Settling speculation over the nature of the state budget for fiscal 2018-19, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said he would present a full budget in July.

All the 46 KAS officers, who were transferred in view of administrative purpose prior to the enforcement of election code of conduct, were transferred to their earlier positions and ordered to report to the place mentioned before their names.

Income Tax department officials have registered one more case against Minister DK Shivakumar on charges of giving false information during interrogation related to IT raid on his offices and houses.

Karnataka should have a say implementing the decisions of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), especially on releasing water when it is low in its reservoirs across the river basin, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday.

Senior journalist and former media advisor to the Chief Minister, Dinesh Amin Mattu said that AHINDA (Minorities, Backward and Dalits) class should come to the mainstream of all sectors including literature, media, theatre and culture at this juncture.

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that he would shortly hold a meeting with the heads of all nationalized banks and their officers to discuss on waiving off the farm loans scientifically.

Food and Civil Supplies Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan said that the government is planning to increase the quantity of rice being given to the BPL beneficiaries under Anna Bhagya scheme.

 “I won’t claim that I am a popular leader of the Muslim community. I am just a public servant. I’ll also come to former minister Tanveer Sait’s constituency. Let him also come. Then people will know who can pull the crowd”, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan challenged Tanveer Sait.