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  • Karnataka Opens Front Against SBI, PNB; Halts Transactions | Personal Finance News

    New Delhi: The Karnataka government has taken a significant step by suspending all transactions with the State Bank of India (SBI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB). In an order approved by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the state has instructed all departments to close their accounts with these banks and promptly recover their deposits.

    Opposition-ruled states like West Bengal and Karnataka have time and again attacked the Finance Ministry and the Central government accusing the Union of not paying their GST dues. However, the finance ministry has refuted the allegation every time. The transaction ban on central banks comes amid this ongoing tussle.

    The order also specifies that no further deposits should be made into SBI or PNB. Additionally, the directive extends to public enterprises, corporations, local bodies, universities, and other institutions, instructing them to follow the same guidelines.

    The directive follows allegations of misuse of government funds deposited in these banks. Despite prior warnings and communications, the issue remained unresolved, leading the government to take this decisive action.

  • Petrol, Diesel Price Hike: Karnataka Government Raises Fuel Rates By Rs 3 Per Litre | Economy News

    New Delhi: After the Lok Sabha elections, the Karnataka government has raised the prices of petrol and diesel. Starting today, petrol is now Rs 3 per litre more expensive and diesel has gone up by Rs 3.05 per litre. These new prices are effective immediately.

    Petrol and Diesel Price Hike in Karnataka

    Starting today, petrol and diesel prices have increased in Karnataka. The state government has revised the sales tax, raising it from 25.92 per cent to 29.84 per cent for petrol and from 14.3 per cent to 18.4 per cent for diesel. These new rates are now in effect and have resulted in higher fuel prices across the state. (Also Read: SBI Customers, ALERT! Your Home Loan, Personal Loan EMIs To Go Up As Bank Raises Lending Rates By 10 Basis Points)

    Increase in sales tax in Karnataka

    The Karnataka government has revised the sales tax rates. According to the official notification, the Karnataka Sales Tax (KST) on petrol is now 29.84 per cent, and on diesel, it is 18.4 per cent. This increase in sales tax directly leads to higher retail prices for petrol and diesel. (Also Read: Several Employees Of THIS Bank Fired Over Fake Keyboard Activity And Mouse Jiggling: Details Here)

    Following the tax increase, petrol and diesel prices in Karnataka have surged by Rs 3 per litre. Prior to the hike, petrol was selling at Rs 99.84 per litre and diesel at Rs 85.93 per litre in Bangalore. However, fuel is now more expensive in Bangalore compared to Delhi where petrol is priced at Rs 94.72 per litre and diesel at Rs 87.62 per litre. This increase has further widened the price gap.

    Petrol-Diesel Prices in Bangalore

    After an increase in sales tax by the Karnataka government, petrol prices in Bangalore have risen from Rs 99.84 per litre to Rs 102.84 per litre. Meanwhile, diesel prices have increased from Rs 85.93 per litre to Rs 88.95 per litre. This hike of Rs 3 per litre comes as a surprise as it was expected that prices would decrease after the Lok Sabha elections.

    Petrol and diesel prices are likely to go up in Karnataka as the state govt revises sales tax by 29.84% and 18.44%.

    According to the Petroleum Dealers Association, petrol and diesel prices are likely to go up by Rs 3 and Rs 3.05 approximately in Karnataka pic.twitter.com/rJDinVT6SK — ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2024

  • prajwal revanna arrest: Prajwal Revanna lands at Bengaluru airport; taken into custody by SIT

    Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, accused of sexual harassment, returned to India from Munich on Thursday at around midnight. His flight landed at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru.

    He has been taken into custody by the SIT authorities.

    The suspended JD(S) leader, in a selfmade video, released on May 27, had said that he will appear before the SIT on May 31 for questioning.AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther StatesRevanna claimed that his trip was preplanned as there was no case against him when the voting was held in Karnataka on April 26 for the general elections.

    Read More: Prajwal Revanna will be arrested at Airport upon his return: Karnataka Home Minister

    Prajwal Revanna is facing a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Karnataka government over allegations of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation following a complaint by a woman who worked in his household. He had reportedly left for Germany on April 27, a day after Hassan went to pollsRevanna, earlier on May 28, filed an application for anticipatory bail as he is set to return to India on Friday. Notably, his anticipatory bail plea was filed hours after the SIT arrested two prime accused in connection with the case. The arrested have been identified as Naveen Gowda and Chetan, ANI reported.

