Archives for April 2022

Parmesh S JAIN

It would be good times ahead for Karnataka, Chief Minister Basvaraj Bommai said as he unveiled the 161 feet tall Panchamukhi Anjaneya Swamy Statue installed by Bidanagere Basaveshwara Mutt at Bidanagere in Kunigal Taluk.

Many holy works are being taken up on the auspicious occasion of Rama Navami in the region.

The region would see huge developments in the coming days,Bommai said.

Panchamukhi Anjaneya is a special form of Hanuman which has mention in Ramayana.Hanuman took this form for the welfare of the world.

It is the divine wish of Hanuman to have his 161 feet tall statue installed in Karnataka.The sculptors have done a wonderful job,” Bommai said.

Nanjavadhoota Swamiji,Harihara Veerashaiva Panchamasali Peeth Seer Sri Vachanananda Swamiji and others were present.

Parmesh S JAIN

The controversial chandru murder case will be probed by the Criminal investigation department , Home minister Agara Jnanendra said here on Sunday.

The case which led to fight between the ruling and the opposition party after the home minister statement that the Chandru was murdered for failing to speak in Urdu language, while police quoting the video recorded statement of the prime witness stated that the murder was due to road rage .

Home minister,later retracted the statement .
While the opposition congress demanded action against the home minister statement,ruling Party MLC, N Ravikumar accused city police Commissioner of lying about the case.

Director General and Inspector General of Police, Praveen Sood along with city police Commissioner,Kamal Pant,met Chief minister and updated him about the case along with the video recorded statement of Simon Raj, who witnessed the attack.

The case taken a twist after Simon Raj told the media that Chandru was stabbed because he was not speaking Urdu.

Though Home minister reiterate his earlier statement,the opposition party demanded his resignation and even filed a complaint against him in Malleshwaram police station.

The ruling party came in support of home minister and said that the home minister was correct in his statement and shifted the blame on city police commissioner accusing of lying.

considering all the aspects Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the statements on this is not important but the truth behind the incident is important hence The CID is going to probe the case in all angles, he added.

Parmesh S Jain

Kochi :The DYFI District Conference will be held from April 21 to 23 in Angamaly.DYFI District Secretary A A Anshad opens his mind to the Country and Politics News about the district conference to be held after the major crises, including the Corona.

How to look at the K Rail controversy

K Rail should not be seen as a controversy.The truth is that the second Pinarayi government is implementing the plan formulated during the Oommen Chandy government.

The implementation of corridor projects outside India, including the Metro and Speed ​​Train,is a political ploy by its leaders going to that country to mock India and Kerala while trying to stop the implementation of this project here.People who criticize now will take this project to heart tomorrow.

The most controversial issue right now is land acquisition.This is a matter of great concern to a section of the people of Kerala and how to overcome it.

When land is acquired for a project, 10 per cent of the land price is currently paid.That is the Law.

This is causing great loss to the common man. But the Pinarayi government brought in another law to make up for this loss.

The base price of the existing land has been increased tenfold.This is some what comforting.

Regarding surveys carried out inside the house without informing the homeowners

The aerial survey is now underway.The houses, buildings,businesses,churches,mosques and temples passing through this aerial survey need to be marked with the survey stone to know if they are included in the survey and the extent of the damage.

This will be followed by a social impact study.It is only after this study that the loss will be ascertained and people will be relocated only after paying the full loss declared by the government.

On the contrary,all propaganda is wrong.The project will move forward only after fully resolving the concerns of the people.

Kochi has now become a hub of intoxication. How do you see this ?

That is very true.A section of young people today are addicted to drugs.And many young people join in, knowingly or unknowingly.

DYFI has a clear position on this.If any party worker is involved in drug dealing or its activities, that person will be out of the movement. Anti-drug awareness,classes,seminars and counseling are being conducted not only in colleges and schools but also in other areas and DYFI has decided to go even further.That is the goal of drug-free youth.

