Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said on Friday that the drive to clear encroachments on footpaths will continue across all five city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), adding that nearly 9,900 encroachments have already been removed since July 1. “The mafia is involved in these encroachments,” the Chief Minister added.After inspecting the ongoing footpath encroachment removal drive at various locations in Bengaluru along with Minister for…
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Bengaluru, July 1 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Wednesday launched a major drive to remove footpath encroachments across Bengaluru, with Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda asserting that nearly 300 pedestrians lose their lives in road accidents every year after being forced to walk on roads due to encroached footpaths.Launching the ‘Safe Footpath Campaign,’ the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) began clearing encroachments from pedestrian pathways across the city, starting wi…
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) The BJP on Monday said it would lodge a complaint with the Election Commission over Trinamool Congress Asansol Member of Parliament Shatrughan Sinha’s alleged use of a vehicle fitted with a blue beacon while campaigning for the Assembly elections in West Burdwan district, West Bengal.The controversy erupted after Sinha, by virtue of being a Member of Parliament, entitled to a blue‑beacon vehicle, arrived at a campaign event on Sunday in support of Trinamool candidate…