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NEW DELHI: Congress party on Saturday expressed “serious concern” over the Bengaluru demolition drive carried out by the Karnataka government that led to the eviction of several settlers from Kogilu village. Party general secretary KC Venugopal spoke to the Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and deputy CM DK Shivakumar and conveyed that such actions should have been…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah hit out at Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan over his “North Indian bulldozer justice” remark in context of the eviction drive at a Bengaluru colony. Sidda called Vijayan’s remark as “politically motivated”, adding that it lacked “understanding of the factual situation.““There is a fundamental difference between ‘bulldozer justice’ and the…
CHITRADURGA/BENGALURU: The passengers who escaped the bus fire after a collision with a truck near Hiriyur, Karnataka, in the early hours of Thursday said surviving the flames was only the first battle; the second was the long wait in the bitter night cold for medical help.While three passengers in the sleeper coach survived serious wounds…
Balloon cylinder blast near Mysuru Palace kills 1 (Picture credit: PTI) MYSURU: A 42-year-old balloon seller died and four people, including three tourists, were injured after a jumbo cylinder used to fill balloons with helium exploded in front of Mysuru Palace’s main entry gate late Thursday.Ruling out foul play, police sources said the name of…
The crash happened around 2am on Bengaluru–Pune national highway CHITRADURGA: A night journey turned into an inferno on a Karnataka highway early Thursday after a sleeper coach bus carrying 31 passengers was smashed by a container truck, killing six people, including a five-year-old girl, and leaving 28 with burn injuries.Among those killed were Bindu Darshan,…
Karnataka: Returning from prayers, 4 youths killed in bike crash near Chikkaballapura CHIKKABALLAPURA: Four youths were killed on the spot when the motorcycle they were travelling on collided head-on with a tipper near Ajjavara village on the outskirts of Chikkaballapura, which is 70 kms from Bengaluru, on Thursday night. The accident occurred around 9.30 pm,…
How Chitradurga highway fire unfolded CHITRADURGA: The blaze that engulfed a private sleeper coach on National Highway 48 in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district in the early hours of Thursday was triggered when a fuel tanker truck jumped the road divider and rammed into the bus, causing it to burst into flames, police said to news agency…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday thanked leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi after he hailed job creation at Foxconn in Karnataka.Vaishnaw said that the Congress leader has acknowledged “the success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ programme.”“Thanks Rahul Gandhi for acknowledging the success of PM Shri @narendramodi Ji’s ‘Make in India’…
BENGALURU: Several feared dead as private bus catches fire in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district on early Thursday morning.Many passengers have been rushed to hospitals with severe burn injuries.The bus was travelling from Bengaluru to Shivamogga when the accident occurred on National Highway-48 (NH-48).In a separate incident, 9 people were killed on Wednesday after a state-run bus…
File photo: Union minister Ashwini Vasihnaw (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi’s praise for “transformative” job creation in Karnataka led I&B minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Wednesday to assert that it was an acknowledgement of the success of PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ programme.He said on X, “Thanks Rahul Gandhi for acknowledging the success of…
