DKS-HDK meet fuels talk of Cong-JD(S) pact after Karnataka bypolls

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December 3, 2019

Hubballi/Belagavi, Dec 3: Fickle weather and flight change led to an unscheduled parley between Vokkaliga heavyweights DK Shivakumar and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy at Hubballi airport on Monday.

The Congress and JD(S) politicians spoke behind closed doors in the airport’s VIP lounge, reportedly discussing a possible post-poll alliance between the two parties in case BJP falls short of the six seats it needs to stay in power.

Veteran Congress figure and former Union minister M Veerappa Moily also provided fuel to the speculation about a patch-up between the two parties. He reiterated that Congress would join hands with JD(S) after the results of the bypolls were announced on December 9.

Moily, who was in Hunsur, Mysuru district, said the Congress high command would intervene and strike a deal and that currently, none of the state party members were opposed to the idea.

On who would lead the new alliance, Moily said the issue was inconsequential at this juncture, adding it would be decided later and the arrangement followed in Maharashtra had opened new avenues. Kumaraswamy’s authority as the head of the previous coalition government was repeatedly challenged by loyalists of Congress’s Siddaramaiah.

On Monday, Shivakumar was supposed to visit Belagavi to campaign for Congress candidates, but he cut short the trip after he was summoned by income tax officials in Bengaluru. He was waiting at Hubbali airport to board a flight for Bengaluru. Around the same time, Kumaraswamy, who had been travelling from Belagavi to Chikkaballapur for campaigning, was forced to land in Hubballi because of bad weather. The circumstances led to a chance meeting between the two.

Party sources said Kumaraswamy and Shivakumar spoke about burying differences for the time being and forging a 2018-like partnership to take on BJP. The developments in Maharashtra, where a three-party coalition of Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP outwitted BJP, featured prominently in the discussion.

The two refused to speak to media after the meeting.

JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda, who was campaigning in Gokak, Belagavi district, took a different position on a possible alliance on Monday, days after hinting that he was open to a partnership with Sonia Gandhiled Congress. He said he would strengthen his party, keeping it away from both Congress and BJP.

“I have had experience (of running a government) with both parties. Keeping both at a distance, saying namasakara to both of them, I will work beyond my limits to strengthen my party,” he said.

Kumaraswamy, meanwhile, said in Belagavi he was not interested in becoming the chief minister again. He said senior Congressmen like Mallikarjun Kharge, Moily and Siddaramaiah might be commenting on a potential partnership based on their own calculations. “But things never go as per one’s calculations,” he said.

Kumaraswamy predicted JD(S) would win six to eight seats out the 15 constituencies where bypolls are scheduled.

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January 4,2020

Mangalore, Jan 4: Writer-Researcher Dr Indira Heggade has been elected as the president of Mangaluru Taluk Sahitya Sammelan, which will be held on January 29 at St Agnes College in the City.

Dr Indira Heggade has brought out three stories, four novels and one poetry. She co-wrote 'Guttininda Sainika Jagattige' with SR Heggade.

Also, she translated 'Bantaru Vandu Samajo Samskrutika Adhyana' into English.

She is the recipient of various award given by literary and cultural organisations of Karnataka, including Janapada Academy Award, and Rani Abbakka Award.

Indira Heggade, along with receiving several awards in foreign nations, honoured with Sahitya Academy Award, Kamana Rangaswamy Dattinidhi Awards.

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January 26,2020

Kozhikode, Jan 26: The Indian national flag was unfurled at around 10,000 mosques and religious institutions across Kerala on the auspicious occasion of 71st Republic Day on Sunday.

"The national flag was unfurled at around 10,000 mosques across the state on this auspicious occasion as per the instruction of the Waqf Board," Secretary of the Kuttiady Juma Masjid Committee, K Basheer, told media here.

He said that the national flag was also unfurled at the Kuttiady Juma Masjid here as per the instructions.

"Constitution is under threat by the Citizenship Amendment Act, we also read the preamble of the Constitution in solidarity," Basheer said.

Meanwhile, a majestic event was held in the national capital on the occasion of Republic Day.

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Sunday, 26 Jan 2020

Welcome news.  But i dont think any of sanghi shakhas have hoisted our national flag on this occasion.  I didnt see a single picture in any media or newspaper.   

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January 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 31: Senior IPS officer Praveen Sood is the new Head of Police Force in Karnataka as the current DG and IG Neelamani Raju today retired.

Praveen Sood, the DIG of CID’s Economic Offences Wing, introduced several reforms that sped up investigation processes. He introduced the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System all over the state by networking all police stations in the country and ensuring data entry and retrieval of all information in police stations and higher police officers online.

Born in 1964, Sood graduated from IIT Delhi and joined the Indian Police Service in 1986. He kicked off his career as the Assistant Superintendent of Police in Mysuru in 1989. He has served as the SP of Ballari and Raichur before being posted as the Deputy Police Commissioner (Law and Order) of Bengaluru.

In 1999, he served as the police officer on foreign deputation as the police advisor to the Government of Mauritius for 3 years.  He was posted as Police Commissioner of Mysuru City between 2004 and 2007.

He took over as the Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) in Bengaluru in 2008 and continued in the post till 2011. He has won the Chief Minister’s Gold Medal for excellence in service in 1996, the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2002  and the President’s Police Medal in 2011.

During 2013-14 he took over as Managing Director of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation. He later worked as the Principal Secretary to the Home  Department as the Additional Director General of Police (Karnataka State Reserve Police) and the ADGP of Administration.

In 2017, he was appointed the Bengaluru Police Commissioner. He was also instrumental in launching “Suraksha” App and “Pink Hoyasalas” managed by all-women police officers.

As the DIG of the CID, Economic offences and Special Units, he is credited for opening the Centre for Cyber-crime Investigation, Training and Research for training police officers, prosecutors and the judiciary in handling cyber crime cases.

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