Striking work will be a non-bailable offence in Karnataka
BANGALORE: Striking work will be a non-bailable offence in Karnataka, once the Karnataka Essential Services Maintenance Bill, 2013, which is tabled in the winter session of the state legislature in...
View ArticleStriking work will be a non-bailable offense in Karnataka
BANGALORE: Striking work will be a non-bailable offense in Karnataka, once the Karnataka Essential Services Maintenance Bill, 2013, which is tabled in the winter session of the state legislature in...
View ArticleBBMP hopes to learn from San Francisco
BANGALORE: After Salem, it's San Francisco. Mayor BS Sathyanarayana is gearing up to visit the Golden Gate city to learn about waste disposal technology. Not so long ago, our corporators went to Salem...
View Article2013 seems like the year of 'bills' for Karnataka
BANGALORE: 2013 could well go down in the history of Karnataka as the year in which the most number of bills were tabled and approved in the legislature. Bill board 67 bills passed by lawmakers and...
View ArticleESMA bill passed in Assembly
The ruling party managed to get the Karnataka Essential Services Maintenance Bill, 2013 passed in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, despite stiff...
View ArticleBill passed, Essential Services Maintenance Act given more teeth
BELGAUM: The legislative assembly on Wednesday passed the Karnataka Essential Services Maintenance Bill, 2013, even as speaker Kagodu Thimmappa expressed his reservations on the need to rush through...
View ArticleEssential services maintenance Bill passed
To curb illegal strikes and ensure delivery of essential services to the people, the Assembly on Wednesday passed the Karnataka Essential Services Maintenance Bill 2013. Members of the principal...
View ArticleEssential services Bill passed
Amid a walkout by the Opposition JD(S), the Congress government pushed through the state Assembly Wednesday Karnataka Essential Services Maintenance Bill 2013 that outlaws strikes by employees of...
View ArticleAmid protests, Karnataka passes Bill on essential services
To curb illegal strikes and ensure delivery of essential services to the people, the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed the Karnataka Essential Services Maintenance Bill, 2013. Members of the...
View ArticleStriking work now non-bailable offence in Karnataka
Tweet Belgaum (Karnataka,) Dec 4 (IANS) A new law in Karnataka makes striking essential work by government servants a non-bailable offence facilitating arrest without a warrant. "The amended Essential...
View ArticleStringent ESMA Bill passed in Karnataka Assembly
Belgaum: Striking work will be a non-bailable offence and police can arrest a striking employee without warrant under the Karnataka Essential Services Maintenance Bill, 2013 passed by the Legislative...
View ArticleA session marred by unrest and suicide
The 10-day winter session of the Sate legislature that adjourned sine die on Friday, will be remembered for the kind of heat that it generated, both inside and outside the legislature, thanks to the...
View ArticleKarnataka winter session marred by unrest and suicide
The 10-day winter session of the Sate legislature that adjourned sine die on Friday, will be remembered for the kind of heat that it generated, both inside and outside the legislature, thanks to the...
View ArticleKarnataka SHLC can now pass proposals up to Rs. 100 cr
The State Legislative Assembly on Monday passed the Karnataka Industries (Facilitation) (Amendment) Bill 2013 to enable the State High-Level Clearance Committee (SHLC) to clear investment proposals of...
View ArticleEmergency exit doors for buses compulsory in Karnataka
BELGAUM: The Karnataka government has issued stern warning to private bus operators by giving three-months deadline to fix emergency doors in their vehicles. Replying to Raghunathrao Malkapure (BJP),...
View ArticleKarnataka CM proposes Rs 7,743cr supplementary estimates for current year
BELGAUM: The government has increased advances for purchase of vehicles by the legislators. An additional Rs 10 crore has been earmarked for this purpose. The government on Monday...
View ArticleI’m a criminal, death crash driver admits
The driver of the taxi that crashed on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast last month, killing 15 passengers, has admitted having previous convictions for rape and violating road traffic laws. This emerged...
View ArticleKarnataka lawmakers mourn Mandela
Tweet Belgaum (Karnataka), Dec 6 (IANS) Karnataka lawmakers Friday mourned the death of South Africa's first elected black president Nelson Mandela. The 95-year-old anti-apartheid icon passed away at...
View ArticleBangalore, San Francisco sign 11 sister city MoUs
Strengthening further the five-year-old sister city partnership between San Francisco and Bangalore, officials of the two cities signed 11 Memorandums Of Understanding (MoUs) dealing with various...
View ArticleBriefly state: Bettanagere gang member attacked
Bettanagere gang member attacked Bangalore: The notorious Bettanagere rowdy gang is in news again following an attack on a member Thursday night. An associate of Bettanagere Shankara, a survivor from...
View ArticleSex assault: Prof gets non-bailable warrant
A non-bailable warrant has been issued by a court here against a law department professor of Aligarh...
View ArticleKarnataka's transport corporation aims to extend flybus service to three new...
NEW DELHI: After receiving good response to its brand new and super luxury "flybus" service between Bangalore International Airport and Mysore, Karnataka's largest transport corporation now plans to...
