The district administration has banned Shiv Sena MP Dhairyasheel Mane from entering Belagavi. Dhairyasheel Mane, a Lok Sabha member from Hatkanangle constituency in Maharashtra, had sought permission to take part in a protest to be held by Madhyavarti Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MMES) in Belagavi Monday.
Reacting to the recent agitation over the border dispute by the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) in Belagavi, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Sunday said the organisation was indulging in such activities for the past 50 years. “The state government knows how to control the group and the same is being done to keep the MES in check,” he said.
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In other news from the state: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) police in Bengaluru arrested a man Saturday for allegedly selling banned narcotic substances in the city by posing as a food delivery agent, officers said. Ganja and other substances worth Rs 4 lakh have been seized from him.
The police identified the arrested accused as Abijith, a Bihar native who has been living in Bengaluru for a few years. “We have seized 3 kg ganja worth Rs 4 lakh, 12 LSD stamps, a mobile phone, two-wheeler and other valuables from him,” officers with the CCB said.
Sources with the department said Abijith initially worked as a delivery agent for Zomato and Swiggy, before allegedly coming in contact with drug peddlers who offered him attractive money for delivering contraband.
Mangaluru city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said, “Shariq was shifted to Bengaluru around 6 am on Saturday as per the recommendation of hospital doctors and authorities.”
On November 19, a low-intensity bomb had gone off in an auto-rickshaw in Mangaluru. While it was suspected to be an accident initially, Karnataka Police chief Praveen Sood later said it was a terror act and the passenger was Shariq, 24, who also had sustained injuries. He was being treated at a private hospital in Mangaluru until Saturday.
Several autorickshaw drivers’ unions in Karnataka will hold a rally from KSR Bengaluru city railway station to Freedom Park on December 29 in protest against the state government for permitting electric bike taxis in Bengaluru.
However, the auto services in the city will not be affected on the day.
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The Karnataka transport department on December 6 decided to issue a licence to Wicked Ride, the parent company of Bounce, to operate e-bike taxi services in the state. The state government has also fixed the fare at Rs 25 for 5 km and Rs 50 for 10 km.
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The National Law School India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru recently said it will increase the seat intake for BA LLB (Hons) undergraduate programme for the academic year (AY) 2023-24 from 180 to 240 under its Inclusion and Expansion Plan introduced in 2021.
Earlier, under the same plan, the university had increased the intake for the programme from 80 to 120 during the academic year 2020-21 and from 120 to 180 for the academic year 2022-23.
Similarly, for the LLM postgraduate programme, the student intake will be increased from 75 to 100 in AY 2023-24.
Read more here https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/nlsiu-increases-student-intake-for-2023-24-ba-llb-and-llm-programmes-8337389/
Speculations are rife that Karnataka is likely to take a decision on the demand for an increase in reservations to the Panchamasali Lingayats community in a cabinet meeting on Thursday.
Karnataka will be going for assembly polls by April-May next year, Panchamasali Lingayats, a sub-sect of the dominant Veerashaiva-Lingayat community, is considered to be BJP's core voter base.
The Panchamasali community wants to be included in category 2A (15 per cent) of the OBC reservation matrix. They are currently included under 3B (5 per cent).
The indication about the state cabinet decision in this regard came from BJP's Bijapur City MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, who is at the forefront of the Panchamasali Lingayat reservation agitation.
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has resumed clearing encroachments on storm-water drains in all of its zones.
The eviction drive was stopped in November, after some property owners got a stay order from a court.
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Ramanagara District in-charge Minister C N Ashwath Narayan has urged Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to constitute a development committee to build a temple at Ramadevarabetta on the lines of Sri Ram temple at Ayodhya.
In a letter to Bommai and Muzrai Minister Shashikala Jolle, he demanded that Ramadevarabetta in Ramanagara district of Karnataka should be developed as the Ayodhya of South India.
Narayan said that Sri Ram temple should be built using 19 acres of space which belong to the Department of Muzrai at Ramadevarabetta.
