The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) continued its encroachment eviction drive along SWDs. (Express Photo)Bengaluru, Karnataka News highlights: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) continued its encroachment eviction drive along SWDs in Mahadevapura and Yelahanka zones Tuesday. The BBMP informed that a wall of a residential building in Papaiah layout that encroached the storm water drain (SWD) was cleared. Whereas in Yelahanka a compound wall of NCBS Mandara Housing Complex was removed.
As Karnataka gears up to celebrate ‘Hindi Diwas’ on Wednesday, JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has written a letter to sitting CM Basavaraj Bommai against it. “Celebrating the Union government-sponsored Hindi Diwas programme on September 14, forcefully in Karnataka, will be an injustice to Kannadigas by the State government. I urge that for no reason Karnataka government should celebrate Hindi Diwas by utilising the State’s taxpayers’ money,” Kumaraswamy said in his letter, reported news agency PTI.
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Monday began a demolition drive in Mahadevapura as part of its efforts to remove encroachments from storm water drains and lake beds. Some of the encroachers include Bagamane tech park, Purva paradise, Wipro, Eco-space, Gopalan International School, Divya School, Columbia Asia Hospital, New Horizon College, Epyslon and DivyaShree, Prestige, Nalapad, Salapuria and Adarsha.
A meeting of the Congress Legislature Party was held at a private hotel in Bangalore on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah and the presence of party state in-charge, AICC general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, Rajya Sabha Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjuna Kharge, KPCC president D K Shivakumar and others.
B S Yediyurappa was being congratulated during his arrival for the first time in the BJP State Legislature meeting after being elected as a member of the Central Parliamentary Board.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai assured the farmers of Chikodi in Belagavi district that the Mahalakshmi Lift Irrigation scheme will be completed within the stipulated time.
He said a delegation of Farmers' leaders of Chikodi taluk led by former MP Prabhakar Kore met him here on Tuesday to thank the government for sanctioning lift irrigation project.
The Bengaluru south division police has claimed to have seized 506 kg of ganja worth over Rs two crore based on a tip off that a large quantity of ganja had been brought to the city from the Malkangiri region of Odisha for sale in Bengaluru.
Acting on a tip off that four to five people, including a woman, were in possession of a large quantity of ganja at a location near the north gate of the Kempambudhi Lake in south Bengaluru, the police raided a location where five persons were sitting in an auto-rickshaw and scooter on September 12.
``Five persons have been arrested and ganja worth nearly Rs two crore and weighing 506 kg has been seized along with an auto-rickshaw and a two wheeler used for the sale of the ganja,'' the south division police said in an official statement on Tuesday. The arrested persons have been identified as Navaz Pasha, 35, Noor Mohammed, 35, Mubarak, 35, Imran Pasha, 20 and Kiran, 26. The police initially found 66 kg of ganja in the auto-rickshaw and scooter valued at Rs 26 lakh and claim to have later found a larger stash of ganja on the basis of information given by the arrested persons.
A case has been registered under section 20b and section 27a of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 by the Kempegowdanagar Police.
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) continued its encroachment eviction drive along SWDs in Mahadevapura and Yelahanka zones Tuesday.
The BBMP informed that a wall of a residential building in Papaiah layout that encroached the storm water drain (SWD) was cleared. Whereas in Yelahanka a compound wall of NCBS Mandara Housing Complex was removed. Read more here
The Lokayukta police Monday caught a Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) officer posted with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) over bribery charges.
The arrested officer has been identified as SM Srinivas, the joint commissioner of BBMP west division. A first division assistant, Umesh, has also been arrested. Know more here
The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) Tuesday informed that its lineman Mahesh Gowder, 38, drowned in the Tippur lake of Gubbi taluk in Tumkuru district Saturday morning while he was on his way to restore power supply which was disrupted due to the heavy rains. Read more...
Mahadevapura MLA Aravind Limbavalli said that today along with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, officials from BBMP, BWSSB, SWD, BESCOM and various departments, held a meeting to discuss emergency decisions to be taken on damages due to rain, clearance of encroachment on rajakaluve development of road and drainage affected due to rain as well as other matters in Mahadevapura assembly constituency limits.
