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Plaint against mining baron Reddy over daughter's lavish wedding

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November 16, 2016

Bengaluru, Nov 16: Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy is in the eye of a political storm, a day before his daughter's wedding on Wednesday.

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An activist has filed a complaint with the directorate general of income tax (investigations) questioning the extravagant nature of the wedding.

In the complaint, RTI activist T Narasimha Murthy said the arrangements have already raised eyebrows, whilepeople are standing in long queues after the demonetisation'

Tax officials refused to comment on the issue.

According to reports, Reddy has planned to recreate a model of the 16th century Vijayanagara palace at the Bengaluru Palace Grounds for the November 16 wedding.

Local media is abuzz with rumours that Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan will perform at a wedding function on Tuesday but the claim could not be confirmed.

The Bellary mining baron was arrested in 2011 on charges of illegally mining iron ore and was in prison for over three years. His company, Obulapuram Mining Company, was alleged to have shifted the borders that separated the neighbouring districts of Ballary in Karnataka and Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh to extract ore. He was granted bail in January 2015 by the Supreme Court.

The wedding of Reddy's daughter Brahmani hit the headlines for lavish replicas of Hampi and Tirumala temples erected at the venue. Reportedly, Reddy hired art directors from Bollywood to design the sets.

All eyes are now on the guests, who will attend the wedding, to be held in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

Reddy was formerly a part of the BJP. He and his two brothers shot to limelight during the 1999 Lok Sabha elections by helping Sushma Swaraj's campaign, who lost to Sonia Gandhi in the Bellary seat.

Local media in the state was rife with speculation that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders might have been asked to stay away from the event.

Reddy was the state tourism minister in BS Yeddyurappa's government before his arrest on graft charges related to the iron ore mining industry.

However, BJP national general secretary P Muralidhar Rao told Hindustan Times that no official diktat had been issued by the party's central leadership. “Why would the party get involved in someone's private function? It is not a party function for us to issue any orders,” he said.

The wedding is set to be exclusively telecast by Janasri TV, which was launched by Reddy and his close associate B Sriramulu, who is the MP from Bellary, even though media persons from across the publications have been invited to the event.

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Rikaz
 - 
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2016

Reddy is using 100 Rupees notes and cheques.....he does not have any black money....

Althaf
 - 
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2016

Nothing will happen because he is having the full support of Besharam Janatha party .

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May 19,2020

Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 19: Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has issued a fatwa asking Muslims to offer their Eid prayers this time at home, instead of congregating at mosques.

The directive comes amid a nationwide lockdown to slow down the spread of coronavirus.

Despite the relaxations announced in the lockdown, religious and other large gatherings are still banned.

The fatwa was issued in response to a query put to the seminary, its spokesman Ashraf Usmani said.

The fatwa said the Eid namaz can be offered in the same manner that the Friday prayers are now being read at home.

It said not holding the namaz in the usual manner is pardonable in circumstances such as these.

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May 22,2020

Bengaluru, May 22: Karnataka Congress delegation met Chief Election Commissioner, Dr B Basavaraju in Bengaluru, urging him to guide Karnataka Government to conduct local body elections and not to allow State government to nominate their party men to the local bodies.

The delegation was led by Congress leader Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D K Shivakumar.

"They (State government) wants to postpone the election, they have a lot of other provisions. We are demanding to protect the law, the government doesn't have the power to interfere in the system. We will not allow the state government to nominate their party men.

The CM and his entire team is responsible for this, they are killing the democracy and Panchayati Raj system of the State," said Shivakumar while speaking to the reporters.

The local body elections were scheduled to take place in the month of March or April, which were postponed in view of the COVID-19 crisis.

However, the date for conducting the local body elections has not been decided yet.

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March 21,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 21: All bars and pubs in Karnataka will remain closed from Saturday till March 31 as a preventive measure to tackle coronavirus spread, said state Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.

As per the government advisory, restaurants including cafes cannot serve food in-house and only takeaways will be allowed.

"All bars/pubs to remain closed from tomorrow till March 31 in Karnataka. In all city municipal corporations across the state, restaurants including cafes cannot serve food in-house, only takeaways will be allowed," said Yeddyurappa in a statement.

15 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the state till now, said Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu on Friday.

The Minister told news agency that two COVID-19 patients, who are recovering, will soon be discharged from the hospital.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in India has now climbed up to 223, including 32 foreigners, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. As many as 23 people have been cured of the infection in India.

The disease has claimed over 10,000 lives globally.

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