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Remark on terror arrests: BJP asks CM to sack Dinesh Amin Mattu

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January 25, 2016

Bengaluru, Jan 25: A reported statement by Dinesh Amin Mattu, media adviser to the Chief Minister, that it had become common of late to arrest “some persons” on Republic Day and Independence Day, has ruffled the feathers of the Bharatiya Janata Party which has urged Siddaramaiah to clarify whether he would subscribe to such a view.

AminMattuMaintaining that Mr. Mattu was subscribing to his ideology instead of the interests of the State, BJP spokesperson S. Suresh Kumar has said that he should not continue as media adviser to the Chief Minister if he wanted to propagate his “ideology”

Similarly, BJP State president Pralhad Joshi has alleged that Mr. Mattu’s statement had indicated that the State government was trying to give a communal colour to the arrest of six persons on the charge of having terrorist links.

Mr. Joshi told presspersons in Hubballi that Mr. Mattu’s remarks would demoralise the police.

Meanwhile when contacted by The Hindu , Mr. Mattu clarified that he had never said that the arrests of terror suspects on the eve of Republic Day or Independence Day were being made to create a fear psychosis to help nurture Hindu fundamentalism. He added that he had not even questioned the arrests and had only expressed concern over the trend of not following up on the arrests.

On the other statement that Muslim fundamentalism had arisen due to the fear of insecurity and Hindu fundamentalism due to “arrogance”, he said that he was trying to emphasise the need to analyse the reasons for the growth of fundamentalism in a bid to take effective measures to curb them.

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Ayman hassan
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Monday, 25 Jan 2016

Hats off to you sir you are 100% right

HONEST
 - 
Monday, 25 Jan 2016

He spoke the Truth, No need to deny the reality.

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April 15,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 15: The Karnataka government on Wednesday opened a critical care support unit to monitor the progress of Coronavirus patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of various designated COVID hospitals across the State.

Karnataka is the first state in the country to establish a dedicated unit for critical care support, by linking ICUs of COVID hospitals onto a single platform, Medical Education Minister Sudhakar K, who inaugurated it, was quoted as saying in a statement on Wednesday.

Its objective is to monitor COVID-19 patients in ICUs across Karnataka state so that the hospitals are prepared for the potential onslaught of the virus and thereby to achieve zero COVID mortality in Karnataka, he said, adding, it would enable capturing details of ICU COVID-19 patients in real-time

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February 6,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 6: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said that portfolios for the 10 new ministers who sworn in on Thursday will be allocated by February 8.

Speaking to media persons, he said that he will go to Delhi in the coming days and the date of his visit will be finalised soon.

He is expected to meet the high command again to finalise the list of BJP MLAs for three berths in the Cabinet.

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January 30,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 30: There are around 3 lakh Bangladeshis across Karnataka and around 3,000 of them left Bengaluru following the recent crackdown, according to Bhaskar Rao, Bengaluru city police commissioner.

It's the first time a high-ranking official has put a number to Bangladeshis in Karnataka following the debate over the new citizenship law.

At a conclave on 'Construction Workers Safety, Health and Welfare' organised by the labour department and IIMB here, he said the estimate was arrived at based on information sourced from Bangladeshis deported recently.

There's been no study to ascertain the Bangladeshi population in the state, Rao said, adding that most illegal Bangladeshis in Bengaluru are victims of human trafficking.

"They come to Bengaluru for employment. Unlike other cities, Bengaluru has a lot of job potential and pays good salaries too. There are a lot of Bangladeshis working in the construction industry," Rao said.

Workers from Bangladesh demand lower wages. While other labourers demand around Rs 500 to Rs 600 per day, Bangladeshi workers don’t complain about being paid around Rs 100-150,” Rao said, adding that this has encouraged human traffickers to increasingly bring in Bangladeshis.

Suresh Hari, chairman, Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India, however, said they’re not aware of the nationality of their workers as contractors bring workers registered for tasks. “It’s difficult to say where they are from as there’s also construction work outside Credai’s purview,” Hari said.

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