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3 Arrested For Raising "Pakistan Zindabad" Slogans Outside Karnataka Assembly
Three people have been arrested for allegedly raising "Pakistan Zindabad" slogans at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on February 27 when Karnataka MLAs voted in the Rajya Sabha election.
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Family Of 8 Tries To End Life Outside Karnataka Assembly, Stopped By Cops
Eight members of a family tried to end their lives in front of the Karnataka assembly in Bengaluru on Wednesday, upset with a bank auctioning their house to recover loan dues.
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Private News Channel Cameras Banned Inside Karnataka Assembly
Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has said that cameras from private channels will not be allowed to enter the Assembly to directly cover or transmit the proceedings live.
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Karnataka Man Found With Throat Slit In Assembly Toilet
A man in his early thirties was found today with his throat slit in one of the toilets of the state assembly in Bengaluru in Karnataka.
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Former Karnataka Speaker's Swanky Office in Vidhana Soudha Goes To Siddaramaiah
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who has no constitutional post in the new state government, has been allotted the room of former speaker in Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.
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Kumaraswamy Takes Oath Amid Opposition Show Of Unity In Karnataka
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday took oath against the backdrop of Karnataka's imposing Vidhan Soudha in the presence of more than a dozen non-BJP leaders from across the country. Mr Kumaraswamy, who had patched up with the Congress at the last minute last week to block the BJP, had been keen to turn the event into a springboard for oppos...
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Legislative Council Elections For 11 Seats In Karnataka On June 11
Biennial elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council by members of legislative assembly to fill 11 seats will be held on June 11, the Election Commission announced.
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"India Will Mourn Defeat Of Democracy": Rahul Gandhi On Yeddyurappa Oath
After a night of intense jockeying, the BJP with 105 lawmakers has come to power in Karnataka. In the next 15 days BS Yeddyurappa, who has been sworn in as the Chief Minister, will have to prove his majority. And just as Mr Yeddyurappa took his oath, Congress President Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to describe the event as mourning the "defeat of de...
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Free Coffee, Dosa, Internet, Flowers; Bengaluru Goes All Out To Encourage Voting
Karnataka's capital and India's "Silicon Valley" is known for staying home on election day. As the state votes today for a new government, tempting offers are being made to encourage voters, especially young and first-time voters, to show up at polling centres and get their fingers inked. From dosa and coffee for gratis, discounts at restaurants to...
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Karnataka's Lawmakers Back Jail Term For Editors; 'Double it,' Say Some
Karnataka's legislators came together across party lines today to reject a motion seeking that they reconsider the punishment of a year each in jail handed by the state assembly to two editors of Kannada tabloids for breach of privilege. The assembly had sentenced the editors to the jail term and had fined them Rs 10,000 each in June this year, ove...
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Tipu Sultan Died A Hero, President Kovind Says. Scripted, Alleges BJP
President Ramnath Kovind was dragged into a simmering political row in Karnataka today as he praised 18th century ruler Tipu Sultan while addressing a joint session to mark the 60th anniversary of the state legislature Vidhana Soudha. At a time the BJP has been protesting against the glorification of someone it deems an "anti-Hindu tyrant", the Pre...
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In Assembly Resolution, Karnataka Signals Inability To Spare Cauvery Water
Signalling its inability to spare Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as per the Supreme Court direction, a special session of the Karnataka legislature today adopted an unanimous resolution to use the water only to meet drinking water needs and not to provide it for any other purpose.
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Ahead Of Karnataka Budget Presentation, A Power Cut In Assembly
It was not a good day for engineers responsible for power supply to the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.
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Karnataka Government's 'Sexist' Circular to its Employees is Withdrawn
A circular issued to the ten thousand employees of Vidhana Soudha and Vikas Soudha in Bengaluru last month, tells them not to waste time talking in groups in the corridors or talk to loudly on the mobile phone. Fair enough? But there is one line that specifically targets women employees of the secretariats of Karnataka state assembly and council, t...
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Karnataka IAS Officer DK Ravi's Death: 'I Want Justice,' Says His Mother, Demands CBI Probe
The parents of IAS officer DK Ravi have demanded that investigation into his death be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation. They are sitting in protest at the Karnataka state assembly a day after they performed the last rites for their 36-year-old younger son.
