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Back home after 26 days of covering various aspects of the
#UkraineRussiaWar
. One heck of a journey with loads to learn & comprehend. Here's hoping the war ends & ☮️ returns.
#Ukraine
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Deplorable scenes unfolding in Karnataka, another govt college not allowing Girls with
#hijab
to enter classrooms. The students are crying and requesting the principal not to ruin their future with just 2 months to go for exams.
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The irony : Hundreds gather at a village in Ramanagar for a religious fair, prayers included an appeal to the Gods to get rid of the
#CoronaVirus
. All this while they violate norms to contain the virus.
No
#Masks
.
No
#SocialDistanacing
.
#COVID19
#COVID
ー19
#lockdown
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"Hijab is more important than school to us" : Says Sadiq Pasha as he takes his daughter back home from gousia school in Mandya. Repeated attempts by school staff to convince him failed as he walks out saying I have a problem to send my child without
#hijab
to class.
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Muslim male students of Field Marshall KM Cariappa college in Kodagu now boycott classes & say they won't enter campus until the girls wearing
#Hijab
are allowed inside. Cops trying to disperse them from the gate entrance.
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Students in Hijab still not being allowed inside classrooms at a govt college in Udupi. Recently a controversy had broken out here after the principal said only prescribed uniforms must be worn. These students are sitting around the campus losing out on attendance & teachings.
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Watch : Gates being closed on the future of these students in Kundapura govt college.
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Cops bust two Bengaluru based companies Ethical Infotech Pvt Ltd & Gayathri Tech Park in Whitefield for running an organized fake cyber call centre that duped hundreds of people. 72 employees including kingpins arrested. Callers mainly targeted victims from the US
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Protests continue by students for not being allowed with
#Hijab
inside campuses in Karnataka. Visuals from the govt Junior college in Madikeri.
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Standoff between students wearing Saffron shawls Vs students wearing blue shawls in chikkamagalur, "Jai bheem" VS "Jai Shree Ram" & other sloganeering between them inside the campus over the
#HijabisOurRight
Controversy
#Hijab
#KarnatakaHijabRow
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"I will not remove my Hijab" : a student says as she walks out of her school campus in Kodagu's NelliHudikeri. Second day now that these girls are turning up to school with
#Hijab
& requesting management to allow them who refuse citing HC orders.
#KarnatakaHijabRow
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13 students from Shivamogga govt school boycott classes/exams & decide to go back home after they were refused entry into campus wearing
#Hijab
. 10th std pre board exams going on today
#Hijabrow
#KarnatakaHijabRow
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Mandya : Students wearing Burqa /
#Hijab
being asked to remove it & then enter the school campus. Some parents requesting that the students be allowed to wear it till they enter classrooms atleast.
#HijabControversy
#KarnatakaHijabRow
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Now a teacher resigns over
#HijabRow
. Chandini, a teacher at Jain PU college in Tumkuru has resigned after she was asked not to wear
#Hijab
in class. Says for 3 years she has been teaching with hijab & now she's not okay being denied her constitutional right.
#KarnatakaHijabRow
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Inspector who registered a case & issued a notice to the organisers of Bajrang Dal Shourya Prashikshana Varga has been transferred. During this event in Kodagu Bajarang Dal workers were seen holding Guns and Trishuls. Opposition in Karnataka termed this a weapons training camp.
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4 cops suspended from Bajpe station in Mangaluru after they detained 3 Bajrang Dal activists for questioning based on a complaint by a muslim man who alleged he was harrassed & stopped from unloading tender coconut to shops outside Kateel temple.
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This is the Kundapura govt college. Yesterday some students backed by Pro Hindu organisations had come to college wearing Saffron shawls & protested against the girls wearing Hijab to college & now it looks like the college has buckled under pressure.
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Students walk out of the Malnad education society in chikkamagalur protesting against the management for not allowing
#Hijab
.
#KarnatakaHijabControversy
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What next ? Shut down pubs in Bengaluru ? Force women to dress "appropriately"? Beat up couples in parks ?
#MunawarFaruqui
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Tense situation outside the Women's Arts & commerce college in Hubli's JC nagar. Students & parents protest outside the gate for not allowing the students to enter class with
#Hijab
. Cops at the gate trying to contain the situation.
