Karnataka Budget 2020 Live
Karnataka budget 2020 is going to be announced by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thurday, March 05,2020. This is his seventh budget.
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Month: March 2020
TOP scheme for top Indian athletes
The astute TOP scheme launched by the Sports Authority of India (SAI)—beneficial for a lot of young athletes; as India aims for the silverware in Olympic 2020. Ritam Chatterjee The Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme by SAI not only proved beneficial for current Indian athletes but also made a rich pool of young upcoming talents, […]
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Shoot-at-sight the “man eater” leopard
A ‘shoot at sight’ announcement was made by the Forest Minister for the “man-eater” leopard in Tumkuru who killed its fourth prey last weekend. By Labani Mahanandy On the eve of the World Wildlife Day, the order of shoot-at-sight for the man-eater leopard by Karnataka Forest Minister Anand Singh struck as a piece of unpleasant […]
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Home kitchens for women; hotel kitchens not
Equal Opportunity Employer hotels have left out women, as Bangalore hotels record 91 percent male chefs in their kitchens. By Yamini Chincholi The sexism that associates women with cooking is trenchantly challenged by the glaring gender disparity in hotel kitchens of Bangalore. Based on Article 15 and 16, an anti-discriminatory policy was drafted in 2015 […]
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Choose Your Masks
With new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 being detected in India, stocks of surgical masks, pollution masks and the basic N-95 masks are selling like hot cakes. By Savyata Mishra City chemists and druggists opened their shops today to a new surge in demand for masks, as Bengalureans brace themselves to the coronavirus epidemic, after a […]
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Protesting the ban on protests
After Mayor Gowtham Kumar rejected Congress party’s motion against the ban on protests at Town Hall, both Congress and JD(S) corporators boycotted the BBMP council meeting. By Vivek Kumar The opposition parties on Tuesday staged a protest in front of Kempegowda hall at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) headquarters and demanded revocation of ban […]
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Police foil escape attempt by murder accused
DJ Halli police fired at rowdy-sheeter and murder accused Younis, earlier today. By Apoorva GS, Bengaluru: Younis Bhatti Ahmad—arrested in the murder of rowdy sheeter Amjad two days ago, has been hospitalized after being shot by the police this morning. Earlier today, police officials took the accused Younis to the spot where Amjad was murdered […]
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Aspiring doctors seek asylum in Indian medical universities
Due to the indefinite suspension of classes amid coronavirus outbreak, the parents of Indian-origin students pursuing MBBS degrees in China are seeking accommodation of their kids in Indian medical universities. By Neetu Saini Juggling her books and clothes, Apurva Issar, a fifth-year student of Tianjin Medical University in Beijing was packing when she received a […]
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PG owners far away from knowing their guests
Failing to check backgrounds and keeping a record of all the tenants, paying guest (PG) accommodations in Bangalore witness an increase in unaccounted for thefts By Nikita Arora Pragya Vaibhav, who lives in a paying guest accommodation in Sadduguntepalya, gets ready and packs her bag to leave for college. It’s 8.40 AM and she is […]
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BBMP: Who let the dogs out?
Dog owners, animal welfare associations and other concerned NGOs slam the BBMP Animal Husbandry bylaws that decide how many pets an owner can keep in Bengaluru. By Neetu Saini In Bengaluru, parents will soon have to abandon one child based on their aggression level as per the new bylaws proposed by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar […]
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