No drought relief escalated political tensions: Siddaramaiah

The  Indian National Congress (INC) party at a protest in Bangalore demanded that the Centre release money to farmers immediately. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, several ministers and members of the state legislative assembly (MLAs) held a protest at the Vidhana Soudha demanding the release of drought-relief funds, Tuesday morning.   Siddaramaiah said that the Supreme […]

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City Police Rolls Out Election Security Plan

The Commissionerate is incharge of five Lok Sabha constituencies—Bangalore North, Bangalore South, Bangalore Central, Bangalore Rural and Chikkaballapur. The Bangalore city police is gearing up for the elections with  24 Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCPs) and 52 Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACPs), among other officers being lined up for election duty. B. Dayanand, Police Commissioner […]

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Petitions to ECI seek Modi candidature ban

The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) that came into force across the country on March 16 states that no party or candidate shall participate in any activity that may aggravate existing differences, create mutual hatred, or cause tension between different castes and communities, religious or linguistic. A petition to the Election Commission of India (ECI) […]

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CID to investigate Hubbali student murder: CM Siddaramaiah

State-wide protests were held today demanding a CBI probe into the murder. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said that the investigation of the Hubbali student murder case will be transferred to the Crime Investigation Department (CID). Condemning the incident he said, “We have decided to assign the case to the CID and set up a […]

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Bengaluru North and South gear up for Lok Sabha polls

BJP sitting MLA S.T Somashekar campaigned for Congress in North Bengaluru; Tamil Nadu BJP chief held an election campaign for Tejasvi Surya in South Bengaluru. In a rousing speech in Tamil, Tamilnadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K. Annamalai charged the Congress government in Karnataka of ignoring the water crisis in the city. Campaigning for […]

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Get your facts right

International Fact-Checking Day is observed on 2 April every year. Reliance CEO Mukesh Ambani will give free recharge to all the JIO users to celebrate his son’s wedding in July. This is the statement written in a WhatsApp forwarded message.   There are multiple variations of this single message. One text claims to “give away […]

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Online translation apps affect enrollments to Kannada learning centers

Kannada teaching centers in the city witnesses a decrease number of Kannada learners and language script-writers due to the language based applications. From diverse cultural backgrounds encompassing different states, actors like Priyanka Upendra from Kolkata, Ragini Dwivedi from Haryana, Joseph Ninasam from Kerala, and Pooja Gandhi from Uttar Pradesh have all embraced Kannada after making […]

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Senior citizens association puts forward national asset proposal

The association will hold a democratic protest on March 30 to discuss their approach to Lok Sabha elections. The Karnataka State Retired Government Employees and Senior Citizens Welfare Development Association has put forward a National Asset Proposal suggesting that senior citizens be given the status of ‘national assets’. In a press conference held today in […]

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