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BRS: Congress anti-farmer; KTR & Harish Rao urge people to stand up against Congress stance on Rythu Bandhu; Karnataka farmers regret voting Congress; BRS credited ₹75,000 cr to farmers in 11 installments; Congress complaint may deny farmers financial aid. Urge farmers to think twice before voting.

IT dept. intensifies efforts to ensure inducement-free and fair elections

Cabinet approves ₹237 cr. graphene production facility in PPP mode; KINFRA to be special-purpose vehicle; Kerala Digital University to float open tender; special committee formed to expedite project; tenure of high-achieving athletes extended; anti-rabies medication to be purchased.

Anna Univ. launches 2 UG vocational courses, B. Voc in Logistics Mgmt & Footwear Mfg. Open to Class XII grads, offers 40 seats each. Also launching 4-yr BE training integrated prog. w/company, 60 seats. Working professionals can apply for 3-yr courses w/flexible timetables.

Former MLA P. Vishnu Kumar Raju demanded the government of Andhra Pradesh to release ₹21 crore funds which were supposed to be given to 86 IT companies as incentives.

This week, host Gurmehar Kaur is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal and Shivnarayan Rajpurohit.

As the Lok Sabha ethics committee prepares to hear cash-for-query allegations against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, accusations are piling up about the misuse of parliamentary privileges, allegedly to help the Hiranandani Group and target its business rival Adani Group. 

The raids that went on for four days against “government contractors and real estate developers” in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and New Delhi recovered ₹94 crore in cash and ₹8 crore worth of gold jewellery, diamonds and luxury watches, totalling ₹102 crore, the I-T Department said.

The Opposition BJP that staged a dharna throughout the State for the second day on Tuesday demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, demanded a CBI probe into the recent I-T raids in Bengaluru unearthing crores of unaccounted money and valuables. 

K.C. Venugopal's surprise visit to Bengaluru sparked political speculations. He held talks with D.K. Shivakumar, M. Mallikarjun Kharge, and Sathish Jarkiholi. Reports of a group of MLAs visiting Mysuru were denied. Venugopal's visit coincided with I-T raids. Shivakumar said it was to review preparations for Lok Sabha polls. He also…

BJP protests CM & Dy CM over alleged corruption linked to I-T raids. CM calls allegations "baseless" & "politically motivated". BJP stages dharna in DC offices & demands resignations. CM says protests are for political purpose ahead of elections. Allegations "false & baseless", says CM.