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Table of Contents
March 01, 2018 -Karnataka Current Affairs ............................................................................................ 6
Country’s first planetarium with 3D hybrid tech opens in Pilikula .................................................... 6
IT, BT dept is now Department of Innovation and Technology ......................................................... 6
Lingayat religion: HC refuses to stay expert panel proceedings ......................................................... 7
CM dedicates Pavagad solar plant to nation, calls it 8th wonder ........................................................ 8
First SC/ST mayor chosen unopposed for Belagavi Palike ................................................................ 8
Shakti Sthala: 600 MW first stage of Pavagada solar park inaugurated ............................................. 9
March 02, 2018 – Karnataka Current Affairs ........................................................................................ 10
HC bins plea against online registration of agreements .................................................................... 10
March 03, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 11
Panel favours separate religion tag to Lingayat faith ........................................................................ 11
Karnataka state govt launches universal health coverage scheme .................................................... 12
DBL bags Rs 4K-cr B’luru-Mysuru highway project ....................................................................... 13
KSRTC posts Rs 10 crore profit till Feb ........................................................................................... 13
March 04, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 14
First Rashtrakoota Utsava held in Kalaburagi .................................................................................. 14
Compensation to Seabird project evacuees released ......................................................................... 14
PM Modi lauds Siddaganga mutt seer’s contribution to nation building .......................................... 14
Veera Rani Abbakka Utsav to be held in Delhi between March 11-18 ............................................ 15
March 05, 2018 – Karnataka Current Affairs ........................................................................................ 17
Manikandan’s death raises questions on staff training, revives lantanna concerns .......................... 17
Cauvery order: Centre convenes meeting on March 9 ...................................................................... 18
SC order on Juvenile Justice Act: HC takes up suo motu case ......................................................... 18
March 06, 2018 – Karnataka State Current Affairs ............................................................................... 20
Big jump in Karnataka’s foodgrain quota ......................................................................................... 20
Meeting today to discuss Bandipur night traffic ban ........................................................................ 21

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Govt mulls tossing Lingayat religion ball to Centre ......................................................................... 22
CID to probe irregularities in purchase of Marco Polo buses ........................................................... 23
March 07, 2018 – Karnataka Current Affairs ........................................................................................ 24
Anti-tiger poaching centre to be named after Manikandan ............................................................... 24
SC sets aside HC order quashing Ballari ZP president’s election .................................................... 24
Activists urge govt not to lift night traffic ban in Bandipur .............................................................. 25
March 08, 2018 – Karnataka Current Affairs ........................................................................................ 25
Pro-Kannada activists approve state flag design, CM to seek centre’s nod ...................................... 25
Hampi Univ’s honorary doctorate for sarod maestro Taranath: VC ................................................. 26
Bhaskar Moily voted Mangaluru mayor, Mohammed Kunjatabail his deputy ................................. 27
March 09, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 27
Ranganathittu bird census on Sunday ............................................................................................... 27
Tribal festival begins ......................................................................................................................... 28
Committee to look into security of HC, judges ................................................................................ 28
KPSC: HC quashes KAT order on selection of 362 candidates ....................................................... 28
March 10, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 31
Members of Bandaya movement to regroup ..................................................................................... 31
Goshanas unearthed at village near Dharwad ................................................................................... 31
Lingayat religion row: HC refuses to grant stay ............................................................................... 32
Cauvery meet: States favour ‘scheme’ to implement apex court order ............................................ 32
March 11, 2018 -Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 37
Centre studying two models for Cauvery water sharing ................................................................... 37
India’s tallest tricolour to be hoisted in Belagavi on March 12 ........................................................ 38
State to get yarn bank soon, announces Smriti Irani ......................................................................... 39
March 12, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 40
Karnataka unveils first-ever sports policy ........................................................................................ 40
India’s tallest tricolour hoisted in Belagavi, dedicated to country, state........................................... 40
March 13, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 41
KSRTC bags awards at PR conclave ................................................................................................ 41
Electric trains to Mysuru may not chug for now............................................................................... 41
SC disposes of plea against Kambala Ordinance .............................................................................. 42
Only 22% municipal soild waste processed in state ......................................................................... 44
March 14, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 44
Forest dept treads cautiously over Great Canara Trails .................................................................... 44

