Pallavi C.N

Bengaluru, Town hall:Kashmir Society, a organization for the welfare of Kashmir, on 24th August went on a protest against the continuous communication blockade in Kashmir in the concern of article 19 (Freedom of speech and expression) at Town Hall. Understanding the right to freedom of speech and expression, they urged the government to end the communication blockade in Kashmir, which is leading to the unavailability of basic needs like internet, medicines etc, making the life of Kashmiris miserable. Addressing the gathering a Kashmiri said, “we have all gathered from different walks of life, different ethnicities, different religion, different all bound with one quintessential idea of human freedom that transcends all boundaries and differences. We urge the government to end the communication blockade and other restrictions that are being stringently imposed and ensure an immediate transition to normalcy so that we can get back our daily lives.. “

Pramesh Jain

Four dreaded criminals arrested by Vyalikaval police in Foiled Jewellery heist case cracked within 3 hours in Bengaluru:
“The instant and courageous action of the complainant brave couple Ashish and Mrs.Rakhi has done a excellent job in foiling robbery attempt and timely action by Sanjeev Gowda,PI and team in cracking the case within three hours is highly Commendable – Bhaskar Rao Pollice Commissioner”
“Appreciates the extraordinary courage and bravery and presence of mind exhibited by Ms.Rakhi and also by Ashish in foiling what would have been a very dastardly crime and would have brought down the prestige and brought down the safety standard of the city after the incident took place I also went to the spot and complimented and congratulated the young couple who has shown lot of bravery”

