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Bengaluru : In the wake of heavy rains lashing various parts of Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday directed district in-charge ministers and secretaries to immediately visit rain and flood-affected areas to assess the situation and oversee relief operations. The Chief Minister issued the directive after receiving reports from officials detailing the extent of damage caused by the inclement weather. He stressed the need for swift precautionary measures and on-ground coordination to minimise further risk and ensure timely assistance to affected residents. District in-charge ministers and secretaries have been instructed to promptly inspect severely affected areas and conduct a comprehensive assessment of the damage. Deputy Commissioners and district-level officials have also been asked to remain on high alert and carry out relief and rehabilitation work on a war footing. To streamline efforts and ensure effective coordination, Siddaramaiah has instructed the Chief Se...

Bengaluru: Amazon India, launching the second phase of its women’s health initiative on Monday, estimates it will reach 2 lakh women and girls by 2025. The initiative addresses period poverty through locally manufactured sanitary products, education, and entrepreneurship opportunities, a press release said. At the launch event held at Singahalli Community Centre in Bengaluru, Karuna Shanker Pande, Vice President of Amazon Logistics, India, said, “This initiative goes beyond hygiene—it fuels economic opportunity, dismantles long-standing taboos, and builds local leadership. From access to action, we are enabling women to lead change for themselves and for generations to come.” Also Read US: Boy orders 70000 lollipops worth Rs 3.5 L from mother’s phone Amazon is currently operating four sanitary napkin manufacturing facilities in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata, and has already reached more than 50,000 women and girls from underserved communities across 130 villages an...

Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) leader and chief whip of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, N Ravikumar, made an insulting remark at a Muslim IAS female officer during a recent protest rally on May 24 as part of the party’s ‘Kalaburagi Chalo’ campaign. A video emerged on Monday, May 26, showing Ravikumar allegedlly remarking that the district collector of Kalaburagi, Fauzia Tarannum, “came from Pakistan.” “The Kalaburagi DC (district collector) office has also lost its independence. The DC madam is also listening to what they [Congress] say. I don’t know whether the DC has come from Pakistan or is an IAS officer here,” Ravikumar says in the video. BJP leader and chief whip of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, N Ravikumar, made insulting remarks at an IAS female officer during a recent protest rally as part of the party's 'Kalaburagi Chalo’ campaign. Ravikumar allegedly remarked that the district… pic.twitter.com/POZ5DSRqH9 — The Sias...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court agreed to list for hearing on Tuesday a plea of the Karnataka government challenging grant of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) certificates to the legal heirs of the erstwhile Mysore royal family in connection with the acquisition of 15 acres of Bangalore Palace Grounds. Initially, a bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih asked senior advocate Kapil Sibal , appearing for the state government, as to how it can review the order passed by another bench. On May 22, another bench comprising Justices MM Sundresh and Aravind Kumar had directed the Karnataka government to issue TDR certificates worth Rs 3,011 crore to the royal heirs in a contempt proceeding. However, the senior lawyer said the TDR provision, introduced through a 2004 amendment to the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, cannot be applied retrospectively to land acquired in 1996 under the Bangalore Palace (Acquisition and Transfer) Act. Also Re...

Bengaluru : The Congress government in Karnataka has decided to initiate a defamation case against the state BJP for allegedly indulging in false propaganda about its performance. The government in an official notification issued on Sunday has cited, alleged misinformation, distortion and lies by BJP through its campaign in visual media and print media under the title — “charge sheet about two years failure of the state government”. Opposition BJP has termed the move as the beginning of the second chapter of emergency in Karnataka . Also Read BJP slams Siddaramaiah for skipping NITI Aayog meeting The notification said, the government has decided to file a defamation case in Bengaluru’s 42nd Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in this regard, and the Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) has been authorised to file a complaint. Government prosecutors B S Patil from the 67th City Civil and Sessions Court and Shailaja Nayak from the 61st City Civil a...

Bengaluru : Slamming Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for not attending the 10th meeting of NITI Aayog Governing Council in New Delhi, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP on Sunday said that Karnataka deserves better. State BJP President B Y Vijayendra termed the CM’s absence as a deliberate withdrawal from opportunities that could shape Karnataka’s future, as he accused Siddaramaiah of being desperate to cling to a slipping chair, and being more focused on appeasing the Congress high command. Sources close to the CM have cited a “prior engagement” in the state as the reason for Siddaramaiah skipping the meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, and said that he had sent his speech to be read out at the council. Also Read Siddaramaiah must apologize for sacred thread ban into CET exam halls: BJP They had clarified that the Chief Minister did not boycott the meeting. “The Congress government in Karnataka, unable to hide its complete lack of development work, keeps harping abou...

New Delhi: Backing the Karnataka government’s decision to rename Ramanagara district as ‘Bengaluru South’, SP Maharashtra chief Abu Asim Azmi said there was “nothing wrong” with the move and took a swipe at name changes in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that only Muslim names were being deliberately altered in the northern state. “There is no hate in this name. In UP and other places, including Maharashtra, Muslim names were deliberately changed. If Karnataka has renamed Ramanagara to Bengaluru South, what’s wrong with it? Many names have been changed similarly in Mumbai without targeting any particular religion. I don’t think this is anything different,” Azmi told IANS. Also Read Karnataka govt to rename Ramanagara district as Bengaluru South Azmi’s remarks came shortly after the Karnataka government formally issued a notification renaming Ramanagara district to ‘Bengaluru South’. The state’s Revenue Department said Ramanagara city will continue to serve as the district headquarters u...