#HijabRow
#KarnatakaHijabControversy
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Fed up of complaining to the authorities senior citizens in Bengaluru's Banashankari held placards pleading with two wheeler riders not to use the footpath.
@blrcitytraffic
must take cognizance.
#cities
@WeAreBangalore
@WFRising
@citizenmatters
@BSKRising
@bsktrfps
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Random testing for covid19 leads to altercations in Bengaluru, BBMP officials seen manhandling a youth who refused to undergo a random
#COVID19
test near nagarathpet.
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Chandrayaan yet to land between two craters on the moon, but we land on these craters daily.
The artistic activist Badal Nanjundaswamy does it again! Exposes the apathy of the
#BBMP
. Watch him walk through the craters on the streets of
#Bengaluru
#Pothole
#Chandrayaan2
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"When we didn't spare Mahatma Gandhi & killed him to safeguard attack on Hindus, what makes u think we will spare you?".This provocative speech was made by Akhila bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha leader Dharmendra to
@BSBommai
@BSYBJP
&
@ShashikalaJolle
over temple demolitions in K'taka.
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The Advocates association, Bengaluru expresses serious concern & shock at how quickly the interim Anticipatory bail plea of BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa was heard & granted, they question why he was treated like a VIP & say the common man would lose faith in judicial system 👇🏼
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Weeks after the Karnataka High court verdict on
#Hijab
the 2nd PUC exams began today. Two students Aliya Assadi & Resham who were part of the agitation from Udupi came to college today & asked that they be allowed to write exams with hijab, they left after being denied.
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"Apna Time Ayega" , a muslim student wears a mask with these words printed on them as she sits inside a classroom with a
#Hijab
at a Urdu government school in Hubli's kaulpeth area.
#HijabBan
#KarnatakaHijabRow
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If your a common man in a red zone during lockdown, you have restrictions on using ur bike/car. If you are an MLAs son you can ride a horse on the Highway.
Watch Gundlupet
@BJP4Karnataka
MLA Niranjan Kumars son riding his horse around like a prince.
#COVID19
#VIP
#Priorities
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Fringe group stops Christmas celebrations at a school in Mandya's Pandavapura. Allege kids are being brainwashed & lured towards Christianity, ask school staff to install posters of Hindu gods inside school premises.
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Here's probably why govt jobs are so sought after. Shivalingaiah a gardener working in BDA raided by Anti corruption bureau today.
Initial details of his wealth:
3 houses, 5 sites in B'lore, agricultural & commercial land in channapatna, Mysore worth crores.
To be cont...
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Woman raped inside a private bus by the driver in Bengaluru, incident took place yesterday when the victim boarded a private bus as a lone passenger . Accused shivkumar drove into a secluded area & sexually assaulted her. He's been arrested.
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Can't beleive this is happening in Karnataka.
A Couple was tied to a pole , beaten, abused & left starving for hours together in Mysuru's Nanjangud by villagers over an alleged illicit affair. Cops who arrived at the spot have rescued them, a complaint is now being registered.
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Update: Karnataka Lokayukta Trap, the total seizure now stands at a whopping 8 crore 12 lakh , totally 5 people have been arrested and produced before court. Bags full of recovered cash are being brought to the lokayukta office in Bengaluru.
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Muslim girls protest outside the DC's office in Shivmogga demanding they be allowed to write exams & enter classrooms wearing hijab.
#Hijab
#KarnatakaHijabRow
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12 flats/houses in Bengaluru, 5 Acres land in Nelmangala worth 1.5 crores, site in Malleswaram worth ₹ 3.65 crores. Gold & diamonds worth 1 crores, one crore forty four lakhs cash. This is what was found by the lokayukta when they raided the AD of BBMP town planning dept.
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The principal says that the students have always been removing hijab & burqa after they enter classrooms. He says that under the insistence of some groups only a few muslim students are making this a controversial issue.
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Mind blowing.
Crackers, flowers and slogans in praise !!!
BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa given a hero's welcome as he returns to his house a few hours after securing interim bail in the Lokayukta corruption case in which he's been named as accused number 1.
