Home Business ‘Close Accounts With SBI, PNB’, Orders Karnataka Govt; Lenders Try To Find ‘Resolution’ As Karnataka government asked its officials to close all its account with State Bank of India & the Punjab National Bank % also withdraw all deposits, lenders are in talks with state for further solution. The Karnataka government has ordered … Read more
Bengaluru: Karnataka government Thursday said it is actively engaging with public sector lenders, State Bank of India (SBI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB), to try and resolve long-pending disputes over public money lost to fraud. This came within 24 hours of the state ordering closure of its accounts in the two banks after it accused … Read more
Bengaluru: Adjustment politics has harmed the health of the BJP and Karnataka, party legislator and former national general secretary C.T. Ravi said Tuesday, in what seemed to be a veiled jibe at the state unit leadership. Although he didn’t take any names, as a known and vocal detractor of former chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa, Ravi … Read more
Bengaluru: Posters featuring Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Preetham J. Gowda, just off the busy Bengaluru-Mysuru highway on the road in Mandya, were set on fire in the dead of Wednesday night. The 42-year-old former BJP MLA from Hassan — a Vokkaliga stronghold of Janata Dal (Secular) and the home district of former prime minister … Read more
Bengaluru: The Siddaramaiah-led government in Karnataka is in a bind over a proposed bill to increase daily working hours to 14, with industry bodies pushing it and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and labour unions opposing it. Santosh Lad, Karnataka’s minister for labour, said that this was not the government’s proposal but that of … Read more
New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has recalled G.V.Rajesh, the general secretary (organisation) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, in the middle of an outpouring of dissent within the state unit. Rajesh was made the organisational general secretary in July 2022 but removed abruptly from his role Sunday. The news of his abrupt … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Karnataka has sought the cancellation of bail granted JD(S) MLA and former Karnataka minister HD Revanna in a sexual assault case. Revanna faces charges in two separate cases, one involving sexual harassment and the other related to kidnapping. He is currently out of jail on conditional bail.The … Read more
Bengaluru: A video of rape accused Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna has appeared on social media in which the absconding Janata Dal (Secular) parliamentarian claims he will appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday. Prajwal, the 33-year-old grandson of former prime minister and JD(S) patriarch H.D.Deve Gowda, is accused of sexually assaulting scores of women … Read more
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah set the tongues wagging Monday with his remark that no one from Karnataka will become the prime minister if the Congress-led INDIA bloc comes to power at the Centre while ruling himself out of the race for the top job. What added to the curiosity is that the statement — made at … Read more
BENGALURU: JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy has appealed to Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna who is facing an SIT probe over the allegation of sexual harassment to return to Karnataka and face the investigation.He also accused the Congress-run Karnataka government of “misusing” the issue.“…I would appeal to him (Prajwal Revanna) to come back to Karnataka and face … Read more