The accused is Navya's boyfriend Prasanth.Bengaluru News Highlights: A man slit the throat of his 26-year-old girlfriend minutes after they celebrated her birthday together in Bengaluru on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Navya, a native of Kanakapura. She lived in Bengaluru and worked as a clerk in the Internal Security Division (ISD) with the police department. Navya’s boyfriend Prashanth, a distant relative of hers, also hails from Kanakapura. The duo were in love for the last six years.
In other top news from the poll-bound state, the Congress party today released its third list of 43 candidates for the state assembly elections. While former Deputy CM Laxman Savadi will be contesting from the Athani constituency, the party is fielding Kothur G Manjunath from Kolar constituency, instead of former chief minister Siddharamaiah. Congress has so far fielded candidates in 209 seats, including 124 seats in the first list and another 42 seats in the second list, and is yet to announce the seats of 15 more candidates.
Meanwhile, the fortunes of five ministers in the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government in Karnataka and their spouses have seen a marked rise from 2018, according to affidavits they filed ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections. The ministers whose assets have increased substantially are Minister for Medical Education and Health and Family Welfare, K Sudhakar; Minister of Power V Sunil Kumar; Minister for Public Works Department C C Patil; Minister of State for Cooperation ST Somashekhar; and Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani.
In a rebellious tone, former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar has said denying him a ticket to the Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency for the Assembly polls will have a bearing on at least 20 to 25 seats even as Union Minister Pralhad Joshi met him here on Saturday with an assurance that the party would take an appropriate decision on his candidature.
Shettar is the sitting MLA from Hubli-Dharwad Central and the BJP high command had earlier in the week asked him to drop his name for the election that left the former CM upset. Read more
Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider passing the Women's Reservation Bill, before the 2024 general (Lok Sabha) elections.
Pointing out that the government led by Modi enjoys a majority in Parliament and may be successful in passing it, the JD(S) patriarch in his letter to the Prime Minister said, to accord one third reservation to women in legislative assemblies and parliament is an idea whose time has come.
"When the Election Commission announced polls in Karnataka recently, and released the number of eligible women voters in the State, it was not a surprise that they were nearly fifty per cent of the total electorate. The statistics are not different in other states of India. This made me revisit the idea of reservations for women in legislative assemblies and parliament," Gowda said. (PTI)
The Congress party today released its third list of 43 candidates for the state assembly elections. While former Deputy CM Laxman Savadi will be contesting from the Athani constituency, the party is fielding Kothur G Manjunath from Kolar constituency, instead of former chief minister Siddharamaiah.
Congress has so far fielded candidates in 209 seats, including 124 seats in the first list and another 42 seats in the second list, and is yet to announce the seats of 15 more candidates. Follow live updates on Karnataka elections
“DNA test? What is that and how would it help in solving crimes?” retired police officer N Nagaraj recalls the questions that were thrown at him by high-ranking police officials, advocates and even judges.
Those were the days when Bengaluru, known as a ‘pensioners paradise’, was shocked by a murder that set a new trend in scientific investigations in India.
In November 1988, a woman’s body was cut into pieces by her father-in-law and thrown on the GKVK campus of the University of Agricultural Sciences. Almost a month later, the case came to light with almost no physical evidence but a later DNA sample test played a crucial role in the conviction of the accused. Read more
The Karnataka High Court has directed the state to identify land and begin construction of a school whose land was earlier acquired for the purpose of highway construction. The order was issued based on a writ petition by the school committee and was decided by a single judge bench consisting of Justice Nagaprasanna.
The petitioners said that the school had been operating for 35 years, with local residents also donating 10 guntas of land for the sake of the school, which had a 25-student capacity from Classes 1 to 5.
A sum of Rs 66 lakh compensation was received from the National Highway Authority of India when the school, which had functioned until 2018, was acquired for widening NH 275. Since then, clearance to use the money to construct a new school has not been received and the school is currently functioning out of a small room without a kitchen or washroom facilities. The compensation sum has since grown to Rs 72 lakh due to interest. Read more
Gurmitkal Congress candidate Baburao Chinchansur suffers injuries in an accident. He had resigned as BJP MLC recently to join Congress.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai filed his nomination from Shiggaon constituency Saturday.
“Policing and politics,” Bhaskar Rao says, “are two different things.”
