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Bengaluru: Bengaluru’s traffic woes resurfaced after Samajwadi Party MP Rajeev Rai criticised the authorities for the “worst traffic management”, calling the city’s roads the “most notorious”. Rai, who was in Bengaluru on Sunday, tagged Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in a post on ‘X’, saying he had been stuck for an hour on Rajkumar Samadhi Road and was at risk of missing his flight. Hon’ble @CMofKarnataka I m sorry but you have the worst traffic management, and most irresponsible, useless traffic police. They don’t even pick up phone calls, here is the SS of my attempt to speak to them , none of them picked up my call. Last one hour we are stuck at same… pic.twitter.com/GlWjJ4RgKH — Rajeev Rai (@RajeevRai) November 30, 2025 Reacting to the criticism, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who also oversees Bengaluru development, said he would meet the MP in Delhi and show him the traffic situation in the national capital. “Okay. Let me meet him in Delhi ...

Bengaluru : The Bangalore Hotels Association (BHA) has filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging the state government’s recent directive making menstrual leave compulsory for women employees across various sectors. The association has questioned the very basis of the order, highlighting that the State itself has not extended such leave to women working in government departments. On November 12, 2025, the Labour Department issued a notification directing all establishments covered under the Factories Act of 1948, the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Act of 1961, the Plantations Labour Act of 1951, the Beedi and Cigar Workers Act of 1966 and the Motor Transport Workers Act of 1961, to grant one day of menstrual leave per month — adding up to 12 days a year — to all women employees , including permanent, contract and outsourced staff. Also Read Red Fort blast: Delhi court sends three doctors, maulana to 10-day judicial custody The BHA’s petition contend...