Cops raid BJP leader’s house over stone pelting during RSS activist’s funeral

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July 10, 2017

Mangaluru, Jul 10: The police are on the lookout for a Hindutva leader in connection with the stone-pelting that led to chaos during the funeral procession of RSS activist Sharath Madivala, highly placed sources said.satyajit

Dakshina Kannada district police on Sunday night raided the house of Satyajit Surathkal, State secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party Backward Classes Morcha, after receiving information on his involvement in the alleged attempt to create communal riot when the funeral procession reached BC Road on Saturday.

However, Satyajit was not there in the house during the time of the raid, sources said. Condemning the raid, Hindu Jagarana Vedike said the police trooped into Satyajit’s house and misbehaved with family members.

Superintendent of Police C H Sudheer Kumar Reddy confirmed that the police has conducted raid at a few places in Surathkal in search of those who were allegedly involved in stone throwing incident. “We could not find them,” he said, not disclosing the names of the suspects.

At least two persons suffered injuries and several vehicles were damaged due to the stone pelting in BC Road on Saturday. The police have already arrested 13 persons and took 25 others into custody following the incident. The police are now trying to find out the mastermind behind the clashes.

Sharat Madivala, a 28-year-old RSS activist was stabbed by unidentified miscreants in BC Road on July 4. He breathed his last at a hospital in Mangaluru on July 7. Sangh Parivar activists took his mortal remains to his home town Sajipa Munnir in Bantwal taluk through a procession ignoring prohibitory orders.

It is worth mentioning here that several suspected Hindutva activists were caught on camera collecting stones on road during the procession.

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SMQ
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Wednesday, 12 Jul 2017

MASHAALLAH. may Almighty ALLAH give them strength

Althaf
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Wednesday, 12 Jul 2017

Airoplane bhagya... poor fellows

Mani
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Wednesday, 12 Jul 2017

POLICE are the main link between incidents of lynching and merciless killing of innocent muslims across INDIA . so we must reform POLICE system ....at first we must push out 60% who are anti national's supporters ...next step is to train those who are unaware of RSS cruelty and barbarism ....and to train them the way to tackle to handle the chaddi and mind

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June 2,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 2:  With easing of COVID-19 lockdown curbs, the Karnataka excise department has accorded permission for fresh brewing or production of beer and to sell it in microbreweries as takeaways.

"Permission is hereby accorded to microbreweries for fresh brewing/production and sale of beer as takeaway in glass, ceramic or stainless steel container (up to 2 litre) till 30-06-2020, or until further orders, whichever is earlier," the Excise Commissioner in a letter dated June 1 to Deputy Excise Commissioners of all districts said.

The opening and closing hours of the microbreweries shall be from 9 am to 9 pm, it said, adding that all other conditions as laid down will remain unaltered.

Earlier, in a letter dated May 12, the Excise Commissioner had "conditionally" granted permission for microbreweries to sell their beer stock as takeaway on experimental basis for the period from May 14 to June 30 or until exhaustion of existing beer stock, whichever is earlier.

It had called for measures like social distancing, cleanliness, usage of masks and sanitizers, among others, and had said, microbreweries situated in containment zones are not allowed to function.

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January 1,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 1: Karnatak Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol has said that the state government wrote to the Centre to fix the technical glitches in FASTag system.

"We have brought this issue to the notice of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari," he told reporters on Tuesday.

In response to the flood relief by the state government, Karjol said that the approximate cost of roads damaged in the floods was Rs 7000 crore and the government would take up the repair works soon.

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April 8,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 8: The Karnataka government is in favour of lifting the coronavirus lockdown in districts which remained free of the virus infection, subject to approval from the Centre, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Wednesday.

In an interview to, he also said the state intended to relax liquor sales, stopped since the 21-day lockdown was imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19, after April 14 in a bid to increase state revenues.

The chief minister said the state's legislators would take a 30 per cent salary cut.

According to officials, there were no COVID-19 cases in 12 districts of the total 30 districts in the state.

As on Wednesday, there were 181 COVID-19 cases in the state, including 5 deaths and 28 discharges.

"If the Prime Minister suggests to states to take decision (on lock-down) based on the situation in their respective states, my position is to take a call (on roll-back) in districts free from COVID-19", Yediyurappa said.

This is to allow people to go about their business and move about within the district and not from one district to another, after April 14, after taking the approval of the Prime Minister, he said.

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