“Cased cracked within three hours “
The Central Division police of Vyalikaval police with other neighbouring Station inspectors and staff have arrested four dreaded criminals and recovered two country-made pistols and live ammunition bullets from their possession. 
The accused has been identified as,The prime accused, is identified as,Balaji Ramesh Gayakwad,25,Balwan Singh,24, Sriram Bishnoi,26,and Om Prakash.
The miscreants were armed with weapon while attempting to rob the Samrat Jewellers in Vyalikaval area But the Daring women the owner,Ms.Rakhi of Samrat Jewellers has foiled the robbery attempt by throwing a chair and raised an alarm the accused who opened a fire in air on their ceiling of the shop which resulted in the magazine of the pistol fell on the floor on impact all the three accused flee the spot.
Ashish Kumar the owner of shop who was near the cash counter jumped across and started chasing the accused but returned back after giving a chase he missed the chase and returned back for the safety of her wife and employees as what might be the plan of culprits so he returned back and locked the shop and informed police.
As soon as the incident was reported Vyalikaval police inspector Yogananda with Sanjeev Gowda PI of Sheshadripuram rushed to the spot and cordoned the area ACP Niranjanraj aras with Senior officers as DCP, Central,Chethan Singh Rathore,Addl CP west,Umesh rushed to spot and after collecting the information about the incident he passed the message to Commissioner of police Bhaskar Rao about the brave Act of Women the owner who has foiled the robbery immediately commissioner to rushed to spot to meet the brave women and thank her.
Smt.Rakhi,Wonder and Brave Women,the Samrat Jewellery Shop owner told media persons and shared her brave act in resisting the accused,she said the robbers came in and asked for a Sachin Tendulkar Chain while my husband was taking out the chain to show it to them they pulled out their guns and fired one round I picked up a chair that was near me and threw it at them they tried to run away my husband tried to chase them but he came back once he realized that this could be a ploy to distract us she said.
Ashish,Owner of Jewellery shop said,The incident took place around 2:30 pm on Wednesday.Three people came in and asked me for a chain when I turned to remove the chain they removed their guns and fired in the air my wife Who managed to pick up a chair hurled it at them after that they tried to run away I tried to chase them but realized that my wife and store could still be under threats so I rushed back immediately and called the cops who came to spot and took the case very seriously and nabbed all the accused within 12 hours we appreciate their efforts he added.
Senior officer who is part of investigation told reporters that,On Wednesday afternoon,three of them entered the shop on the pretext of buying a Sachin Tendulkar gold chain while the fourth man kept watch outside.Balawan, who was wearing a helmet,pulled out the pistol and threatened the owner Aashish Jain at gun point the couple resisted the armed accused as Aashish’s wife Rakhi, who was in the store,hurled a steel chair at the accused following which Balawan opened fire.The gang fled from the store and escaped on their motorcycle then Ashish who was near the cash counter jumped across and started chasing them he gave them a chase for some metres and returned back as he lost their chase while chasing the accused throwed his mobile and helmet on the Ashish and others so to not take any chance as her wife and employees were alone in the shop so to protect he returned back to his shop and closed the shutters and informed the cops the cops with other senior officials with dog squad and forensic experts rushed to the spot and the dog was pressed into action the dog squad inspected whole area which helped the cops to get their vehicle and mobile phone after collecting all the clues we formed three teams to track down the gang.They were tipped off about a suspicious black motorcycle near Vyalikaval Circle our team seized the motorcycle and the mobile phone with the tower location and details collected from the mobile after which the teams worked in different clues available and the team led by PI,Sheshadripuram,Sanjeev Gowda  the gang was nabbed from a rented home in DVG layout who had gathered at the spot after the attempted robbery the team recovered two country-made pistols,two rounds of ammunition and mobile phones from them.They were planning to flee to their respective native places after the foiled attempt after nabbing all the dreaded criminal gang the team grilled them in which the prime accused was Balaji spilled the beans and said he has decided to target smaller jewellery stores that were not as secure as banks.He had initially zeroed in on another store in Vyalikaval area but called off the plan after noticing CCTV cameras during a recce.He then zeroed in on Samrat Jewels on 2nd Main Road in Palace Guttahalli,Vyalikaval as he found no CCTV cameras installed and without realising that the owners had installed CCTV cameras.He deployed his associates to keep a watch on the store and the owner.After nabbing all the accused and detailed investigation was conducted by the team in which it has revealed that the prime accused,Balaji Ramesh Gayakwad,25,was involved in a bank robbery in Satara,Maharashtra,in March this year and has been on the run since then.Balaji was based in Bengaluru where he made artificial jewellery and silver items.After the bank heist, he left Satara with his share of the loot and returned to Bengaluru and he led a lavish life.He had