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‘Steps to reduce the duration of Bengaluru-Vijayapura train journey’, says M B Patil

Bengaluru: Minister for Infrastructure Development M B Patil said that the railway officials have been convinced to reduce the duration of Bangalore-Bagalkota-Vijayapura train journey from 14 hours to 10 hours. He was addressing the media at Khanija Bhavana, Bengaluru, on Friday after a meeting with the officials of Department of Infrastructure Development and the Southwestern Railway to discuss on the slow progress of 9 cost sharing railway projects in the state.

 


Uzbekistan woman found dead in hotel in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: A 37-year-old woman from Uzbekistan was found dead in a hotel under suspicious circumstances in the city, police said on Friday.

 


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KS Eshwarappa says he will contest independently from Shivamogga seat in LS polls

Senior Karnataka politician and former Deputy Chief Minister, KS Eshwarappa, declared his intention to contest independently from the Shivamogga constituency in the forthcoming general elections. Eshwarappa made this announcement during a meeting held at the Banjara community hall in the city on Friday.

 
‘The Secular Emblem is down, come to Congress’: DK Suresh invites JDS members to his party

Bengaluru: The Congress candidate for Bengaluru Rural Constituency DK Suresh invited the JDS cadre to his party while addressing a press meet in the city on Friday. He said that as the lady in the symbol of the secular party had put down the hay, it was time for the JDS cadre to leave the party.

 
“Guarantees reaching people without any discrimination, middlemen,” says Min. Lakshmi Hebbalkar

Belagavi: “The Congress government headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is working hard for the development of all races and the purposes of the five guarantee implemented for the people has been successful,” said Karnataka’s Minister of Women and Child Welfare Lakshmi Hebbalkar speaking at a conference on guarantee schemes held at Guru Bhawan, Savadatti in Belagavi on Friday.

 
Court grants conditional bail to accused arrested over pro-Pakistan sloganeering in Vidhan Soudha

Bengaluru: The ACMM court at Bengaluru has granted conditional bail to the three accused on Friday in the case of chanting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans in Vidhana Soudha.

 
Congress demands counting of all VVPATs in LS polls

Bengaluru: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday demanded that all Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) should be counted, during the counting of votes.

 
Electoral bonds: Freeze BJP bank accounts, conduct special investigation, says Kharge

Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday demanded a special investigation into the electoral bonds scheme -- through which the ruling party has encashed Rs 6,060 crore over five years - and said the BJP's bank accounts must be frozen till its completion.
CID to investigate charges of sexual assault against former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa

The state government has decided to transfer the investigation of the case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Ex-CM Yediyurappa booked under POCSO Act

Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has been booked under the POCSO Act based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old survivor, police said here on Friday.

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