Cong. urges govt. to give 10 kg of rice to poor
The Hindu
Leader of the OppositionSiddaramaiah on Thursday urged the State government to give 10 kg of rice to each poor person per month along with other essential items as the people are finding difficult to
Leader of the OppositionSiddaramaiah on Thursday urged the State government to give 10 kg of rice to each poor person per month along with other essential items as the people are finding difficult to afford even basic essentials during the lockdown. “People are home without jobs due to lockdown in the state. They are finding it difficult to afford even basic essentials. I urge @BSYBJP to distribute 10 kg of rice to each person along with other essential items,” he said on his Twitter handle.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.