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Rain expected over south, coastal K’taka ......................................................................................... 45
March 15, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 46
Rare fish species hauled up from Madduramma lake ....................................................................... 46
KSRTC bags awards at PR conclave ................................................................................................ 46
High Court stays shifting of RGUHS campus to Ramanagaram ...................................................... 47
March 16, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 47
MCI opposes in SC state’s eligibility norms for PG medical courses .............................................. 47
SC: Money lenders can’t claim interest on security deposit ............................................................. 48
March 17, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 49
Farmer suicides rise 32% in Karnataka in 2016, Centre tells Parliament ......................................... 49
Conversion order illegal, will restore forest land, state tells CEC .................................................... 50
March 18, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 51
Selected KPSC candidates move SC against order quashing appointments ..................................... 51
Minister warns authorities over expired medicines at Dharwad civil hospital ................................. 53
March 19, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 53
Karnataka govt okays separate religion status for Lingayats, seeks Centre’s nod ............................ 53
March 20, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 55
Govt restores 50% quota for general students in its residential schools ........................................... 55
Apex court refuses status quo on KPSC-selected candidates ........................................................... 55
‘Minority tag plea must get Parliament approval’ ............................................................................ 56
Speaker reserves orders in JD(S) rebel MLAs’ disqualification case ............................................... 57
March 21, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 59
Hande for greater use of solar power ................................................................................................ 59
SC junks plea to stop miners’ funds to mineral body ....................................................................... 60
MHA to look into proposal on minority status ................................................................................. 61
NGT starts fresh hearing on Yettinahole project .............................................................................. 62
About Yettinhole ............................................................................................................................... 63
Draft rules provide quota limit for ‘others’ in minority institutions ................................................. 64
March 22, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 65
Trial flight landing at Kalaburagi airport in April first week ............................................................ 65
Courts have no jurisdiction on disqualification matter: Speaker ...................................................... 65
March 23, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 66
Set up panel to implement Cauvery order, Karnataka suggests Centre ............................................ 66
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recommends extension of Ratna Prabha’s term ................................. 67

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I-T collection in Karnataka-Goa region to cross Rs 1L-crore this fiscal .......................................... 68
March 24, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 69
Centre plans Skybus between Bengaluru, Mysuru if state agrees: Gadkari...................................... 69
Mangaluru professor Dr Anurag Bhargava makes app for TB patients ............................................ 71
NHAI awards Rs 1,395 cr contract for highway in Karnataka ......................................................... 72
March 25, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 73
In SC, govt defends 10-yr study criteria for PG medical seats ......................................................... 73
CNG refilling fuel station inaugurated in Bengaluru ........................................................................ 74
March 26, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 75
Centre to bring millets under Public Distribution System soon ........................................................ 75
Institute linked to KSOU issues fake marks cards, CID probe ordered ............................................ 76
March 27, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 77
Battleground Karnataka: state to go to polls on May 12, counting on May 15 ................................ 77
Karnataka election: each candidate can spend up to Rs 28L on poll expenses ................................. 78
Each Assembly segment to have one women-operated polling station ............................................ 78
EC sets up panel to probe Karnataka poll date leak .......................................................................... 82
High Court sets aside CAT order on Rohini Sindhuri transfer ......................................................... 83
March 28, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 83
Karnataka needs more than one economic centre: Ramachandra Guha ........................................... 83
Dishaank set to be state’s most apt property App ever ..................................................................... 84
No new schemes, projects can be announced now ........................................................................... 86
Model code won’t affect setting up of Cauvery board: CEC ............................................................ 86
March 29, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 88
It’s early summer, but Vijayapura is already sweating it out, literally ............................................. 88
Poll date leak: EC panel examines responses ................................................................................... 89
Demotions to affect 20,000 SC/ST govt employees ......................................................................... 89
If you vote, democracy wins, says Rahul Dravid in message to Karnataka voters ........................... 90
As Karnataka, TN differ on Cauvery ‘scheme,’ Centre plans plea in SC ......................................... 90
HC hears petition challenging consumption of liquor by minors ..................................................... 91
March 30, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 92
Fake news targeting Muslims: ‘Postcardnews’ owner Mahesh Hegde held in Bengaluru ............... 92
Election Commission bans release of MPLAD funds to Karnataka ................................................. 93
Now, smart card to replace International driving licence book ........................................................ 94
KSTDC earns profits after 10 years .................................................................................................. 94

