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5 'Guarantees' Will Become Law Today: Rahul Gandhi At Karnataka Oath Event
Political observers said the promise of 'guarantees' found resonance with the people during the campaigning, particularly women, and played a key role in the stupendous victory of the Congress in the Assembly polls.
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Karnataka To Hold Special Assembly Session At Disputed Belagavi Tomorrow
Karnataka will hold a symbolic session at its second assembly house in Belagavi tomorrow, amid the Centre's efforts to enforce law and order and establish peace in the disputed Maharashtra-Karnataka border area
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Congress Will Scrap Anti-Conversion Law If Voted To Power In Karnataka: Siddaramaiah
The Congress will repeal the proposed contentious anti-conversion legislation immediately after coming to power following the 2023 Assembly polls in Karnataka, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah said on Monday.
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Karnataka's Anti-Conversion Law In This Assembly Session: Chief Minister
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the draft legislation prohibiting forced religious conversion would be introduced during the ongoing legislature session.
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Bengaluru Archbishop Opposes Bill On Conversion, Writes To Chief Minister
An anti-conversion bill, which is likely to be tabled in the Karnataka Assembly next month, could "become a tool for the fringe elements to take law into their own hands", Bengaluru Archbishop Reverend Peter Machado said today.
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Apple Supplier Wistron Could Not Manage Scaled Up iPhone Plant, Broke Several Laws: Government Report
An investigation by Karnataka government into the violence at Apple supplier Wistron’s Kolar plant states that the Taiwanese contract manufacturer could not cope up with the rapid scaling up of manpower and breached several laws. The manpower at this plant, which assembles one iPhone model, rose to 10,500 workers from the permitted 5,000 in a sho...
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In Karnataka's New Cow Slaughter Law, 7 Years' Jail, Rs. 10 Lakh Fine
A controversial law banning cow slaughter in Karnataka, which prescribes stiff punishment including seven years in jail and Rs 10 lakh fine for offenders, was passed last night in the assembly without discussion after an opposition walkout.
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Congress, BJP, JDS In 3-Way Battle In Bypoll For Karnataka Assembly Seat
Bypolls to Bengaluru's RR Nagar Assembly seat will be held on November 3; the seat has been vacant since the sitting MLA, N Munirathna, was disqualified under the anti-defection law last year after crossing from the Congress to the BJP
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Karnataka Farmers' Bandh Call Today Over Centre, State Farm Bills
Farmer groups in Karnataka have called for a statewide bandh on Mondayto protest five controversial agriculture-related legislations - three passed by parliament last week (and signed into law by President Ram Nath Kovind today) and two passed by the state Assembly on Saturday.
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Karnataka Approves Amendment In Law To Allow Direct Sales By Farmers
Amid a walkout by the opposition Congress and JD(S), the Karnataka assembly on Saturday approved an amendment to the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act, which allows private players to directly approach farmers to purchase agricultural produce.
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Karnataka Passes Land Reforms Amendment Amid Strong Opposition From Congress
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly today passed amendments to the land reforms act that liberalised farmland ownership, despite the Congress strongly opposing it, with some party members tearing copies of the bill, and staging a walkout calling it a "black law".
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With Masks, Sanitisers, Karnataka Legislature Session To Begin From September 21
The monsoon session of the Karnataka legislature will be held from September 21 to 30 in the Vidhana Soudha with all precautionary measures for coronavirus such as face masks for members and a bar on visitors, state Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy said on Monday.
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Karnataka Congress Seeks Disqualification Of Rebel Lawmakers
Cracking the whip, the Congress on Monday sought disqualification of four rebel lawmakers under the Anti-Defection law after they repeatedly remained defiant, skipping the assembly session and legislature party meetings.
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Legislation On Ram Temple Possible: Justice Chelameswar At Congress Event
On a day when the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh said that an ordinance could be brought for the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, former Supreme Court judge Jasti Chelameswar said that such a possibility cannot be ruled out.
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Defection Law Won't Apply Before Oath: Centre's Justification In Supreme Court
The anti-defection law that bans legislators from jumping parties does not apply to Karnataka's newly-elected legislators if they switch parties before are administered oath, KK Venugopal the centre's top law officer told three judges of the Supreme Court at a rare hearing that started well past midnight and continued till dawn.
