'What brand of watch does HDK?wear?'

February 16, 2016

Bengaluru: Feb 16: All India Congress Committee general secretary in charge of Karnataka, Digvijaya Singh, on Monday downplayed the controversy over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wearing an expensive wristwatch. Instead, he sought to know what brand of watches JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy and his family members wear.

kumaraswamy “What?... Watch... I do not wear any watch... I have not seen what brand of wristwatch the chief minister (Siddaramaiah) wears,” he told reporters on seeking his reaction to the controversy.

Kumaraswamy has claimed that the chief minister wears a diamond-studded watch costing about Rs 70 lakh.

Defends Rahul

He defended Congress vice- president Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the JNU campus and charged the Centre with targeting all those who opposed the RSS ideology. JNU student union leader Kanhaiya Kumar has been framed. He was not involved in any anti-national activities inside the university campus, he said.

Singh was in Bengaluru on a private visit. He left for Delhi on Monday evening.

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As nobody finds loop in Siddu's Govt.they look for things as this

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Govt embarking on novel method to reach schemes to door steps of beneficiaries

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January 9,2020

Udupi, Jan 9: State Revenue Minister R Ashoka said on Wednesday that the state government is embarking on a novel method to ensure that social security schemes were available to the beneficiaries at their doorsteps.

Speaking after inaugurating the Mini Vidhana Soudha here, he said government will look into the Aadhaar number and income certificates to decide the eligibility of the beneficiaries. The initiative will help the poor to access welfare schemes without any hassles.

The initiative will be launched as a pilot project in Udupi district. Later, the project will extend to other districts in a phased manner. In Udupi district, 30,000 beneficiaries have been identified. The government has set aside nearly Rs 7,000 crore for social security schemes. The initiative will not only eliminate middlemen menace but will help the government save Rs 1,000 crore.

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Bengaluru: Harassed by hubby over treatment cost, heart patient ends life

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March 13,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 13: Upset over her husband’s insistence that expenses for her heart ailment be borne by her parents, a 26-year-old homemaker hanged herself at her residence in Manjunatha Nagar, near RT Nagar, on Tuesday midnight.

RT Nagar police said Lakshmi Sharma was also being harassed by her husband Dharmananda Sharma to divorce him. Dharmananda, his father Krishnakumar and mother Sharavati were arrested on Wednesday and remanded in judicial custody.

An investigating officer said Lakshmi had left a suicide note explaining the torture she underwent.

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