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Business leaders say yearly allocation too modest to fast-track project

The Kalyana Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KKCCI) has expressed concern that the State Budget for 2026-27 has not adequately addressed development and industrial needs of Kalyana Karnataka, which continues to lag behind other parts of the State

1,000 ‘smaraka mitras’ will be trained to protect 844 protected monuments and 1,000 unprotected monuments across Karnataka

Raids were carried out in 91 locations in Kozhikode city. District Police Chief (Kozhikode city) said two suspects were arrested, apart from serving notice on 21 other account holders

Several education, health and infrastructure initiatives in the backward region proposed through the development board’s special grants

He says Karnataka currently ranks second in the country in terms of farmer suicides, yet the budget does not include any effective schemes to prevent such tragedies

Villagers report elephants often enter human habitations soon after dusk, knocking against compound gates and occasionally doors of houses before retreating to the valley by dawn

At least 204 out of 238 Indian cities with sufficient monitoring data recorded average winter PM2.5 concentrations above India's National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), up from last year's 173 cities, the CREA analysis said

The BJP also accuses the Congress and Rahul Gandhi of creating panic by spreading “fake news on oil shortage”