That is the retired IPS officer and former Bengaluru police commissioner’s way of saying why he doesn’t see anything unusual in seeking the help of a known rowdy, Sunil alias ‘Silent’ Sunil, to get elected, now that he is on the other side of the ropes as a poll contestant. Read More
A man slit the throat of his 26-year-old girlfriend minutes after they celebrated her birthday together in Bengaluru on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Navya, a native of Kanakapura. She lived in Bengaluru and worked as a clerk in the Internal Security Division (ISD) with the police department. Navya’s boyfriend Prashanth, a distant relative of hers, also hails from Kanakapura. The duo were in love for the last six years. Read More
In the first major defection in Karnataka since the announcement of candidates for the May 10 Assembly polls, former BJP deputy chief minister and a key Lingayat leader from the Belagavi region, Laxman Savadi, Friday quit the BJP and joined the Congress.
Savadi, 63, who was denied a ticket by the BJP from Athani in Belagavi, which he represented for three consecutive terms, accused the BJP of breaking a promise. He said the BJP had assured him a ticket when Congress leader Mahesh Kumatahalli, who had defeated Savadi in the 2018 elections from Athani, moved to the BJP in 2019 and was fielded by the BJP in the Athani bypoll that followed. Read More
The Janata Dal (Secular) Friday released a second list of 49 candidates for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly polls, including for the Hassan seat, over which there was a dispute within the Deve Gowda family.
The ticket for the seat has gone to a party worker and not to Bhavani Revanna, the daughter-in-law of H D Deve Gowda and wife of H D Revanna, who had laid claim to it to make her electoral debut. This had been opposed by brother-in-law H D Kumaraswamy. Read More
Asked how the party had handled the hijab and the halal issue, Yediyurappa, in an interview to The Indian Express, said: “I am not going to support such things. According to me, Hindus and Muslims should live like brothers and sisters. From the beginning, I have taken this stand. These were the issues that were not necessary. I will not support such things.”
Yediyurappa’s remarks come in the run-up to polls on May 10. The BJP has given a ticket to Yashpal Suvarna, one of the most vocal voices against students seeking to wear hijab on college premises in Karnataka, which had stoked tension between communities in the coastal region of the state. Read More
The fortunes of five ministers in the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government in Karnataka and their spouses have seen a marked rise from 2018, according to affidavits they filed ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections.
The ministers whose assets have increased substantially are Minister for Medical Education and Health and Family Welfare, K Sudhakar; Minister of Power V Sunil Kumar; Minister for Public Works Department C C Patil; Minister of State for Cooperation ST Somashekhar; and Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani. Read More
No eating food, no games, no public display of affection, no climbing trees. These are just some of the many rules being strictly enforced in Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park by the horticulture department of Karnataka as summer kicks in. While officials cited complaints from some walkers about activities “inappropriate for children”, the policing has not gone down well with a section of Bengalurueans. Read More
The horticulture department of Karnataka has issued a notice directing the 106-year-old Century Club located in Cubbon Park to stop the “illegal construction” activities without taking prior permission from the Karnataka High Court.
The crackdown against Century Club comes after the Cubbon Park Walkers Association registered a complaint with the horticulture department stating that the club is violating the Karnataka High Court order of 1998 that mandated a prior permission from Karnataka High Court to undertake any sort of construction activities in the 300 acre Cubbon Park, which is integral to Bengaluru’s lung space. Read More
he Goa Tamnar Transmission Project Limited (GTTPL) project to lay a 400KV DC quad transmission line from Goa to Tamnar, Chhattisgarh, continues to face opposition in Karnataka as it seeks diversion of 177.091 hectares of forest land spread across Dharwad, Belagavi, and Uttara Kannada districts. Read More
The Goa Tamnar Transmission Project Limited (GTTPL) project to lay a 400KV DC quad transmission line from Goa to Tamnar, Chhattisgarh, continues to face opposition in Karnataka.
The project seeks diversion of 177.091 hectares of forest land spread across Dharwad, Belagavi, and Uttara Kannada districts.
The 400 KV transmission line will start from Narendra village in Dharwad district and terminate at a substation at Xeldem in Goa. In Karnataka the total length of the proposed route is 77.641 km. Read the full story by Aksheev Thakur here.
The horticulture department of Karnataka issued a notice directing the 106-year-old Century Club located in Cubbon Park to stop “illegal construction” activities without taking prior permission from the Karnataka High Court.
