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flipboard.com | Sharan Poovanna
Small Borrowers May Be Excluded From RBI Gold Loan Rules, Says FinMinIt also proposed that all loans classified against gold will have a loan-to-value ratio of not more than 75 per cent of the value of gold The finance …
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theprint.in | Sharan Poovanna
The KFCC made the statements as protests against Haasan intensified Thursday, with pro-Kannada groups storming its office and demanding a ban on Thug Life. Even though Haasan said that he and others were not qualified to talk on the subject, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dismissed the actor as being ignorant of Kannada’s rich heritage. “Kannada has a long-standing history. Poor Kamal Haasan, he is unaware of it,” Siddaramaiah said in response to the controversy.
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flipboard.com | Sharan Poovanna
A chain of retaliatory killings & a political blame game keep coastal Karnataka on boilKarnataka govt’s ‘anti-communal force’ is yet to become operational, even as tensions in communally sensitive coastal regions remain dangerously …
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theprint.in | Sharan Poovanna
On 17 April, a 35-year-old Kerala resident was lynched by a mob allegedly for chanting pro-Pakistan slogans during a cricket match in Mangaluru’s Kudupu locality, bordering Kerala. This was followed by the brutal killing of 33-year-old Suhas Shetty, a rowdy-sheeter, in full public view on 1 May at the busy Kinnipadavu locality of the city.
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flipboard.com | Sharan Poovanna
BJP expels MLAs Somashekar, Hebbar but ‘Bombay Boys’ continue to stir trouble for Karnataka unitBoth Somashekar & Hebbar were among 17 MLAs whose defection led to fall of Kumaraswamy-led coalition govt. BJP later accommodated both as ministers …
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theprint.in | Sharan Poovanna
Somashekar, Hebbar and several others who defected to BJP retained their seats in the December 2019 bypolls and were later given ministerial berths. But the defectors, often referred to as the “Bombay Boys,” have since presented an ongoing challenge for BJP and its state leadership. Their loyalty was always in question since most of them built their careers opposing BJP and its ideology.
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2 hours agoIndia: Charging bull rams bystander sending him hurtling across groundRapar, India - May 22, 2025 This is the horrifying moment a charging bull rams a bystander, sending him hurtling across the ground in India. Footage shows the local casually standing by the roadside when an aggressive stray bovine suddenly charges at him, knocking him to the street before bolting away. Another cow appears but seems completely unfazed by the chaos, calmly continuing down the street.
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theprint.in | Sharan Poovanna
With the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) now operational, expectations are high for Shivakumar, as vice-chairman, to deliver tangible progress in Bengaluru’s development or, at least, stem the slide in the city of 14 million.
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Gang rape, poll rigging, bid to inject rival with HIV—litany of charges against Karnataka BJP MLA Munirathna40-yr-old woman has accused Munirathna, aides of gang rape. BJP MLA from Rajarajeshwarinagar, who was earlier with the Congress, was arrested last …
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theprint.in | Sharan Poovanna
Last week, a 40-year-old woman accused Munirathna and four of his alleged aides of gang-raping her in 2023, urinating on her face, injecting her with a virus and threatening to kill her entire family if she were to disclose the treatment to anyone. In this case, they have been booked under IPC sections 376D (gang rape), 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 354 (assault or criminal force against a woman), and 506 (criminal intimidation), among others.