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The Karnataka government will bear further expenses for the treatment of Purushotham Poojary, the autorickshaw driver who was injured in the cooker bomb blast in the city on November 19.
Poojary is being treated at a private hospital here. So far, the expenses were borne by his daughter using her ESI benefits. The hospital has now informed that further treatment will not come under the ESI scheme.
"The treatment should be continued from the hospital without pressurising the family to pay the expenses. Hence, the amount which was paid through ESI till now, will be paid by the government henceforth," an order from the Dakshina Kannada district administration said here Wednesday.
Poojary, who was injured in the auto rickshaw cooker blast along with Mohammed Shariq, the prime suspect in the terror case, was admitted to the private hospital on November 19. Shariq has now been shifted to Bengaluru by the authorities.
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Veteran parliamentarian Basavaraj Horatti was on Wednesday elected unopposed as Chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council.
The 76-year-old eight-time MLC had ended his long association with Janata Parivar and resigned from the Janata Dal (Secular) as well as the Member of Legislative Council in May this year, two months before his tenure was to come to an end. He later joined the BJP.
With the BJP enjoying majority in the 75-member House, the Congress and JDS had opted out of the race.
In absence of an elected Chairman, Raghunath Rao Malkapure was serving as pro-tem Chairman.
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Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday made a surprise visit to a famous sweet mart in Belagavi. The CM purchased locally popular sweet like Kunda and Khardant from the Camp Purohit Sweet Mart.
In the light of the intense Covid situation in China, Karnataka Health Minister Wednesday appealed people to take booster shot of the Covid vaccine.
'Indians are safe. Our 100% population has taken a double dose of vaccine. I appeal to people to take booster dose also. We will monitor at the airport and try to send all positive cases to INSACOG to know what kind of strains are being witnessed,' said K. Sudhakar.
Days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Chief Ministers Basavaraj Bommai and Eknath Shinde in a bid to dial down tensions between the two border states, the Karnataka government said the state legislature would pass a resolution reiterating its position on the Belagavi border issue.
On Tuesday, during a debate on the border dispute in the winter session of the state Assembly held in Belagavi, Bommai suggested a unanimous resolution in both Houses of the state legislature reiterating the party’s position.
“If everyone agrees, while giving the government’s reply on the border debate, we will pass a resolution reiterating the state’s stand in both Houses of the legislature. We have already passed several such resolutions, we will reiterate it,” he said, adding that Karnataka’s border interests will be protected. (Read more)
Basavaraj Horatti was unanimously elected as chairman of the Karnataka legislative council during the ongoing winter session in Belagavi on Wednesday,
The Karnataka government Tuesday tabled a Bill in the Legislative Assembly to increase reservations for Scheduled Castes (from 15 per cent to 17 per cent) and Scheduled Tribes (from 3 per cent to 7 per cent) in the state.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai introduced The Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions and of Appointments or posts in the services under the state) Bill, 2022, which seeks to replace the ordinance of the same name.
Opposition Congress raised concerns about the legality of the Bill’s provisions, as it breaches the 50 per cent cap on quotas, and sought a discussion on it. (Read more)
Amid rising tensions between Maharashtra and Karnataka over the border row, Shiv Sena (U) leader Sanjay Raut Wednesday said that his party members will enter Karnataka "like China has entered" India.
"We don't need anyone's permission. We want to solve it through discussions but Karnataka CM is igniting fire. There is a weak govt in Maharashtra & is not taking any stand on it," he added. Earlier this month, two ministers were scheduled to visit the Marathi-speaking parts of Belagavi but postponed their visit.
Follow the live feed of the third day of proceedings from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in Belagavi here.
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The Whitefield Traffic Police has issued an advisory warning that traffic movement is slow along the Vibgyor-U Turn-Kundalahalli due to maintenance activity.