In a first for the state, the Karnataka government has announced reservation for ‘male third gender’ in recruitment to the state armed forces. Know more about this here
Hundreds of dead fish were found floating in Haralur Lake in the Bellandur area of Bengaluru Tuesday. This is the second instance of fish kill in the lake since May this year. Know more...
The bail plea hearing of Murugharajendra mutt seer Shivamurthy has been postponed to Wednesday. A local court in Chitradurga on Tuesday postponed the hearing to Wednesday as the judicial custody of the seer ends on Wednesday.
The Mysuru police had lodged a complaint against Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru on August 26 under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act, 2012, and Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) pertaining to rape. This came after the girls told members of the state Child Welfare Committee that they were sexually assaulted between January 1, 2019, and June 6, 2022. The case was later transferred to Chitradurga district police.
A five-year-old boy, Aaron Raphel, who won the Toni Kroos Academy challenge, has again taken the internet by storm with his football skills. A compilation video that shows his amazing football skills has surfaced online and business tycoon Harsh Goenka has showered praises on him saying he is the future “Messi from India”.
The video features snippets of the little boy’s game. The clip also shows him passing a ball between a rolling tyre, the trick shot which led to his fame. The agile boy is also seen playing football with other children. Watch here
The NIA has filed a charge sheet against 10 people in connection with the murder of a Bajrang Dal activist in Karnataka’s Shivamogga in February this year, alleging the accused carried out the killing in order to create communal disharmony in the city.
The agency has alleged that the accused targeted Harsha alias Hindu Harsha, 27, after observing the movements of Hindu community leaders during festivals and celebrations in the city. (Read more)
A BESCOM lineman drowned in a lake in Karnataka's Tumakuru district Saturday while he was on duty.
The incident occured at Bidare feeder of Gubbi sub-division. Mahesh Gowder (38) drowned in the Tippur lake of Gubbi taluk on Saturday morning while he was involved in power restoration work. The work was interrupted due to heavy rainfall.
To restore the power, he tried to swim in the lake, but could not reach the pole point and drowned in the water.
The Minister for Large and Medium Industries Dr Murugesh R Nirani highlighted the investment opportunities and potential in Karnataka while participating in an interaction on 'Investment Opportunities in Karnataka' on Monday evening in San Francisco.
India’s Consular General in San Francisco Dr TV Nagendra Prasad, Addl chief secretary Dr EV Ramana Reddy, Commissioner for Industries Smt. Gunjan Krishna and other officials were present. Dr Nirani is leading a state delegation to the US for seeking investments during Global Investors’ Meet (GIM) scheduled on November 2, 3 and 4.
Karnataka: Widespread light to moderate rains with isolated heavy rains likely over Coastal districts and isolated to scattered very light to moderate rains likely over North Interior Karnataka and Malnad districts and isolated very light to light rains likely over South Interior Karnatakadistricts.
South Interior Karnataka: Isolated very light to light rains likely over likely over Chitradurga, Davanagere, Tumakuru, Chikkaballapura, Bengaluru Rural, Ramanagara districts and partly cloudy weather with isolated very light rains likely over remaining districts of the region.
North Interior Karnataka: Scattered very light to moderate rains likely over Belagavi and Kalaburagi districts and isolated to scattered very light to light rains likely over remaining districts of the region.
Malnad: Scattered to widespread very light to moderate rains likely to prevail over Kodagu, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga districts.
Coastal: Widespread light to moderate rains with isolated places heavy rains likely over Dakshina kannada, Uttara kannada & Udupi districts.
Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education B C Nagesh has issued an order directing educational institutions to declare Dasara holidays from September 26 to October 10 in Dakshina Kannada district.
Mangaluru South MLA Vedavyasa Kamath had requested the minister to announce Dasara holidays in accordance with the annual festival being conducted on a large scale in the city.
However, in Udupi district, holidays will be given according to the 2022-23 academic calendar of school education and literacy department. Dasara holidays are from October 3 to 16 in the district. (PTI)
Bengaluru-based Boson Whitewater, a water utility company that converts STP water into potable water, has been selected for the ‘India Water Pitch-Pilot-Scale Start-Up Challenge’ by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
Boson Whitewater is one among the 76 startups selected for the challenge from across India to work in the field of water supply, used water management, water body rejuvenation and groundwater management.