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5 'Guarantees' Will Become Law Today: Rahul Gandhi At Karnataka Oath Event
Political observers said the promise of 'guarantees' found resonance with the people during the campaigning, particularly women, and played a key role in the stupendous victory of the Congress in the Assembly polls.
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Karnataka To Hold Special Assembly Session At Disputed Belagavi Tomorrow
Karnataka will hold a symbolic session at its second assembly house in Belagavi tomorrow, amid the Centre's efforts to enforce law and order and establish peace in the disputed Maharashtra-Karnataka border area
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Congress Will Scrap Anti-Conversion Law If Voted To Power In Karnataka: Siddaramaiah
The Congress will repeal the proposed contentious anti-conversion legislation immediately after coming to power following the 2023 Assembly polls in Karnataka, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah said on Monday.
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Karnataka's Anti-Conversion Law In This Assembly Session: Chief Minister
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the draft legislation prohibiting forced religious conversion would be introduced during the ongoing legislature session.
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Bengaluru Archbishop Opposes Bill On Conversion, Writes To Chief Minister
An anti-conversion bill, which is likely to be tabled in the Karnataka Assembly next month, could "become a tool for the fringe elements to take law into their own hands", Bengaluru Archbishop Reverend Peter Machado said today.
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Apple Supplier Wistron Could Not Manage Scaled Up iPhone Plant, Broke Several Laws: Government Report
An investigation by Karnataka government into the violence at Apple supplier Wistron’s Kolar plant states that the Taiwanese contract manufacturer could not cope up with the rapid scaling up of manpower and breached several laws. The manpower at this plant, which assembles one iPhone model, rose to 10,500 workers from the permitted 5,000 in a sho...
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In Karnataka's New Cow Slaughter Law, 7 Years' Jail, Rs. 10 Lakh Fine
A controversial law banning cow slaughter in Karnataka, which prescribes stiff punishment including seven years in jail and Rs 10 lakh fine for offenders, was passed last night in the assembly without discussion after an opposition walkout.
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Congress, BJP, JDS In 3-Way Battle In Bypoll For Karnataka Assembly Seat
Bypolls to Bengaluru's RR Nagar Assembly seat will be held on November 3; the seat has been vacant since the sitting MLA, N Munirathna, was disqualified under the anti-defection law last year after crossing from the Congress to the BJP
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Karnataka Farmers' Bandh Call Today Over Centre, State Farm Bills
Farmer groups in Karnataka have called for a statewide bandh on Mondayto protest five controversial agriculture-related legislations - three passed by parliament last week (and signed into law by President Ram Nath Kovind today) and two passed by the state Assembly on Saturday.
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Karnataka Approves Amendment In Law To Allow Direct Sales By Farmers
Amid a walkout by the opposition Congress and JD(S), the Karnataka assembly on Saturday approved an amendment to the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act, which allows private players to directly approach farmers to purchase agricultural produce.
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Karnataka Passes Land Reforms Amendment Amid Strong Opposition From Congress
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly today passed amendments to the land reforms act that liberalised farmland ownership, despite the Congress strongly opposing it, with some party members tearing copies of the bill, and staging a walkout calling it a "black law".
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With Masks, Sanitisers, Karnataka Legislature Session To Begin From September 21
The monsoon session of the Karnataka legislature will be held from September 21 to 30 in the Vidhana Soudha with all precautionary measures for coronavirus such as face masks for members and a bar on visitors, state Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy said on Monday.
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Karnataka Congress Seeks Disqualification Of Rebel Lawmakers
Cracking the whip, the Congress on Monday sought disqualification of four rebel lawmakers under the Anti-Defection law after they repeatedly remained defiant, skipping the assembly session and legislature party meetings.
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Legislation On Ram Temple Possible: Justice Chelameswar At Congress Event
On a day when the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh said that an ordinance could be brought for the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, former Supreme Court judge Jasti Chelameswar said that such a possibility cannot be ruled out.
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Defection Law Won't Apply Before Oath: Centre's Justification In Supreme Court
The anti-defection law that bans legislators from jumping parties does not apply to Karnataka's newly-elected legislators if they switch parties before are administered oath, KK Venugopal the centre's top law officer told three judges of the Supreme Court at a rare hearing that started well past midnight and continued till dawn.
