Archives for July 2019

Bengaluru, 27nd July 2019:Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Bengaluru is all geared up for ‘Utopia 2019’– The International Cultural Extravaganza which will be on the 31st of July 2019 (Wednesday). The theme that underlies Utopia 2019 is ‘Mélange’ which translates into a blend of different cultures, performing arts, languages, or as we like to call it – ‘A Blend of Brilliance’. Organised by the Cultural & International Relations Committee of SIBM B, the event aims to bring together students from different nationalities onto one platform. Since its inception, Utopia has been a medium that has facilitated and strengthened the bond between the Indian and the international students, encouraging mutual learning & inspiration. 

With the rhythm of many nations resonating across the campus, SIBM Bengaluru will be the instrument that will unify and celebrate the cultural-diversity like never before!

KEY HIGHLIGHT: One of the biggest B-School Blood Donation Drives in Bengaluru! Just like last year, there will also be a blood donation camp on the same day, and this year, we aim to break the previous record of collecting 226 units of blood.The founder of Symbiosis International University, Padma Bhushan Dr. S.B. Mujumdar, who came up with the idea of a ‘Home away from Home’ for International students, is an earnest believer of this very thought. Every year Utopia coincides with his birthday and allows the students from across the world, to relive his dream of all an-inclusive Utopia! This year’s theme ‘Mélange’ will chisel a foundation of unity from the blocks of diverse elements.

What Utopia had delivered last year:

1.   Event-Participation by over 613 International Students

2.   Students from  27 different countries

3.   An Ornate Street Play by Jzaa (The Drama Club of SIBM-B)

4.   A Heartwarming Mime Performance by Jzaa Again

5.   A ‘Musiculture’ Event by Saaz (The Music Club of SIBM B)

What we’ve got for you this year!

The following are the events lined up for Utopia 2019:

1.  Vogue (Fashion Show)

2.  Global Food Fiesta (Freshly served International Cuisines) 

3.  Chaîne (Dance Event)

4.  PUBG (Online game)

5.  Arpeggio (Musical Event)

6. Kinetoscope (Photography Contest)

7.  Rollick (Football Event)

Venue: #95/1#95/2, SIBM Bengaluru, Electronic City Phase-1, Hosur Road, Bengaluru-560100.

Date:  31^st July 2018 (Tuesday)

Time:10:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.

Pramesh Jain

BS Yediyurappa takes oath as Karnataka CM for Fourth time,says ‘will prove majority at 10 am on Monday’:

Highlights :
* Draped in white safari suite,with a folded green shawl over his shoulders, Yediyurappa took oath in Kannada in the name of god in the presence of dignitaries, special invitees and top officials of the state, including police officers.Hundreds of party’s leaders,legislators,cadres and Yediyurappa’s family members were also present at the event amid tight security.
* The Congress,which lost power on Tuesday,boycotted what its leaders called an “unholy event”.
* The difference between the BJP government and the coalition government is that we work for the development.Forget and forgive is our mantra,BS Yediyurappa told the media persons after taking oath.
* Before his swearing-in,the 76-year-old changed the spelling of his name from “Yeddyurappa” to “Yediyurappa”.
* The three-time Chief Minister,who has never completed a term,wants to take no chances this time.His first term lasted one week and the second term,three years.The third stint was just 48 hours long.
* This morning,Mr Yediyurappa surprised many by heading to Raj Bhavan to meet Governor Vajubhai Vala and stakes to form the government and asking to be sworn in, after a two-day wait for a go-ahead from his leadership in Delhi.
* The BJP was believed to be playing it safe to secure its numbers in the assembly but Mr Yediyurappa reportedly persuaded BJP chief Amit Shah to let him take charge in Karnataka.
* Sources say the clearance came after Karnataka BJP leaders assured Delhi that they had the support of the rebels and would win the vote.The rebels reportedly guaranteed their vote for the BJP in a video call with Karnataka leaders says sources.
* After the Karnataka election in May last year that yielded no clear winner,Mr Yediyurappa took charge as Chief Minister but resigned two days later,just before a trust vote,knowing he didn’t have the numbers.The Congress and Mr Kumaraswamy’s Janata Dal Secular then tied up to keep the BJP out of power.
* The BJP moved swiftly a day after Karnataka Speaker,KR Ramesh Kumar disqualified three of the 17 rebel lawmakers whose exits brought down the Congress-JDS coalition.In a floor test on Tuesday after four days of prolonged debate that the BJP alleged were an attempt to stall the vote, the coalition could manage only 99 votes to the BJP’s 105.
* The disqualifications bring down the strength of the House to 222,and the majority mark drops to 112. The BJP has 105 lawmakers and the support of an independent;another independent legislator was disqualified.The Congress-JDS has 100 (including a member who stayed away from the trust vote claiming he was unwell).
* Fifteen legislators set the Congress-JDS coalition’s downfall in motion with mass resignations earlier this month.They promptly flew out of Bengaluru to Mumbai, where they have been staying in a five-star hotel.The coalition accused Mr Yediyurappa of unleashing “Operation Lotus”,the name given by critics to what they call the BJP’s strategy of seizing power by drawing away lawmakers with money or other inducements.
* Congress and JDS leaders skipped the oath.Describing Mr Yediyurappa as a “corruption icon and former Jail Bird” in a tweet,the Karnataka Congress accused him of using “his excellent Horse Trading skills to subvert democracy and come to power.The party said the people of Karnataka remember his disastrous tenure as CM between 2008-2011,which ended with BSY (Yediyurappa) in Jail. History is all set to repeat again.”