Founded in 2011 by Vikas Brahmavar and Gowthaman Desingh, the water that it converts can be used for household purposes, centralised air conditioning in commercial buildings, and even for drinking.
The Karnataka High Court has stated that the recent flooding in parts of Bengaluru was a result of the municipal corporation’s failure to remove encroachments from waterbodies and storm-water drainage systems.
The court, which has been monitoring efforts to remove the encroachments since 2019, ordered the Karnataka government and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike on Monday to take immediate steps.
“The city of Bengaluru has faced unprecedented floods and parts of the city were inundated with rainwater. The aforesaid situation has arisen as the BBMP has failed to perform its statutory duties of removal of encroachments,” a bench of acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Vishwajith Shetty said. (Read more)
BBMP will be carrying out the encroachment eviction drive today at Pappya layout, Spice Garden Layout, Shantiniketan Layout and Challaghatta which fall under Mahadevapura Zone.
The CBI is conducting searches at 33 places, including Bengaluru, in connection with SI recruitment scam of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Outer Ring Road Companies Association in Bengaluru has submitted a proposal to IT & BT minister CN Ashwathnarayan demanding the 17km Outer Ring Road (ORR) stretch from the Central Silk Board to the Lowry Junction be made a separate municipal zone.
According to the association, the Bengaluru municipal corporation has 3,758 information technology companies, 92 biotechnology companies and 79 tech parks. However, 800-900 companies and 25 tech parks of these are in the ORR stretch. (Read more)
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the audio involving a BJP MLA's purported conversation with a man in connection with the scam-hit police sub-inspector (PSI) recruitment would be examined and if something wrong was found, he would get it investigated.
Bengaluru city is likely to see a maximum temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 20 degrees Celsius, according to a 9 am update from the Meteorological Centre in Bengaluru.
A generally cloudy sky is predicted and light rain is likely.
The ‘hijab ban’ in Karnataka has ‘imperilled’ the right to education of a whole generation of Muslim girls, and it has resulted in a high dropout rate among this segment of the population, says a recent report published by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL).
The report titled ‘Impact of Hijab Ban in Karnataka’s Educational Institutions’ states that Muslim students have been facing harassment, insult, and humiliation in and outside the classrooms, following the hijab row. (Read more)
According to the association, the Bengaluru municipal corporation has 3,758 information technology companies, 92 biotechnology companies and 79 tech parks. However, 800-900 companies and 25 tech parks of these are in the ORR stretch.
The association said in its proposal last week that the new municipal zone should have a clear 5-year plan to transform the corridor into a world-class technology corridor. “A committee of experts should be set up to develop a 2027 plan for this new municipal zone,” the proposal said, adding that the zone should have public-private partnerships to ensure accountability and that the IT-BT department should oversee its development. “A special ex gratia grant and funding should also be provided to develop this world-class corridor,” it said. Read More
Twenty buildings have encroached near spice garden and five buildings are on storm water drain in Chinappanhalli. The revenue department will issue notices and seven days after that BBMP will demolish those buildings too.
The notoriety of Bengaluru’s traffic is nothing new, but here is a doctor who abandoned his car and ran 3km to perform a surgery.
Dr Govind Nandakumar, a gastroenterology surgeon, was on August 30 stuck in traffic on the Marathahalli-Sarjapur road when he was headed to Manipal Hospitals, where a patient was waiting for him. When the traffic stopped for a few minutes, Dr Nandakumar left his car with his driver and ran to the hospital. Continue...
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Monday began a demolition drive in Mahadevapura as part of its efforts to remove encroachments from storm water drains (SWDs) and lake beds.
The BBMP has identified a total of 15 buildings including IT parks in Mahadevapura constituency that have encroached upon SWDs.
Some of the encroachers include Bagamane tech park, Purva paradise, Wipro, Eco-space, Gopalan International School, Divya School, Columbia Asia Hospital, New Horizon College, Epyslon and DivyaShree, Prestige, Nalapad, Salapuria and Adarsha. Sanath Prasad reported
The Supreme Court has provided relief to residents and site allottees of Bengaluru’s Dr Shivaram Karanth Layout by regularising 63 more properties, taking the total to 4,690, according to a committee constituted by the court.
