Siddaramaiah keeps Finance, Shivakumar gets Irrigation, Bengaluru development

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has allocated portfolios to ministers in his Cabinet, keeping the Finance department with himself while assigning the Irrigation and Bengaluru City Development departments to his deputy DK Shivakumar. Siddaramaiah took the oath of office with Shivakumar and eight ministers on May 20. He subsequently expanded the Cabinet to its full…

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Protesting wrestlers detained, police clearing protest site at Jantar Mantar

New Delhi: Protesting wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia were detained by Delhi Police on Sunday after they breached the security cordon while trying to move towards the new Parliament building, where a women’s Mahapanchayat was planned for the day. In chaotic scenes witnessed at the Jantar Mantar, wrestlers and police officers…

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‘Self-glorifying authoritarian’ PM inaugurates new Parliament building: Congress

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he inaugurated the new Parliament building, saying that a “self-glorifying authoritarian PM with utter disdain for parliamentary procedures” has opened the new complex. Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the new Parliament building on Sunday morning.  Attacking the PM, Congress general…

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