    Moreover, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said that action has been initiated to revoke the diplomatic passport of Revanna, adding that he has to reply to the show cause notice issued on May 23.

    Congress MP DK Suresh before the arrival of the Hassan MP said, “He (Prajwal Revann) has already mentioned that he is attending SIT tomorrow. The SIT will take care of that.”

    Youth Congress president Mohammed Haris Nalapad accused the BJP of helping Revanna ‘go outside’ the country.

    “The program of Prajwal Revanna to go outside India is sponsored by BJP. On the day of the 26th of May after polling, he was sent immediately with a diplomatic passport outside…The BJP, Narendra Modi ji, Amit Shah ji and our Yediyurappa ji all planned together and sent to Prajwal Revanna outside,” he said.

  • Karnataka government tables bill mandating 60% Kannada on signboards

    The Karnataka government on Tuesday tabled the Bill mandating the 60% use of Kannada on business’ sign boards in the Legislative Assembly, two weeks after Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot returned an ordinance to the same effect.

    Kannada shall be displayed in the upper half of the name board, according to the Bill. It would be amending the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Act 2022.

    The Congress regime had opted to go the ordinance route in order to mollify the proKannada protests searing the state over the issue. In December last year, civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had issued a notice that all businesses’ nameplates need to be at least 60% in Kannada by the end of February, under threat of losing their licenses. The government had come out in support, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah insisting on strict compliance with the policy on use of local language on sign boards as well. Protests on the issue however, turned violent, with proKannada activists vandalising malls and blackening Hindi and English signs on prominent outlets like Starbucks, Third Wave Coffee, Theobroma, and House of Masaba. The government was forced into damage control mode with industries minister MB Patil issuing a warning, saying that such actions damaged the state’s reputation as an investorfriendly place.

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  • On 5 key ballot guarantees | Sidda retains his phrase

    The new Congress authorities has delivered the primary of its ‘5 ballot ensures’. Provisioning for the large outgos and navigating the fiscal tightrope comes subsequent

    ISSUE DATE: Jun 26, 2023 | UPDATED: Jun 16, 2023 22:27 IST

    THE RIDE: CM Siddaramaiah and deputy CM D.Ok. Shivakumar flag off the ‘Shakti’ free bus journey for girls in Bengaluru, June 11. (Photo: Jithendra M)

    Earlier this week, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah hopped on to a bus at Vidhana Soudha, the imposing secretariat constructing in Bengaluru, to flag off a scheme that permits girls to journey at no cost on state transport buses throughout the state. This was the primary of the Congress’s 5 pre-poll ensures to roll out and the CM famous with pleasure that his authorities had made good on its promise inside 22 days of taking cost.

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    Arindam Mukherjee

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    Jun 16, 2023

  • Karnataka govt to repeal anti-conversion legislation in state, approves revision of textbooks

    By PTI

    BENGALURU: The Karnataka authorities has determined to repeal the anti-conversion legislation that was launched by the earlier BJP authorities. 

    Karnataka Cabinet additionally accredited the revision of Kannada and Social Science textbooks of courses six to 10 within the state, for the present tutorial yr by eradicating the chapters on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar amongst others.

    It has additionally consented so as to add chapters on Savitribai Phule, Nehru’s letters to Indira Gandhi and poetry on BR Ambedkar, and cast off the modifications that have been introduced in by the earlier BJP authorities.

    The Congress had in its ballot manifesto promised to undo the modifications made to high school textbooks when the BJP was in energy, and had additionally promised to scrap the National Education Policy (NEP).

    “Regarding textbook revision the cabinet discussed the proposal brought by the department, the lessons to be removed and added, and the decisions to be taken, and has given its approval,” Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H Ok Patil stated after the cabinet assembly.

    Primary and Secondary Education Minister Kumar Bangarappa stated it was Congress’ promise within the manifesto to revise the textbooks and the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has persistently given his steerage on this.