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Well i was on a twitter snooze for a while, but couldn't resist this... DK brothers standing on a table addressing his supporters who had gathered in large numbers as the CBI was conducting searches at 14 locations including his house. What a frenzy
#DKShivakumar
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Following a boycott call by Hindu groups on muslim traders around temple fairs across K'taka, a Muslim trader in Kodagu was caught allegedly carrying a fake Hindu ID card to carry out business. He was confronted, termed a Jihadi & made to vacate, cops looking into the matter.
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After Hijab now Namaz in classroom stirs controversy in K'taka.
Hindu groups protest against a govt school in Kolar for allowing Muslim students to offer Namaz inside a classroom. The DC has also sought a report on the matter from the education dept officials.
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Another corruption charge now hits Karnataka, Social activist Prasanna Ravi expresses her anguish to top cops over rampant corruption in mangaluru police department during a public grievance redressal programme held in the coastal city.
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A Muslim boy smacked on the head by a Urdu Govt school teacher in raichur when he entered campus wearing a Taqiyah , several girls who came earing a
#Hijab
were also asked to remove it before attending class.
#HijabControversy
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Gullible victims would trust callers & share social security numbers ,bank acc details etc & siphoned off money through money transfer apps such as Amazon Gift cards , Cryptocurrency etc. The accused used school vans to transport the employees discreetly.
@dcpwhitefield
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Sri Ram Sene Chief Pramod Muthalik Tirade against BJP. He says
"It angers & pains us to see BJP nurturing parties/organisations like AIMIM, PFI, SDPI CFI etc to divide the Muslim vote bank of congress, they are rasing evil for their own benifit"
#HijabRow
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The callers duped people by pretending to be employees of banks/Amazon etc claiming that a fraudulent/suspicious transaction or purchase is noticed in one of their accounts & that they are going to resolve it.
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Controversial statement by Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Sadhvi Saraswati in Karkala :Buy swords & keep them at home to protect cows.
Says when people can buy phones worth a lakh they definitely can buy swords & keep it at homes to protect cows from those who slaughter them.
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Visuals from RBD layout in Sarjapur road. Most residents here were evacuated using boats. There was no electricity for abt 36 hours. Drains remain chocked in the area. Earlier this year the MLA & BBMP officials had met residents & assured to fix flooding.
#bengalurufloods
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The
#BharatJodaYatra
is expected to cover abt 3500 kms across the country. I hope
@INCIndia
can do a little more to clear up the trail of plastic/garbage left behind as the yatra passes, especially in rural areas. Not so pretty visuals from this short stretch near Nagamangala.
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One of the largest tech parks in Bengaluru flooded following heavy rainfall. Massive waterlogging witnessed at Manyata tech park in nagawara. Few employees being sent back as vehicles are unable to reach office buildings.
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Hindu janajagruti samiti & other groups have begun objecting to a Muslim prayer hall on the platform of Bengaluru city railway station.
Officials in the South Western railways have said that this prayer hall has existed for several years now, a detailed statement expected soon.
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@AdityaRajKaul
The principal of the college Mr Dhananjaya has said the question of Tri Colour being brought down doesn't arise as the flag pole was empty today, the saffron flag was hoisted on this bare flag pole, the Indian flag was brought down after the function on Jan 26 by the college.
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If most cars had DashCams in
#Bengaluru
how often would we see videos like this ?
Footage of a woman falling off her bike as she hits a
#pothole
on the Flyover near Kalyan Nagar (ORR). Video courtesy :
@rijesh_kp
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Statement was made at a press conference in Mangaluru earlier today. No information as of yet of any case being booked against him over the statement.
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Stone pelted a mosque, few homes & vehicles in Haveri's Rattihalli. Cops have confirmed that a group of about 100 people took a detour from the rally they were part of & indulged in the stone pelting, about 15 arrested and investigation is on.
Dr Shivakumar, SP Haveri 👇🏼
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Just saw a pregnant woman & her husband in a car being pulled over by BBMP marshals for not wearing a mask. I don't have a problem with this bizzare rule as much as my problem with the fact that they are oblivious to violations at markets, political events, protests, weddings etc
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Cinematic chase sequence by Mangaluru cops to nab a thief.