What can DYFI do to bring the tribal community into the mainstream?

During the Corona period,DYFI was able to help the adivasi community by delivering food and clothing to the Kuttampuzha and tribes areas near Kothamangalam,my place of residence,as well as by bringing TV and other materials to every home for the tribes children to study.

Some members of the CPI (M) and DYFI are showing undesirable tendencies.Will this not affect the party and the movement?

Sure,The movement will not tolerate such tendencies. Neither the DYFI nor the CPI (M) has a policy to protect criminals.When Rajmohan Unnithan and a woman were caught in a bad situation here, the Congress leadership protected them.

As well as the solar case,There is no doubt that if any member makes such tendencies they will be out of the movement.

At present the Congress is in a state of disarray in India and Kerala.Youth Congress: Inactive.In the meantime,will SDPI become an alternative to DYFI?

It is a misconception.Such an extremist movement cannot set foot on this soil.DYFI is a secular values ​​movement.

You see,the BJP has raised the issue of hijab in Karnataka on a large scale.That was in view of the UP elections.

The Congress countered this extremist Hindu approach of the BJP with its soft Hindutva.At the same time, DYFI has always had a position.

The movement is committed to upholding secular values ​​and upholding the will of the people.

Is there an assessment that the second Pinarayi government is a failure?

What was the situation that led to the return of the first Pinarayi government to power?It is with the operational achievements of the government.

What you are saying now is related to the K rail issue.As I said earlier,any project can be implemented only by resolving the concerns and difficulties of the public.

It is not up to the government to evaluate now, not in the last days of the regime, you will allow the government to function first.

*What is the motto raised by DYFI at this conference?

Drug-free youth.Uphold secular values ​​and development of the country.Kerala ranks high on the world map he said in his statement.

Parmesh S JAIN

The Central Crime Branch officials on Sunday arrested a cricket bookie and seized cash Rs 2.5 lakh and mobile phone from him.

The accused has been identified as Sridhar, of KP Agrahara.

Senior officer told reporters,our team received a credible information that a person in KP Agrahara area is indulged in betting.

Based on information,a team raided the house and caught him red handed outside his house while he was communicating with the punters over the phone about the bets .

The police have seized his mobile phone and taken him into custody for further investigations to ascertain his network and nab others.

Finally Bengaluru Police commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Raman Gupta,DCP,Crime-2,BS Angadi and his whole team who has done a commendable job in nabbing the bookie and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs, JC Madhu Swamy on Sunday said that there was no point in believing that the City Police Commissioner had shared wrong information or had lied in the Chandru murder case that took place in JJ Nagar in the city.

Speaking to media reporters on Sunday in the city, the minister added that the officials were not wrong or misleading in the case and that the Home Minister shared the information given to him by someone else.

“The CID investigation into the murder case will bring the truth out,” he said adding that the state government had no involvement in the ongoing controversies in the state.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka HC while hearing the appeal filed by IMA Scam’s prime accused Mansoor Khan against the Special Court’s order attaching his apartment in Bannerghatta in the city, has issued notice to the authorities.

Khan had filed a petition questioning a special court’s order of confirming the attachment of one of his apartments for its sale.

A division bench comprising Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty, before which the appeal came up for hearing, ordered the issue of notice to the State government and the Competent Authority (CA) appointed for the IMA scam case under the Karnataka Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishments (KPIFFE) Act, 2004.

An apartment situated on Bannerghatta Road Layout in Tilaknagar, Bengaluru, which was purchased by Khan in 2014, was among several other immovable properties and the bank accounts, the attachment of which was confirmed by the special court set up for KPIDFE cases in its order passed on March 7, 2022.

Challenging the notifications issued by the State government attaching the properties, it has been contended in the appeal that property in Tilaknagar was purchased by Khan out of his personal income and the profits accrued from his business ventures in accordance with the law, and the CA had failed to show that the property was purchased from the “deposits” of the general public.

