A week after supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party in the no-confidence motion moved by the the Congress against Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman D.H. Shankaramurthy, the Janata Dal (S) has decided to support UPA’s candidate and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in the Presidential elections scheduled on July 17. On Sunday, former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and his son […]
» Read moreThe Karnataka government on Wednesday announced crop loan waiver of up to Rs 50,000 per farmer that will cost Rs 8,165 crore to the state exchequer. The move announced in the assembly will help about 22,27,506 farmers who have obtained loans from cooperative banks. “Farmers are in distress. They have been demanding loan waiver. We have to respond to farmers, […]
» Read moreMaharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) on Friday launched buses with a logo containing the words ‘Jai Maharashtra’. The buses were flagged off from Mumbai central station to Belgaum in Karnataka. This comes after amid the dispute between Maharashtra and the Karnataka governments over the use of slogan ‘Jai Maharashtra’. Last week, Karnataka’s Urban Development Minister Roshan Baig had issued […]
» Read moreBengaluru on Saturday night received torrential pre-monsoon rain coupled with high speed squall winds. According to Indian Meteorological Centre, Bengaluru recorded a heavy rainfall of over 4 cm in less than an hour leading to heavy damages. IMD recorded 40.8 mm rains in city, 52.4 mm in GKVK, near Hebbal. The rain started at 8:40 p.m. and subsided by 9:30 […]
» Read moreA 2007 Karnataka-cadre IAS officer was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Lucknow on Wednesday morning. Anurag Tiwari’s body was found near the Meerabai guest house in the heart of the city. Senior officials have reached the spot. He served as the commissioner of Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department,Bengaluru. An electrical engineer from Lucknow University, the 35-year-old was […]
» Read moreA woman was arrested for allegedly cheating e-commerce giant Amazon India to the tune of Rs 69.91 lakh by making numerous online purchases, returning substandard or cheap lookalikes and selling the original items on another shopping portal. The woman claimed refunds worth lakhs of rupees from Amazon for the delivered products after returning their inexpensive duplicates. Hennur police identified the […]
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