The crackdown against Century Club came after the Cubbon Park Walkers Association registered a complaint with the horticulture department stating that the club is violating the Karnataka High Court order of 1998.
The 1998 order had that mandated a prior permission from Karnataka High Court to undertake any sort of construction activities in the Cubbon Park. Read more here.
Ending the suspense about the Hassan seat, the party fielded H P Swaroop, overlooking JD(S) patriarch and former PM H D Deve Gowda's daughter-in-law Bhavani Revanna, who had been firm on contesting from there.
Y S V Datta, who had quit JD(S) and joined Congress but returned to the party recently after being denied a ticket there, has been fielded from Kadur.
Former Minister A Manju, who recently joined the party, has been fielded from Arakalagudu. He has earlier been with both Congress and BJP. The JD(S) had announced its first list of 93 candidates earlier in December. (PTI)
Hindus and Muslims should live like “brothers and sisters,” and the controversies around hijab and halal – that had rocked Karnataka recently — were “unnecessary”, former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP veteran B S Yediyurappa said here Friday.
When asked how the party handled the hijab and the halal issue, Yediyurappa, in an interview to The Indian Express, said: “I am not going to support such things. According to me, Hindus and Muslims should live like brothers and sisters. From the beginning, I have taken this stand. These were the issues that were not necessary. I will not support such things.”
Yediyurappa’s remarks come in the run-up to polls on May 10.
Read the Political Pulse by Liz Mathew here.
Five people, including four family members Friday, were killed, and seven were injured in a collision between a private bus and a sports utility vehicle at Sira in Karnataka's Tumakuru district, PTI reported
Residents of Bengaluru, those killed were on their way to Challakere in Chitradurga, according to the police. According to the PTI report, their SUV was mangled and bodies were mutilated.
Those injured were in the bus and they have been admitted to a nearby hospital, the police said. (PTI)
Enforcement agencies Friday made seizures totalling nearly Rs 150 crore in poll-bound Karnataka since the model code of conduct (MCC) came into force on March 29, according to the press release by office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka.
The total seizures valued at Rs 149.58 crore includes cash to the tune of about Rs 61 crore, liquor worth Rs 33 crore, precious metals Rs 24 crore, freebies (Rs 18 crore) and drugs/narcotics (Rs 13 crore), the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka said.
The authorities booked about 1,262 FIRs related to the seizures.
Former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi Friday joined the Congress party after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) denied him a ticket to contest in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections.
The event took place at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office. (Express Photos by Jithendra M)
Six persons, including two women and three children, were killed and two were grievously injured Friday after their car collided head-on with the KSRTC bus at Sampaje Gate in Karnataka's Kodagu district, according to news agency PTI.
They were travelling from Maddur in Mandya district to Sullia in Dakshina Kannada district when the incident took place.
The injured were rushed to hospital. Police have registered a case and started an investigation, PTI reported.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will file his nomination papers in Shiggaon on Saturday.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Friday said that he was "saddened" by the decision of the former Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Laxman Savadi to join the Congress party and envision a political future in that party.
"The Congress party did not have candidates for more than 60 constituencies. Because of this, they were inducting leaders from other parties."
Talking to reporters in Bengaluru, Bommai said that it is common that there will be more aspirants in the ruling party. "The party workers are with them. The BJP will win the coming Assembly elections with a thumping majority. Some of them have quit the party to become MLAs but the BJP workers are with them," Bommai added.
A woman Friday climbed the roof of the Mudigere police station in Karnataka and threatened to die by suicide.
As soon as she threatened to jump off, a police officer walked towards her from behind and rescued her.
In view of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru, the city traffic police have made certain arrangements to ensure the smooth flow of traffic.
Parking is restricted on the following roads:
Vehicles carrying goods from the Siddalingaiah circle towards M.G road will be diverted via the Residency Road:
• KSRTC and Pvt Buses From Siddalingaiah circle towards M.G road will be diverted via Residency road.
• Goods vehicles are not allowed on 'Queens road'
Parking places for public:
BJP national general secretary and Karnataka BJP in-charge Arun Singh Friday, reacting to Laxman Savadi's resignation from the BJP, warned that the party's doors will not be opened again for those who leave the party.
Singh was addressing a press conference at the BJP office in Karnataka.