New Delhi: All India Mahila Congress acting president Netta D’Souza on Sunday fired questions on price rise at Union Minister Smriti Irani when the two came face-to-face on IndiGo’s Delhi-Guwahati flight, with the minister objecting to being “accosted”.

IndiGo said the incident is currently under investigation.

D’Souza on Sunday posted a short video of the incident on Twitter where she asks Women and Child Development Minister Irani about the rising prices of cooking gas and petrol.

The minister – who was sitting in the first row of the plane – is heard asking D’Souza to not block the way so that people behind her can de-board.

Irani, while walking on the aerobridge towards the terminal, is heard telling the Congress leader that 80 crore people in India are getting free food grains for the last 27 months.

It will be lovely if I am not accosted, she says, to which D’Souza says “no one is being accosted”.

The Congress leader then tells Irani that she is a minister to which the latter replies, ”I am answering ma’am”, and goes on to speak about free COVID-19 vaccination.

Some parts of the conversation in the video are not audible.

IndiGo spokesperson said We are aware of the matter on flight 6E262 DEL-GAU on 10 April 2022 and it is currently under investigation. We would like to confirm no IndiGo employees were involved in this matter.

The airline had banned comedian Kunal Kamra for six months after he had heckled Arnab Goswami, the editor of Republic TV, on IndiGo’s Mumbai-Lucknow flight on January 28, 2020.

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has decided to hand over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) the probe into the case relating to the murder of 22-year-old Chandru who was allegedly stabbed to death recently by some Muslim youths.

Chandru, who was accompanied by his friend Simon Raj, was stabbed to death by Shahid Pasha on April 4 afternoon.

While the police maintained that it was a case of road rage, the ruling BJP asserted that Chandru was stabbed for not knowing Urdu as stated by the Home Minister Araga Jnanendra before retracting.

“I spoke to the Director General of Police and the Bengaluru police Commissioner. I have decided to hand over the case to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Let an impartial probe happen by a third party and truth should come out,” Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told reporters on Sunday.

Probably, the Commissioner will write to the Director General of Police to hand over the case to the CID, he added.

Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra who had initially said on Wednesday that the youth was stabbed to death for not knowing Urdu, later retracted it after coming in for flak from various quarters.

Bengaluru police maintained that it was a case of road rage and not any other case. The police said Chandru’s bike had collided with Shahid Pasha’s two-wheeler.

The Congress too demanded Jnanendra’s resignation for stoking communal passions with his statement and giving a twist to the case.

However, on Saturday, the ruling BJP in Karnataka accused the Bengaluru police of covering up the murder.

“Simon (Simon Raj, the victim’s friend) was at the spot when the incident took place. He has seen Chandru (the victim) being stabbed, when he said he doesn’t know Urdu. His statement is there, do you want more truth than this?” Ravikumar asked.

Speaking to reporters, he had said, “First thing is what Simon has said is true, second is there is truth in what his mother has said…there is truth in what his aunt and family are saying. If more truth is required, conduct an inquiry. The Police Commissioner has lied…The Home Minister’s earlier statement was correct.”

Congress MLA and former minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan had said Araga Jnanendra’s statement was wrong and backed the police that it was a case of road rage.

However, Bommai said, “who says what is not important. What matters is that truth must come out. I have decided to give it to the CID for fair probe.”

Talking to reporters on Sunday, Jnanendra said the case will be transferred to the CID for a detailed inquiry.

“We will make sure that the murderers get proper punishment for their crime. Carrying out such a gruesome murder for a trivial matter shows the mindset of the murderers. We want to send across a message in the society that the government is with the poor and helpless people,” he added.

Jnanendra also said that neither he as a home minister nor the police are inept.

“We are capable. We will make sure that conviction happens and law and order prevails. All the evidence concerning the case will be gathered,” he added.