Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Friday dismissed state minister Shivaraj S Tangadagi’s statement that the government was considering making all multinational firms publicly display the number of Kannadigas employed in their offices, saying it was “impossible” to implement such ideas. | Latest News India
Karnataka BJP leader Suresh Kumar says ahead of polls, “the Congress wants to send a message that they are a regional party and protect regional aspirations”. “How can anybody call the Congress a regional party?…It is our constant focus to preserve our culture, language and rights of our people,” says Congress leader and state min Priyank Kharge
Andhra Pradesh had in 2019 passed a law that gave the government right to reserve at least 75% jobs for local candidates in private sector and public-private partnership companies
Karnataka s new law requires businesses to display 60% of their name in Kannada on signboards, with non-compliance risking licence cancellation. The move aims to boost the use of Kannada in public and private sectors, as outlined by the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government.
As he calls Karnataka bandh on September 29 on the contentious Cauvery water issue, former MLA Vatal Nagaraj’s effective strikes stem from his love for ‘innovative activism’, also the need for all pro-Kannada groups to unite under a single banner for Karnataka