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Pawar gives ‘24 hours’ to CM Bommai; Maharashtra stops bus services to Karnataka

Pawar gives ‘24 hours’ to CM Bommai; Maharashtra stops bus services to Karnataka

Nationalist Congress Party head Sharad Pawar on Tuesday offered Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai a day or 24hrs to stop attacks in Karnataka on trucks with Maharashtra registration numbers, or else, he warned, ‘we won’t be able to withstand patience.' The chief was speaking to a press conference on the reignited border disagreement between the two states over the city of Belagavi, which is at present a part of Karnataka. Maharashtra govt. claimed over the city because it has a good number of Marathi-speaking population. On the other hand , the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) issued a notice it…
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Basavaraj Bommai showers sops in first cabinet meet

Basavaraj Bommai showers sops in first cabinet meet

Basavaraj Bommai, the new Chief Minister of Karnataka announced a slew of measures to reach out to people including a scholarship programme for children of agriculturists, on Wednesday at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore. He also underlined that vaccination to face the third Covid wave would be his priority. Bommai, after holding a cabinet meeting, announced that a scholarship scheme for children of agriculturists has been introduced in the state as per his vision. “It’s going to help students from agrarian families to pursue higher education,” he stated. Under Sandhya Surakha Yojana, 35.98 lakh beneficiaries got Rs 1,000 so…
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