The two Bengaluru-based co-operative bank scams in Karnataka on Tuesday rocked the legislative council with the Congress demanding the BJP government to handover the Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank Niyamitha (SGRSBN) and Sri Vasista Credit Souharda Sahakari Ltd (SVCSSL) misappropriation cases to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
In his response to Congress MLC U B Venkatesh, Karnataka minister for co-operation S T Somashekar said, “The total misappropriation that has been discovered in SVCSSL is about Rs 280 crore and about Rs 2.56 crore has been recovered from the defaulters.” He added that 10 immovable properties have been attached by the competent authority. “Rs 26.97 crore has been transferred to 729 depositors’ accounts and about 2,000 depositors are yet to get Rs 260 crore,” he said. Read more
The police Tuesday said they have nabbed the temporary teacher who beat a Class IV student to death in a government school under Gadag district of Karnataka Monday.
Addressing a press conference, superintendent of police (Gadag) Shivaprakash Devaraju said accused Muthappa Yellappa Kuri, who attacked fellow temporary teacher Geetha Barikeri and her 10-year-old son Bharath Barikeri, was nabbed near Nargund Tuesday. He added that Kuri was allegedly in a relationship with Geetha and the accused suspected that she was getting close to the headmaster of the school, Sanganagouda Patil, during a recent school trip. Read more
After Turahalli, Kengeri and Yelahanka areas of Bengaluru, residents of the Chinnakurchi village in the Bangalore South taluk also reported leopard sightings and complained that the big cats are attacking their livestock and dogs. While the residents demanded the forest officials to capture the leopards, the authorities cited massive encroachments but said efforts are on to catch the animals.
Wildlife conservationist Joseph Hoover on December 19 met the villagers of Chinnakurchi. He said, “Leopards are brazenly snatching sheep and goats right under the nose of the shepherds. Residents, mostly farmers, are scared of venturing out of their homes fearing an attack by leopards. They are not asking for compensation for the loss of their sheep, goats and cattle. They just want the department to capture the leopards and relocate them to a forest.” Read more
Days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Chief Ministers Basavaraj Bommai and Eknath Shinde in a bid to dial down tensions between the two border states, the Karnataka government said the state legislature would pass a resolution reiterating its position on the Belagavi border issue.
On Tuesday, during a debate on the border dispute in the winter session of the state Assembly held in Belagavi, Bommai suggested a unanimous resolution in both Houses of the state legislature reiterating the party’s position. “If everyone agrees, while giving the government’s reply on the border debate, we will pass a resolution reiterating the state’s stand in both Houses of the legislature. We have already passed several such resolutions, we will reiterate it,” he said, adding that Karnataka’s border interests will be protected. Read more
The state unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Tuesday extended its support to the indefinite strike called by a section of Karnataka government employees over the New Pension Scheme (NPS). The protestors are demanding a re-introduction of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS).
Karnataka AAP vice-president Bhaskar Rao, who accompanied party leaders to Freedom Park where the protest is being held, announced that if AAP comes to power in the state, NPS will be scrapped and OPS will be implemented. Read more
Karnataka has recorded a 21 per cent rise in cases of dengue fever since last year, according to statistics shared by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP). As per the data, in 2021 the state recorded 7,393 cases of dengue and seven deaths, while this year (January-December 17) it recorded 8,972 cases and nine deaths.
State health commissioner Randeep D said they are creating awareness among people about dengue fever. “We tell people to clear stagnant water. Moreover, we have stepped up surveillance measures. Every tenth negative dengue sample is also tested for Zika virus. Sometimes a sample is negative for dengue but it may carry infection,” he added. Read more
CANCELLATION / PARTIAL CANCELLATION OF TRAINS
The following trains will be cancelled & partially cancelled in view of engineering work related to doubling of Castle Rock – Vasco Da Gama section as detailed below:-
Cancellation:
1. Train No. 17310 Vasco Da Gama – Yesvantpur Daily Express will be cancelled from 02.01.2023 to 20.01.2023.
2. Train No. 17309 Yesvantpur – Vasco Da Gama Daily Express will be cancelled from 03.01.2023 to 21.01.2023.
3. Train No. 17315 Vasco Da Gama – Velankanni Weekly Express will be cancelled on 09.01.2023 & 16.01.2023.
4. Train No. 17316 Velankanni – Vasco Da Gama Weekly Express will be cancelled on 10.01.2023 & 17.01.2023.
5. Train No. 17419 Tirupati – Vasco Da Gama Weekly Express & Train No. 17021 Hyderabad – Vasco Da Gama Weekly Express will be cancelled on 12.01.2023 & 19.01.2023.