invested in two country-made pistols from Bihar.He planned to use them to commit more crimes.It was these guns that the gang used for the jewellery heist on Wednesday.When he ran out of money, Balaji hatched a plan to rob a jewellery store.He roped in Sriram Bishnoi,23, and Omprakash,27,two fabricators from Rajasthan who lived with him in his rented house at Banaswadi.He also roped in Balawan Singh,a dismissed BSF constable, from Haryana.They had met through a common friend.Balaji allegedly convinced Balawan to come to Bengaluru for the job.Balawan arrived in the city a week ago and stayed in the Banaswadi house and Balaji wanted the former constable to train them in the use of arms.At the jewellery store,Balawan had allegedly pulled out a gun and opened fire.Investigations revealed that he was dismissed from the BSF after being arrested for opening fire at his neighbour over a property dispute in his hometown said senior officer.
Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Bhaskar Rao,said the Armed criminals visited the shop in the pretext of purchasing a Tendulkar gold chain while Ashish was trying to show that this one of the accused persons opened fire which hits the ceilings of their shop.Ms.Rakhi who was behind the counter showed extraordinary of mind and took out the chair and threw it to the accused persons when this chair fell on them they became little unnerved they became little unsteady and unstable and tried to escape then immediately Ashish jumped across the counter and started chasing them and two of them were inside and one person was assisting them took to their heels appreciates the extraordinary,courage and bravery and presence of mind exhibited by Smt.Rakhi and also by Ashish in foiling what would have been a dastardly crime and would have brought down the prestige brought down the safety standard of the city.After the incident took place ACP Sheshadripuram,Niranjanraj Urs,Sanjeev Gowda police inspector of Sheshadripuram and other staff rushed to spot under the leadership of DCP,Central,Chethan Singh Rathore and collected all the clues thereafter Joint Commissioner of Police Crime,Sandeep Patil,Addl CP,West,Umesh,visited the spot and later I also went to the spot complimented and congratulated the young couple who has shown lot of bravery.Later three special teams were formed under the able guidance and leadership of DCP,Central,Chetan Singh Rathore the team collected all the clues from the crime scene and swung into action one team was busy in analysing CCTV footage and one team was busy in locating them through sources and technical inputs after collecting CCTV footage the team passed the photographs of accused to all the stations and a special team headed by Sanjeev Gowda PI of Sheshadripuram got a credible inputs that the accused is in Vinayakanagar area of KR Puram as soon as the information was passed inspector and his team rushed to spot and zeroed in one of the accused who came to grocery shop to purchase some items was zeroed in and with this the team surrounded the whole area and zeroed in the other three accused from their rented house in Vinayakanagar without using any force the team nabbed all the four accused within 3 hours after the incident reported after nabbing all the four the team questioned them and during questioning they confessed the crime and a detailed investigation was conducted by the team during the course of interrogation the team grilled all the four accused who spilled the beans and it was revealed that the prime accused,Balaji Ramesh Gayakwad,25,was involved in a bank robbery in Satara, Maharashtra,which took place in March this year and he was on the run since then and has come to city and Balaji was working in making artificial jewellery and silver items and other three were his roommate who used to stay with him in his rented house after looting the bank he came to Bengaluru with his share and leaved a lavish lifestyle here as he has spent his money in buying two country-made pistols from Bihar and as he ran out of money he hatched a plan of looting a jewellery store but his luck went in vain as the extraordinary bravery act shown by Smt.Rakhi and Ashish has foiled their all dreams and lavish lifestyle now they will cool their heels in jail and further investigation is on to ascertain their criminal antecedents with this arrest of notorious dreaded criminal the inspector Sanjeev Gowda shown a very brave act who has risked his life as he was aware that the accused were armed with weapon but then also playing on their life the team zeroed in all the accused from their rented house without any extra force they have done the operation very intelligently and cleverly they nabbed all the accused before fleeing from here and a case has been registered in Vyalikaval police station under Arms Act and attempt to murder and investigations is underway and finally I appreciate,Addl CP West,Umesh,Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP,Central,Chethan Singh Rathore,ACP,Sheshadripuram Sub-Division,Niranjanraj Urs,PIs,as,Sanjeev Gowda,Naveen Kumar,Yogananda,PSI,as,Rajanna, probationary PSIs,as,Vasant,Sangappa Marabad,Crime staff as,L Prasanna Kumar,Jaganath Patil,Thimmachari,Yashodhar Naik,Girigowda,Vishwanath Gowda,Ranganath L,Prabhakar SM,Shivsiddegowda,RevannaSiddappa,Ramesh Pujari,and Praveen Kumar and other crime staff has been appreciated for their exemplary and excellent work in cracking the case within three hours and a reward of Rs.1 lakh to the team will be given for cracking the sensational case and I am recommending Ms.Rakhi’s name to the central government for her act of bravery he said.