View ArticleAgendas
Panola County Commissioners’ Court A regular meeting will be held Dec. 9, 2013 at 9 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Courtroom in the Panola County Courthouse. Agenda PERSONNEL To record a change in status...
View ArticleBill proposes ban on strikes by staff at critical utilities
A Bill banning electricity strikes or interruption of water supplies is to be introduced in the Seanad next week. The Critical Utilities (Security of Supply) Bill will be introduced by Independent...
View ArticleKarnataka to start Cauvery 5th stage scheme to Bangaloreans
BELGAUM: Karnataka government is planning to start Cauvery fifth stage scheme to cater to the drinking and industrial water needs of new areas of Bangalore city, PWD minister H C Mahadevappa said...
View ArticleMESMA invoked to stop shutdown
Kolhapur: The state government has invoked the Maharashtra Essential Services and Maintenance (MESMA) Act 2011 in view of the strike by chemists from December 16. The state government has given orders...
View ArticlePromoter fined $45K for missing train trip
The promoter of a train journey from Christchurch to Dunedin for fans to get to an Elton John concert has been convicted and fined for breaching the Fair Trading Act. No train for the journey was...
View ArticleSugarcane crushing gains pace even as stand-off on price continues
Even as a majority of sugar mills have commenced crushing operations for this season, the issue of sugarcane price continues to be a bone of contention between the State government and growers. As...
View ArticleCold wave over Karnataka to abate from December 16
MANGALORE: The current low temperature condition prevailing in North and Central Karnataka will start abating from December 16 onward, providing much needed relief to people in these regions,...
View ArticleKarnataka government rushes through stone bill to save infrastructure projects
BELGAUM: Two reasons made the government pass the Karnataka Regulation of Stone-Crushers (amendment) Bill, 2013, in the assembly on Wednesday. The bill envisages identifying safe zones for setting up...
View ArticleLaw and Order (SEMA - Specialty Equipment Market Association)
(Source: SEMA - Specialty Equipment Market Association) SEMA News-December 2013 LEGISLATIVE AND TECHNICAL AFFAIRS By Steve McDonald Law and Order 2013: The Year in Review The laws and regulations that...
View ArticleKarnataka's Akrama bill gets legislative nod at last
BELGAUM: The assembly on Wednesday put its stamp of approval on the Akrama-Sakrama legislation to regularize unauthorized constructions. No cut-off date has been fixed for regularizing unauthorized...
View ArticleCold wave condition in North Karnataka to subside
A cold wave that had most of northern Karnataka under its grip has abated for now, but it will not be long before these districts see another precipitous dip in temperatures, according to the...
View ArticleStrike stalls banking operations in Karnataka
Tweet Bangalore, Dec 18 (IANS) A day-long strike by about 12,000 employees of state-run and private banks Wednesday stalled operations, including transactions, across Karnataka, a trade union leader...
View ArticleAnti-staff norms in ESMA to be dropped
Bangalore: Following stiff opposition from the BJP, the state government has decided to modify the Karnataka Essential Services Maintenance Bill (ESMA), 2013, which was passed in the Legislative...
View ArticleMahadayi tribunal team begins tour of State
The 13–member Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal team, headed by the former Supreme Court judge J.M. Panchal, on Wednesday commenced its tour of Karnataka to inspect works taken up under the...
View ArticleCauvery stage V to bring in more water
Bangalore: The areas of Bangalore that are yet to be covered by the BWSSB can hope to get water from the new Stage V of the Cauvery Water Supply Scheme. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah mentioned about...
View ArticleGovt mulls starting Cauvery 5th Stage for B'loreans
Belgaum, December 05: Karnataka government is planning to start Cauvery Fifth Stage scheme to cater to the drinking and industrial water needs of new areas of Bangalore city, PWD Minister H C...
View ArticleFunds crunch hit Bangalore civic projects: Siddaramaiah
Tweet Belgaum (Karnataka), Dec 3 (IANS) Shortage of funds in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had delayed the pace of infrastructure projects across the city, including roads and...
View Article‘Winter session failed to meet expectations of people’
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly H.D. Kumaraswamy said the winter session “completely” failed in meeting the expectations of the people, especially in taking up issues pertaining...
View ArticlePerks for daily wage workers, but no promotion
23,000 employees will remain in the same cadre till they retire There is some good news and bad news for around 23,000 daily wage employees who have been brought...
View ArticleNYC Carriage Horses and the 2013 Mayoral Race: "A Tale of THREE Cities"?...
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light,...
View ArticleSand lorry owners to go ahead with strike
Sand transportation across the State is expected to be hit from Saturday as lorry owners have reiterated their plan to go ahead with a strike from Friday midnight. They claimed that the government’s...
View ArticleNon-bailable warrant against AMU professor for assaulting girl
A non-bailable warrant has...
View ArticleSerial killer of women sentenced to death
Serial killer Mohan Kumar, charged with murdering 20 young women after luring them into affairs with him, was awarded the death penalty on Saturday by the sessions court here. “There cannot be any...
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