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‘DyCM Ashwath Narayan was kingpin of BBMP fire that destroyed incriminating files in 2011’

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September 5, 2019

Bengaluru, Sept 5: Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy has reiterated that incumbent deputy chief minister CN Ashwath Narayan was a “kingpin” in the fire that destroyed incriminating files at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) head office in 2011.

Documents stored in the file room of the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) police station were lost in the fire. The BMTF, the agency empowered to probe corruption in BBMP, BDA and BWSSB, had reportedly named top political leaders and contractors in a report into a multi-crore rupee bogus bill scam.

“The DyCM has spoken of building a new India. These people... do we not know who they are? Is he not one of the kingpins who set fire to BBMP files inside the Palike headquarters?” said Kumaraswamy, reacting to Narayan’s comment that Congress leader D K Shivakumar was paying the price for indulging in corruption.

Kumaraswamy said the BJP central leadership was practising “vendetta politics against his friend” but it wasn’t a first. “Several bureaucrats including N Vittal, who retired as the chief vigilance commissioner, have recorded how successive governments used the ED and I-T to harass opponents,” said Kumaraswamy.

Veteran Congress leader Mallikarjun M Kharge also called it vendetta politics. He said his colleague had abided by the law and appeared each time ED and I-T officials had summoned him. “They [BJP] are under this impression that by arresting Congress leaders, the cadre and its party will be weakened,” Kharge said. “Shivakumar made himself available every time the ED summoned him, so why this arrest? Was he planning to fly abroad or was he hiding?”

In Mysuru, Congress Legislature Party leader and former CM Siddaramaiah reiterated that the arrest of Shivakumar was illegal. “Arrests are generally made when a criminal has murdered someone, has committed dacoity or the law fears that the person will run away or will destroy evidence,” Siddaramaiah said. “This arrest is nothing but intentional and politically motivated arrest.”

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March 26,2020

New Delhi, Mar 26: While the humans are on lockdown and spending time with their families, animals are free and without any fear roaming around on the otherwise busy roads. From Malabar civets to large Indian bisons, animals are enjoying this time.

Indian Forest Officer Susanta Nanda recently shared a video with the caption, "Indian bison( the gaur) goes for a street walk. The largest extant Bovine, is native to South and Southeast Asia. It can be very aggressive. Rare to see in markets."

The 8-second video shows the large animal freely walking in the market area of Chikmagalur district, Karnataka, while the few onlookers on the road get aside and watch the Bison with utmost amazement.

The videos of animals having a gala time on the roads have become common. After the video was posted online, it became a hit. The clip garnered over 3.1k views and over 100 retweets.

Twitter is amazed at the video. Have a look at the comments.

One user wrote, "Oh! We should vacate this place for them. Guess humans have stayed for too long."

Another Twitter user wrote, "That’s one thing people would follow social distancing with!"

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April 26,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 26: City Police Commissioner P S Harsha on Sunday said that the news about the implementation of seal down in some wards of Mangaluru city is fake and urged the public not to pay any heed to it.

Taking to twitter, Mr Harsha wrote, ''Some miscreants are floating some old speculative…TV news reports of seal down in some wards of Mangaluru city. It’s fake news.....Don’t Heed to fake news.''

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February 17,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Monday demanded that forest minister Anand Singh should either be expelled from the Cabinet or assigned a different portfolio.

This comes amid a number of cases, pending against Singh, including those under the Karnataka Forest Act.

"How can we expect justice from Anand Singh who has been made forest minister and is accused of (illegal mining)? We demand that he should either be dropped out of the state Cabinet or at least his portfolio be changed," Siddaramaiah told media.

Earlier in the day, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa allocated portfolios to the 10 newly inducted ministers in his Cabinet.

As part of state Cabinet's expansion, 10 MLAs including Ramesh Jarkiholi, Anand Singh, K Sudhakar, and BA Basavaraja took oath as ministers at Raj Bhawan in Bengaluru on February 6.

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