With the BJP announcing candidates for 212 of the 224 Assembly seats in Karnataka, the pattern of distribution of tickets by the ruling party shows that it is attempting to mollify several communities that it is nervous about following the modification of quotas undertaken by the Basavaraj Bommai-led government in recent months.
In the case of the Scheduled Caste (SC) communities, the BJP has so far announced 34 candidates — out of a maximum of 36 SC-reserved seats — with 16 tickets going to “touchable” sub-groups such as Lambanis and Bhovis. This is seen as an attempt to assuage the anger of the community that is reportedly unhappy with the state government’s recent move to break up the total reservations of 17% in jobs and education available to SCs and provide the “touchable” groups with a 4.5% share. Johnson T A writes
As summer kicks in, the horticulture department of Karnataka has strictly enforced rules for visitors in Bengaluru's Cubbon Park, including not eating food, no games, no public display of affection, and no climbing trees.
The Indian Express took a tour of Cubbon Park Friday morning and saw security guards circling the park, inspecting people’s movements and blowing the whistle when they thought visitors were violating the park rules.
“These rules are not new. They have been existing for years, and we are now strictly enforcing them because of the high visitor count,” a horticulture department official said. Read more here.
Former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi Friday tendered his resignation from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to party President Nalin Kumar Kateel.
Savadi is set to join the Congress, after being denied a ticket to contest in the May 10 Assembly elections.
Even as the state Assembly elections are right around the corner, former Karnataka deputy chief minister and BJP leader Laxman Savadi is set to join the Congress on Friday, dealing a major blow to the saffron party.
Savadi, who announced his decision to resign from the primary membership of the BJP after being denied a ticket to contest in the May 10 Assembly elections, met state Congress president DK Shivakumar and LoP Siddaramaiah at the latter’s residence in Bengaluru on Friday and held discussions. Read more
The Indian Music Experience Museum in Bengaluru is holding a Listening Room event by the music collective REProduce Artists.
According to the organisers, Listening Room is a series of interventions in non-traditional spaces that engage with music and video in modular, sequential plays – taking advantage of the aesthetics of spaces. The series aims to fill a gap in the ever-iterating and increasingly varied live music community in India by showcasing talent in spaces that allow audiences to absorb sound on their own terms.
Amusement park chain Wonderla Holidays is providing a 35% entry ticket discount for Class 10, 11, and 12 students.
The 'Hall Ticket Offer' can be availed by students who have taken their 10th, 11th, and 12th exams for the 2022-2023 academic year by presenting their original exam hall tickets. It is applicable across the Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kochi parks.
The offer can be claimed both online and offline, but students must have their current year's hall ticket verified at the park before they can enter.
Check out www.wonderla.com or call on the following numbers:
Ahead of the Assembly polls in Karnataka, several citizens’ bodies formed to protect the lakes of Bengaluru have framed a manifesto for the political parties with an aim to protect the waterbodies.
The manifesto drafted by conservationists Ram Prasad and Nagesh Aras has been approved by several lake groups.
It recommends the political parties to strengthen the Karnataka Tank Conservation and Development Authority (KTCDA) by reconstituting its Technical Approval Committee (TAC) with the inclusion of environmental/ecological experts such as geologists, hydrogeologists, limnologists, toxicologists and civil engineers. (Read more)
Dealing a major blow to the ruling BJP ahead of the May 10 Karnakata elections, former deputy CM Laxman Savadi has decided to join the Congress, informed the party's state president DK Shivakumar Friday.
Savadi met the Congress's state president Shivakumar and the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah at the latter's residence in Bengaluru on Friday. Shivakumar said a press conference will be held later today where Savadi will make his political switch official.
Ahead of the crucial state assembly elections 2023 in Karnataka, the Amul vs Nandini row a has created a stir in the state, with opposition leaders and pro-Kannada groups attacking the government for allowing Amul to sell fresh milk and curd in Bengaluru. The critics believe that entry of Amul in the fresh milk market could spell trouble for Karnataka’s local brand, Nandini.
Here’s a breakdown of the controversy and how the Nandini brand is integral to Karnataka’s dairy market space. (Read more)
Southern Railway has notified the operation of Train No. 06083/06084 between Kochuveli and Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru Festival Special Fare trains on demand to clear extra rush of passengers during the Vishu festival, as detailed below:
Train No. 06083 will depart from Kochuveli at 5 pm on April 16 (Sunday) and arrive at Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru at 10 am on the next day. In the return direction, Train No. 06084 Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal – Kochuveli Special Express will leave SMVT Bengaluru at 1 pm on April 17 (Monday) and reach Kochuveli at 6.50 am on the next day.
