Diwali is the season when a box of sweets, dry fruits, and wishes are exchanged. However, for the Karnataka chief minister’s office, the festival of lights involved adding another packet to the hamper — Rs 1 lakh in cash for a select group of journalists. “It is alleged that this payment of money as part of Deepawali gift, a sweet …
The Karnataka High Court has quashed the First Information Report registered last month against Narayana Gowda J S, who is president of the Indian Youth Congress in Nelamangala assembly constituency and Ramakrishna V, who is head of the party's legal cell there, for allegedly instructing others to pasting posters relating to the PayCM campaign all over the town.Justice M Nagaprasanna …