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March 31, 2018- Karnataka Current Affairs .......................................................................................... 95
IISc students make lightweight stretcher for bike ambulances ......................................................... 95
SWR seeks poll panel’s nod for new trains ...................................................................................... 96
Widespread rain brings relief from summer heat .............................................................................. 96
TIT-BITS ................................................................................................................................................. 98

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March 01, 2018 -Karnataka Current Affairs
Country’s first planetarium with 3D
hybrid tech opens in Pilikula
 Science and Technology, Planning and Statistics Minister M R Seetharam, on Thursday,
inaugurated the Swami Vivekananda 3D Planetarium on the premises of the Regional
Science Centre at Dr K Shivarama Karantha Nisargadhama, Pilikula.
 The planetarium, enabled with 3D hybrid technology and featuring an 18 metre- nano-
seam dome set to 15 degrees along with Active 3D, 8K digital and Opto Mechanical
(Hybrid) projection system, is the first of its kind in India.
 The planetarium has been set up with grants from KSTePS (Karnataka Science and
Technology Promotion Society) of the state government.
 This will channelise the younger generation towards constructive study and research of
astronomy and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the region.
 Seetharam said that the Pilikula Development Authority Bill had been passed in both
Houses of the legislature. The same had been sent to the Governor for his approval.

IT, BT dept is now Department of
Innovation and Technology
 The state government on Thursday announced renaming the Department of Information
Technology, Biotechnology and Science &Technology as the Department of Innovation
and Technology.
 Announcing this at ‘Innovate Karnataka‘ event, Minister for IT and BT Priyank Kharge
said the renaming is primarily to make the state the global hub for innovation.
 “The initiative is under the single narrative of ‘Innovate Karnataka’, the umbrella brand
for all innovation in the state, be it in high-tech areas like block-chain, robotics, artificial
intelligence (AI), nanotechnology, etc, or in the vibrant startup ecosystem,” he said.
 Kharge said the state government’s initiative to change the name of the department will
help it to carry out various programmes in a more agile and mission-mode way to make
Karnataka a global hub.
 Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who unveiled the brand narrative for ‘Innovate Karnataka’,
said the development cannot happen without innovation and no innovation is truly big
unless it helps people.
 “With ‘Innovate Karnataka’, we hope to start on the path to Mission 2025 where
technology will help in the inclusive development of the state, where better governance
can be delivered to the citizens,” he said.
 “Our vision is to put people first in all our schemes, and ‘Innovate Karnataka’ will both
fulfil the vision, and be a driving force for it,” he added.

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 The state government carved out the Department of Information Technology from
Department of Commerce and Industry in 1998.
 The move really gave a momentum to make Bengaluru and Karnataka the IT capital of
India. Later, it established the Department of Information Technology & Biotechnology
in September 2001.