New Delhi: Newly appointed BJP State President and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel on Friday morning met his predecessor and Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa in the city.

Nalin Kumar after becoming the party’s state chief met Yediyurappa for the first time in New Delhi on Friday.

MLA Vedavyas Kamath, Sanjeeva Matandoor, Bharat Shetty, Harish Poonja and former MLA Ganesh Karnik were present during the occasion.

Bengaluru: Congress Legislature Party leader and former CM Siddaramaiah on Friday blamed the Devegowda family for the collapse of Cong-JD(S) coalition government in the state earlier last month after a series of resignations from the MLAs of both the parties.

Siddaramaiah on Friday called a press conference in the city to respond to the allegations levelled against him by JD(S) supremo and former PM Devegowda blaming him for the collapse of the government.

“In an interview to a news agency Devegowda levelled allegations against me that I was the reason behind the collapse of coalition government. If I don’t respond to the allegations it will send wrong message across. That’s why I decided to call a press conference on this” Siddaramaiah said ahead of the press conference.

“Our aim was that the BJP should not come to power. Even after having over 80 MLAs we supported JD(S). And once the government was formed I never interfered in the administration of Kumaraswamy nor any such attempts were made. Now, when the government has collapsed they are blaming me to cover up their mistakes that led to the collapse of the government” Siddaramaiah told reporters.

“CM Kumaraswamy never implemented decisions taken by coordination committee. Only during meetings he would approve those decisions and never work on it. Most of his decisions were unilateral, he used to ignore Congress legislators. The ministers were not taken into confidence. That’s the reason why the coalition government collapsed. Kumaraswamy and Devegowda are to be blamed for the BJP government in the state” Siddaramaiah added while saying that Devegowda’s remarks against him were politically motivated.

“Devegowda is an expert in pulling down governments. History is open for all to see. Don’t we know what he did when Dharam Singh government was in power in the state? Devegowda was responsible for the collapse of Dharam Singh government after Kumaraswamy joined hands with BJP to form government” he further added.

“Similarly, Devegowda once again was the reason behind the collapse of BJP-JD(S) government when Kumaraswamy withdrew support to BJP without giving CM post to Yediyurappa” he remarked adding that he knows Devegowda well as he has been in JD(S).

FAIZAN RIZWAN & Pallavi Karnam

Bangalore: The launch of the first product of Kia motors, the world’s 8th largest automaker in mid-SUV segment has delighted car lovers.            The Seltos in the Indian market with an introductory price starting from INR 9.69 Lakhs for the entry level petrol Smartstream G1. 5HTE model going upto INR 15.99 Lakhs for the Diesel 1.5 CRDi HTX plus and Petrol Smartstream 1.4 T-GeiGTX(7DCT) and GTX plus top-end variant. The Seltos is BS-VI compliant and available in both petrol and Diesel variants with manual and automatic transmission options.    The company also announced the receipt of record 32,035 bookings for the Seltos so far which has set a new benchmark . The costumer delivery is being done from 22/08/19, Thursday. The overwhelming demand for Seltos is is well satisfied by the Kia motors India. Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Kook Hyun Shim, MD and CEO, Kia motors India said, “The Seltos has been one of the most ambitious project for Kia motors and even more for so Kia Motors India. The Seltos marks the Kia arrival in India for the first time, and we have put our heart and soul into this product . The Seltos is all about surprising everyone with it’s premium features, distinctive design, supreme quality, refined and powerful engine options, addictive performance and so much more. It I’d BS-VI compliant and has underground extensive testing to meet emission norms even with currently available BS-IV fuel, which makes it future proof. With the most advanced set of engine, fuel and transmission options in Seltos, we are confident to address all the unmet needs of the segment today. For our new aged digital savvy costumer, we have also designed a complete digital journey from booking, sales and delivery to after sales service there by ensuring the most evolved ownership experience ever . I am confident that that Seltos will redefine the entire mid SUV segment in India.”   In April 2017, Kia Motors signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)with the state Government of Andhra Pradesh, India, to build a new manufacturing facility in Anantapur District. Construction of Kia Motors’ first manufacturing facility in India has been completed and the first car rolled-out on the 8th August, 2019. The production capacity of the plant is approximately 300,000 units per year

