Kalaburagi: CM to launch 500 new Nandini outlets across Karnataka
Kalaburagi: The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is set to open 500 new Nandini outlets and parlours across the state. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will formally inaugurate them today (September 17) at a programme in Kalaburagi, according to KMF Managing Director B. Shivaswamy.
Speaking to reporters in the city on Tuesday, he said that at present 2,598 Nandini outlets and parlours are already operating across Karnataka. These centres ensure that customers get milk and milk products on time at affordable prices. With the addition of 500 more outlets, the reach of the Nandini brand will expand further, he noted.
Shivaswamy added that in the Kalyana Karnataka region alone, 68 new Nandini parlours are being launched in districts including Ballari, Koppal, Raichur, Vijayanagar, Kalaburagi, Bidar and Yadgir.
Highlighting the growth of the federation, he said that for the past five decades, KMF has been selling pure and quality milk and dairy products under the Nandini brand across the country. In the financial year 2024-25, KMF recorded a turnover of Rs 24,928 crore, marking an annual growth of 16.5 percent. For the year 2025-26, the federation has set a target of reaching Rs 28,444 crore, he informed.
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PM Modi, myself don't have 'wife issue': Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): In a friendly banter, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have "the wife issue", as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone has learnt from women in their lives.
Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women's quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women are a driving force in the national imagination and national perspective.
"All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives – from mothers, sisters, wives," Gandhi said.
"Of course, the prime minister and myself don't have the wife issue, so we don't get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters," he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.
Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
"Yesterday, I was watching my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career – make Amit Shah Ji smile," Gandhi said to peals of laughter.
