While minority communities like the Tamils and the Muslims want provincial autonomy, political parties in the country are against it. The Sri Lankan government has decided to indefinitely postpone provincial elections that were supposed to be held in early 2022. The 13th amendment which guarantees autonomy to the provinces has also not yet been implemented. […]
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Only two states in India allow municipal corporations to borrow through municipal bonds. Experts say that greater awareness is needed for the public to invest in municipal bonds. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) revenue officials say that they are not even thinking of issuing municipal bonds for financing infrastructure projects. The BBMP presented its budget […]
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Customers from Hospet, Gorakhpur, Mohali etc. lead online luxury spending in the country. However, most luxury brands in the country are still accessible only in the metro cities. Glittery shoes, flashy handbags and expensive watches, all on display behind clear glass walls. They scream wealth and are in stores whose names are hard to pronounce […]
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Political parties in the state are promising welfare schemes if elected to power. However, parties say their opponents are offering short term incentives and not long-term solutions. Cash transfer of Rs.2000 for housewives, 200 units of free electricity, free education. These are some of the promises made by political parties in the state to woo […]
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The FAME-2 subsidy scheme by the central government has been extended till March 31, 2024. However, there is uncertainty in the electric vehicle market over their future if the scheme is stopped. Pure EV’s electric two-wheeler showroom in Jayanagar sees around five to six customers a day and has sold 1500 two-wheelers in the last […]
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Nimmbus is the latest app set to be launched by BMTC for live tracking of buses. However, some say that an app may not solve the issue of poor ridership. The Nimmbus mobile app was scheduled to be launched on Dec.23, 2022 by the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). However, the app launch has been […]
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They want the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to restart scholarship programmes for minority communities. The Indian National Congress said that of the Rs 29,000 crore fund for the welfare of Schedule Caste(SC) and Schedule Tribes(ST) in the state, only 14 percent of it has been utilized so far. V.S Urugappa, Former MP of Bellary district, […]
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The state’s transport corporation had launched exclusive buses for women but discontinued them due to poor ridership. The government planned to reintroduce them again but so far it has not. The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) does not plan to reintroduce pink buses for women, an official from BMTC said.. The buses were discontinued due […]
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ASHA workers have been protesting from May of this year and have yet to receive their salaries ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers from Bangalore Urban district and those under BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) complained that they are unable to receive incentive payments from the Central Government due to technical issues with the Reproductive […]
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The crowd size varies at each district as the yatra aims to cover 106 taluks. The Pancharatna Yatra started by the Janta Dal (Secular) party saw the participation of over 1 lakh people in Mulbagal, Kolar according to Kolar police. The yatra is now in Devanahalli, where only 750 people have turned up according to […]
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