Three Cops including DySp dead in road accident
Bagalkot, May 10: Three policemen including Bengaluru CID DySp died in a gruesome accident that took place on Bagalkot-Ilakallu road in Bagalkot.
Bengaluru CID DySP Baalegowda (55), CID sub inspector K.H Shivaswami (55) and driver Venugopal (25) are the deceased cops.
The trio was travelling to Bagalkot from Bengaluru on election duty when the incident took place at around 12.30am.
The lorry moving from Bagalkot collided with the police jeep near Kudalasangama cross on Bagalkot-Ilakallu road. The seriously injured cops died on the spot.
DySP Baalegowda was a resident of Kottigepalya in Bengaluru. Recently he was transferred after promotion as CID DySP. Earlier he had served as circle inspector in Tumkur and Kunigal.
CPI K.H Shivaswami was a resident of Chamarajanagar and driver was from Bengaluru, it is learnt.
They were deployed on election duty at Bagalkot. The trio left Bengaluru in a jeep at around 8pm.. After having dinner in a hotel in Kora police station limit on national highway 48 they had continued their journey towards Bagalkot.
Bagalkot district superintendent of police Vamshikrishna and DySP Girisha and other officers visited the spot and inspected.
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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.