“I have taken two prominent decisions at the Cabinet meeting. In addition to the PM Kisan scheme I will also provide two instalments of Rs 2,000 to the beneficiaries – BS Yediyurapa. “
Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa of BJP has sworn in as the 25th (in person) Chief Minister of the Karnataka.Yediyurappa was sworn in for the fourth time as Karnataka Chief Minister on Friday, three days after the fall of the 14-month-old Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition in a test of strength. 
Mr Yediyurappa said in his statement he will prove his majority in the Assembly at 10 am on Monday.His BJP,with the support of 106 lawmakers,is six short of a majority but Mr Yediyurappa says he is “101%” confident of winning.BJP chief Amit Shah reportedly gave his go-ahead to Mr Yediyurappa after Karnataka leaders assured that rebel lawmakers whose resignations brought down the Congress-JDS government of HD Kumaraswamy will back the BJP.
Newly sworn in Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday said he would move the motion of confidence in the assembly on July 29.
Yediyurappa was sworn as Chief Minister for a fourth time on Friday oath ceremony was administered by Governor Vajubhai Vala.
Security was heightened in and around Raj Bhavan more than 1000 police personnel with all the senior officers as,DG & IGP of Karnataka,Neelamani N Raju,with Commissioner of Police,Alok Kumar,Addl CPs,as,S.Murugan,Umesh Kumar,P.Harishekaran,Joint CP Crime as DIG,Dr.BR.Ravikanthe Gowda,Joint CP CAR,Suresh,DCPs,as,Dr.Chandragupta,Dr.Rohini Katoch Sepat,Jagadeesh,MN Anucheth,Ramesh Banoth,Shashi kumar,Rahul Kumar Sharpode,Bheemashankar Guled,Smt.Isha Pant,Dr.Vishnuvardhan,Sridhar,Girish S,Dr.Soumya Latha SK,Saraha Fathima,KP Ravikumar,with all ACPs,PIs,PSIs,and other staffs of law and order and Traffic were deployed for precautionary measures and with the elaborate security arrangements the oath ceremonial function went smooth and peacefully.
The cops inside the glass house of Raj Bhavan had tough time to control the massive crowd as crowd were trying to jump and enter the area which was barricaded but then also the cops deployed under the supervision of senior officers they controlled the crowd peacefully.
Karnataka Chief Minister-designate BS Yediyurappa has instructed heads of all departments to put on hold orders relating to new projects that were issued in the current month by the HD Kumaraswamy-led coalition government until further review.
He has also put on hold all transfers that were cleared, but have not been executed.
In a letter to all Additional Chief Secretaries,Principal Secretaries and secretaries of various departments,Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar said the CM-designate has directed that orders issued in July 2019 clearing new projects should be put on hold with immediate effect until further review.
He said the CM-designate has also instructed that proposals of transfers that were cleared in July, but have not been executed should be put on hold until further orders.
Meanwhile a person came dressed up in like PM Narendra Modi spotted at the swearing in ceremony he has cherished the crowd and huge supporters enjoyed by seeing the man dressing like Narendra Modi and huge celebrations were seen by the party workers outside the Raj Bhavan and party office at Malleshwaram also supporters enjoyed the swear in ceremony of BS Yediyurappa and LED screen were was installed outside Raj Bhavan and Malleshwaram party office for the public and party workers and supporters.
All the MLAs MLC with Many MPs,Retired IAS,IPS,with other officers and leaders were present at the oath ceremony. 
Traffic was not allowed and it was diverted in and around Raj Bhavan area in view of oath ceremony and many dignitaries attended the function.
Senior BJP leaders congratulated BS Yediyurappa on twitter after taking oath as Chief Minister of karnataka. 
The swearing in came after weeks of murky political drama and legal battle triggered by the resignation of 15 rebel Congress and JDS MLAs that led to the fall of the coalition government on Tuesday.
This is Yediyurappa’s fourth stint as the Karnataka chief minister and second in the current Assembly.He had taken oath as the Karnataka chief minister in May 2018 after the BJP emerged as the single-largest party in the state polls.The party failed to secure support from other parties prompting Yediyurappa to resign before voting on the confidence motion. He was the chief minister for just three days.
Yediyurappa became Karnataka chief minister for the first time in 2007.The stint lasted only a week with the JDS backtracking on its promise to extending support to the government.His second stint was the longest three years two months – between May 2008 and July 2011,when he was indicted by the Karnataka Lokayukta in a corruption case forcing him to resign.