6. Train No. 17420 Vasco Da Gama – Tirupati Weekly Express & Train No. 17022 Vasco Da Gama – Hyderabad Weekly Express will be cancelled on 13.01.2023 & 20.01.2023.
7. Train No. 17321 Vasco Da Gama – Jasidih Weekly Express will be cancelled on 13.01.2023 & 20.01.2023.
8. Train No. 17322 Jasidih – Vasco Da Gama Weekly Express will be cancelled on 16.01.2023 & 23.01.2023.
9. Train No. 00631 Vasco Da Gama – Azara Parcel Cargo Express Train will be cancelled on 13.01.2023 & 20.01.2023.
10. Train No. 00632 Azara – Vasco Da Gama Parcel Cargo Express Train will be cancelled on 18.01.2023 & 25.01.2023.
Partial Cancellation:
1. Train No. 17333 Miraj – Castle Rock Daily Express commencing journey from Miraj from 02.01.2023 to 20.01.2023 will be partially cancelled between Belagavi – Castle Rock and it will be short terminated at Belagavi.
2.Train No. 17334 Castle Rock – Miraj Daily Express commencing journey from Castle Rock from 02.01.2023 to 20.01.2023 will be partially cancelled between Castle Rock – Belagavi and it will be originated from Belagavi instead of Castle Rock.
3. Train No. 18047 Shalimar – Vasco Da Gama Amaravati Express commencing journey from Shalimar on January 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16 & 17 will be partially cancelled between SSS Hubballi – Vasco Da Gama and it will be short terminated at SSS Hubballi and Kacheguda – Vasco Da Gama slip coaches of Train No. 17603 commencing journey from Kacheguda on January 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17 & 18 will also be partially cancelled between SSS Hubballi – Vasco Da Gama.
4. Train No. 18048 Vasco Da Gama – Shalimar Amaravati Express commencing journey from Vasco Da Gama on January 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19 & 20 will be partially cancelled between Vasco Da Gama – SSS Hubballi and it will be originated from SSS Hubballi instead of Vasco Da Gama and Vasco Da Gama – Kacheguda slip coaches of Train No. 17604 commencing journey on January 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19 & 20 will also be partially cancelled between Vasco Da Gama – SSS Hubballi.
5. Train No. 12780 Hazrat Nizamuddin – Vasco Da Gama Superfast Express commencing journey from Hazrat Nizamuddin from 06.01.2023 to 18.01.2023 will be partially cancelled between Belagavi – Vasco Da Gama and it will be short terminated at Belagavi.
6. Train No. 12779 Vasco Da Gama – Hazrat Nizamuddin Superfast Express commencing journey from Vasco Da Gama from 08.01.2023 to 20.01.2023 will be partially cancelled between Vasco Da Gama – Belagavi and it will be originated from Belagavi instead of Vasco Da Gama.
A woman and her two adult but unmarried children were found lying dead in an apartment in Bengaluru on Monday, police said. It appeared to be a suicide pact, the police said. Investigations are on to find the exact reason for the deaths, they said.
According to the police, the deceased were Yashoda (70), her daughter Sumana (41) and son Naresh (36). The death came to light after the phone calls of Yashoda's relative went unanswered. Sensing something amiss, the relative rushed to the apartment, pressed the door bell. Yet, there was no answer. It was then the kin decided to call the police. Shortly after, the police arrived, broke into the house and saw the bodies. (PTI)
Karnataka government on Tuesday tabled the following bills:
The Bengaluru police arrested a 47-year-old man on December 4 for raping a domestic help he had hired online to reportedly look after his ailing 80-year-old mother.
