Gandhinagar, March 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday highlighted the importance of cultural heritage in addressing global instability as he inaugurated the Samrat Samprati Museum at Koba Tirth in Gandhinagar.The inauguration, held on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, marked the opening of a museum dedicated to preserving India’s civilisational and cultural legacy, with artefacts of the Jain community collected from across the country, some dating back more than 1000 years.Referr…
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Bengaluru, Jan 17 (IANS) In a twist to the Ballari violence case involving a shootout and the murder of a Congress worker, a Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation visited the residence of deceased Rajasekhar and provided Rs 10 lakh compensation to his family ahead of the protest rally in Ballari city on Saturday.The BJP delegation was led by party state President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra. He was accompanied by opposition leaders R. Ashoka and Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, former Deputy Chi…
Bengaluru, Jan 16 (IANS) Commenting on the victory of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra civic polls, including in Mumbai, BJP Karnataka State President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra and Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka on Friday expressed confidence of repeating the victory in the Bengaluru civic polls.Opposition leader Ashoka stated: “After the unprecedented victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the BJP–Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) alliance has once …
Bengaluru, Jan 7 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday has taken up a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) questioning the demolition of residential structures near Kogilu Layout in Bengaluru that were built on government land. The petitioners, Jabia Tabassum and others, whose houses were demolished, claimed that around 3,000 people had been residing in the area for nearly 28 years and were rendered homeless following the demolition carried out by the Congress-led government in Wasim Layout a…
Bengaluru, Dec 31 (IANS) Karnataka BJP on Wednesday raised objections after Pakistan reacted to the Bengaluru demolition controversy, saying that the neighbouring country’s comments raise national security concerns. “How did Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Minister come to know about a demolition drive in Bengaluru? They must have received a call from here. Some sleeper cell or terrorist would have informed them,” Ashoka alleged.“How is it possible that a message reaches Pakistan within a d…