Bangalore news live: B S Yediyurappa's house was pelted (File)Bengaluru News Highlights: Opposing the Karnataka government’s decision to introduce internal reservations among Scheduled Caste, members of the Banjara community pelted stones at the residence of former CM B S Yediyurappa.
According to the new norms, of the 17 per cent quota that was cleared, the SC left category, which consists of 29 communities, will get 6 per cent of the reservation, whereas the SC right, with around 25 communities such as Holeyas, will get 5.5 per cent. Touchable communities such as Banjaras and Bhovis will have 4.5 per cent of the quota and other communities in the category will get the remaining 1 per cent.
Meanwhile, Karnataka Cabinet’s decision to scrap the four per cent reservation granted to Muslims under the 2B category continues to be a key talking point in state politics ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. While Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that the provision was made due to the “appeasement policies” of previous Congress governments, Congress promised to revoke the move if voted to power.
Devotees carrying a bullock cart take part in a Rathotsava, at Malalur near Chickmagalur, March 24, 2023. (PTI)
Patil said that it took him a year to access the order copies of illegal grants. (Representational/File)
Cut-outs of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, Karnataka Minister ST Somashekhar and former CM BS Yediyurappa in Bengaluru, March 24, 2023. (PTI)
Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani on Monday called the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as Lok Sabha MP an 'operation of the law,' demonstrating that no person was above law in the country. (PTI)
Karnataka BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa who was arrested in a bribery case on Monday is a close aide of former Chief Minister and Lingayat strongman B S Yediyurappa and one of the tallest leaders from Davangere district.
The MLA’s arrest came weeks after he went on the run as corruption allegations surfaced against him and his son. Virupakshappa got anticipatory bail from the Karnataka High Court but the Lokayukta Police arrested him on Monday from his constituency Channagari in Davanagere after the court rejected his bail application. On Sunday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during a visit to the state, had called on the electorate to support the BJP saying only a party of patriots could put an end to corruption. Read more here
Hours after his bail plea was dismissed by the Karnataka High Court, BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa was arrested by the Lokayukta police on Monday in connection with a bribery case relating to Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL).
Virupakshappa, who was the chairman of KSDL, has been charged with demanding bribes for allotting a contract for supplying chemicals to KSDL, through his son Prashanth Madal, a Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) officer. Read more here
Janata Dal (Secular) national president and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has not made frequent appearances at the party’s rallies in the run-up to the Karnataka Assembly polls on account of his failing health. But, on Sunday, the 89-year-old made a rare appearance at a rally to mark the conclusion of a statewide yatra of the party. Read more here
Karnataka BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa was arrested by the Lokayukta Police in a bribery case while attending an event in his constituency.
Opposing the Karnataka government’s decision to introduce internal reservations among Scheduled Castes, members of the Banjara community and others allegedly pelted stones at former chief minister and member of the BJP parliamentary board committee B S Yediyurappa’s residence in Shikaripura town in Shivamogga district Monday.
The incident occurred in the morning when people from the Banjara community were staging a protest. Violence erupted as protesters suddenly hurled stones at BS Yediyurappa’s residence after breaking a police barricade. The police resorted to mild lathi charge and dispersed the crowd using water cannons. Know more here
It’s been six years that the Ejipura flyover project in Bengaluru remains deserted as this incomplete bridge is part of an abandoned highway project.
Troubled by this, anonymous users have marked the Ejipura flyover project as a “monument” on Google Maps. Named the “Bangalore Stonehenge” on Google Maps, the location marking highlighted the slow pace of the project’s completion which has seen little progress since it was started in 2017.
In a weather bulletin today, the local forecast predicted light rain or thundershowers towards the evening with the maximum and minimum temperatures standing at 34 and 22 degree celsius respectively.
Almost three months after announcing his new party, former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy on Monday announced 'foot ball' as its poll symbol, fist list of candidates, and also manifesto, ahead of Assembly elections, due by May.
Reddy, who is an accused in an illegal mining case, had recently formed "Kalyana Rajya Pragati Paksha" (KRPP), snapping his two-decade-old association with the BJP. (PTI)
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai inaugurated the Nandi Medical College at Chikkaballapur on Monday.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the protest by Banjara community was due to the provocation by local Congress leaders.
"If the community has any concerns we can sit, talk and sort it out". he told reporters at Chikkaballapur. "BJP has always protected the interests of Banjara community and will continue to do so", Bommai said.
Former chief minister BS Yediyurappa said that the situation was peaceful at Shikaripura in Shivamogga district. This came after members of the Banjara community allegedly pelted stones at his residence, unhappy over the internal reservation announced by the state government for the SCs.
