Will Siddu spoil a likely deal? Going by the dictum that there are no permanent friends or foes in politics and considering that a lot of water has flown down the Cauvery in the past 18 months Mr Gowda is now ready to explore the possibility of forming a new government with the Congress.
Justice Nayak takes over as State HRC chief The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission came into existence officially on Wednesday with its first Chairman, Justice S R Nayak, assuming charge at a formal function at Vidhana Soudha.
ET on non-Kannada movies challenged The petition by Lakshmi Chitra Mandira and five other cinema theatres challenged the provisions of Karnataka Entertainment Tax Act that stipulated 40 per cent ET on show of non-Kannada movies, while exempting Kannada movies from the same.
Lokayukta focus shifts to illegal mining The Karnataka Loka yukta is planning to study illegal mining in the State and submit a report to the government based on which the latter could formulate a new policy to check illegal mining.
Pay disparity demoralises Anti-Naxal Squad Following the Maoist raid on Venkatammanahalli in Tumkur district in February 2005, the Government set up ANSs in the 10 districts officially declared as Naxal-infested.
Kargil remembered... Speaker of Legislative Assembly Krishna and Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, Air Commandant Muthalik paying respect to Kargil Shradhanjali Chakra at Kargil Victory day programme in Vidhana Soudha organised by Citizens’ Society of India in Bangalore, on Wednesday. DH Photo
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