Rajasthan
Before the 2018 state elections in Rajasthan, then CM Vasundhra Raje had promised free wifi facilities to state universities. She had also promised to open 8 new Industrial Training Institutes in the state along with the distribution of free sanitary pads in all government schools. However, the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress party won the polls. The Congress party had pledged to make education in government schools, colleges and universities free for women from all categories.
Karnataka
During the 2018 election in Karnataka, free laptops were promised to first-year undergraduate students and to SC/ST students in government-aided law schools in the state. In addition, a free bus pass scheme was also rolled out for SC/ST. The then Congress-led government also offered free education to girls from class 1 to graduation to families with income less than 10 lakh. BS Yediyurappa-led BJP, on the other hand, promised that it would launch ‘Mukhya Mantri Laptop Yojane’ to give every
Shun stubbornness, take discussion forward with ‘open mind’: Farmers
Addressing a press conference, representatives of farmer unions urged the government to create a conducive atmosphere for a fruitful dialogue. “Even the Supreme Court has said that suspend implementation of farm laws. This will lead to a better environment to hold talks,” said Shiv Kumar Kakka, National President, Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh.
Swaraj India’s Yogendra Yadav said the government should not repeat amendments rejected by the farmers but come up with concrete proposals in writing. “Govt is constantly holding talks with so-called farmers’ leaders and organisations who’re not associated with our movement at all. This is an attempt to break our movement. The government is dealing with protesting farmers, the way it deals with its opposition,” he said.
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Sugathakumari was an influential voice in the field of Malayalam literature with her works garnering all the major accolades on offer in the country. (Source: Wikimedia commons)
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BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad
The Commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), N Manjunath Prasad, tested positive for COVID-19 late on Tuesday evening.
“I have quarantined myself after getting a positive result in a Covid-19 test that I took today. I appeal all those who have come in contact with me for various meetings and events in the last few days, including mediapersons to get themselves tested for Covid-19,” Prasad said.
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Karnataka: Bus carrying election officials collides with truck in Vijayapura, 20 injured
A senior police officer said immediate action was taken to move the ballot boxes to the demustering centre. Updated: December 24, 2020 8:19:10 am
The collision took place in Muddebihal town on Tuesday evening while the officials were returning from Geddelamari after the first phase of gram panchayat polls (Representational)
As many as 20 people, including election officials
returning after first phase of gram panchayat polls, were injured in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district after the bus they were travelling in collided with a truck.
Vijayapura Deputy Commissioner P Sunil Kumar told indianexpress.com that the collision took place in Muddebihal town on Tuesday evening while the officials were returning from Geddelamari after the first phase of gram panchayat polls.