Three-time MLA from Malleswaram, Dr Ashwathnarayan is a doctor, politician and is also vocal in his concern for environmental issues.

Doc-turned ‘accessible’ 3-time MLA 

Three-time MLA from Malleswaram, Dr Ashwathnarayan is a doctor, politician and is also vocal in his concern for environmental issues. Soon after he took oath as minister on Tuesday at Raj Bhavan, he appealed to his followers to plant a sapling instead of handing out  flower bouquets and other gifts. “That would be the best gift to mother nature and me.’’

Known as the ‘accessible man of Malleswaram’, Dr Ashwathn arayan is the only MLA from Bengaluru who has not held a ministerial portfolio. Having carried out several pro-people initiatives, voters in his constituency remember him as the ‘phone call away MLA’. Be it street light issues, garbage issues or any other major issue, he makes sure to solve them.

He also served as Senate Member of Bangalore University, Syndicate and Senate Member of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Employees Association. He studied in Bengaluru and did his MBBS from Kasturba Medical College, Mangaluru.  This doctor-turned-politician also served as president of Junior Doctor’s association. 

Prabhu Chauhan, 50, who hails from Bonthi Thanda of Aurad taluk, Bidar, told TNIE that he spent most of his life in Mumbai involved in the scrap business. He somehow managed to get into politics in Mumbai, and was a close follower of late Maharashtra CM Gopinath Munde. It is said that Munde sent Chauhan to Aurad, and former MLA Gundappa Vakil introduced Chauhan to B S Yediyurappa in 1999.

He got elected as MLA not only in the 2008 Assembly elections, but also in 2013 and 2018. Chauhan is the only MLA who got elected on a BJP ticket in 2018 from Bidar.Chauhan is currently inspecting flood-hit districts in Raichur. My seniority, commitment to the party and to the welfare of the people are the main reasons behind me getting a berth,” he told TNIE over the phone.Chauhan said that the immediate task before him is to develop Bidar, especially Aurad taluk, and all other works “entrusted to him by the chief minister.”

MLC and now minister in the state cabinet – Kota Srinivas Poojary was born on January 1, 1960 to Annappa Poojary and Lacchi Poojary, from Kota Thattu village in Udupi district. He didn’t have a political background, but his ‘fight for justice’ attitude has landed him in his present elevated position. Hailing from the Billava community, Poojary had discontinued his education due to poverty.

However, he his honed his skills and has written several columns on the panchayat raj system and the three-tier local governance for a Kannada daily.

His political journey started when he became a member of Kota gram panchayat in 1993. He became Udupi taluk panchayat member in 1996. He tasted defeat at the hands of K Jayaprakash Hegde when he contested as a BJP candidate in 1999 and 2004 in the state assembly election from erstwhile Brahmavara constituency. He was Inland Water Transport minister in 2012. He was re-elected as an MLC in 2015, and became the leader of opposition in the legislative council in 2018.  

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On 16th August, Friday, Shri VS ugrappa, Ex-MP addressed the press conference at KPCC office.    ” India oscillates between the situation of flood and drought resulting in irreplaceable damages to life and property. Amidst this natural calamity, the government at the center has exhibited a lack of responsibility and has played favorites with regards allocating the relief funds to disaster-prone states. According to the UN report title “Economic Losses, poverty and disasters 1998-2017″, India has lost 70.5 bn US dollars owing to climate-related disasters” he said. 

Pallavi Karnam

Mediation should become new mantra among lawyers: Justice M.N. Venkatachalaiah

Speaking at Legal Leadership Conclave, he said there was a loss of Rs 2 lakh crore per year as legal cases drag on and called for technological intervention. 

Bengaluru: Mediation should become the new mantra among lawyers before it escalates to any level, opined Justice M.N. Venkatachalaiah, former Chief Justice of India.

Speaking at the inauguration of the one-day Legal Leadership Conclave on “Challenges and Future of Arbitration and Mediation in India,” organised by India Legal Research Foundation, Justice Venkatachalaiah said with increasing number of litigants and cases, it was high time the country accepted and adopted mediation and arbitration as a formal legal route.

