Karnataka Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni convicted of BJP worker’s 2016 murder; land row, political rivalry among ‘motives’ | Bengaluru News

A special court in Bengaluru convicted former Congress minister Vinay Kulkarni (L) and 16 others for plotting and executing the murder of BJP worker Yogesh Gowda (R) in 2016. BENGALURU: A court here Wednesday held former Congress minister and Dharwad Rural MLA Vinay Kulkarni and 16 others guilty of plotting and executing the murder of…

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Madras HC reserves order on PILs alleging scam in transformer procurement | Chennai News

Chennai: Madras high court on Wednesday reserved its order on two PILs alleging 397 crore corruption in the procurement of transformers for Tangedco when V Senthilbalaji was the state electricity minister. Concluding the final hearing, the first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan reserved its orders.The case pertains to…

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Irani hands out ‘Rs 3,000-a-month’ card, TMC questions timing | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Days before polls, Smriti Irani handed out ‘Matri Shakti Bhorosa Cards’—linked to BJP’s Rs 3,000-a-month promise for women—to five party workers, prompting Trinamool to question the timing.Explaining why she was distributing these cards before the elections, Irani said: “It was a symbolic handover. The card is a template. The idea is that with the…

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