The man was arrested after the 22-year-old domestic help from Jharkhand reported the crime to the agency through which she was hired. A case of rape, criminal intimidation and wrongful confinement against the accused under Sections 376 (2), 506 and 342 of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the man. Read more
Sulking Karnataka BJP legislator K S Eshwarappa on Tuesday claimed Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has assured to make him a minister soon. Along with him, senior MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi may also be inducted in the cabinet, he added.
Eshwarappa had resigned as the state Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister earlier this year after a contractor from Belagavi allegedly committed suicide in an Udupi hotel accusing him of demanding 40 percent commission in a public work in 2020.
The Shivamogga MLA had earlier decided not to attend the ongoing winter session of the Karnataka legislature in Belagavi to protest against not giving him a ministerial position.
"The chief minister has assured me he will speak to the party high command and induct me in the cabinet after I got a clean chit," he told reporters in Bengaluru. "Not only me but Ramesh Jarkiholi also will be made a minister because he too got a clean chit," the MLA added. (PTI)
In the Maharashtra assembly, the Opposition raised the Belgavi issue on Tuesday. NCP MLA Hasan Mushreef from Kagal (bordering Karnataka) narrated that the elected representatives were stopped by the Karnataka police which is a violation of constitutional rights.
NCP MLA Jayant Patil said that the arrogance of Karnataka should be dealt with strongly. "Karnataka is purposely targeting Marathi population in the border area. If the arrogance of Karnataka CM continues, I ask the Maharashtra government to undertake the work to raise the height of dams like Koyna and Warana in Maharashtra. We can stop the water if we want. "
Hinting at a possibility of his party emerging as a deciding factor in case of a fractured mandate in 2023 Assembly polls in Karnataka, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday warned the ruling BJP that it might have to come to him after the elections.
Kumaraswamy was speaking after releasing the first list of 93 JD(S) candidates for the election.
"In 2023, you (BJP) will have to come to JD(S). Be careful. It is not easy for the BJP to survive. I have decided to throw the BJP out of the State. I don't need to learn from you,” Kumaraswamy said while referring to the BJP national general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh. (PTI)
Bengaluru police on Tuesday arrested two persons for a double murder at the home of a businessman in the Koramangala area of the city.
One of the arrested persons is a former car driver of the businessman.
The bodies of the domestic help and a security guard were found on Sunday at the home of the businessman Rajagopal Reddy. The family of the businessman were away in Andhra Pradesh for a wedding when the murder occurred. The murder was committed as part of a robbery of Rs 5 lakh in cash and over 100 grams of jewellery at the home of the businessman.
The police have launched a manhunt to nab a temporary school teacher following the death of a Class IV student of a government school in Hadali village under Gadag district in Karnataka Monday.
The accused allegedly beat the boy, Bharath Barikeri, 10, and also flung him from the first floor of the school building even as his mother Geetha Barikeri, also a guest teacher at the school, tried to stop the beating, the police said.
The accused has been identified as Muthappa Yellappa Kuri, 45. (Read more)
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BJP Karnataka Legislative Council member N Ravikumar Monday proposed to introduce a private bill in the House banning food certification by any institution other than the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). Some political observers highlight that the said proposal was made to eye Islamic institutions which provide certification on halal food for Muslims.
The halal issue made national headlines earlier this year after a few pro-Hindu organisations in Karnataka called for a boycott of halal meat during Ugadi celebrations. The boycott was a part of a campaign in the wake of the growing ban on Muslim traders from setting up stalls on temple premises or at temple fairs. Read more here.
As Karnataka Congress staged a protest outside the state Assembly on Monday, state Congress chief and MLA Shivakumar alleged, 'They want that our Assembly proceedings should not take place. They want it disrupted. They have brought this photo because we are going to raise a lot of corruption issues against them. They don't have any development agenda.'