His fourth stint has come in the backdrop of a huge defection drama for which the Congress-JDS coalition blamed Yediyurappa earlier this month. Eighteen of the MLAs including two Independent withdrew support to the Kumaraswamy government.This brought the Congress-JDS alliance in minority in Karnataka Assembly.
 BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje on Friday asserted that BS Yediyurappa, who will take oath as Karnataka chief minister in the evening, enjoys the support of a majority of MLAs in the state assembly and he will provide a stable government.Speaking to reporters here, Karandlaje,a former minister in the state and considered a Yediyurappa loyalist, refuted suggestions that the BJP central leadership wanted to adopt a more cautious approach and wait for a few more days.Yediyurappa staked claim to form the government only after getting a nod from the central leadership.He and the central leaders are on the same page,the Lok Sabha MP from the state said to reporters.
After taking oath as the 25th Chief Minister of Karnataka,BS Yediyurappa on Friday evening said that over the next few days he will show how the administration should be done and aims to rectify the maladministration.The Karnataka CM also saluted those who were martyred at Kargil.In his first press conference after taking office,he vowed not to indulge in vendetta.He asserted that his priority is to address and help the drought facing farmers who are in distress,along with weavers and workers.He was sworn in for the fourth term as Karnataka CM at the Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru,succeeding Congress leader HD Kumaraswamy.Yediyurappa also announced that he has taken two prominent decisions at the Cabinet meeting.In addition to the PM Kisan scheme,he will also provide two instalments of Rs 2,000 to the beneficiaries.He said that on July 29,his government will hold the confidence motion at 10 am.The finance bill will be taken up right after that,he added. Yediyurappa also said that he will make a decision on the cabinet after discussing with leaders in Delhi.Yediyurappa thanked the of 6.5 crore citizens of Karnataka and lakhs of workers for their hard work.He also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister,Amit Shah for their blessings,adding that it was because of them that he had been able to come to this position.He said,Firstly, I salute those who were martyred at Kargil.I thank the 6.5 crore people of the state.I believe that this is paying respect to Karnataka citizens.Over the next few days, we will show how the administration is to be done.Apart from blessings,hard work of lakhs of workers,I’ve also the blessings of PM Modi and Amit Shah.My aim is to rectify maladministration.I vow to not indulge in vendetta. Forget and forgive is my belief.Farmers are in distress and my priority is to help them along with weavers and workers.I have come to this place thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. We will focus primarily on drought facing farmers and workers.On July 29 we will hold the confidence motion of this government at 10 am. Finance bill will be taken up right after confidence motion.I will make a decision on the cabinet after I discuss with leaders in Delhi,” he further added.
Yediyurappa has held office for three terms from November 12-19,2007; May 30, 2008-July 31, 2011; and May 17, 2018-May 19, 2018.
He took oath three days after Kumaraswamy resigned on July 23 following his defeat in the floor test by six votes in the Assembly when he had put to vote his confidence motion on Tuesday at the end of four-day marathon debate.
After the fall of Kumaraswamy government, Speakar KR Ramesh Kumar disqualified three rebel Congress MLAs, making them ineligible to become minister in the Yediyurappa government as was widely speculated.Decision on 14 other rebel MLAs is still pending with the Speaker.
At present,the strength of the BJP is 105 and the single largest party in the Assembly of 224 MLAs.It also enjoys the declared support of one Independent MLA. With three disqualified, the total strength has come down to 221.The official majority mark is 112.
If the rebel MLAs stay away from voting, the strength of Karnataka Assembly will be 207.The half-way mark will then be 104. The BJP is comfortably placed.
If the rebel MLAs vote in favour of the Yediyurappa government,the BJP will have no problem in sailing through.The Yediyurappa government will have support of 120 MLAs.
But if the Congress-JDS leadership is able to convince MLAs to come back to their fold, and vote against the BJP in the floor test, the Karnataka politics will be back to square one.The BJP will have 106 MLAs voting for it when it requires support of 112.
The Congress and the JDS,earlier, criticised Governor Vajubhai Vala’s decision to invite Yediyurappa for government formation calling the move anti-democratic.The Congress said the BJP does not have majority in Karnataka Assembly.