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    BENGALURU: The Karnataka authorities has determined to repeal the anti-conversion legislation that was launched by the earlier BJP authorities. 

    Karnataka Cabinet additionally accredited the revision of Kannada and Social Science textbooks of courses six to 10 within the state, for the present tutorial yr by eradicating the chapters on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar amongst others.

    It has additionally consented so as to add chapters on Savitribai Phule, Nehru’s letters to Indira Gandhi and poetry on BR Ambedkar, and cast off the modifications that have been introduced in by the earlier BJP authorities.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

    The Congress had in its ballot manifesto promised to undo the modifications made to high school textbooks when the BJP was in energy, and had additionally promised to scrap the National Education Policy (NEP).

    “Regarding textbook revision the cabinet discussed the proposal brought by the department, the lessons to be removed and added, and the decisions to be taken, and has given its approval,” Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H Ok Patil stated after the cabinet assembly.

    Primary and Secondary Education Minister Kumar Bangarappa stated it was Congress’ promise within the manifesto to revise the textbooks and the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has persistently given his steerage on this.

    (This is a creating story)

  • Inter-state journey restrictions to guard basic proper to life and well being: Karnataka tells Kerala HC

    By Express News Service

    KOCHI: The Karnataka authorities on Thursday knowledgeable the Kerala High Court that the inter-state journey restriction is to guard the basic proper to life and well being of not solely individuals residing in Karnataka however throughout the nation together with Kerala.

    “Moreover, since the borders are open for free movement of persons and goods, there is absolutely no violation of Articles 19 or 301 of the Constitution,” acknowledged the affidavit.

    P Ravikumar, Chief Secretary, Karnataka filed the affidavit in response to the petition filed by Manjeshwar MLA AKM Ashraf searching for a directive to make sure free Inter-State journey between Kerala and Karnataka, particularly for each day commuters backward and forward Manjeshwar and Dakshina Kannada Districts in mild of the newest order of Ministry of Home Affairs. He additionally sought a directive to not insist on an RT PCR adverse certificates not older than 72 hours to cross the borders with Kerala. The requirement for manufacturing of a adverse RT PCR certificates is obligatory for all fights throughout the nation. Besides, a number of different states together with Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Madhya Pradesh and Union Territories have imposed measures requiring individuals to supply RT PCR adverse certificates to be able to be permitted to enter the respective states. Such measures are, the truth is, welcome within the combat in opposition to the pandemic. It was nicely accepted and beneficial internationally, together with by the Union of India, that efficient testing and containment are two of crucial methods of preventing the pandemic. The measures which have presently been imposed by the state of Karnataka tackle each the necessities, because it ensures that individuals are examined, and likewise that the virus will not be permitted to unfold.

    The requirement for manufacturing of RT PCR take a look at stories that aren’t older than 72 hours has been relaxed in instances of scholars and individuals, who’re frequently required to cross the border into Karnataka, and such individuals are required to supply stories that aren’t older than 15 days. There are additionally exemptions offered in respect of well being case skilled youngsters beneath two years and passengers travelling for grave emergency conditions. “Therefore, the requirement set out for production of RT PCR test reports is well considered and takes into account the interests of persons residing in Kerala as well. It cannot under any circumstances be said to be unreasonable or violative of any fundamental or legal rights,” acknowledged the Chief Secretary.

    Karnataka Chief Secretary identified that the Technical Advisory Committee held on August 15, has mentioned intimately concerning the obligatory RT PCR testing of individuals coming from Kerala, regardless of vaccination standing.The proceedings would reveal that the TAC has thought-about the Test Positivity Rate in every of the districts in Kerala, the variety of each day instances reported in Kerala and Karnataka and the excessive incidence of COVID instances within the districts border Kerala.

    It was on cautious consideration of all the information accessible that the TAC reiterated its advice for obligatory manufacturing of RT PCR take a look at stories, regardless of vaccination standing. On the opposite hand, it has been seen that Kerala has seen an alarming improve within the variety of each day Covid-19 instances registered. As per stories, the variety of energetic instances in Kerala as on August 21 was 1,78,480, which is about 9 instances larger than that in Karnataka.

