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Patna, June 10: Trinamool Congress MP Shatrughan Sinha said that a united Opposition could work a "miracle" in next year's Lok Sabha polls. Sinha, who is on a trip to his home town Patna, told journalists on Friday that he was sanguine about the opposition parties' meet scheduled here on June 23. Lauding Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the "initiative", he also expressed delight that his

Bengaluru, June 10: The government of Karnataka will henceforth give paternity leave to single male parents including the ones who are abandoned or ditched by their wives. While until now, childcare leave in the form of maternity leave was applicable only to women, from now on single male parents will be eligible for this leave too. According to an order issued on Friday, government employees who

Bengaluru, June 9: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will don the role of a bus conductor on June 11 and launch the ‘Shakti’ scheme, which provides free travel to women in state-run buses. The scheme is one of the five guarantees promised by the Congress ahead of the assembly elections. According to sources, the CM will travel in a BMTC bus and issue free tickets to women passengers to mark

Bengaluru, June 9: The Karnataka government will review the largesse of the previous BJP government in allotting "hundreds of acres of land" to RSS and its affiliated organisations, Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Friday. He also said a few tenders issued by the BJP government have been cancelled while others will be looked into. The functioning of the health

Mangaluru, June 9: An Indian expatriate worker from Karnataka’s coastal district of Dakshina Kannada died of heart attack last night (June 8, 2023) in Saudi Arabia’s Al Khobar. The deceased has been identified as Abdul Razak (52), son of the late Abubakar, hailing from Surikumer near Mani in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada. Abdul Razak, who had been working in the Middle East for past one and a

Bengaluru: The Siddaramaiah government on Friday allotted various districts to the Cabinet Ministers. This comes 20 days after the government came into power. Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has been given the responsibility of Bengaluru City. Here is the full list DK Shivakumar - Bengaluru City G Parameshwara - Tumakuru H K Patil - Gadag K H Muniyappa - Bengaluru Rural Ramalinga Reddy -

Washington, June 9: Donald Trump said Thursday he has been indicted over his handling of classified documents after leaving office, the US ex-president's most serious legal threat yet as a firestorm of criminal investigations imperil his bid for a second White House term. "The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax," Trump

Riyadh, June 9: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that Saudi Arabia is always open to have a dialogue with its friends but doesn’t respond to pressure. “When we do anything we do it on our own interest and I don’t think anybody believes that pressure is helpful,” he said in response to a question on how Saudi Arabia deals with human right talks with international partners

Bengaluru, June 8: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said the 'Gruha Jyothi' free electricity scheme would be launched on August 1, while the 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme that provides Rs 2,000 assistance per month to women identified as heads of families on August 17 or 18. The announcement came after the Chief Minister held a high level meeting with senior government officials to

New Delhi, June 8: Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly U T Khader called on Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman, Jagdeep Dhankhar at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas, in New Delhi, on Thursday, June 08, 2023. The vice president congratulated the Mangaluru MLA on being elevated to the post of speaker at a relatively young age and urged him to uphold the dignity of the post, sources said. Dhankhar