The train will halt at Kollam, Kayankulam, Mavelikara, Chengannur, Tiruvalla, Chenganseri, Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, Aluva, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, Salem, Omalur, Dharmapuri and Hosur stations in both directions.
The special train will have 22 coaches including AC two-tier coaches (2), AC three-tier coaches (8), sleeper class coaches (7), general second-class coaches (3), second-class luggage cum brake-vans/disabled friendly compartment (1) and Break, luggage cum generator car (1).
Next 24 hours: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperatures are very likely to be around 36 and 21 degrees Celsius respectively.
Next 48 hours: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperatures are very likely to be around 36 and 21 degrees Celsius respectively.
Over the course of the latest hearings dated April 10 and 12, Twitter has put forth its arguments before the Karnataka High Court in the account blocking case, including the rights of foreign entities, comparative points of US law as well as the reasoning behind blocking of accounts. The matter was heard before a single judge bench consisting of Justice Krishna Dixit.
Twitter’s counsel noted that while it did not seek enforcement of Articles 19 or 21 being a foreign entity, it would nevertheless have certain rights as per Article 14 (Right to Equality) of the Constitution even as a foreign entity. Twitter had also argued that the reason for blocking the accounts was not supplied to them, as per Section 69a of the IT Act. They also argued that as per the Constitution in case of a breach they could still approach the court as the Constitution does not guarantee only the fundamental rights. (Read more)
Ahead of Karnataka assembly elections, the Bengaluru police yesterday caught two men with Rs 1 crore unaccounted cash in an auto-rickshaw near the city market. Earlier on April 6, a total of Rs 50 lakhs of unaccounted cash was seized.
A video of a man from Bihar alleging harassment by Kannadigas in Bengaluru has kicked up a language row on social media among pro-Kannada and pro-Hindi groups, with the latter accusing the state of promoting racism and hate.
However, a preliminary police investigation suggests that the video was a result of an argument over “bad food” and a “torn currency note”.
(Read more)
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai was on a temple visiting spree to atone for his sins during his rule, senior Congress leader and opposition leader in the legislative council B K Hariprasad said on Thursday.
Addressing a press meet in Udupi, Hariprasad alleged that the BJP government was steeped in corruption and malpractices during the last four years. “The Chief Minister is now doing penance for all the sins,” he said.
The Congress leader charged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who "did not care" to visit Chamarajanagar when 34 people died of for want of oxygen during the Covid pandemic, could find time for a wildlife safari in Bandipur recently in view of the elections.
(PTI)
The CPI(M) and CPI have decided not to contest in any seat in the coastal districts of Karnataka in the coming assembly elections to prevent division in anti-BJP votes.The leaders of the two parties said that secular votes should be consolidated in the region to keep the BJP out of power.
In Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts where they have considerable influence, the left parties have decided to stay out of the electoral fray to ensure the defeat of BJP candidates.
The two parties have convened a meeting at the town hall here on April 18 to chalk out their election strategy. It is expected that their decision to support winnable candidates of secular parties will be declared at the meeting.
Coastal Karnataka had been a firm base of the left parties right from 1962 when CPI leader A Krishna Shetty was elected as MLA of the erstwhile Ullal (now Mangaluru) constituency, defeating B M Iddinabba of Congress.
(PTI)
Incumbent BJP ministers Murugesh Nirani, Dr K Sudhakar, S T Somashekar and V Sunil Kumar were among those who filed their nomination papers for Karnataka Assembly polls on Thursday.
Nirani is contesting from from Bilagi in Bagalkote, Sudhakar from Chikkaballapur, Sunil Kumar from Karkala in Udupi and Somashekar from Yashwanthapur constituency in Bengaluru.
Similarly, S S Mallikarjun, who is trying his luck from Davangere North on Congress ticket, too filed the papers.
(PTI)
The Supreme Court said on Thursday the Karnataka government's decision raising quotas in government jobs and educational institutions for Vokkaligas and Lingayats by two per cent each while scrapping the four per cent reservation for OBC Muslims prima facie appeared to be on a "highly shaky ground" and "flawed".
A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna said from the records tabled before the court it appears that the Karnataka government's decision is based on "absolutely fallacious assumption".