“We have 34 million pending cases across the country. Of the 22,000 subordinate courts in the country, there are a minimum of 120 litigants and 120 Lawyer’s plus witnesses who visit these courts everyday. Most of the time, they go back empty handed as their matters are delayed. This is a precious loss of man hours and we should not allow it to come to such a stage.”

Pegging such delays in economic terms, the justice said there would be a notional loss of Rs 2 lakh crore per year due to such delays. “Even if a reasonable amount of Rs 200 was spent by every person, the amount of money wasted in prolonged litigation and court visits is enormous,” he pointed out.

Justice Venkatachalaiah said the judiciary should adopt new tools and technology that will speed up the process and mitigate delays. “Recognising and giving more importance to arbitration and mediation of disputes is one way to reduce pending cases. Appointing more number of judges is not the answer as this also adds to spending,” he said.

The former CJ also said technology should be used to the optimum and even the use of Artificial Intelligence would be a big step. By just spending 5% of this cost in alternative dispute resolution mechanism, the people can benefit enormously. The Prime Minister, Law Minister and other stake holders should own up to this problem. “In days of digital dictatorship and digital divide, mediation is the right way in arbitration,” he added.

Union Minister for Highways, Nitin Gadkari said there was an economic slowdown in infrastructure building, especially in his sector of national highways, as contractors were being affected hugely due to delays in litigation.

Speaking from New Delhi, via a live feed, Shri Gadkari wished the conclave all the best and said time was very important and acknowledged that in many cases of litigations, arbitration was the best way ahead for the country.  

Justice B.N. Srikrishna, former Supreme Court judge, who headed a committee and gave recommendations on mediation as a forward looking idea, said even sovereign states should get into bilateral treaties and arbitration before third parties impose anything. 

He spoke on “Challenges and Reforms in Indian Arbitration and Mediation System – Way Forward” and said the 2015 Act was very clear as it was recognised as a cut-off-date as far as arbitration of disputes were concerned.

Justice Srikrishna also stressed on the fact that it is better to have institutional arbitration especially with Supreme Court and High Courts supervising such institutions.

“The future challenge is to make effective use of the new law which is a relevant and live substitute for antiquated laws,” he added.

Justice T.S. Thakur, former Chief Justice of India, who moderated the session, said the main challenge was that anyone should be able to access the arbitration mechanism.  “Even a small municipal contractor should have easy access to the arbitration mechanism to settle his dispute.”

He was also of the opinion that India should build an international and domestic arbitration hub.

Justice Alok Aradhe, Karnataka High Court judge and President of the Arbitration Centre said arbitration as a means of redressal featured even in the Upanishads. “It’s a very old system that we need to have. As there is a rapid escalation of trade, Parliament is bringing in Acts. These Acts facilitate quick disposal of commercial matters,” he said while speaking on “Challenges to Arbitral Awards – Commercial Courts and need for training of judges.”

He said State judicial academies should train judges in modern methods of arbitration.