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3 Arrested For Raising "Pakistan Zindabad" Slogans Outside Karnataka Assembly
Three people have been arrested for allegedly raising "Pakistan Zindabad" slogans at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on February 27 when Karnataka MLAs voted in the Rajya Sabha election.
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Family Of 8 Tries To End Life Outside Karnataka Assembly, Stopped By Cops
Eight members of a family tried to end their lives in front of the Karnataka assembly in Bengaluru on Wednesday, upset with a bank auctioning their house to recover loan dues.
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Private News Channel Cameras Banned Inside Karnataka Assembly
Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has said that cameras from private channels will not be allowed to enter the Assembly to directly cover or transmit the proceedings live.
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Karnataka Man Found With Throat Slit In Assembly Toilet
A man in his early thirties was found today with his throat slit in one of the toilets of the state assembly in Bengaluru in Karnataka.
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Former Karnataka Speaker's Swanky Office in Vidhana Soudha Goes To Siddaramaiah
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who has no constitutional post in the new state government, has been allotted the room of former speaker in Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.
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Kumaraswamy Takes Oath Amid Opposition Show Of Unity In Karnataka
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday took oath against the backdrop of Karnataka's imposing Vidhan Soudha in the presence of more than a dozen non-BJP leaders from across the country. Mr Kumaraswamy, who had patched up with the Congress at the last minute last week to block the BJP, had been keen to turn the event into a springboard for oppos...
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Legislative Council Elections For 11 Seats In Karnataka On June 11
Biennial elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council by members of legislative assembly to fill 11 seats will be held on June 11, the Election Commission announced.
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"India Will Mourn Defeat Of Democracy": Rahul Gandhi On Yeddyurappa Oath
After a night of intense jockeying, the BJP with 105 lawmakers has come to power in Karnataka. In the next 15 days BS Yeddyurappa, who has been sworn in as the Chief Minister, will have to prove his majority. And just as Mr Yeddyurappa took his oath, Congress President Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to describe the event as mourning the "defeat of de...
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Free Coffee, Dosa, Internet, Flowers; Bengaluru Goes All Out To Encourage Voting
Karnataka's capital and India's "Silicon Valley" is known for staying home on election day. As the state votes today for a new government, tempting offers are being made to encourage voters, especially young and first-time voters, to show up at polling centres and get their fingers inked. From dosa and coffee for gratis, discounts at restaurants to...
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Karnataka's Lawmakers Back Jail Term For Editors; 'Double it,' Say Some
Karnataka's legislators came together across party lines today to reject a motion seeking that they reconsider the punishment of a year each in jail handed by the state assembly to two editors of Kannada tabloids for breach of privilege. The assembly had sentenced the editors to the jail term and had fined them Rs 10,000 each in June this year, ove...
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Tipu Sultan Died A Hero, President Kovind Says. Scripted, Alleges BJP
President Ramnath Kovind was dragged into a simmering political row in Karnataka today as he praised 18th century ruler Tipu Sultan while addressing a joint session to mark the 60th anniversary of the state legislature Vidhana Soudha. At a time the BJP has been protesting against the glorification of someone it deems an "anti-Hindu tyrant", the Pre...
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In Assembly Resolution, Karnataka Signals Inability To Spare Cauvery Water
Signalling its inability to spare Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as per the Supreme Court direction, a special session of the Karnataka legislature today adopted an unanimous resolution to use the water only to meet drinking water needs and not to provide it for any other purpose.
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Ahead Of Karnataka Budget Presentation, A Power Cut In Assembly
It was not a good day for engineers responsible for power supply to the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.
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Karnataka Government's 'Sexist' Circular to its Employees is Withdrawn
A circular issued to the ten thousand employees of Vidhana Soudha and Vikas Soudha in Bengaluru last month, tells them not to waste time talking in groups in the corridors or talk to loudly on the mobile phone. Fair enough? But there is one line that specifically targets women employees of the secretariats of Karnataka state assembly and council, t...
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Karnataka IAS Officer DK Ravi's Death: 'I Want Justice,' Says His Mother, Demands CBI Probe
The parents of IAS officer DK Ravi have demanded that investigation into his death be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation. They are sitting in protest at the Karnataka state assembly a day after they performed the last rites for their 36-year-old younger son.