According to the news agency ANI, Siddaramaiah, Leader of the Opposition of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, while addressing a press conference on Monday said that the move was a tactic to divert the attention of people. 'In order to divert the attention of people, they are doing this. We will not continue with the protest. It is a symbolic demand made by the Congress Legislature party.'
He continued, 'The Speaker should have taken the confidence of the house. That has not been done.' He alleged that they were kept 'in the dark' about the decision to put the portrait of Savarkar in the Assembly. 'As a Leader of Opposition, I should have been invited ... we demand you to put portraits of all national leaders and Socialist republics leaders.' (ANI)
Fluffly, HR consultant Sachin Shenoy's 20-month-old pet dog was denied entry to the Air India flight at kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on December 17. Along with his wife, daughter, and toy poodle, Sachin planned to fly from Bengaluru to Amritsar via Delhi. However, Air India did not allow them to board.
Since Air India was the only Indian airline with a policy of allowing pets weighing up to 5 kg to board, they had booked tickets months earlier via the airline. However, right from the beginning, the airline did not provide Sachin with clarity about the pet policy, he said. Read more.
The CBI Monday carried out searches at properties belonging to the Congress’s Karnataka unit chief as well as at educational institutions run by his family. The agency is investigating the disproportionate assets case against Shivakumar from the period when he was a minister in the Congress government in Karnataka.
“They (CBI) have visited some of the institutions in Bengaluru today. I do not know what they are looking for,” the Karnataka Congress chief said in Belagavi. Read more.
Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray faction member Arvind Sawant on Monday condemned the "ban" on the entry of party MP Dhairyasheel Mane into Karnataka's Belagavi district and called it an attack on the Constitution, as per news agency PTI.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, the South Mumbai MP also called for Union Home Minister Amit Shah's intervention in the matter and demanded protection for Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti's leaders following Karnataka police's action against some of them during a protest in Belagavi.
"The ban on the entry of leaders from Maharashtra is an attack on the Constitution. The worst is that our Home Minister is being insulted by non-compliance with the advice that he gave to the chief ministers of Karnataka and Maharashtra for maintaining peace," Sawant said. "Karnataka chief minister is not following his (Shah's) advice. We vehemently condemn it and demand that the Union Home Minister immediately intervene," Sawant added.
Mane was recently appointed as the chief of an expert committee formed by the Maharashtra government regarding a writ petition in the Supreme Court on the border dispute with Karnataka. He had requested the Belagavi administration to make arrangements for his visit to the city. However, the district authorities banned his entry, saying a "possible inflammatory speech" by him might create law and order problems. (PTI)
During the ongoing winter session of the state assembly, CM Bommai, responding to a question regarding a Maharashtra MP wanting to visit Belagavi, said, "we have restrained him. Not only that, another three to four people wanted to enter, we have restrained everybody. We will not allow anyone to enter Karnataka unlawfully."
The ten-day long winter session began in this border district by paying obituary to former deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly Vishwanath Chandrashekar Mamani, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, and eight other former MLAs who had passed away recently. Hoping that the session will be productive and successful with good discussion, Bommai said, the government is ready for any discussion and this is the right forum, according to a report by the news agency PTI.
"We are also ready to discuss the issues relating to this (north Karnataka) region," he added. (PTI)
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the bill regarding the implementation of "Uniform Civil Code" (UCC) in the State will not be introduced during the ongoing winter session of the legislature here.
"There are no chances of tabling it during this session," Bommai told reporters in response to a question whether a bill on UCC will be tabled during this session.
The Chief Minister had recently said serious discussions were going on for implementing the UCC in Karnataka. He had also said he is gathering information regarding developments in various States and what the Constitution says vis-a-vis the UCC, and any decision on implementing it in the state, will be taken after going through them. Read more.
State education Minister BC Nagesh referred to the protests led by Karnataka Congress leaders against the installation of V D Savarkar's portrait in the Karnataka Assembly, as "unfortunate."