Pramesh Jain

Karnataka CM,BS Yediyurappa orders CBI probe in alleged phone tapping,

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday said he will order a CBI probe into the alleged phone-tapping scandal that took place during the previous congress JDS-led coalition government of HD Kumaraswamy in the state allegedly done at the behest of former Chief Minister,HD Kumaraswamy.This comes just days after the CM had already directed the Chief Secretary to inquire into the matter.
On the telephone tapping issue, several leaders, including Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah,have said it should be probed and truth should come out,so I have decided to order a CBI probe tomorrow itself I will order the probe,Yediyurappa told reporters at his residence in Dollars colony in Bengaluru.He also said it was the expectation of the people of the state that a detailed inquiry should be made and the culprits should be punished I will write to the CBI on Monday seeking a probe into the phone-tapping charge as demanded by the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah and his party’s other leaders and members,BS Yediyurappa is running the government as One man show who is even a Home Minister too now till cabinet expansion is done he added.
Yediyurappa’s announcement comes amid signs that the case is gaining political steam ever since disqualified JD(S) MLA AH Vishwanath,who served as the JD(S) state president and turned rebel later,last week dropped the political bomb,accusing the Kumaraswamy government of tapping phones and spying on more than 300 leaders,including him.
Former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said he was ready for a probe by even an international agency.Let them do any inquiry,whether it is a CBI inquiry or any other agency of the international standard, or let them talk to Trump (US President Donald Trump),and get it inquired through someone from his side,I have been observing the conduct of electronic media, their intention and attempts are to keep Kumaraswamy away from people in state politics.They will not be successful in it,he said.Stating that he was not aware as to why his name was linked to the phone tapping case,Kumaraswamy stressed,If I was involved I would have panicked,I’m open.There is not even an iota to point fingers at me Kumaraswamy said.
The disqualified JDS MLA,AH Vishwanath,who served as the JDS state president and turned rebel later,last week accused the HD Kumaraswamy government of tapping phones and spying on more than 300 leaders,including him.This charge has been categorically denied by Kumaraswamy who said in a tweet,there was no need for me to remain in and save the chair (of CM) by tapping phones.Allegations made against me by some people in this matter is far from the truth.
Congress leaders,including Siddaramaiah,Mallikarjuna Kharge and the then Home Minister in the alliance government MB Patil,Dinesh Gundu Rao,KPCC President,have sought a probe while another key party leader and former Minister DK Shivakumar has rejected the snooping charges and appeared to side with Kumaraswamy.
According to reports,phones of those close to Siddaramaiah,who was the then coalition coordination committee chief, had come under the watch of the government.
Siddaramaiah has welcomed the decision of the chief minister even as he expressed apprehension if the agency was going to be used to unleash venomous political vendetta as has allegedly been done before.I welcome the decision of BS Yediyurappa to hand over the phone tapping case to CBI.But,in the past,BJP has used CBI as its puppet to unleash its venomous political vendetta.Hope BJP Karnataka leaders do not have similar intentions this time,Siddaramaiah’s tweet read.
Hitting out at the Congress,Senior BJP leader R Ashoka expressed surprise over differences in opinion on phone tapping probe within the grand old party.Pointing out that several Congress leaders, including Siddaramaiah, had demanded a probe,he said,Before handing over for probe they demanded inquiry,now they are blaming the Chief Minister, it is not right.Without even knowing who was behind the tapping, they are blaming us of vendetta politics.None of us knows who is behind it, it should come out through probe,” Ashoka added.
BJP MP, Sriramulu hits out at coalition over phone tapping row, says the coalition tapped phones to save govt.He adds that even phones of national leaders have been tapped and there is no political agenda behind ordering the CBI probe.He even said he held discussions and then decided to handover the case to the CBI.Nobody should involve oneself into phone tapping let it be the Chief Minister or former chief minister even though ministers are aware that phone tapping is a crime they have still indulged in it for which CM BS Yediyurappa has taken a very tough decision today the previous government was claiming that it is transparent but now its bad deeds have come to light he said reporters.
Disqualified MLA,Pratap Gowda Patil reacts on phone tapping row,says phones of many BJP MLAs have been tapped.He adds that the guilty will be punished after CBI probe he added.
Vishwanath had also claimed snooping would not have happened without the knowledge of the then Chief Minister as the intelligence wing was under his control.
Several BJP leaders,including former chief minister Jagadish Shettar, have directly accused Kumaraswamy of being behind the episode to save his government which was then rocked by dissidence within the coalition government ultimately collapsed last month with the chief minister losing the trust vote in the assembly.The controversy surfaced as Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao earlier this month ordered an inquiry into phone tapping incident against the backdrop of a recently leaked telephone conversation purportedly between him and someone in Delhi lobbying on his behalf with some politicians for the post he is occupying now.
IPS officers as,Bengaluru City Police Commissioner,Bhaskar Rao, his predecessor and Additional Director-General Police (ADGP) of the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) Alok Kumar and another ADGP of the state intelligence wing Kamal Pant were reportedly lobbying for Bengaluru city police commissioner’s post during that period.Kumaraswamy opted for Alok Kumar,who held the post for 47 days from June 17 to August 1,before Rao was appointed on August 2 and Pant was not considered for the job.
Congress power broker Faraz Ahmed is alleged to have played a key role in getting Alok Kumar replaced with Rao for the post.
Reports says CM Yediyurapa has ordered CID and CBI probe in the phone tapping case and in which Bhaskar Rao’s and Faraz khan power broker of Congress will be probed first by CID and then by CBI. As phone tapping was ordered by Alok Kumar who was the then Addlitional commissioner of police crime who was the head of CCB,who has signed the ordered and passed to DCP Crime,Girish S who was heading technical wing in the CCB along with him ACP,Ramachandraiah,Inspectors as,Mirza,Yathiraj,Malltesh and others will be questioned by CBI in the alleged phone tapping case once the case will be probed by CBI.
CM BS Yediyurappa even said that after the expansion of cabinet he will hand over the IMA Multi-Crore Fraud case to CBI after the expansion of cabinet on Aug 20th as now the kingpin Mansoor Khan is in Judicial custody till August 30th.
On August 14th Yediyurappa directed state Chief Secretary TM Vijaya Bhaskar to probe the case after an interim report by Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) Sandeep Patil revealed that Rao’s conversations with Ahmed were tapped thrice between May and June.
After audio tapes containing voices of Rao, Faraz, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel and others were leaked to a section of the local media News18 Kannada first Aired and telecasted the Audio tape bomb of Commissioner of Police,Bhaskar Rao and Congess Power broker Faraz Khan, Kumaraswamy refuted that he ordered tapping of their phones.
Kumaraswamy resigned on July 23 after he lost the trust vote in the state legislative Assembly that he moved on July 18, as the 15 rebel lawmakers resigned before they were disqualified.
Disqualified JD-S rebel A.H. Vishwanath also accused Kumaraswamy of snooping.
Yediyurappa, 76, who became chief minister for the fourth time on July 26, is also the state home minister as he has not expanded his Cabinet so far.
His allegation gave mileage to the controversy that had been swirling around the state for weeks.
Congress leaders,including Siddaramaiah, Mallikarjun Kharge and home minister in the alliance government MB Patil, have sought an investigation.The other key leader and former minister, DK Shivakumar, has rejected the allegations.
The BJP government in Karnataka will expand its cabinet on Aug 20 in Bengaluru by inducting at least a dozen party’s legislators as ministers over three weeks after its state leader BSYediyurappa took oath as the CM for the fourth time on July 26.

