Assembly poll witnesses many incidents
Bengaluru, May 11: Despite losing a family member, the grief-striking family members reached the polling station and exercised their votes at Naganur in Surapura taluk of Yadgiri district on Saturday and this attracted appreciation from all corners. A family member was died at the house of Somanna of the village. But the family members did not forget their duty of exercising their votes in spite of the situation they were in.
First vote from Halumata
With a belief that casting votes from Halumata (Kuruba) community is a good omen, voters from Kuruba community were allowed to cast their votes in most of the polling stations in Vijayapura district on Saturday. After Kuruba community people exercised their votes, others cast their votes.
From hospital to polling station
A patient Shivaram who was discharged from the hospital, directly went to a polling station and cast his vote. As soon as discharged from KS Hegde Medical College Hospital, Shivaram went to polling station 97 at Boliyar in Mangaluru and exercised his vote.
Dies after voting
Thimme Gowda died soon after he reached his home after casting his vote at Vaddarahalli in Mandya district on Saturday. It is said that Thimme Gowda (55) was suffering from ill-health for some time. In spite of it, he came to polling station and exercised his vote. But soon after he reached his home, he died.
Transgenders cast votes
For the first time, transgenders exercised their votes in the polling stations at Bengaluru CR Raman Nagar constituency and Mangaluru in Dakshina Kannada district.
Grandson misleads grandma
Though grandmother asked her grandson to vote for palm symbol (Congress), her grandson who accompanied her to help, cast her vote to JDS and it has gone viral in social media triggering a debate.
Photos go viral
Despite a ban on taking photos inside polling stations, the photos of voters who cast their votes to Congress, BJP and JDS candidates went viral in social media and created for and against debates. The voters who exercised their votes for their candidates took photos from mobile phones by overlooking the polling officers and uploaded in facebook and whatsapp groups.
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Centre spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print media ads for RSS centenary, reveals RTI
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Culture allegedly spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print advertisements marking the 100-year celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), according to a Right to Information (RTI) reply.
The information was sought by RTI activist Ajay Basudev Bose, who filed an application seeking details on expenditure incurred by the ministry for advertisements commemorating the RSS centenary.
Bose shared a picture of the reply from the ministry on his official ‘X’ handle.
“It is informed that an amount of Rs 76,13,129 has been spent on advertisement given in various print media by the Ministry of Culture on the occasion of the completion of 100 years of RSS,” the government’s reply stated.
RTI reply shows Min of Culture Govt of India spent a Whopping Rs 76L,13K,129 on Advertisement in Print Media on occasion of 100 yrs of #RSS
— AJAY Basudev Bose (@AjayBos93388306) April 16, 2026
When Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??@RSSorg… pic.twitter.com/dW4IUtdNCg
Bose questioned the expenditure in the post X, “when Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??”
Reacting to the development, Karnataka’s IT-BT and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge also criticised the spending.
In a post on X, he asked why public money was being used for what he described as a “private ideological project.”
"Modi Sarkar spent Rs 76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS. Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to celebrate their centenary?," he added.
Why is public money being used to serve a private ideological project?
— Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ (@PriyankKharge) April 16, 2026
Modi Sarkar spent ₹76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS.
Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to… pic.twitter.com/EoZ6Pim3IM
According to reports, the RSS describes itself as a volunteer-based organisation and has stated that it functions as a body of individuals rather than a registered entity.
Founded by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in 1925, the organisation is marking its centenary year beginning from Vijaydashami in 2025, with the milestone observed on October 2.
