Bengaluru stampede: Siddaramaiah fumes at not being informed about DCP's letter
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday is said to have expressed his displeasure over two senior bureaucrats not keeping the government in the loop about a letter by the DCP of Vidhana Soudha Security, in which the latter had flagged security concerns about holding the event to celebrate RCB's IPL victory at Vidhana Soudha.
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The Print
3 hours ago
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