    Karnataka made it clear that the requirement for adverse RT PCR stories is simply a short lived measure, which might be reviewed by the state of Karnataka ater the COVID 19 state of affairs in Kerala improves and the unfold of the virus has been successfully contained.

    The calls for within the petition are past the territorial jurisdiction of the Kerala High Court, therefore it ought to be dismissed. 

  • Manjeshwar MLA on day-long starvation strike towards Karnataka’s obligatory RT-PCR rule

    By Express News Service

    KASARAGOD: Manjeshwar MLA A Ok M Ashraf is on a day-long starvation strike to protest towards the Karnataka authorities’s determination to demand RT-PCR take a look at outcomes from totally vaccinated folks.

    The Karnataka authorities is violating not solely the Union authorities’s tips on inter-state journey for vaccinated individuals but in addition violating the proper to motion of individuals, mentioned Ashraf at Thalappady, on the border of Kasaragod-Dakshina Kannada districts.

    Thalappady on National Highway 66 is a key interstate border. “The Karnataka government’s decision goes against the idea of one nation, one people. It reflects the narrow-minded politics of the government,” he mentioned. It is a disgrace that the Karnataka authorities is discriminating towards the folks of Kerala, notably these from Kasaragod, in a 12 months when India is celebrating its seventy fifth Independence Day, he mentioned.

    According to the Union authorities’s tips, RT-PCR assessments shouldn’t be made obligatory for totally vaccinated folks. 

    The Karnataka authorities is spreading a deceptive marketing campaign that Keralites had been spreading covid in its state, Ashraf alleged. “The state government is creating an anti-Kerala sentiment in Karnataka to divert the attention of its people from real issues,” the Manjeshwar MLA mentioned.

    The Karnataka authorities has made RT-PCR take a look at outcomes obligatory for folks coming from Kerala — regardless of their vaccination standing — on August 2.  Dakshina Kannada then had 2,948 lively circumstances, with 219 every day circumstances. After two weeks, Dakshina Kannada district has 3,682 lively circumstances of covid, with every day circumstances at 411.

    Meanwhile, Kasaragod district — which shares an extended border with Dakshina Kannada — has 6,331 lively circumstances of covid, with 520 every day circumstances as on August 14 (Saturday).

    On August 2, Kasaragod had 6,910 lively circumstances, with 703 circumstances reported on that day.

    Officially, 1,497 individuals have succumbed to covid in Dakshina Kannada whereas in Kasaragod 927 individuals who examined constructive for covid have died. But the federal government has categorised solely 394 deaths as associated to covid.

  • Karnataka authorities’s stamp obligation minimize to profit homebuyers

    NEW DELHI :

    To present a lift to the actual property sector, the Karnataka authorities on Thursday authorised the stamp obligation minimize in a cabinet assembly. The stamp obligation for properties value as much as ₹45 lakh has been minimize from 5% to three%. This transfer will end in value saving for the homebuyers.

    A minimize in stamp obligation reduces a homebuyer’s value and is due to this fact thought of optimistic for the actual property sector, which has been struggling for the previous few years. Stamp obligation is the charge paid on the time of the registration of the property and varies from state to state. For instance, if the stamp obligation is 5% on a property of ₹30 lakh, a 2% minimize will save the homebuyer ₹80,000.

    “The Karnataka authorities’s resolution to slash stamp obligation from 5% to three% on registration of residences beneath ₹45 lakh will strike the precise sentiment chord with affordable-home patrons, cut back their monetary stress and foster demand creation for low- and mid-income housing. This welcome transfer will encourage first-time homebuyers to foray into homeownership, strengthen the circle of funding in the actual property sector, speed up buy selections and on the similar time enhance the arrogance of actual property builders in India’s IT Capital who’ve been affected by piling stock and gradual gross sales,” mentioned Rahul Purohit, nationwide gross sales head, Square Yards.

    In the previous it was seen that stamp obligation cuts have helped in clearing the stock of the sector. The Maharashtra authorities briefly slashed its stamp obligation. Certain markets equivalent to Mumbai registered document numbers of gross sales supported by low rates of interest, enticing reductions from builders in addition to individuals’s inclination to purchase their very own home amid the pandemic.

