), their long time coalition partner for its betrayal over the transfer of power.

BJP which launched its poll campaign today requested the voters to bring back BJP back to power and punish those who had betrayed BJP.

BJP leaders are also projecting Yeddyurappa as its party's Chief Ministerial candidate. Meanwhile Yeddyurappa as a aprt of an election offer had announced that if his party is brought to power, his government would provide Rs 2 per liter subsidy on milk to help the ailing farmers in the dairy sector.
--MP

Cong to contest on its own: Moily

2008-04-13T20:54:00.001+05:30

Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily has said that his party would face the forthcoming elections on its own.

Talking to media ahead of the party's meeting on campaigning strategies, he said: "The Congress will contest the elections on its own."

The Pradesh Election Committee of the Congress will decide on the final list of candidates for the elections and will be screened by the Screening Committee. Then Cong's Central Election Committee will put up the final list of the candidates.
--MP

Polls: BJP release candidate list

2008-04-11T21:50:00.001+05:30

Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly elections in May, BJP had released the names of its candidates contesting for the Karnataka Assembly elections.

The party in its first list had named 136 candidates who will go to contesty in 3 phased polls. First phase would witness 44 of them contesting for the elections on May 10th.

Out of the 136 candidates contesting for the 224 member Karnataka Assembly, BJP had listed 80 fresh faces. The list also includes 44 sitting MLAs.
--MP

Quota for poor among forward: Gowda

2008-04-11T21:40:00.001+05:30

With an eye on the upcoming elections, Former Prime Minister and JD(s) supremo H D Deve Gowda had stressed thath his party would aim to get quota for the poor among the forward classes.

In another attempt to woo the voters among the weaker sections in the society, Gowda indicated that his party 's highlight for the
elections would be to 'vertically divide' the 27 per cent quota to include those sections who are really backward.

Referring on the SC judgement on the OBC reservations, he said "We (JDS) are also of the view that to maintain cohesion, equality and solidarity in the society, all political parties should evolve through consensus a social and economic support mechanism for the poor among the forward classes."
--MP

Karnataka grant minority status for Sikhs

2008-04-09T20:34:00.001+05:30

Sikhs in Karnataka can now enjoy minority status. The move was made by the government as to extend benefits to the community under the Prime Minister's new 15-point programme for minorities.

Besides Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh also had granted the minority status to the Sikh religious community.

"The Sikh population in the state is small, the minority status will help poor members educationally. It will especially help Sikhligar and Banjara Sikhs, most of who are below poverty line." said an official.
--MP

April 10th bandh withdrawn

2008-04-06T09:16:00.001+05:30

The proposed Karnataka bandh called on April 10th by Kannada organisations has been postponed.

The decision to drop the bandh has been made after the Tamil Nadu government agreed to defer on the work on the Hogenekkal project till a newgovernment has been formed in the State.

However the pro kannada organisations has maintained thaht the bandh has been call off temporarily. In case if Tamil Nadu continues with the project, we would go on with strike, they pointed out.
--MP

Call for bandh on April 10th

2008-04-02T17:29:00.001+05:30

To protest on the Hogenakkal water supply project, several Kannada organisations had called for a Karnataka bandh on April 10th.

The Kannada forums under the Akhila Karnataka Gadi Horata Samithi had called for the bandh in wake of the remarks by Tamil Nadu CM that he would go ahead with the implementation of the water project.

The Kannada activisits oppose project saying that Hogenekkal remain a part of Karnataka state.
--MP

Assembly polls on May 10,16 and 22

2008-04-02T17:27:00.001+05:30

Karnataka will go for assembly elections in a three phased manner. The Election Commission on announcing the dates has scheduled the polls for May 10, 16 and 22. Counting of votes is scheduled for May 25th.

Nominations for the first phase of polls will be from April 16-23. The last date of withdrawal will be April 26. While for 2nd phase nominations will be between April 22-29.for the purpose will be April 29. Last date for withdrawal is May 2nd.

For the 3rd phase nominations to be filed between April 26 and May 3rd. Last date for withdrawal is May 7th.
--MP

Drop protest on Hongenakal proj:Karunanidhi

2008-03-31T21:07:00.001+05:30

Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi is pressing the Center government to ask Karnataka to stop opposing on the Hongenakal project.