He said, "Unfortunate! Whenever we want to put idealism before people via people like Vivekananda, SC Bose, Savarkar, Mahatma Gandhi, they oppose. These people dedicated their life to country & they don't want their pics." (ANI)
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai unveiled a portrait of Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar inside the Karnataka Assembly Hall. He also unveiled the portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, Dr. B R Ambedkar, social reformer Basavanna, Subhash Chandra Bose, and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on the first day of the Assembly. (Express Photo by Jithendra M)
#Watch | Members of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti and NCP stage protest near Kognoli Toll Plaza near the Karnataka-Maharashtra border over the inter-state border issue.
The Congress on Monday appointed 11 new party leaders in the Pradesh Election Committee for Karnataka.
The appointments come ahead of assembly elections slated early next year, where the Congress is seeking to wrest power from the BJP.
"Congress president has approved the proposal for including additional names in the Pradesh Election Committee for ensuing assembly elections in Karnataka-2023, with an immediate effect," said an official communication from the party.
Among the names included in the Pradesh Election Committee are B L Shankar, Parameshwar Naik, Umashree, Ramesh Kumar, Ramanath Rai, H M Revanna and A M Hindasgeri.
Besides, state Congress leaders Zameer Ahmed, Shivanand Patil, Sharanabasappa Gouda Darshanapur and Sharan Prakash Patil have also been included in the Committee. PTI
Karnataka Congress leaders, led by Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah and state unit chief D K Shivakumar, Monday staged a protest outside the Assembly after Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai unveiled a portrait of Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar inside Karnataka Assembly Hall.
Bommai also unveiled the portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, Dr B R Ambedkar, social reformer Basavanna, Subhash Chandra Bose, and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The first day of the Winter Session of the Karnataka Assembly began at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi.
Congress leaders, including Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah, sat outside the Assembly to mark their protest. Read more.
Members of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti and NCP stage protest at Kognoli Toll Plaza near Karnataka-Maharashtra border, reported ANI.
A security blanket has been thrown across the Belagavi city as the winter session of the Karnataka Legislature starts today.
Amid fear over the border row with Maharashtra and disruption due to protests by various communities, the entire city resembles a cantonment of sorts.
Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, where the session is in progress appears like a barrack with policemen deployed all over the place.
According to police sources, nearly 5,000 policemen have been deployed for maintaining law and order in the city.
These policemen include six superintendents of police, 11 additional superintendents of police, 43 deputy SPs, 95 inspectors and 241 sub-inspectors, they added. PTI
It is not a protest, it is our demand to put portraits of all national leaders and social reformers in the Karnataka Assembly Hall. The Speaker has unilaterally taken a decision to put up Veer Savarkar's portrait in the Assembly, said Siddaramaiah.
VD Savarkar's portrait was unveiled in the Karnataka Assembly hall. Congress MLAs have staged a protest with LoP Siddaramaiah writing to Speaker to install portraits of personalities like Valmiki, Basavanna, Kanaka Dasa, BR Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and many others.
Whitefield Traffic Police introduce diversions at Big Bazaar Junction in Whitefield.
Karnataka ADGP for law and order on Monday saud that the police have rejected Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti's demand to hold Maha Melava event demanding inclusion of Marathi-speaking regions in Maharashtra during the Karnataka legislature session in Belagavi.
"Police will take action against any attempt to conduct the event despite the rejection of police permission," the ADGP said.
Belagavi Police refuse permission for Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti to hold their Mahamela convention. Heavy police personnel deployed at the place where the Mahamela was to be held, reported ANI. Section 144 imposed in Belagavi ahead of the assembly session which starts today.
The District Election Officer for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike region Tushar Girinath, who is also the BBMP commissioner, ordered the ban on the collection of private data of voters in the city by any private entity in the wake of a voter data theft controversy involving NGO Chilume Trust.
Amid rumours that Hindutva ideologue Savarkar's portrait would adorn the Karnataka Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi along with Mahatma Gandhi, former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Savarkar was a controversial figure.
Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri, however, remained silent on the question whether the portrait would be put up in the Assembly. He maintained that the issue would be known to the world on Monday, hence, there was no need to speak on it. PTI
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