Council majority for Congress opens door to review of anti-cow slaughter, anti-conversion laws | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: Congress’ decisive victory in legislative council elections Thursday has altered numbers in their favour in the Upper House, reviving the possibility of action on two contentious laws pass by the previous BJP govt — the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, 2020, and the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of…

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Bengaluru development portfolio: Why chief minister Shivakumar retained key agencies | Bengaluru News

Chief minister DK Shivakumar with Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Geetanjali Kirloskar who were part of a delegation that met him on Tuesday Bengaluru: With Krishna Byre Gowda formally assuming charge as Greater Bengaluru development minister Tuesday, attention has shifted to chief minister DK Shivakumar’s decision to retain control of Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) and Bangalore Metropolitan…

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Guarantee schemes will continue, says CM | Bengaluru News

Chief minister DK Shivakumar said the opposition was spreading rumours and false propaganda Bengaluru: Labelling them rumours, chief minister DK Shivakumar dismissed suggestions that the govt’s flagship guarantee schemes would be halted and insisted the welfare programmes, especially Gruha Lakshmi and Gruha Jyothi, will continue without interruption.In a statement issued Sunday, Shivakumar urged the public…

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