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BJP, JDS Smell a Scam in Smart Meter Installation
March 26, 2025
|The New Indian Express Kalaburagi
OPPOSITION BJP and JDS on Tuesday alleged a Rs 15,568 crore scam in the Energy Department's smart meters procurement process and demanded that the State Government cancel the tender process.
Speaking to the media in Bengaluru on Tuesday, senior BJP leader and former DyCM Dr CN Ashwath Narayan termed it "daylight robbery".
The BJP leader said that the department violated the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements (KTPP) Act in the tender process and also the Union Government's directives.
He said that the estimated project cost given by the electricity supply companies was Rs 571.52 crore and the actual project cost for all ESCOMS for 10 years is Rs 21,400 crore, he said.
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Diplomats talk culture business at Goa film fest
THE 56th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on Friday served as a platform for the Centre to explore new pathways to advance bilateral audiovisual cooperation, with a focus on co-production opportunities, creativeeconomy growth, and deeper cultural exchange.
1 mins
November 22, 2025
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80-yr-old NRI's Doon land sold off, 27 booked
AN 80-year-old nonresident Indian (NRI) woman has discovered to her shock that her six bighas (5400 sq yards) of inherited land in Dehradun has not only been illegally occupied but also subdivided into plots and sold for crores of rupees while she was residing in the US.
1 mins
November 22, 2025
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ED crackdown on coal mafia, raids 40 locations in J’khand and Beng
THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted raids at more than 40 locations across Jharkhand and West Bengal as part of a major push against the coal mafia.
1 mins
November 22, 2025
The New Indian Express Kalaburagi
LEX HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FLEX
T is fashionable to say in India that we did long ago what the West is doing now—though not always with sufficient evidence.
3 mins
November 22, 2025
The New Indian Express Kalaburagi
Are tigers trying to reclaim their territory in Karnataka?
HERE has been a sudden spurt in tiger attacks on humans in Bandipur National Park and BRT Wildlife Sanctuaries in Chamrajanagar and Mysore districts of Karnataka.
3 mins
November 22, 2025
The New Indian Express Kalaburagi
Teacher dies by suicide due to 'SIR workload'
A 40-year-old teacher and Booth Level Officer (BLO) Arvind Mulji Vadher died by suicide in his native Devli village of Gir Somnath district on Friday, leaving behind a devastating note that directly blamed the crushing workload of SIR (Special Intensive Revision) and rising mental stress.
1 min
November 22, 2025
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Oppn slams BJP as kin of Maha ministers elected unopposed in local polls
OPPOSITION parties in Maharashtra are questioning how, in one local body election after another, relatives of BJP ministers are winning without any contest.
1 mins
November 22, 2025
The New Indian Express Kalaburagi
Women form 4.3% of jail population, but face systematic barriers: NCW
WOMEN constitute 4.3% of the prison population, but face systematic barriers, including overcrowded facilities, inadequate medical and mental-health services.
1 mins
November 22, 2025
The New Indian Express Kalaburagi
Every infiltrator will be out after SIR: Shah in Gujarat
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday transformed the BSF’s 61st Raising Day event in Haripur, Bhuj, into a clarion call for electoral vigilance.
1 min
November 22, 2025
The New Indian Express Kalaburagi
Will intervene to ensure ISL is held: Centre to SC
THE Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it will intervene to ensure that the country’s premier football competition — the Indian Super League (ISL) — is held and players are not put to any disadvantage.
1 min
November 22, 2025
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