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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the municipal body of Bengaluru has launched a range of apps to ensure redressal of citizens civic issues. One of these apps is the Sahaaya app, which was launched in 2016. Citizens can lodge …

In a major set back to the Congress in Telangana, 12 MLAs joined the ruling party Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Thursday.  The Congress could win only 19 out of 119 seats during the 2018 state assembly elections. Since the state …

In a significant discovery, scientists have found that bees are capable of associating symbols with the numbers they represent. The study has revealed that if trained, bees can understand the numerical symbols. This makes them the first insect to understand …

On 31st May, 2019 Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as the Finance Minister in the cabinet of the 2019 NDA government. Before her, the only female to hold the position was Indira Gandhi. From joining the BJP in 2008, to becoming …

Two years after five farmers died in two separate incidents of police firing near Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, family members of the deceased have said that they are still awaiting justice. The death toll later rose to six as one of the farmers succumbed …

Karnataka High Court passed a judgement on Right to Education (RTE) which asserted that admission into private unaided schools will be allowed if and only if one’s neighbourhood lacks aided private or government schools. While the court passed the order …

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday announced that his Cabinet will have five deputy chief ministers. They will be from one each from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Castes, minority and Kapu communities. This is reportedly the …

Of the seven people suspected of having infected by Nipah virus, test results of six patients were found negative, a senior Health Ministry official said on June 6, reported Economic Times. This announcement by Kerala govt brings relief amidst the backdrop of growing panic …

On World Environment Day, June 05, 2019, the Indian Navy said in a statement that it is now pressing ahead with its eco-friendly programme, the Indian Navy Environment Conservation Roadmap (INECR), comprising specific action plans covering a range of operations, …

Thousands were forced to migrate when violence suddenly escalated in Chhattisgarh around 2004-05 in the conflict between Maoist guerrillas and Indian state. No one exactly knows how many thousands migrated. It was a popular military strategy known as Strategic hamleting: …