Yediyurappa added that he will also visit Shikaripura in the coming days and meet community leaders to address their concerns.
Taxi bikers in Bengaluru Monday held a demonstration demanding protection from ‘harassment’ by auto-rickshaw drivers. More than 1,000 taxi bikers participated in the protest held at Freedom Park.
The Karnataka HC has rejected the bail plea of BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa who is accused in a corruption case. Virupakshappa's son Prashant Madal was caught red-handed while receiving a bribe of Rs 40 lakh from a business man for awarding contracts to supply raw materials to the state-run Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd headed by the MLA.
Earlier on March 7 the HC had granted interim anticipatory bail to Madal. The HC had reserved its orders on the main bail plea on March 17 after the Lokayukta police filed objections. The advocate for the MLA said they were yet to be notified about the bail rejection but court officials had confirmed that the bail is rejected.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa on a plea of the Karnataka Lokayukta challenging grant of anticipatory bail to him by the high court in the Karnataka Soaps and Detergents (KSDL) contract scam case. (PTI)
The Karnataka cabinet had cleared internal reservation in the 17 per cent quota meant for around 101 Scheduled Castes. The SC left category, which consists of 29 communities including Madigas, will get 6 per cent of the quota, whereas the SC right, with around 25 communities such as Holeyas, will get 5.5 per cent. Touchable communities such as Banjaras and Bhovis will have 4.5 per cent of the quota and other communities in the category will get the remaining 1 per cent.
The Karnataka government Friday decided to scrap the 4 per cent reservation granted to Muslims under the 2B category and placed them under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) reservation category.
The 4 per cent reservation will be shared by two dominant communities of the state—Vokkaligas and Lingayats. Vokkaligas, who were included under the 2C category created in December 2022, will get 6 per cent reservation and Lingayats, falling under the newly created 2D category, will get 7 per cent reservation, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said after a cabinet meeting. Read more here
Agitating members of the Banjara community on Monday allegedly targeted BJP strongman B S Yediyurappa's house in Shikaripura town of this district and resorted to stone-pelting, injuring some policemen during a protest against the internal reservation for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) announced by the state government.
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC have been imposed in the town. (PTI)
Opposing the internal reservation offered to SC communities, members of the Banjara community held protests in Shivamogga. They pelted stones at former CM BS Yediyurappa's residence. Urging the government to withdraw the decision, they said that it was 'unscientific'.
The BJP government in Karnataka decided to scrap the 4 per cent reservation offered to Muslims under the 2B category to trigger conflict between them and Hindus, and to benefit from it electorally, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy said Monday.
“The objective behind the decision is the policy of divide and rule employed by the BJP. They think that if Muslims hit the streets (to protest), they will benefit from it. Fortunately, Muslims have remained peaceful,” he said. (Read more)
Black’s Law Dictionary describes ‘bail’ as procuring “the release of a person from legal custody, by undertaking that he shall appear at the time and place designated and submit himself to the jurisdiction and judgment of the court.”
Although “bail” has not been expressly defined in Indian statutes, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) differentiates between “bailable” and “non-bailable” offenses. It also defines three kinds of bail that can be granted — regular bail under Sections 437 and 439; interim bail or short-term bail which is given when regular or anticipatory bail application is pending before the court; and anticipatory or pre-arrest bail.
The provision for “anticipatory bail” was introduced under Section 438 of the CrPC after the 41st Law Commission Report in 1969 recommended the need for a measure that protects against arbitrary violation of one’s personal liberty, such as when politicians detain their opponents in false cases. (Read more)
The Supreme Court Monday is hearing a plea moved by Karnataka Lokayukta, challenging the interim anticipatory bail granted to BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa in the corruption case, reported the legal news website Bar & Bench.
In two separate incidents of suspected food poisoning, 22 cattle died in Karnataka’s Yadgir and Raichur districts this month, allegedly after consuming leftover food from two political rallies.
The latest incident came to light on March 25 when 15 cattle were found dead in Yadgir district’s Yergol village. Animal husbandry department officials rushed to the village and learnt that the cattle had consumed leftover food from a JD(S) rally.
“Sharanagouda Kandakur, a probable JD(S) candidate from the Gurmitkal Assembly constituency, had organised an election campaign on March 24. On the same evening, about 30-35 cattle in the village were fed leftover rice from the rally. On Saturday morning, locals who went searching for the cattle found them with bulging stomachs and informed animal husbandry department officials,” a local said. (Read more)
The Bengaluru police Saturday rescued a 40-day-old toddler and handed her over to family members hours after a woman kidnapped her from her house at Kalasipalya.