The bench posted the matter for further hearing on April 18.
The state's Basavaraj Bommai government decided to scrap the four per cent reservation for Muslims in government jobs and educational institutions weeks ahead of the state assembly polls on May 10.
(PTI)
BJP MP and former Union Minister V Srinivas Prasad has announced his retirement from politics, and said he would not be contesting in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
During an election campaign in favour of Gundlupet BJP candidate C S Niranjan Kumar, who will contest the May 10 Assembly election, the 75-year-old said the current term in the Lok Sabha would be his last.
According to sources close to him, the six-time Chamarajnagar MP made the announcement as "there is an unofficial age bar (75 years) in the BJP for leaders to contest in polls or hold official positions".
He quit the Congress in 2016 after being dropped as a minister in the Siddaramaiah Cabinet and joined the BJP. He resigned from the Assembly seeking a fresh mandate on a BJP ticket but lost the contest. The veteran MP successfully contested in the 2019 Lok Sabha election on a BJP ticket.
(PTI)
Sons of former Karnataka Chief Minister late S Bangarappa, who belong to rival parties BJP and Congress, will once again cross swords in the May 10 state Assembly polls, in a battle to inherit the political legacy of their father.
Kumar Bangarappa and Madhu Bangarappa are pitted against each other in Soraba constituency in Shivamogga district, which was represented by their father from 1967 to 1994 till his election to the Lok Sabha. While Kumar, who represents the BJP, is seeking re-election from Soraba, his younger brother Madhu is contesting on a Congress ticket.
In the 2018 Assembly polls, Kumar defeated Madhu by 3,286 votes.Kumar had joined the BJP ahead of the 2018 polls, quitting Congress, while Madhu, a sitting MLA from Soraba, was seeking re-election from the JD(S). Madhu joined the Congress in 2021.The brothers have been electoral opponents since 2004, even when Bangarappa was alive.
(PTI)
A police sub-inspector in Bengaluru was on Wednesday placed under suspension for allegedly molesting and outraging the modesty of a woman, officials said.
The victim recounted that while she came to the police station on April 10 to give a witness statement in a case, the sub-inspector made her uncomfortable by being overly friendly and flirtatious.
(Read more here)
Mudigere BJP MLA M P Kumaraswamy on Thursday announced his resignation from the party, after he was denied ticket to contest the Karnataka Assembly polls, and blamed national General Secretary C T Ravi for not getting nominated.
The three-time MLA said he will also be submitting his resignation as legislator to the Assembly Speaker soon.
(Read more here)
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to list for hearing a plea challenging the Karnataka government's decision to scrap the four per cent reservation for Muslims in the state.
Recently, the state government led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai decided to scrap the four per cent reservation for Muslims.
The Karnataka government announced two new categories for reservation in jobs and education and scrapped the four per cent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Muslims.
(Read more here)
BJP MLA Nehru Olekar on Thursday quit the party after being denied a ticket to contest in the May 10 Assembly elections. He was replaced by Gavisiddappa Dyamannavar in Haveri (SC) constituency.
The 65-year-old two-time MLA from the Scheduled Castes community hit the streets along with his supporters to protest against the party overlooking him for the elections.
Earlier this year, Olekar was convicted to two years' simple imprisonment on charges of corruption for allegedly diverting government funds to his contractor sons. The order was later stayed by the Karnataka High Court.
(PTI)
An accident was averted at a helipad in Udupi district of Karnataka on Thursday where Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai arrived enroute to his visit to Kollur Mookambika temple.
A fire broke out near the Areshiroor helipad during the take-off of a helicopter after the Chief Minister's convoy had left the helipad to the temple. Sources said the blaze, believed to have originated from the helicopter fan, was extinguished by the fire service personnel before it could cause any major damage.
The situation was quickly brought under control by the fire brigade.Bommai, accompanied by his wife, continued with their trip to the Kollur temple and offered pooja.
(PTI)
Weeks after the Raman Research Institute (RRI) in Bengaluru demonstrated a breakthrough in Indian quantum communication by making a transmission from a stationary object to a moving one, an agreement has been signed with the Navy’s Weapons and Electronics Systems Engineering Establishment (WESEE). The MoU, which will last for five years, was signed in New Delhi last week by RRI director Tarun Souradeep and Vice-Admiral Sandeep Naithani. Read more