Justice A V Chandrashekar, who heads the committee looking into the controversy over the illegal buildings in the neighbourhood, said on Monday that the panel had submitted 21 reports. The 63 properties were regularised on September 8. Read More
Generally overcast. Higher chances for light rain with powerful, gusty wind. Maximum and minimum temperatures will probably be about 28 for 24 hours and 29 for 48 hours and 20 degrees Celsius, respectively.
After Tejasvi Surya was seen eating masala dosa at an eatery in Padmanabhanagar and asking people to visit the place in a viral video, the Congress has been criticising the BJP’s South Bengaluru MP saying that he was relishing when several areas of the city were flooded as the video was dated September 5.
The Congress on Saturday launched a campaign against Surya sending masala dosa by parcel to his house through Dunzo, a doorstep delivery app. Read More
Inspector General Manoj Vasant Baadkar took over as the Commander of the Indian Coast Guard Western Region on Monday. He will be heading the service for the entire Western Region, including the states of Maharashtra, Goa Kerala and Karnataka as well as Lakshadweep.
Prior to being promoted to the rank of inspector general in 2018 and being appointed as chairman of the Coast Guard Services Board in Delhi, Baadkar has been the head of the Indian Coast Guard for the state of Karnataka from 2006 to 2008, and for Goa from 2013 to 2018. In 36 years of his illustrious career, he has commanded several Coast Guard ships and stations. Click Here
A 23-year-old Nepali woman died after she lost control of her scooter and accidentally fell into a drain at Banaswadi in Bengaluru in the early hours of Sunday, said the police.
The deceased was identified as Tara Badaiyak, who had been living in Bengaluru. She was travelling with her friend Dilip Kumar, 38, to Hennur when the incident took place around 12.30 am near the Casa Grand apartment, the police said. Read More
Even as residents of Rainbow Drive Layout in Bengaluru are still recovering from the floods that threw their lives out of gear over the past two weeks, at least three residents have filed police complaints regarding theft of valuables from their houses over the weekend, the police said.
Located off Sarjapur Road in the city, nearly 20-25 houses in Rainbow Drive Layout were recently flooded following heavy rain in the region, forcing many residents to take shelter at hotels and at relatives’ places. Taking advantage of the situation, burglars decamped with valuables from three of the villas, the police said. The incident came to light only on Saturday morning when the villa owners returned to check the water level inside the houses. Continue...
Civic agency BBMP in collaboration with Freethinkig Foudnation, an NGO, and Nayantara Ghosh, a political science and urban studies graduate from Trinity College, in USA, flagged off 'Wonder on Wheels' , an initiative to introduce art and cultural activities for anganwadi children in buses.
Bengaluru-based Ghosh also initiated this programme as part of her academic project with a grant of about $10,000 from her college.
"This programme is part of my academic project and an extention of my parent's initiative who were voluntarily engaged with children of construction labors in conducting cultural activities," said Ghosh who associated with BBMP who had earlier launched Montessori on Wheels in May, with an aim to provide mobile education to economically and socially backward children in Bengaluru in buses.
In a statement issued following a meeting between Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao, who is popularly known as KCR, and former Karnataka CM and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Kumaraswamy, the Chief Minister’s Office quoted the CM as saying that the decision to float the national party was taken “after prolonged discussions with intellectuals, economists and experts from various fields like we did before the start of Telangana movement”. Read More.
The Department of Pre-University Education, Karnataka today declared the Karnataka 2nd PUC Supplementary Results 2022. Students who sat for the examination can check and download their results by visiting the official site-karresults.nic.in.
The State’s School Education Minister, B C Nagesh, took to his Twitter handle on September 8 to announce the Karnataka PUC II result date. “Second PUC Supplementary Exam Result will be declared on 12th September. The result will be available on the website after 11 am,” he tweeted. Here's how to check your result.
Bommai suggested that some of the problems with regard to traffic in Bengaluru were due to multiple agencies like the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority (BMRDA), the public works department and other agencies working according to their own plans rather than as per a comprehensive master plan for the city.
Rainfall forecast available as on 12.09.2022 valid till ending at 08:30 am of 13.09.2022:
State: Widespread light to moderate rains with isolated heavy rains likely over Coastal districts and scattered to widespread very light to moderate rains likely over NIK & Malnad districts and isolated very light to light rains likely over SIK districts.
