Two key stretches of Bengaluru metro's Purple Line — Krishnarajapuram to Baiyappanahalli, and Kengeri to Challaghatta — up & running. Experts say success will depend on feeder services.
Congress has been among the supporters of a nationwide caste census and had Monday welcomed the Bihar government’s move to release the results of its caste survey.
The matter has been a controversial issue between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for decades and they have been locked in battle over the sharing of water from the Cauvery river.
The meeting comes amid Karnataka govt seeking a stay on the Cauvery Water Management Authority order passed earlier seeking to release 5000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for 15 days.
Officials claim those identified as manual scavengers may not be practising & govt aid is to remove stigma. But experts say it is still prevalent due to poor infra in urban, rural areas.
Karnataka MLC Hariprasad said last Saturday 'those wearing a Hublot watch cannot claim to be socialists'. Siddaramaiah previously courted controversy for sporting the Swiss watch.
Drivers of autos, private buses, cabs claim financial losses due to Shakti scheme giving free bus rides to women. Around 36 unions have made about 30 demands to government.
MLAs demand funds for public works in their constituencies ahead of 2024 LS polls, but officials say govt has little money for any new programmes & capital expenditure has been low.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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