Chikkaballapur (Karnataka), July 11 (IANS) A Pakistani woman married to an Indian national and her son have been arrested by the Bagepalli police in Karnataka’s Chikkaballapur district for allegedly staying in India illegally after their visas were not renewed following ‘Operation Sindoor’ and for allegedly obtaining Indian identity documents. An FIR has been lodged in the case.Chikkaballapur is located 75 kilometres north-east of Bengaluru city.The accused have been identified as Farha Naaz, a …
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Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) on Friday clarified that providing beneficiary category (caste) details during the ongoing Gruha Jyoti free power scheme beneficiary re-verification drive is entirely optional and not mandatory. The clarification comes following queries raised on media and social media platforms regarding the collection of caste-related information from beneficiaries.BESCOM said its staff and meter readers have been visiting residential h…
Bengaluru, June 30 (IANS) The Karnataka Energy Department will launch a statewide door-to-door verification drive for beneficiaries of the Gruha Jyothi Scheme from July 1, as part of an exercise to update and verify beneficiary records under the government’s flagship free electricity programme, the Chief Minister’s Office stated on Tuesday. The Gruha Jyothi Scheme, launched in July 2023, is undergoing a comprehensive verification process. Meter readers and officials of all five Electricity Suppl…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed the city government to evolve a mechanism for identifying eligible ration card beneficiaries without insisting that daily wage earners furnish family income certificates for availing benefits under the public distribution system.A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia passed the direction while disposing of a public interest litigation (PIL) raising concerns over duplicate ration card beneficiaries, non-…