Bengaluru: Allaying fears that the BJP was trying to weaken the JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka, the saffron party's state president B S Yeddyurappa Friday said central leaders have asked the state unit not to indulge in any activity to "destabilise" the H D Kumaraswamy ministry.

New Delhi: The Modi 2.0 government in its first Cabinet meeting Friday approved a new scheme, which assures minimum monthly pension of Rs 3,000 to all shopkeepers, retail traders and self employed persons after attaining the age of 60 years, fulfilling its poll promise.

Bengaluru: The Congress has emerged victorious in the second phase of the state urban local body elections, while BJP and JD (S) are trailing.

New Delhi: Of the 56 ministers who took oath on Thursday and are part of either the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha, 51 are crorepatis and 22 have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

New Delhi: India has lost its coveted title of the world's fastest growing economy to China, as low agriculture and mining output along with subdued consumer demand, slowed the country's economic growth rate to 5.8 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2018-19, official data showed on Friday.

Bengaluru: "You have successfully managed the coalition government during the last twenty months. However, skill and popularity is missing in the governance for past one year," Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar writes to CM Kumaraswamy.

New Delhi: In the first Cabinet meeting, the government Friday decided to extend PM-KISAN scheme to all 14.5 crore farmers in the country costing Rs 87,000 crore a year and also announced over Rs 10,000 crore pension scheme for 5 crore farmers, thereby fulfilling the BJP's poll promise.

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