BJP leaders petition governor against Anti-Corruption Bureau

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August 22, 2017

Bengaluru, Aug 22: The state BJP leaders on Monday complained to Governor Vajubhai Vala against the state government for “misusing” the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) to target its leaders and urged him to order a high-level enquiry into the issue.

Besides, the party urged the Governor to direct the government to immediately suspend Director General of Police (ACB) M N Reddi and remove adviser to Home Minister Kempaiah from his post.

The government has been tapping phone conversations of the Opposition party leaders, booking false cases against them and failed to take action against anti-social elements indulging in the killing of RSS activists, the BJP party leaders stated in a six-page memorandum submitted to the Governor.

The BJP directly charged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with conspiring against his political opponents with the help of the ACB chief and Kempaiah. The ACB has filed cases against BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa, based on a complaint filed by a ‘dubious’ RTI activist with an intention to harass him. The activist’s complaint pertains to denotification of lands meant for the formation of Shivaram Karanth Layout by the BDA. But, Yeddyurappa did not pass any order to denotify the land when he was the chief minister, the memorandum stated.

The government did not issue the final notification for acquiring the land. The High Court of Karnataka quashed the preliminary notification for land acquisition, stating that the scheme formulated by the BDA had lapsed. This shows that there was no administrative lapse during Yeddyurappa’s tenure as the chief minister. “Despite these legal & factual aspects and High Court orders, the ACB, under political dictum, has decided to proceed against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa solely to tarnish his image in public (sic),” the memorandum said.

The BJP leaders said that the ACB officials, including J K Anthony John, Balaraj and Manjunath, tried to force KAS officer Basavarajendra to issue a false statement to implicate Yeddyurappa. The ACB officials made the KAS officer an accused in the case as he refused to heed to their demands. “This is a shocking misuse of the ACB by the chief minister, who is incidentally heading the ACB,” the saffron party charged.

Earlier, the BJP leaders led by Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar took out a protest march from Ambedkar statue in front of the Vidhana Soudha to the Raj Bhavan. Almost all the senior BJP leaders, including K S Eshwarappa, took part in the march in a show of unity.

“The entire state is shocked by the way the government is misusing the ACB to fix Yeddyurappa. We have drawn the Governor’s attention in this regard and urged him to take action against the government,” Ananth Kumar told reporters.

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With highest spike of 7,466 cases, India's COVID-19 tally reaches 1,65,799

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May 29,2020

New Delhi, May 29: With the highest spike of 7,466 more COVID-19 cases and 175 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, India's COVID-19 tally reached 1,65,799 on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The number of active coronavirus cases stands at 89,987 while 71,105 people have been cured or recovered and one patient has migrated, it said. The death toll due to the infection has reached 4,706 in the country.

Maharashtra is the worst affected state with 59,546 cases. Tamil Nadu has recorded as many as 19,372 cases while Gujarat and Delhi have recorded 15,562 and 16,281 coronavirus cases respectively.

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Another cop dies of covid-19 in Karnataka while undergoing treatment

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June 20,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 20: A 56-year-old head constable, who had tested positive for the coronavirus infection a couple of days ago and was undergoing treatment, died on Saturday, police said.

The deceased, attached to the Kalasipalya police station, was being treated at Victoria Hospital here, they said.

This the second death of a policeman in the state due to COVID-19. The first one was an assistant sub-inspector attached to the V V Puram traffic police station.

Officials said the deceased constable was among nine others who had tested positive for COVID-19.

Meanwhile, an ASI with the Wilson Garden traffic police station here has also reportedly tested positive. According to sources, the ASI is undergoing treatment at a designated hospital and the station has been sanitised. His contacts are being quarantined.

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Muslim Committee drops Jan 4 anti-CAA protest plan as cops refuse permission

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January 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 2: The Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi has dropped its plan to stage a massive protest against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens on January 4 at Mangaluru’s Nehru Maidan.

Addressing a press conference here today, committee chief K S Mohammed Masood made this announcement.

“All the 28 organisations that had decided to stage protest under the leadership of the Muslim Central Committee, have unanimously agreed to temporarily cancel the protest plan after the city police refused permission for the event,” he said.

Mr Masood requested the people, especially the youth, not to lose patience. “No one should head to Nehru Maidan on January 4 as Muslim leaders have unanimously decided to cancel the protest,” he urged.

S M Rasheed Haji, Y Abdulla Kunhi, Umar UH, Ibrahim Kodichal, B M Mumtaz Ali, Khasim H K, Mansoor Ahmed Azad and Asif Deals were present in the press meet.

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Muslim organisations felicitate State BJP Chief Nalin Kumar

I want to know from them wat was the need for this. Has this helped the ordinary Mangalore Muslims in anyway. I would not have asked abt this if the program was conducted in your house. But here it is done in the name of Muslims. We need to stop being intellectually dishonest

Young energetic Muslim brothers present in Dk ,please note we need young leaders to lead us . Wake up ... and take over .

We respect ur decision sir.

But there are a lot of questions about it on people's mind.

We need to be updated about ur next plan of action.

Are u planning to approach the court for gaining the permission from the police, bcoz otherwise I don't think we will get the permission

Secondly, a few days back I wanted to contact Muslim central committee office to confirm if the protest Wil be there. I googled for the no, but the no. did not exist. Does that mean the Muslim central committee does not have an office or telephone no????

This only shows how organised we are.

Requesting Muslim central committee to get their house in order. Get more professional. Also consult people to utilise various platform to responsibly collect funds from so many ordinary bearys who want to donate money, but don't know whom to send it to.

We need an action committee to handle such situations. It must consist a battery of lawyers to fight the cases filed by the police.

If our leaders are old, they need to groom new leaders into the committee.

Moreover, it is important to question these so called leaders about their fecilitation program conducted for making kateel wen he won the election. Wat was the purpose of such fecilitation. Becoz I don't think he gives a damn when our community suffered. I question, whether all this is done in our name only to gain your contact and flourish ur business???

Never ever dare to do so in the name of Muslims