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I-T office protest: Karnataka HC rejects PIL seeking action against CM

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April 25, 2019

Bengaluru, Apr 25: The high courthas dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL), seeking police action against chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and other public servants for holding an unlawful assembly outside the income tax office on March 28.

A Mallikarjuna, a resident of Chelur village in Gubbi, Tumakuru district, had filed the PIL, claiming police have not taken any action in the matter despite a complaint to the DG&IG.

Citing several media reports, the petitioner claimed the main motto was to threaten the I-T officials who were on election duty and were unearthing huge amounts of cash and valuables while working as per the directions of Election Commission of India.

However, a division bench headed by acting chief justice L Narayana Swamy rejected the plea while observing that even if the petitioner may have a good case, the same cannot be remedied in a PIL.

HC rider on new autorickshaw permits

The high court has put a rider on issuing permits for new autorickshaws in Bengaluru while hearing a PIL challenging the March 27, 2018 notification increasing the permits in the city from 1,25,000 lakh to 1,55,000 lakh.

While agreeing to hear the PIL after the summer vacation of the court, a division bench headed by acting chief justice L Narayana Swamy said any new permits granted during the interregnum period will be subject to the result of the petition.

City resident Nithin R Puthige has filed the PIL seeking directions against permitting new autorickshaws in the city and urging action against autos plying without valid permits.

According to him, despite increase in noise and air pollution levels in the city, a gazette notification has been issued to enhance the ceiling by 30,000 units.

During the hearing, the government advocate informed the court that they are digitising autorickshaws to check those plying without valid permits.

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February 14,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 14: In order to bring down the accident rates, Karnataka government is planning to increase the penalty for road offences, state Transport Minister Laxman Savadi announced here on Thursday.

Addressing media persons here, he said, ''The Centre had brought an amendment to increase the penalty amount. We too have a similar proposal, which we will discuss, post the budget session.

''Before bringing in the amendment, we will create awareness among the road users. By increasing the penalty amount, the number of offences and accidents will come down,'' Mr Savadi added.

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July 30,2020

Mangaluru, July 30: The Social Democratic Party of India has condemned the move by the state government to drop a lesson on legendary Mysuru rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from the class 7 textbook.

The Department of Public Instruction has omitted the chapter from the textbooks of Class 7 in their attempt to reduce syllabus for state board schools by 30 per cent.

The department, however, has decided to retain similar chapters on Tipu Sultan in 6th and 10th Classes, though the syllabus in text books for all classes from 1 to 10th has been trimmed. 

In a media release statement, SDPI State President Ilyas Mohammed Thumbe termed the move as communally motivated. “By dropping the lesson, the BJP-led government is engaged in saffronisation of education,” he alleged.

He said that Tipu was the most prominent freedom fighter, who had given priority to irrigation, rocket technology and harmony. The BJP government is also planning to scrap lessons on the Constitution, secularism and democracy. By twisting history, the BJP is trying to mislead the younger generation, he added.

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March 18,2020

Mysuru, Mar 18: Even though the migration season is coming to end and the winged visitors are set to fly back, the water bodies where most birds nest and breed are under close surveillance with the report about spread of bird flu in Mysuru as unusual death of birds can be a cause for worry and hence the authorities are on high alert.

At Karanji Lake, the birds are watched in detail twice – morning and evening. If any sick bird or dead bird is noticed, the Zoo Vets are alerted. So far, no such birds had been sighted. The surveillance data is maintained every day. Intensive surveillance and passive surveillance is done.

Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK) Member Secretary B P Ravi said the birds are doing well and there is no cause for worry with their health monitored constantly along with tests on the bird droppings done every month at the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal.

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