    However, some specialists really feel that the stamp obligation minimize ought to have been throughout the worth classes as was carried out by the Maharashtra authorities. Limiting it to properties value as much as ₹45 lakh might not result in desired outcomes.

    “While the transfer is unquestionably welcome, it’s not doubtless to present a major enhance to housing gross sales in Bengaluru much like what was seen in Maharashtra, the place the state minimize stamp obligation for properties throughout all finances segments and never only one class,” mentioned Anuj Puri, chairman, Anarock Property Consultants.

    “The truth is that housing demand in Bengaluru is basically skewed in direction of the mid-segment—properties priced inside ₹50 lakh to ₹1 crore. For these properties, the stamp obligation costs, sadly, stay unchanged at round 5%. The optimistic impression can be extra seen in cheaper cities equivalent to Dharwad, Mysuru, Hubli and Belagavi,” added Puri.

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  • SIT to probe Jarkiholi ‘defamation’

    The Karnataka authorities on Wednesday determined to represent a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations made by former state minister Ramesh Jarkiholi that the intercourse CD scandal episode was a conspiracy to defame him.
    Jarkiholi had resigned as a minister following the allegation.
    “We have received a complaint that there has been an effort to defame the former minister and to bring him into disrepute politically. They have sought a suitable investigation,” Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai mentioned. “After discussion with senior police officers and the CM we have decided to order a comprehensive probe into the people behind the CD – how it was recorded and prepared – through an SIT under additional commissioner of police Soumendu Mukherjee.”

    Bommai ordered establishing of the SIT in a letter to the Bengaluru police chief on Wednesday. He talked about that Jarkiholi wrote to him on March 9, stating {that a} criticism of sexual harassment lodged in opposition to him with Cubbon Park police by a social activist on March 2, 2021 was meant to defame him, and that the conspiracy entails a number of individuals.
    Meanwhile, the Jarkiholi household, which claims to have carried out a non-public probe with the assistance of personal detectives into the alleged scandal, on Wednesday claimed to have recognized the important thing individuals concerned within the alleged conspiracy. “We have used a private detective to collect all information,” BJP MLA Balachandra Jarkiholi, certainly one of 5 Jarkiholi brothers, mentioned. “We want to ensure there is a solid case. We will name at least two persons in the case so that the conspiracy is revealed when the police arrest them. We wanted to be sure of their roles before we lodge the case.”
    Police sources mentioned a proper investigation into the case was delayed since March 2 on account of doubts over who the sufferer actually is – Jarkiholi, or the lady seen within the recordings, because it had been alleged by social activist Dinesh Kallahalli that the connection allegedly concerned coercion.
    Kallahalli has since sought to withdraw the harassment allegation he made in opposition to Jarkiholi however is prone to face investigations since he’s a key hyperlink within the former minister’s criticism of defamation conspiracy.
    Politics, in the meantime, performed out over the episode, with state minister S T Somashekhar accusing opposition Congress of being behind the scandal, and the state Congress hitting again. “The Congress is behind the CD conspiracy. I have been in that party for 20 years and I know this,” Somashekhar said.
    While welcoming the probe into the CD ‘conspiracy’, state Congress president D Ok Shivakumar rebuffed allegations that the Congress is behind the conspiracy. He mentioned, “Let the BJP ministers reveal what all we have done…. Did we ask you to say the things you said? Did we ask you to say the CM is corrupt? Did we ask you to speak against the people of Karnataka? Did we script it? We will also not sit quietly.”

    He mentioned, “Let them carry out any investigation that they want. When we (Congress) say the government is corrupt, it is a different matter. But here (in the CDs) a sitting minister of the government is [purportedly] saying that the Chief Minister is corrupt — should there not be an investigation into the matter? I do not know how the Chief Minister is tolerating all this.”
    Stating that Jarkiholi and he have been “together once upon a time”, and subsequently “distanced myself from him”, the Congress chief mentioned, “If you are a good person why would people trap you? You should be conscious of yourself…. Let them make allegations against me – this is a game of political chess.”
    The state Congress chief additionally mentioned, “If it is a fake CD then why is there a necessity for a case and a probe? People can discern between fake and real things.”