Karunanidi claimed that the Hongenakal Integrated Water Scheme project was meant to provide drinking water for the people of two districts in Tamil Nadu.

This comes in the wake of Kannada activists protesting against the Rs.13 billion water supply project in Hogenekal as this would affect the Karnataka's interests in developing it as a tourist spot.

As a part of protests Tamil films being screened in Karnataka were also stopped.
--MP

Rahul campaign ends in Karnataka

2008-03-30T16:02:00.001+05:30

The Congress campaign in Karnataka ahead of the assembly polls kick started with its sensational leader Rahul Gandhi making a state wide tour which ended on Saturday.

During his 5 day tour the Congress leader visited a wide range of people, youth, tribes reaching out to all kind of voters interacting with students and the youth.

He even called upon the youth to join Congress to provide a stable government.

With Karnataka going to polls in May, Rahul's visit has certainly wooed the Congress workers in the State.
--MP

Elections before May end

2008-03-28T23:45:00.001+05:30

Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswamy has informed that the Assembly elections of Karnataka would be held before May 28th. More details regarding this would be announced shortly.

"We are collecting details of the total police force needed and the requirements of the total number of polling stations. Once we complete this excercise, the election dates would be announced." the CEC said.

He also said that in future all of the elections including that to the Parliament would be held based on delimitation of constituencies. This does not include by-elections.
--MP

IIM-B hikes fees to Rs 4 Lakh

2008-03-27T10:58:00.001+05:30

The premier Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, IIM-B has announced its decision to hike fees to Rs 4 Lakh for its next academics year 2008-09.

"We have decided to hike the fee from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4 lakh for 2008-09," said IIMB directorfollowing a meeting of the Board presided by its chairman Mukesh D Ambani. For those students who would be going into the second year (2009-10) will have to pay Rs 5 lakh as fee.

According to the board, the increasing infrastructure has been cited as the main reasons for the fee hike.
--MP

National Youth Games in Blore on May 10-18

2008-03-24T23:16:00.001+05:30

The inaugural and first edition of the National Youth Games will be held in Bangalore from May 10 to 18.

The first ever Youth Games for the under-18 youth will be participated by over 6000 athletes in as many as 24 disciplines.

The event would also be seen as a selection event for the Commonwealth Youth Games to be held in Pune in October. The schedule for the event is likely to be rescheduled in case it coincides with the elections in the state, informed an Indian Olympic Association official.
--MP

Karnataka drops behind in E-governance

2008-03-23T12:30:00.001+05:30

Karnataka, known as the destination city for IT has been ranked far behind when it comes to e-governance.

Though the state has been actively promoting the e-governance concept, survey shows that Karnataka has dropped from its No 2 postion last year to No 9 in the recent times. The survey ranked by ./citizens listed Delhi at the top postion followed by states like Goa, Chattisgarh, Tamilnadu and Kerala.

The benefits of e- governance initiatives in the State was affected by the political instability which was identified as the key reason for the drop of e-governance services in the state.
--MP

Rahul Gandhi to steer Karnataka tour

2008-03-22T11:49:00.001+05:30

After conducting a 'Discover India' tour in the North, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is heading to the Southern state of Karnataka ahead of the Assembly elections in the State.

Rahul is expected to visit as many as 10 districts across the State during his tour that will kick off on March 25th.

The 5 day scheduled trip covers Chamarajnagar, Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli, Dharwar, Gadag, Bagalkot, Raichur, Bangalore and Bijapur. The young leader would address public rallies and hold discussions with farmers and youth and focus on issues of unemployment and poverty.

--MP

Karnataka implements e-stamping

2008-03-16T19:36:00.001+05:30

In an effort to curb fraud practises involved with the system of collection of stamp duty, Karnataka has introduced E-stamping system.

The E- stamping project has been initially implemented in Bangalore and will be extended to other areas of the State as well. The system has been implemented by the Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd (SHCIL) which has done similar project for Maharastra.

The facility will now be available at sub-registrar offices at Gandhinagar, Jayanagar, Shivajinagar, SHCIL offices at J C Road, Koramangala, Jayanagar, Malleswaram and Lawyer's Association at the Civil Court Complex, Gandhinagar.

