Bengaluru civic body orders shop owners to install 60% Kannada nameplates by 28 Feb

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Bengaluru witnesses surge in new real estate investments. Details here Nath was addressing a meeting with Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV), an organisation that has been pushing the Kannada language use in the state. Nath added that legal action will be taken against shops that do not install Kannada nameplates by February 28.

Bengaluru dominates office space absorption: Colliers India Report According to the BBMP chief, shop fronts that do not use the Kannada language on nameplates will be suspended as per the law and then their license will be cancelled. He asked shops that are in malls to use Kannada language on their nameplates. USECSO names Bengaluru airport as one of the ‘World’s most beautiful airports' "The big malls coming up in the city should be consulted immediately and the Kannada language should be adopted in the nameplates in all the shops in the malls within 15-20 days.

Otherwise, disciplinary action will be taken as per law," Nath added. Meanwhile, the video of a KRV supporter threatening shopkeepers to implement Kanada language nameplates has started circulating. A KRV supporter on the video said, "This is Karnataka.

The Kannadigas are this state's pride. You go and show your pride in your state. Marwaris, next time you say you do not know Kannada, you will be a target".

Office spaces drive PE inflow in Indian real estate market: Knight Frank Notably, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has pushed for wider use of Kannada. In October the CM stated, "Everyone living in this state should learn to speak Kannada...We are all Kannadigas. People speaking different languages have settled in this Kannada land since the unification of Karnataka.