Over 9.17 lakh first-time voters to participate in the upcoming elections in Karnataka, according CEC Rajiv Kumar. Under Advance Application Facility, over 1.25 lakh applications were received from 17 years+ youth, out of which around 41,000 applications received from youth turning 18 years by April 1st, 2023, he sad in a press conference.
By appointing Karandlaje and Bommai as the head of the two panels, BJP has given prominence to the two powerful communities – Vokkaligas and Lingayats respectively.
Belagavi, Mar 20: KPCC president DK Shivakumar said he appealed to Nirmalananda Swamiji of Adichunchanagiri Mahasamsthana Mutt to take lead against BJP’s communal agenda of creating disturbance in the society, through imaginary characters Uri Gowda and Nanje Gowda, claiming that both have killed Tipu Sultan.
PM Modi was seen having a 'millet-only' lunch with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, among others, on Parliament premises.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said a concentrated global push for millets is needed as three Cs — climate change, Covid and conflict — were impacting food security in some way or the other.