Pramesh Jain

Six held,for ransacking Hindi boards,posters at Ganesh Bagh Jain prayer hall,Sent to Judicial custody :
Highlights. 
* Posters at Jain defaced.
* Explosive turn to language war.
* language war turns into violent by miscreants claiming pro-kannada activist.
* Communal pitch to language war.
* Kannada Fringe target Jains. 

“Kannada fringe targets Jains “
The Commercial street police of East Division has arrested six miscreants for ransacking and vandalising Hindi posters and banners put at the entrance of the Ganesh Bagh Jain community prayer hall in Bengaluru.
The six accused has been identified as,A1 Ramesh Gowda.T.resident of Hebbal.Anjanappa,resident of Dasarahalli,Harish Kumar B,resident of Maruthinagar,Manjunath.M,resident of JP Nagar,Chandrasekhar,resident of Tindlu, Madesh Gowda S,resident of JP Nagar,all the six accused were secured by Commercial Street police and has been sent to Judicial custody by magistrate.
Panic gripped at Ganesh bagh’s jain community centre when a group of alleged pro-kannada activist people created ruckus and ransacked the banners put up at the entrance to welcome dignitaries for chaturmas,a relegious program which will go on for four months.
The incident took place on Friday evening at Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Raod when some alleged pro-kannada activists forcefully ransacked posters written in the Hindi language on the entrance of a Jain prayer hall.
Complainants also alleged that the posters of religious gurus were also damaged.
The Jain community later jointly reported the matter to the police and lodged a formal complaint they said,The gang shouted against the organizers for Hindi banners and demanded that it should be in kannada language.When one of the organizers trying to reason with them.They turned it into voilent and forcibly tored the banners by climbing and also they have torn and stampede the shrine pics and threatened them with sure consequences. 
The accused had even recorded the act on mobile phone and uploaded on social media with a warning to follow kannada while in karnaraka. 
The incident soon spread among the community who vent their ire and alerted the commercial Street police.
Following the complaint, the DCP visited the incident site and assured action against all the accused. The alleged incident was duly recorded and uploaded on the social media site Facebook.
The video which was uploaded on social media was also provided to the police by the Jain community as evidence of the incident.
All India Jain Minority Federation,State President,Prasanna Sancheti and State Mahila President,Pavan Bafna with other delegation met Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and discussed about the yesterday incident at Ganesh bagh,after collecting the information about the incident Karnataka CM assured to take care of the Jain community and give instructions to DG&IGP Mrs.Neelmani Raju and Commissioner of Police,Bhaskar Rao to take strict action against those miscreants who has ransacked the posters and banners put up at the Ganesh Bagh entrance they said.Later a delegation of Jain community met the commissioner of police and submitted a complaint regarding the incident commissioner assured them of taking it very seriously and we will arrest all the accused and build confidence among the community people to not to be worried and appealed all to not be panic said by Bhaskar Rao to Community people.
Tejasvi Surya BJP MP Bengaluru South told media persons condemning the act which a alleged pro-kannada activist group of people ransacked posters at Ganesh Bagh Jain community prayer hall he told media persons that I I am a pro- kannada activist there are millions of people like us who are genuine lovers of kannada who want to protect our language and the culture those people who indulged in the vandalism today they are the ones who are a few rowdy elements and let us not call them pro-kannada activist and bring defamy or infamy who are genuinely working for the cause of kannada.As lot of Jain Scripts are in Kannada language attacking a Jain Munni attacking a Jain shrine just because there was Hindi banner on one of the shrine is nothing but vandalism and therefore we must condemn it and strict action must be taken against those people who choose to take law in their own hand.Those people who have absolutely no objection to English board have no objection to the Arabic script which is point to this land they have an objection to Devangiri  Lippi a Lippi that is routed in Indian language Idemology they were indulged in this kannada of vandalism on a board which has Arabic writing.The point is it is not about Hindi or Arabic it is about how you respond to it breaking law and taking law in their own hands condemenable I am not encouraging anyone to do this I want to expose their double standards they have no objection to Arabic they have objection to Hindi they are not pro-kannada activist they are rowdy elements strict action will be taken against them he added.
A President Of Jain Community told media persons that,On Friday evening some few miscreants they came here and they objected for the name boards being in only one language that is in Hindi.This name board we have put in Hindi just because all the Dashrathis who come here to visit our Guru Ji comes from all over every part of the India.So it is for their information only where as the main board of this Ganesh Bagh is written in all the three languages were we have given first respect to kannada language he added.Our delegates met to the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and Commissioner of Police and we have brought to their notice too as it is discourage and insult to our saint who has stampede and tore their banners as they would have come and requested to us we would have changed immediately and as it is a temperoary board so it is not compulsory to put also we got to know but if they want us to put we would have given first preference to kannada but ransacking and vandalising the posters which is welcome banner to the dashrathis we have registered a complaint against the miscreants and police have taken it very seriously and filed an FIR against the miscreants and they have arrested six persons who were involved in the vandaliing the posters incident we appreciate the efforts taken by the DCP East said by one of the President of Jain Community.
Senior officer said as soon as the incident reported of ransacking the posters forcibly by vandalising the banner and created ruckus at the Jain community hall as Ganesh Bagh as the group of alleged who alleged to be Pro-Kannada activist has posted a video on Facebook stating that it is a warning alarm to those who are imposing Hindi and are insulting Kannada language the same video was downloaded by the Jain community people and it was passed to all the Jain community papers through various social media platform which was been viral and the Jain community across India were anger on those miscreants who has ransacked the Shrine or Saint photos which was puted on the main entrance of Ganesh Bagh with Shrine pics a group of miscreants forcible ransacked the posters and even insulted the Jain Munni’s photo.As soon as the message was passed to DCP East,Rahul Kumar with other Senior officials with Commercial Street police Station inspector Nagaraj with their staff rushed to the incident spot and took all the stock of the situation and a group of Jain community people gathered at commercial street police Station outside demanding action against the miscreants the Jain community later met the DCP and explained him about the incident happened based on the complaint a case was registered against the miscreants with the video evidence of ransacking the poster and creating ruckus which was gripped in panic after registering the complaint DCP East,Rahul Kumar assured the community people he will take this matter very seriously and the culprits will be punished and we will even open a rowdy sheet against those people who are involved in this vandalism he said after registering the complaint DCP and his team with ACP,Inspector and their crime staff swung into action based on the concrete evidence the team apprehended four person in the late midnight and took them into custody and later in the morning we picked more two persons so totally we have arrested six accused who has taken law in their own hands by ransacking and vandalising the banners and posters of Jain Munni and all the accused has been identified as,Anjanappa,Harish Gowda,Ramesh gowda,Mahesh gowda,chandrashekar and Manjunath and case has been registered against them in commercial street police station in the cr.no.118/19.u/s,153(a) 427,504’506 ipc section which are non-bailable after arresting all the accused the commercial street police inspector and his staff produced all the six accused before the magistrate at his house in Koramangala judicial layout after verifying the information about the incident the Magistrate has remanded all the six accused to 14 days judicial custody and we warn all those miscreants who are taking law into their hand will be delt to severe punishment a strict action will be taken against them who indulge in this type of criminal activities if they have problem with any language imposition they should approach local police and seek their help in getting removed the other language board but taking law into their own hands and disturbing other community and creating panic situation across Bengaluru city means we have zero tolerance for this and we will take stern action against those who are indulging and provocating others to make this issue violent we are monitoring each and everything where as Jain community Shrine has asked their community people to maintain peace and said the cops are investigating the case and we should cooperate with the police  appealed  by Shrine or Guru Ji of Jain community to its community members through a video and I appreciate the team who has taken the case very seriously and arrested all the accused with in 24 hours he added.
Meanwhile the accused who were arrested by the police started releasing videos blaming Union Home Minister Amit Shah,MPs of Bengaluru as,PC Mohan,DV Sadananda Gowda and Tejasvi Surya they even blamed the Chief minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa and by slamming the government one of the accused we are ready to go to jail for 100 days also for the kannada culture and language and they even started releasing videos provoking other Kannadigas and other activists to show their strength in standing for them and many even started uploading threatening videos and warning the Jain community people that you are doing all illegal business and staying in our Bengaluru karnataka and are planning to bandh against us they were like if you have guts then block and show one road then we will show our Kannadigas power to you and a series of videos with open threat videos to Jain community as Marwari people was released by those accused and their followers who has even posted that they will intensify their protest across Karnataka and asked all the other organizations to support them in the protest which will be held tomorrow at 5.30 pm near Townhall against the Karnataka state government for arresting their members a post by alleged pro-kannada activist on social media says.
Sources in the police department said that we have taken all the precautionary measures to prevent any untoward incident and we will take strict action against those who are disturbing the society and community harmony with their provocating statements we will take stringent and severe action those who are indulging in this activities we will not spare any one who takes law in their hand they said.