Lingayat religion: HC refuses to stay
expert panel proceedings
 The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday orally observed that “no one is above law,”
while hearing a matter regarding granting of religious minority tag to the Lingayat
community.
 A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Sunil Dutt
Yadav was hearing a batch of public interest litigations challenging the authority of the
Karnataka State Minorities Commission to grant status of religious minority to a
particular community.
 The court also directed the state government to file its statement of objections within a
period of three days.
 According to the petitioners, the Karnataka State Minorities Commission has formed a
seven-member expert committee to study the demand of the Lingayat community for a
separate minority religion status.
 Headed by retired high court judge, Justice H N Nagamohan Das, the panel has to
submit a report within four weeks. The committee recently issued an order stating that the
report of the expert committee shall be placed before the commission for making suitable
recommendations to the government.
 The petitioners stated that the Lingayat community constitutes 20% of the state’s
population.
 They have contended that the role of the minority commission is to protect the interests
and rights of the people from minority communities and not to add a community to the
list of minority communities.
 The petitioners also sought for a stay on the proceedings of the expert committee, which
was denied by the court. The matter was adjourned.

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CM dedicates Pavagad solar plant to
nation, calls it 8th wonder

 Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Thursday, said that the mega solar power plant set up
here was the eighth wonder of the world and a pride of Karnataka.
 He was speaking after inaugurating unit I of the power plant set up at Tirumani in
Nagalamadike hobli of the taluk. The power plant, christened as the ‘Shakti
Sthala,’ would help remove the backward and drough-prone tag associated with the
taluk. It would open the floodgates of prosperity for Pavagad, the chief minister said.
 The power plant would accelerate economic growth here by attracting industries,
Siddaramaiah said. The 600-MW unit I is part of the 2,000-MW environment friendly
power plant proposed here.
 In his speech, Energy Minister D K Shivakumar claimed that Karnataka generated the
highest quantum of solar power in the country, at 3,628 MW. He said the state was now
self-reliant in electricity generation, in the face of tough challenges.

First SC/ST mayor chosen unopposed
for Belagavi Palike
 Basavaraja Chikkaladinni, a Kannadiga council member belonging to the SC/ST
community, has been unanimously chosen mayor of the Belagavi Mahanagara Palike.
 For the first time, the mayoral office is being held by a member of the SC/ST community,
here in Belagavi. This occurred because the mayor’s position is reserved for SC/ST this
election.
 The Maharashtra Ekikarana Samiti which is in majority in the Palike, does not have a
SC/ST candidate to hold the office. As a result, a Kannadiga has clinched the post.
 Only Chikkaldinni filed his nomination papers. None else did. He was chosen unopposed.

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Shakti Sthala: 600 MW first stage of
Pavagada solar park inaugurated

 Karnataka is ahead of all states in the generation of solar power said Energy Minister D K
Shivakumar.
 He was speaking at the inauguration of the 600 MW first stage of solar park at Shakti
Sthala in Pavagada taluk, Tumakuru district, on Thursday.
 The minister revealed that 3,628 MW was being generated in the state.
 In comparison, Gujrat was generating 1,585 MW; Madhya Pradesh 1,537 MW, Tamil
Nadu 1,822 MW and Telangana 1000 MW.
 He stated that Karnataka’s total generation from all sources, conventional and
unconventional, had risen from 13,000 MW in 2013 to 22000 MW in 2018.
 Despite many issues, the state had achieved self-sufficiency in power generation the
minister added.
 Shivakumar said that the Shakti Sthala solar park will also be converted into a tourist spot
and importance will be given to setting up of industries in the region to provide
employment for local labour.
 “This solar park belongs to, and is for, the farmers of the region. The government is
thankful to them for giving up their lands for the project,” the minister said.
 He said that even Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appreciated the state government
for this achievement and indicated that other state governments must replicate the effort.
‘Eighth wonder’
 Chief Minister Siddaramaiah who inaugurated the solar park, called it the ‘eighth
wonder of the world’.
 He said with the commissioning of the solar park, the fortunes of Pavagada taluk now
change. “The solar park has opened the gates for investors to come set up industries in the
taluk,” he added.
 He also added that this was not his election speech. “I will come another day to expose
the opposition parties, ” he quipped.

When done, Pavagada solar park to

add 2000 MW to state grid
 Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the 600 MW first stage of the Shakti Sthala
solar park at Nagalamadike hobli, Pavagada taluk, Tumakuru district on Thursday.

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