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Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday condoled the demise of Justice M Rama Jois and said that we have lost a great thinker. Former Governor of Bihar and Jharkhand passed away on Monday night.

A day after his statement on Below Poverty Line ration card holders sparked a row, Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Minister Umesh Katti on Tuesday did a U-turn, saying there were no definite parameters for BPL and APL card holders over availing benefits.

The Bengaluru Police Commissioner on Monday issued an order to the traffic police to curb begging menace at traffic signals causing inconvenience to commuters. (ANI)

Bikers Troop Bengaluru is a city-based biker ensemble who go on pleasure rides outside Bengaluru. But what makes the group different is the fact that they choose their destinations where members can take part in a clean-up drive. On Sunday, the riders collected five big bags of trash from Thottikallu Falls, off Kanakapura Road.

While the state began administering the second dose of the vaccine on Monday, BBMP set deadlines for healthcare and frontline workers to take the first dose. Manjunatha Prasad, BBMP commissioner, said the agency will not administer the first dose after February 25 for registered healthcare workers and March 1 for frontline staff.

Activists affiliated to various organisations on Monday evening staged a demonstration protesting the arrest of climate activist Disha Ravi by Delhi police on sedition charges and demanded her immediate release. Read full story

Parking has been banned on Brigade Road in view of the ongoing Smart City works. Police have not specified till when the ban will be in force, though officials said redevelopment work on the busy stretch will go on for the next three months.

The arrest of environmental activist Disha Ravi has triggered a war of words between the opposition Congress and the ruling BJP. Terming the Delhi police action “politically motivated”, former chief minister Siddaramaiah tweeted: “The arrest of Disha Ravi has exposed the crack in the Indian democracy under @narendramodi. How can the act of supporting farmers be charged under sedition? Strongly condemn this politically motivated act.”

Police probing the kidnap and murder of Siddarth Singh, 28, a close relative of late former chief minister Dharam Singh, launched a manhunt for the fourth suspect.

Shattered by the decision of their daughter to back out of a marriage proposal a day before her engagement, a couple hanged themselves in their house in Ballurupura village of Hassan district’s Alur taluk early Monday.

The state budget for 2021-22 is likely to include plans for record government borrowings as the BS Yediyurappa administration looks to offset revenue shortfall with the help of funds from the debt market. The Centre has relaxed borrowing limits for states

MLC AH Vishwanath met BJP national general secretary Bhupendra Yadav in Delhi on Monday and reportedly lobbied for the party ticket to contest the legislative council election. Vishwanath is currently a nominated member of the council. Last month, the Supreme Court held that he cannot become a minister until he is elected to either house of the legislature.

Siddaramaiah, one of the most prominent Kuruba politicians, is caught in a dilemma over maintaining his hold over the community and pursuing aspirations to become the chief minister again.