SIK: Isolated very light to light rains likely over likely over Chitradurga & Davanagere districts and partly cloudy weather with isolated very light rains likely over remaining districts of the region.
NIK: Scattered to widespread very light to moderate rains likely over Bidar, Kalaburagi, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Bagalkote & Yadgir districts and isolated to scattered very light to light rains likely over remaining districts of the region.
Malnad: Scattered to widespread very light to moderate rains likely to prevail over Kodagu, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga districts.
Coastal: Widespread light to moderate rains with isolated places heavy rains likely over Dakshina kannada, Uttara kannada & Udupi districts.
In March 2014, a few months after a Congress government under then chief minister Siddaramaiah assumed office in Karnataka, the residents of an apartment complex built by a prominent builder in south-east Bengaluru received a rude awakening one morning. A demolition squad stood at their gates.
The builders of the then 12-year-old Sobha Garnet apartment complex, Shobha Developers, and others, had been accused by revenue officials for the Bengaluru North region of encroaching on the Iblur lake and reducing the lake area from 18.6 acres to around 7.32 acres.
Such links of politicians across party lines with big real estate a known secret; issue set to figure in Assembly starting today, coming civic polls. Read More.
Ballari district police have arrested four persons who were part of Ganesha Chaturti procession for allegedly throwing slippers at a Mosque in Siruguppa.
The accused has been identified as Nitesh Kumar, 22 who threw slippers, his friends Bhimanna, 23, Ashok, 22 and Anjaneyalu, 21. The incident took place on Saturday when the Ganesha Chaturti procession was being carried out. The accused in an attempt to create communal tension, threw slippers at the mosque, said the police.
Alok Kumar, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) tweeted, 'we have secured the accused persons and appropriate legal action is being taken against them.'
The arrest came after the video footage of throwing slippers went viral. The police police officials who were deployed across the procession route had also witnessed the incident but were unaware of who threw it.
Dr Govind Nandakumar, a gastroenterology surgeon in Bengaluru reportedly ran three kilometres to his hospital to perform a crucial surgery after he was stuck in a traffic. He was scheduled for an emergency laparoscopic gallbladder surgery on a woman in Manipal Hospital in Sarjapur at 10 am on August 30.
Karnataka Congress president DK Shiv Kumar on Monday said that the Bharat Jodo Yatra will reach Karntaka on September 30, pass through various districts and enter Belary. He said, "As Bellary district is a constituency full of political power for Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, it is Rahul Gandhi's wish to hold a massive convention here."
KR Nagar JD(S) MLA SR Mahesh told media that he has filed a Rs 1 crore defamation case against IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri.
The officer who was posted in Mysuru as deputy commissioner allegedly had made allegations that SR Mahesh had encroached lands in Mysuru. When an audio went viral, SR Mahesh approached court claiming that his image was maligned by false claims.
Mahesh's legal counsel Arun Kumar said that they have issued notice through court.
A 10 day monsoon session of the Karnataka legislature is set to begin on Monday. The session is expected to be stormy with the opposition Congress party set to raise several issues ranging from allegations of 40 percent commissions in various government departments to the recent flooding in Bengaluru.
The BJP is hoping to table eight to 10 bills in the session including a bill for creating an authority to regulate traffic planning in Bengaluru.
The BJP is also expected to push an anti-conversion bill through the legislative council where it now has a clear majority. The BJP earlier introduced the Karnataka Protection of Right of Freedom of Religion as an ordinance on account of a lack of clear numbers to pass the law in the state legislative council.
Following heavy rainfall and outflow from reservoirs, 17 bridges submerged have submerged in Belagavi district as on Monday 9 am. The police have barricaded the roads leading to the bridge and have deployed security.
The India Meterological Department forecasted today a generally cloudy sky for Bengaluru city with light spells of rain. The Maximum and Minimum temperatures very likely to be around 27 and 20 degrees Celsius respectively.
(Express Photo by JIithendra M.)