The police identified the accused as Nandini alias Ayesha, a resident of Shivajinagar and a native of Kolar’s Mulbagal. The toddler’s mother Farheen Begum said in the complaint to the Kalasipalya that she had come to her mother’s house for delivery and was staying there. She said she had slept off in the hall after feeding the baby in the morning and when she woke up, the baby was missing. (Read more)
Here's what the Bengaluru Meteorological Centre predicts:
For 24 hours: Partly cloudy sky. Maximum and minimum temperatures are very likely to be around 33 and 22 Degree Celsius respectively.
For 48 hours: Partly cloudy sky. Maximum and minimum temperatures are very likely to be around 33 and 22 Degree Celsius respectively.
MLA Gubbi Srinivas, who was suspended from the JD(S), will join Congress today. He had taken part in the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi as it passed through Karnataka.
Srinivas submitted his resignation as MLA today.
Over the years, rulers of Karnataka have left their marks on Bengaluru. Kempe Gowda and Tipu Sultan both made their marks with fortifications. The Gandaberunda sigil of the Wodeyars is still seen in many places similarly and the British Residents also left their marks. The most famous remnant of the Residency is the Raj Bhavan, but lesser-known parts of the city too bear this legacy.
The Residency itself in most parts of the country was a product of the Subsidiary Alliance, a treaty that curtailed the autonomy of a princely state in exchange for the military protection of the British. The Resident was the representative of the British and, depending on the era he was in, might be more of a diplomat or an administrator. Some Residents got sucked into the political intrigues of the time — James Kirkpatrick, Resident to the Nizam in the early 1800s, very nearly lost his job after his marriage to a local noblewoman—while Sir Mark Cubbon tended to define the administration of Mysore with his legacy visible all over the centre of the city today. (Read more)
The BJP State Election Campaign Committee and State Core Committee meeting was held in the city today.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, party state president Nalin Kumar Kateel, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and others were also present.
JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy Sunday unveiled a five-point programme that he said would be implemented if the JD(S) is elected to power in Karnataka. Read it here
Six Bajrang Dal activists were booked and several others detained in Karnataka’s Mangaluru after they vandalised the venue of an event held in connection with Holi celebrations on Sunday.
Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Kuldeep Kumar Jain identified the accused in custody as Ganesh Attavar, Jai Prasanth, Balchander, Akshay, Chirag and Mithun. The commissioner told media persons that permission was granted to the organisers to conduct the event under certain conditions. “If anyone had issues, they could have approached the police. But taking the law into one’s hands cannot be tolerated,” he said. Read more here
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Sunday said the BJP would release its list of candidates after the announcement of election dates for Karnataka. Know more here
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D K Shivakumar is exploring legal options against BJP general secretary C T Ravi after the latter alleged that he and his brother D K Suresh had hatched the conspiracy for the cooker bomb blast case that rocked the state in November last year.
A local weather forecast predicted light rain or thundershowers likely towards the evening. While the maximum temperature is predicted to be 33 degree celsius, the minimum temperature is 22 degree celsius.
During his visit to poll-bound Karnataka, Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Gorata Martyrs Memorial in Bidar.
The Bengaluru police Saturday rescued a 40-day-old toddler and handed her over to family members hours after a woman kidnapped her from her house at Kalasipalya.
The police identified the accused as Nandini alias Ayesha, a resident of Shivajinagar and a native of Kolar’s Mulbagal. Read the whole story here
When Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra visited Vishwa Vidyapeeth, a school in the Bengaluru suburb of Yelahanka, on Saturday, it turned out to be a dream come true for many kids, some of whom were overcome by emotion.
The Karnataka Cabinet’s decision to scrap the four per cent reservation granted to Muslims under the 2B category is turning into an election issue in the state, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleging that the provision was made due to the “appeasement policies” of previous Congress governments.
Shah was speaking at the inaugural of Gorata Shaheed Smarak and Sardar Patel Memorial in Bidar. “The BJP does not believe in appeasement politics. The BJP government in the state has decided that there will be changes in the reservation provided in the state. The Congress, to keep its vote bank happy, introduced four per cent reservation for minorities. This was scrapped,” the Home Minister said, noting that the reservation quota was divided between Vokkligas and Lingayats. Read more here
A weather forecast for Bengaluru predicted thunderstorms along with light to moderate spells of rain in the districts of Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural, Ramanagara, Kolar and Chikkaballapura in the next three hours.
Describing the Janata Dal (Secular) a “natural ally”, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi has decided to throw its weight fully behind the former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda-led party in the coming Assembly elections in Karnataka, BRS sources said on Sunday.
