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Bantwal, Oct 22: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday inaugurated 10 projects completed at a cost of Rs 148.29 crores in Bantwal taluk including a Mini Vidhana Soudha, a KSRTC bus stand and three drinking water supply projects. The Mini Vidhana Soudha built on 90 cents of land at a cost of Rs. 10 crore is spread over 3,225 sq m. The bus stand has been built on 1.50 acres of land and has come up

Ahmedabad , Oct 22: Aggressive young Gujarat OBC leader Alpesh Thakore on Saturday announced he was joining the Congress, as state Congress chief Bharatsinh Solanki urged firebrand Patidar spearhead Hardik Patel and Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani to also join the party. The ruling BJP also got a boost as two leaders from Patel's Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) shook hands with the party. Thakore

Lucknow, Oct 22: A journalist with the Hindi daily Dainik Jagran and member of the RSS Rajesh Mishra was shot dead in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. His brother was also shot at and critically injured. Unidentified motorbike-borne assailants fired several rounds at Mishra while he was sitting at a building materials shop run by his family at the Brahmanpura Chauraha at Karanda in

Chennai, Oct 22: Facing flak from the Tamil Nadu BJP over dialogues allegedly flaying the GST in "Mersal", the film production house today said that if needed, it would delete scenes that have caused "misunderstanding". It also said that the BJP's opposition to some dialogues in "Mersal" was "just" from its own perspective. Giving indication that a truce had been reached between the production

New Delhi, Oct 21: Union minister Smriti Irani today hit back at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his comments referring to a court barring a news portal from publishing articles on a company owned by Amit Shah's son, saying a person "out on bail" was "mocking" the courts. The information and broadcasting minister also said the Congress leader's attempts would not help his party win the

New Delhi, Oct 21: At a time when customers are rushing to link all their bank accounts with Aadhaar, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday clarified that it never issued any such directions and it was the decision of the Indian government. The apex bank further clarified that in applicable cases, linkage of Aadhaar number to a bank account is mandatory under the Prevention of Money

Riyadh, Oct 21: Under the leadership of King Salman, oil-rich Kingdom of Saudi Arabian has ranked number one globally among nations giving aid and assistance to other countries. The Kingdom has extended SR54 billion (rearly $14.4 billion) in humanitarian and developmental assistance to more than 80 countries in a year. “This represents a gross national income ratio of 1.9 percent, the highest

Karachi, Oct 21: In a shocking revelation, Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has disclosed that he turned down a lucrative offer from a bookmaker in Dubai during the ongoing ODI series against Sri Lanka and reported the matter to the anti-corruption and security unit officials. The incident has shaken the Pakistan team management and anti-corruption and security officials travelling with the team in

New Delhi, Oct 21: The CBI has written to the government for reconsideration of its 2005 decision and allow the agency to file a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court in the Bofors case challenging quashing of an FIR in the alleged scam, officials said. In a letter to the Department of Personnel and Training, the CBI conveyed that it wanted to file the SLP challenging the Delhi High Court

Bengaluru, Oct 21: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government’s initiative in giving training to about five lakh unemployed youth aged between 18 and 35 in 39 different subjects has impressed BJP and other parties too. BJP-ruled states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, TMC-ruled West Bengal and TDP-ruled Andhra Pradesh governments are keen on replicating the Karnataka model of skill