The second day of the Kerala leg of Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra also witnessed a huge turnout as party leader Rahul Gandhi commenced his walk from Vellayani junction here Monday morning. Besides those turning up to join the yatra, hundreds lined up on both sides of the road to witness the ‘padayatra' led by Gandhi, who is also the MP from Wayanad in the state. (PTI)
Outer Ring Road Companies Association, ORRCA said, “Most companies are planning to return to Business as Usual starting from 12 September 2022(Monday). Repair works on Outer Ring Road and Arterial roads continue, Please monitor traffic and weather conditions as applicable for possible impact on commute time”.
Operations were suspended due to flodding caused by heavy rainfall in Bengaluru.
Ending speculations, Telangana Rashtra Samithi President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Sunday said he would launch a national party following more discussions with a cross-section of society.
Seeking to provide a national alternative to the dominant BJP and the Congress party, that is attempting at a bounce back, the TRS said it would reach a consensus on "alternative national agenda," by continuing discussions with various stakeholders.
Rao made it clear that the launch of the party and formulation of policies would follow extended discussions with intellectuals, economists and experts from various fields. (PTI)
Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday met his Telangana counterpart and TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao here amid speculation on the latter launching a national party.
Both the leaders had a luncheon meeting at KCR's official residence Pragathi Bhavan, official sources said.
Kumaraswamy and Rao discussed the development of Telangana, the role of regional parties in national politics, the key role that KCR should play in the national politics in the present situation and other national political issues, an official release said.
The JD(S) leader met TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao. (PTI)
Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday challenged Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for an open discussion on corruption at the time and venue of his choice.
Calling the present administration as a "40 per cent sarakar" filled with "looters and scamsters", the former Chief Minister, in a series of tweets, pointing out that BJP leaders claiming that they will expose scandals of his government, challenged them to do so.
Siddaramaiah was reacting to the ruling BJP leaders on Saturday going after him at their party's massive 'Janaspandana' rally in Doddaballapur.
In a fierce speech, Bommai had even said that the “real face” of the Congress will be out in the days to come and all of Siddaramaiah's scams will be exposed soon. (PTI)
The Karnataka government will hike the solatium from the existing Rs 30 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, aimed at ensuring stability and social security to the families of forest officials who died in the line of duty, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Sunday.
Speaking after paying respects to the persons who laid down their lives in duty, as part of National Forest Martyrs Day-2022 organised by the Forest Department here, he said the state's forest cover must be increased from the current 21 per cent to 30 per cent.
Pointing out that his predecessor, B S Yediyurappa had hiked the solatium paid to the fallen officials' families from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 30 lakh, Bommai said the incumbent government will further hike it from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 50 lakh. (PTI)
The ten-day long monsoon session of the Karnataka Legislature that will begin at Vidhana Soudha here from Monday, is likely to be stormy, as opposition parties have geared up to corner the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government on a host of issues like corruption charges, alleged scams, rains, and infrastructure woes among others.
This session that will go on till September 23, is important as it has come at a time when political parties have begun preparations for the Assembly polls, expected to be held by March-April next year.
Renewed 40 per cent commission charge by the state contractors association in public works, especially naming Minister Munirathna, also allegations of corruption in education and other departments are likely to be raised by the opposition parties in the House to target and further embarrass the government. (PTI)
Southwest Monsoon was active over Coastal Karnataka & North Interior Karnataka.Rainfall occurred at most places over Coastal Karnataka & North Interior Karnataka and at many places over South Interior Karnataka. Four bridges submerged in Belagavi district are Akkol to Sidnal, Kunnur to Bojawad, Kunnur to Borwad and BCPS Limits, Bhiwashi to Jatrat Bridge.
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With the demise of Queen Elizabeth-II in England, the Princess of the erstwhile Mysuru Royal family, Kamakshi Devi Wadiyar recollected the fond memories of her visit to Bengaluru in 1961.
A video 'made in colour' now doing rounds in the social media brought back the memories her maiden visit to India post-independence.
"We are extremely saddened by the demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth-II. She was a dignified lady," recollected Kamakshi Devi.
"I was only eight when Her Majesty visited Bengaluru. My father, the Rajya Pramukh of the state, Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadeyar, received the queen at the airport. Along with my mother and siblings, I stood watching her arrival from a distance," Kamakshi Devi recalled.
Later, Queen Elizabeth-II was taken to the 'Residency', now known as Raj Bhavan which is the palatial house of the Governor of Karnataka, the princess of erstwhile Mysore Royal family recalled. (PTI)