Muniyappa’s second daughter enters the fray
Kolar: The district witnessed intresting developments on the last day of filing nomination papers, with Congress leader K.H. Muniyappa’s second daughter filing papers and a Congress nominee filing another nomination paper as an Independent candidate from another seat.
Nandini sprang a surprise by filing papers from Mulbagal (SC) constituency where G. Manjunath has filed papers as the Congress nominee.
Mr. Muniyappa’s elder daughter, M. Roopakala, has filed papers from Kolar Gold Fields (SC) segment as a Congress nominee.
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Nitish transfers Rs 10,000 each to bank accounts of 25 lakh women under flagship scheme
Patna (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday transferred Rs 10,000 each to the bank accounts of 25 lakh women under the ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana’, which aims to promote women's empowerment through self-employment and livelihood opportunities.
Kumar disbursed a total amount of Rs 2,500 crore through direct benefit transfer (DBT) at a function held here at his official residence, 1 Anne Marg, officials in the CMO said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched Bihar's ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana’ in September, 2025.
Around 1.81 crore women have so far received Rs 10,000 each, and those who have utilised the sum for setting up a business will soon get another Rs 2 lakh, the officials said.
The chief minister had recently announced that the Bihar government initiated the process of providing additional financial assistance of up to Rs 2 lakh to select beneficiaries under the scheme.