Karnataka Government B.S Yeddyurappa, a three-time chief minister of the state, will be sworn in at Raj Bhavan at around 6 pm today.

Karnataka government  Drawing the curtains on Karnataka’s political crisis, B S Yeddyurappa Friday was invited by the Governor to stake claim to form the government. Yeddyurappa, a three-time chief minister of the state, will be sworn in at Raj Bhavan at around 6 pm Friday. The development comes three days after the JD(S)-Congress coalition government lost a trust vote on the floor of the state legislative Assembly.

“I just met the Governor to form government and take oath as chief minister. The government has agreed and the oath ceremony will take place between 6 and 6.15 pm,” Yeddyurappa said.

The H D Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JD(S) government fell on Tuesday after it secured only 99 votes against the BJP’s 105 in the Karnataka Assembly. The vote was held after a series of resignations by JD(S) and Congress MLAs, who alleged lack of stability in the coalition.

Pramesh Jain

Karnataka Speaker,KR Ramesh Kumar Disqualifies Independent MLA R Shankar, two Congress rebels,

Highlights: 
* The political crisis has put the speaker KR Ramesh Kumar not only in the limelight, but also on the “horns of a dilemma.
* I have been sitting on a hot seat here.You people will not understand my problem,” Kumar claimed, while trying to highlight his predicament.
* Karnataka Speaker Ramesh Kumar disqualified three MLAs R Shankar, Ramesh Jarkiholi and Mahesh Kumathalli under 10th schedule.They cannot contest elections till 2023.
* Independent MLA,R Shankar who is even called as (Pendulum Shankar) has been disqualified by Karnataka Speaker for five year ie; this term of assembly till 2023.
* Congress MLAs Ramesh Jharkiholi and Mahesh Kumathalli also disqualified till the end of this 15th assembly ie; 2023. 
* Closed chapter: Karnataka Speaker:
Stating that there was no more option for MLAs to appear before him, he said that process was over.I had called them and they did not come,their lawyers had come and have said what they had to,it is a closed chapter,he added.Not specifying on the next course of action,Kumar inresponse to a question said, when MLAs resign according to article 190 (3)(b) and 35th amendment to the Constitution, the Speaker can call them for inquiry.I had called, they did not appear, that’s all,” he said.
* Speaker disqualifies independent MLA R Shankar from Ranebennur seat:
Addressing the media, Karnataka Speaker Ramesh Kumar said independent MLA R Shankar has been disqualified from Ranebennur constituency.
* 2 Congress rebel MLAs disqualified
The Speaker also disqualified rebel Congress MLAs Ramesh Jarkiholi from Gokak (Belagavi) and Mahesh Kumathalli from Athani (Belgaum)  “with effect from now till the expiry of the 15th legislative assembly of Karnataka”.
Disqualified members cannot contest or get elected till end of term’:
Resignation is a respectable terminology, disqualification is admonishing,The Speaker said that the cases of 14 other rebel MLAs will be decided in the next couple of days.Disqualified members under the anti-defection law cannot contest or get elected till the end of the term of the house, he said.
Assembly should resume within 38 hours’: Karnataka Speaker:
Responding to a question on BJP meeting him,Ramesh Kumar said,they had come today date is 25 (July), by 31st if we don’t pass the Finance bill government will come to a standstill and we will not be in a position to even pay salaries,such a necessity has come,what to do?”i have said, as soon as the government is formed and whenever those forming the government say the assembly should be convened, within 48 hours we will call a session so that the work can go on.

“Suspense on govt formation mounts with all eyes on Speaker’s decision on rebel MLAs”.

Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Thursday disqualified three rebel MLAs,who withdrew support from the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government.This came two days after the coalition lost the floor test in the Assembly.
Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar briefing media persons who called for a emergency press conference at his office addressing the media persons he said the Congress MLAs,R Shankar,Ramesh Jarkiholi and Mahesh Kumathahalli were disqualified from the Assembly till the completion of its tenure,the Speaker told reporters.Ramesh Jarkiholi and Mahesh Kumathahalli have incurred disqualification from being members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in terms of 2 (1) (A) of the schedule X.Both the respondents cease to be members of the Karnataka Legislative assembly from this date till the expiry of the term of this assembly.While disqualifying Shankar,the speaker had said that he was looking at the complaints against legislators who had resigned.I have issues related to 17 MLAs with me, in which two are for disqualification and 15 of resignation, for which their party leaders expect disqualification too.The Speaker said Shankar had merged his Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party with the Congress in June this year, following which Kumar had notified on June 20 that he should be considered as a Congress MLA.On July 8th, he gave his resignation after which he wrote to me and the Governor that he will support BJP unequivocally said Kumar. He said that Congress leader Siddaramaiah had filed a complaint against Shankar.Kumar said the rebel lawmaker would now no longer be a member of the 15th Legislative Assembly till its expiry in 2023.He said that resignation was a respectable terminology while disqualification was admonishing,emphasising that the anti-defection law could not be used as a monstrous law.No by-election nothing will work.This (Speaker’s office) is a quasi-judicial body, Kumar said,adding,I know these matters will go to the court.On the remaining 14 cases,he said he is holding them back and it would require a couple of days for him to give his verdict.Kumar said he first decided on the resignation,rejecting them as they were not voluntary and genuine based on circumstances and thereafter dealt with disqualification after considering evidences and other orders.Asked if the same yardstick would be used against other rebel MLAs,he said,Wait and see.It is a hypothetical question,Kumar said, when asked whether the remaining MLAs could still come around and withdraw their resignation.It is the responsibility of all political parties that such impasse doesn’t continue and constitutional crisis is not created and to see that the finance bill is passed,Kumar said.The speaker had earlier said that if the Finance bill was not passed by July 31, the government will come to a standstill and we will not be in a position to even pay salaries, such a necessity has come, what to do?Asked if the Finance Bill can be passed by a presidential order if the government is not formed by July 31, he said it cannot be done and either the suspension of the Assembly or President’s rule will have to be imposed he added.
Rebel Congress MLA,Shivaram Hebbar, who returned home from Mumbai,where the disgruntled lawmakers were holed up, expressed confidence that the speaker who is a senior and experienced person will take right decision on their resignations.
The Speaker’s decision on the disqualifications and resignations will be crucial in view of the numbers in the house and the formation of the next government. In case the BJP does not choose to form a minority government, the state can go under President’s Rule he added.
The coalition government of the Congress and HD Kumaraswamy’s Janata Dal Secular had come to power in May last year and the next election is due in 2023.
Mr Ramesh has been under pressure since the resignations started earlier this month and the BJP demanded a test of strength in the assembly. The coalition government, which had been hoping for reprieve from the Supreme Court, had been bent on delaying the trust vote, the BJP alleged.
The 14-month-old ruling coalition government of Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) had failed to prove its majority in a trust vote on Tuesday.The coalition lost the floor test after 99 MLAs voted in favour of it, but 105 legislators voted against it. Soon after, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy met Governor Vajubhai Vala to submit his resignation.
State Bharatiya Janata Party President BS Yeddyurappa was expected to stake claim to form government immediately.A day after the floor test,he said he was awaiting instructions from the central leadership. Meanwhile,a delegation of leaders from the Karnataka unit of the BJP reached New Delhi on Thursday to meet party chief Amit Shah and Working President JP Nadda to discuss the political situation in the state.
If the Speaker does not accept their resignation,the lawmakers would remain members of the assembly and majority mark will remain high.Today’s disqualifications bring down the strength of the House to 221, and the majority mark slides to 112.
The BJP, which currently has 105 members,is not inclined to form a minority government, party spokesman G Madhusudan told media persons.He even said If the Speaker takes longer time to accept or reject the resignations of the rebels, the Governor (Vajubhai Vala) may recommend President’s rule in the state, as we will not like to stake claim to power in such a situation,G Madhusudan said.
If the resignations of the rebel lawmakers are accepted, the strength of the house comes down to 105. But till the rebels are re-elected as BJP legislators, the BJP will be compelled to run a minority government.
Meanwhile,as it looked to the central leadership to take a shot at government formation, the BJP camp here was devoid of any major activity barring internal meetings held by party state unit chief BS Yeddyurappa,who is waiting in the wings for a fourth term as Chief Minister.
A group of Karnataka BJP leaders, including Jagdish Shettar,Arvind Limbavali,JC Madhuswamy,Basavaraj Bommai and Yeddyurappa’s son Vijayendra,met party chief Amit Shah in New Delhi and reportedly discussed government formation.
The Supreme Court, meanwhile, allowed two independent MLAs to withdraw their plea seeking a direction to the assembly Speaker to conduct “forthwith” a floor test on the H D Kumaraswamy government’s trust move.