Watch how they track , identify and chase down this man who had escaped after stealing valuables from a person near nehru maidan in the coastal city.
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Are Paurakarmikas the personal help of MLAs?
Visuals from the residence of MLA Sathish Reddy in Bengaluru where serval BBMP appointed Paurakarmikas were seen cleaning the porch of his lavish house.
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Several residents of Marathahalli near Deepa nursing home have been struggling for days now to get out of home, there's been no electricity since 3 says here. Water levels are not receding. Some families are running out of essentials.
#Bengaluru
#bengalururains
#water
@BBMPCOMM
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BJP MLA KS Eshwarappa makes controversial remarks during his speech in Mangaluru as Azaan plays in the background.
"This (Azaan) is a headache for me, does Allah hear prayers only if one screams on a microphone? is Allah deaf? This issue must be resolved soon"
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Even teachers & other staff being asked to remove
#Hijab
before entering campus at a school in Mandya. Instructions have been given to most schools in the district to follow this norm.
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For all those in doubt about the authenticity of the video or incident 👇🏽
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Luke warm response to the auto strike called by some unions in Bengaluru, they are protesting against bike taxis being operated by Rapido, Uber etc. If auto drivers focus on taking trips at fixed meter charges, being polite & not refusing trips they will be most sought after.
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The abysmal state of affairs at a
#BBMP
run school in Bengaluru's neelasandra. NO toilets , NO drinking water, NO benches for most kids & the hazards of sitting through hours inside a construction site. Is this what our kids deserve in the silicon city ?
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Students affiliated with
@nsui
hoist the Indian tricolour flag at the Shivmogga govt college. Yesterday students protesting against
#Hijab
had hoisted a
#SaffronFlag
on this pole inside the college campus.
#KarnatakaHijabRow
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.
@SadhguruJV
reacts to the Mekedatu project controversy, says that the dispute can be easily resolved if the interested parties sit together and discuss it with maturity, futher adds that the primary focus should beon the wellbeing of the Cauvery river.
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In a disgraceful incident police officers were seen showering flowers & bowing to Kittur BJP MLA Mahantesh doddagoudar and his wife on the occasion of his birthday. A DSP, CPI and PSI seen in this video from Belagavi in Karnataka.
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Updated thread with all essential contact details for those who have been affected by Covid19 in Bengaluru. This single thread will have helpline numbers, contacts of officials, list of hospital beds, oxygen supply & more.
First & important contact is the govt Helpline: 1912
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Picture of the day.
Two men seen net fishing inside the water logged Manyata Tech park in Bengaluru.
The roads inside the tech park were flooded earlier today due to the heavy downpour in the city.
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Viral video details: Incident took place on 8th Feb in Sagar Shivmogga. Students were returning frm Assistant Commisioner office after submitting a memo to allow
#Hijab
in College, students with Saffron shawls began protest against them, they were attacked & there was retaliation
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Having cleared just 7th grade, this man cheated & scammed money from several women on Matrimonial websites while claiming he was a software engineer working in the US & related to the Royal Mysuru family.
Listen to a little demo he did after being arrested😀
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Another Bengalurean loses control of his bike & his life while trying to navigate through a bad stretch of the road in Subramanyanagar, his bike skid and he landed under the tyre of a tractor that was passing through. CCTV has captured the tragic incident. Who is to blame ?
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Creepiest thing iv seen in a long time. Industrialist from hubbali got a silicon statue made of his deceased wife to feel she was with the family during their house warming ceremony.
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CCTV clearly shows 44-year-old Supreth losing control of his bike after he came in contact with a pothole near Sunkadkatte in Bengaluru. he eventually lost his life. Cops in the FIR have termed this negligence on the part of rider. Where is the accountability?
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A Student Sandeep was stabbed in Kodagu's kushalnagar over differences that allegedly cropped up over wearing of saffron shawls for protests , some also suggest that the quarrel was over a love affair. Contradictory info from cops who say matter is being resolved internally
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Visuals of Karnataka Health minister
@sriramulubjp
in Chitradurga earlier today. Forget Social distancing, masks or lockdown, a grand welcome to the minister is more important 😁 safety of citizens later.
