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Bengaluru News Highlights: The city celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi with great fervour, as a temple in JP Nagar installed a Lord Ganesha idol and adorned it with coins and currency notes worth ₹2.5 crore. Read more here Employees returned to work after the extended weekend, which combined with residents returning to the city from their natives, resulted in congestions in some areas. Heavy rain also made for waterlogged streets and made commute harder....Read More
The ongoing Cauvery river water sharing dispute with neighbouring state Tamil Nadu continued, with Deputy CM DK Shivakumar agreeing with senior BJP leader and former CM Basavaraj Bommai that the state government should approach the Supreme Court and convince it on why Cauvery water cannot be released to Tamil Nadu. Read more here
The state's cooperation minister K N Rajanna on Saturday spurred controversy after he floated the idea of having three more deputy CMs in Karnataka, following which CM Siddaramaiah said he would comply with the high command's decision.
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Former CM HD Kumaraswamy to visit Delhi, discuss JDS-BJP alliance
Former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy said, “I am going to Delhi on September 21 to discuss about the alliance between JD-S and BJP and we will also discuss other things including the Cauvery water sharing issue. They (TN) have gone to the Supreme Court, let the decision come, we do not need to worry till then, we do not have to release water, Karnataka government needs to take a firm stand."
(ANI)
‘Revolutionary decision’: Bommai on Women's Reservation bill
On the Women's Reservation bill, former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said, “I congratulate Prime Minister and his cabinet for taking up such a revolutionary decision which will have far more better ways to build new India or a new Bharat...This is one of the strongest foundation for building up India in Amrit Kal. It's a revolutionary decision.”
(ANI)
'Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas' in Karnataka inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List
'Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas', the ancient Hoysala temples of Belur, Halebid and Somnathapura in Karnataka, known for their architectural brilliance have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The world body made the announcement in a post on X on Monday, a day after Santiniketan, the famed place in West Bengal where poet Rabindranath Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, received the coveted tag. (PTI)
NHAI inks agreement to develop multi-modal logistics park in Bengaluru
National Highways Logistics Management, a fully owned company of NHAI signed an agreement for the development of a multi-modal logistics park in Bengaluru, proposed to be developed at an estimated cost of ₹1,770 crore, an official release from Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said.
(ANI)
Cash-for-ticket scam: Hindu activist discharged from hospital, seer on the run
Chaitra Kundapur, the main accused in the alleged cash-for-ticket scam, was discharged from the Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru on Monday, and taken to the Central Crime Branch (CCB) office in Chamarajpet for interrogation, officials said. Read more here
Shivakumar displeased at three deputy CMs demand by Rajanna
The state deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar has expressed his displeasure over the demand made by Karnataka cooperation minister KN Rajanna from the Siddaramaiah camp to appoint three deputy chief ministers in Karnataka. Read more here
Elderly women dance to Nepali hit song Badal Barsa Bijuli, go viral
A group of elderly women from Karnataka have gone viral on social media after a video of them dancing to the hit Nepali song Badal Barsa Bijuli went viral on social media. Watch the video here
Over 15 areas in Bengaluru affected by waterlogging: Cops
Bengaluru traffic cops warned commuters that a number of areas have been affected by waterlogging. They are: Sankey tank road to seven ministers quarters, Kanakapura road near Yashaswini school, Shivananda circle underpass, Jayamahal road, Ngf junction, Old madras road, Baiyappanahalli junction, Sagar junction, Bannergatta Road, Nagarjuna junction near GD Mara, Vega City Mall, Palace guttahalli, bda underpass, ITC Flyover near Sindhi Colony and Anil Kumble circle.
Mandya farmers continue protesting release of Cauvery water to TN
Farmers in Mandya staged sit-in protest and blocked road in protest against the order of Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), asking the Karnataka government to continue releasing 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for another 15 days.
(ANI)