The government intends to provide the sysytem to other parts of Karnataka shortly.

--MP

Mallya unveils Royal Challengers

2008-03-13T09:49:00.001+05:30

The Royal Challengers, the official name for the Bangalore team for the Indian Premier League (IPL) was launched by the franchise owner and liquor baron Vijay Mallya in a city hotel in Bangalore on Wednesday.

Mallya who won the team in an auction worth US$111.6 million has top players like Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Khan, Mark Boucher, Chanderpaul etc.

The team will be led by former Indian captain Rahul Dravid. Venkatesh Prasad will be the team coach while New Zealand's former captain Martin Crowe will be the team's chief cricket officer.

The team's jersey is a mix of red and yellow colors. "The colour is familiar with this part of the country and is part of the Karnataka flag," said Charu Sharma, the team's CEO.
--MP

New Blore airport to be delayed

2008-03-12T18:06:00.001+05:30

The new Bengaluru International Airport Ltd,(BIAL) which was scheduled to open on March 30th could be delayed to another 4-6 weeks.

According to the Airport Authority of India which had submitted in its status report to the civil aviation ministry had informed that it would need more time to install new Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) in the new airport.

Further the airport personnels need to be fully trained to operate the equipments which could lead to delay in the opening of the airport. A final decision on the delay in the opening of the airport will be taken after the govt and BIAL officials meet with the Union aviation minister on Monday.

--MP

No new taxes in budget

2008-03-11T11:53:00.000+05:30

The Karnataka Budget for 2008-09 presented in the Parliament on Tuesday by Union Finance Minister Minister P. Chidambaram proposed no fresh taxes.

The budget was presented by the UPA govt as the state is under the Presidents rule.

As per state budget, the total outlay will be Rs.565.42 billion as against the budgeted outlay of Rs.504.66 billion for the current fiscal.

The budget proposed to continue with the exisiting welfare schemes and focused on development of agriculture, irrigation, housing and rural projects.
--MP

S M Krishna back to active politics

2008-03-06T06:28:00.001+05:30

In an effort to energise the party in the upcoming Assembly elections former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader S M Krishna had resigned as Maharashtra Governor on Wednesday.

The veteran Cong leader return back to active politics in the State is expected to boost the party's campaign in the coming elections.

However there were mixed reactions within the Cong supporters on Krishna's return. Though Krishna's role is not yet defined some faction in the Cong think the party high command's new move would lead to a power struggle within the party.
--MP

Yahoo! labs-Bangalore launched

2008-03-05T09:15:00.000+05:30

Internet based web portal giant, Yahoo Inc has launched its new research and development center in Bangalore.

The new office being set up in Blore as a part of its expansion drive will be headed by Yahoo! Labs Vice President and head Rajeev Rastogi.

The company intends to hire scientists and engineers for its new lab to build new-generation Internet search and advertising technologies. This will help make the internet more simple and relevant and thus make easier for advertisers and users.

--MP

Political parties seek polls before May

2008-03-04T20:59:00.000+05:30

With the Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami visiting Karnataka to review on the upcoming elections, major political parties are pressing for holding early election in the State.

The EC will be also meeting various political party leaders today to come up with a schedule for the elections.

Meanwhile major parties including BJP and JD (S) are likely to submit petitions to the EC urging not to delay the polls beyond the six-month tenure of President's rule which ends at May. Sources indicate that Congress party is not in favor of early elections though the party has maintained that it is ready to face elections anytime.

--MP

Credits for father, says Kumaraswamy

2008-02-29T21:24:00.000+05:30

Welcoming the Finance Minister's proposal for waiver of farm loans, Karnataka former chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy claimed that all the credits for that should go to his father and JD(s) chief Deve Gowda as he had always fought for the farmer's justice.

Chidambaram in the Union budget has announced a Rs 60,000-crore relief package for farmers, including complete waiver of loans given to small and marginal farmers.

"After 60 years, the Congress has done something for the farmers and this is just a reflection of my father's relentless struggle. It is a victory for his crusade for the farmers in the country," said Kumaraswamy who also indicated that it could have been better if the waiver was irrespective of the farmer's land holdings.
--MP