#Covid19
#SocialDistancing
#KarnatakaFightsCorona
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Another attempt to gag media in K'taka. Reporters & Cameras not being allowed inside the Suvarna soudha. Cops say instructions have come from the Top. This is on a day when the assembly is set to discuss the Anti conversion bill.
Journalists are protesting at the entry gate.
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Did you celebrate your birthday in lockdown? NO? But he did.
Happy birthday to
@BJPKarnataka
MLA Masala Jayaram. Huge cake to cut, biryani for the gathering and a mockery of social distancing. There's no lockdown rules that applies to VIPs right ?
@BSYBJP
@DKShivakumar
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A group of Journalists in Kodagu came to the aid of a family hit by
#COVID19
, after receiving a distress call they helped in final rites of a person who died due to covid19 while the family couldn't do so they were all infected & relatives hesitated.
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"
@RahulGandhi
&
@siddaramaiah
asked people not to take Covid19 vaccines saying it would make them infertile, but they secretly took it themselves, MLC Manjunath told me Rahul Gandhi is not getting married b'coz he cannot have children" : BJP K'taka State President
@nalinkateel
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Complete details into the BJP MLA lokayukta Trap case:
Complainant is Shreyas Kashyap,Partner, Chemixil corp in blr.
Prashant Madal had demanded Rs 81 lakh for issuing tender on behalf of his father Madal Virupakshappa, MLA, Chairman, Karnataka soaps & Detergents Limited. (1)
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He was basically incharge of planting & maintenance of saplings/plants/trees in BDA projects. He would help procure them from forest department and other avenues. He was also an assistant to an engineer in the BDA.
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Weekend curfew for aam aadmi, big birthday bash for MLA.
Jagalur BJP MLA SV Ramachandra celebrated his birthday with hundreds of people during weekend curfew. Cops not just remain mute spectators but also salute the MLA & enjoy the event.
#COVID19
#Omicron
#weekendcurfew
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Inflatable boats pressed into service to rescue people in Varthur, Balagere-Panathur road near Sekhar Bellevue appartment. (4)
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After the activists were brought to the police station for questioning, BJP leader Eshwar Kateel landed there in support of these activists. Soon after the cops let the activists go they have alleged they were beaten inside the station (2)
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Chikkamagalur: Furious parents argue with school management & cops for not allowing their kids to attend classes/write exams while wearing
#Hijab
.Meanwhile few young kids spotted with saffron shawls, they were asked to leave campus. Holiday declared for this school in indavara.
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Big charge by
@siddaramaiah
against Karnataka govt, after he alleged a massive scam in land allocation for construction of Chanakya University in Bengaluru , now he has said that the university is a brainchild of RSS and is being set up to promote the hindutva ideology.
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The 3 activists were then taken to a hospital where BJP party president Naleen Kumar Kateel visited them. Soon after these events 4 cops have been suspended following departmental enquiry. (3)
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No end to the
#Hijab
Controversy in
#Karnataka
. Another govt college in Kundapura now sees Hindu students protesting against muslim girls wearing hijab to college, they are wearing saffron shawls as mark of protest. Meeting held with parents of these girls who question objection.
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Right wing groups continue the anti halal campaign ahead of Ugadi in Karnataka, today Hindu Janajagruthi workers were seen shouting slogans & distributing pamphlets in Bengaluru urging people not to buy
#halal
meat for Ugadi & onwards.
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Union Home minister Amit Shah who arrived at the residence of BS Yeddyurappa for breakfast insists that BY Vijendra give him the bouquet, even holds him close for a picture, how often does this happen. Sign of things to come in Karnataka?
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Fed up with repeated demands for bribe, Yellappa a farmer from Haveri walks in with his OX as an offering to town municipality officials, He claims he had already paid bribe to an official who was transferred & now doesn't have any more money to cough up for the work to be done.
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Traffic cops make arrangements for potholes to be filed on link Rd near Sujatha theatre, a mother-daughter lost control of their bike here and a bus ran over the mother who's in a serious condition.
Cops are doing the Job that the
#BBMP
is supposed to. Who do we pay taxes to?
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