Telangana’s governing party was earlier weighing its option of fielding its candidates in some districts bordering Telangana in Kalyana-Karnataka (earlier known as Hyderabad-Karnataka) as part of its strategy to expand nationally but that plan is no longer on the table now.
The Centre has approved a sum of Rs 698.08 crore for the widening of the Belur to Hassan section of NH373, with the addition of paved shoulders, in Karnataka, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday. (PTI)
Over the years, rulers of Karnataka have left their marks on Bengaluru. Kempe Gowda and Tipu Sultan both made their marks with fortifications. The Gandaberunda sigil of the Wodeyars is still seen in many places similarly and the British Residents also left their marks. The most famous remnant of the Residency is the Raj Bhavan, but lesser-known parts of the city too bear this legacy. Know more about the legacy here
The BJP-led Karnataka government’s decision to scrap the 4 per cent reservation granted to the Muslim community under the “2B” backward class category and shifting them to the quota pool of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) has sparked a major row in the run-up to the upcoming Assembly polls, even as it has been seen as bid to turn the clock back by over 100 years on the issue of recognition of Muslims as a socially and educationally backward community in the state. Read more here
Addressing the public gathering in Gorata, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that there is no provision in the Constitution that mentions reservation to religious minorities. Shah added that reservation was provided by Congress due to its ‘polarisation politics’. BJP scrapped the reservation and provided these to Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities, he said.
Flaying the BJP-led Karnataka government for its decision to scrap the reservation for Muslims under Category 2B in the OBC list, the Congress declared on Sunday that it would restore the quota to the minority community in the event of the party coming to power in the State, where Assembly elections are due by May. (PTI)
Addressing a public meeting in Gorata, Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleged that it never remembered those who fought and sacrificed their lives for the liberation of Hyderabad from the ‘brutal' Nizam rule.
Addressing a public gathering after inaugurating the Gorata Martyrs' Memorial and statue of the country's first Home Minister late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Gorata village in the district, Shah also slammed the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led Telangana government for "hesitating" to celebrate the Hyderabad Liberation Day. (PTI)
The Bengaluru police Saturday rescued a 40-day-old toddler and handed her over to family members hours after a woman kidnapped her from her house at Kalasipalya.
The police identified the accused as Nandini alias Ayesha, a resident of Shivajinagar and a native of Kolar’s Mulbagal.
The toddler’s mother Farheen Begum said in the complaint to the Kalasipalya that she had come to her mother’s house for delivery and was staying there. She said she had slept off in the hall after feeding the baby in the morning and when she woke up, the baby was missing. Read the full story here
Describing the Janata Dal (Secular) a “natural ally”, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi has decided to throw its weight fully behind the former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda-led party in the coming Assembly elections in Karnataka, BRS sources said on Sunday.
Telangana’s governing party was earlier weighing its option of fielding its candidates in some districts bordering Telangana in Kalyana-Karnataka (earlier known as Hyderabad-Karnataka) as part of its strategy to expand nationally but that plan is no longer on the table now. Read More
The Karnataka Sunni Ulema Board has decided to legally fight the government decision to withdraw the 4 per cent reservation offered to Muslims under the 2B category, Karnataka State Board of Auqaf chairman Shafi Saadi said Saturday, adding that the community might even have to hit the streets demanding the BJP government reinstate the reservation. Read More
Over the years, rulers of Karnataka have left their marks on Bengaluru. Kempe Gowda and Tipu Sultan both made their marks with fortifications. The Gandaberunda sigil of the Wodeyars is still seen in many places similarly and the British Residents also left their marks. The most famous remnant of the Residency is the Raj Bhavan, but lesser-known parts of the city too bear this legacy. Read more
In the interest of student community, BMTC has been issuing student concessional passes to travel from their residence to School/college at a discounted rate.
In view of the SSLC exams scheduled from 31.03.2023 to 15.04.2023 BMTC has provided the following facilities in the interest of the SSLC students:
? On the dates of examination i.e. from 31.03.2023 to 15.04.2023, BMTC has provided free travel facility in BMTC ordinary services to all SSLC students from their place of residence to the examination centers on production of exam Hall/admission ticket.
? All schedules and trips will be operated on the date of exams, especially student trips. Additional trips will be operated if it is required on the basis of demand.
? Request stops will be given near of examination centers for the benefit of the students appear for the exam.
The India Meterological Department forecast light to moderate spells of rain in Bengaluru today with the maximum and minimum temperatures of around 33 and 22 Degree Celsius respectively.