Vadodara: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala said the lander setback in the Chandrayaan-2 project will not have any effect on future space missions of the country.

Speaking late Saturday night here, he said the country was proud of its scientists and stood solidly behind the Indian Space Research Organisation.

In the early hours of Saturday, the Vikram lander module of Chandrayaan-2 had lost communication with ground stations, just 2.1 km from the lunar surface during its final descent.

On Sunday, ISRO chairman K Sivan said the lander had been located on the lunar surface, adding that “it must have been a hard landing”.

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Bengaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP and BJP Karnataka President Nalin Kumar Kateel on Sunday added that former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was behind DK Shivakumar’s arrest by ED.

Speaking to reporters in Bagalkot Nalin Kumar said that the BJP doesn’t get involved in vendetta politics.

“If BJP was doing vendetta politics then it would have done it before elections not after election. DK Shivakumar would’ve been arrested before the elections. When DK Shivakumar was being raided Siddaramaiah was the CM of the state. Now he blames us of vendetta politics” Nalin Kumar said.

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Senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar,remanded in ED custody till Sept.13.
“Trouble Shooter in Trouble “
A Delhi court sent Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in money laundering case till September 13. The senior leader was arrested on Tuesday after being interrogated by the Enforcement Directorate over the past several days. 
Family members and lawyer are allowed to meet Shivakumar for half-an-hour daily. The court also granted his personal doctor to visit him. 
Known as Congress’ favoured troubleshooter in Karnataka, Shivakumar had been interrogated by the ED over the past several days – his appearence before ED on Tuesday was his fourth. By the end of the day, however, he was arrested in connection with the money laundering case being probed by the investigating agency.The ED has registered a case of money laundering on the basis of a chargesheet filed by the Income Tax Department.
At around 4.15 PM DK Shivakumar was produced before Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday and the Special ED Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhur after hearing arguments from both the counsels and Additional Solicitor General for about 1 hour and 45 minutes the Judge sent Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar to Enforcement Directorate remand till September 13. 
The agency, which arrested Shivakumar on Tuesday night in connection with alleged money laundering, had sought his custody for 14 days.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi representing DK Shivakumar,however,objected to ED’s demand of 14 days custody claiming ED is behaving like a dog tail and the state is the dog.The tail cannot stand alone without the dog.AMS they have asked for 14 days thinking that if they ask for stars they will get the moon.If they ask for the moon they will get the earth.They have already taken 5 days of questioning, now they want the entire 14 days,Singhvi argued before the court.
In a video posed on his Twitter, Mr Shivakumar is seen sitting on a chair, leaning back, saying, “Political vendetta has become stronger than the law in this country.” A policeman can be seen standing behind him.
The video message on Twitter came just hours after his request to address the people of Karnataka was turned down by the court where the Enforcement Directorate was seeking his custody for 14 days. “Absolutely not,” said judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar when Mr Shivakumar’s counsel made the request.
Earlier in the day,the Enforcement Directorate had told the court that custodial interrogation was required as it wanted to confront the Congress leader with evidence.It had said that Shivakumar gave evasive replies and was non-cooperative during the investigation. There is reason to believe the accused is guilty of laundering,said the agency to court.
Shivakumar’s counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi had moved a bail application.
Meanwhile,there was sporadic violence during a strike called by the Congress across Karnataka on Wednesday to protest against the arrest.Meanwhile, Shivakumar was admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in New Delhi.
Sporadic protests. 
The protesters pelted stones at 15 KSRTC buses and torched one bus in the district. A majority of the violent incidents were reported in Kanakapura, the home town of Mr. Shivakumar.Many places saw Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) workers protesting together, especially in Mandya district.
Participating in a protest in Mysuru, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah described the arrest as “vendetta politics” and said the people of the State were watching the developments and would teach a befitting lesson” to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He went on to describe the arrest as a “ploy to finish the Opposition.”
Protestors pelted stones and burnt a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus in Chunchi colony of Kanakapura city,Shivakumar’s constituency.The protestors also attempted to burn another bus at Harohalli depot.
At least 10 buses were vandalised in stone pelting at Sathanur on Tuesday night. The Ramanagara city police asked the KSRTC not to operate buses in the city until they provide clearance.
Loss incurred
The Ramanagaram division of the KSRTC incurred a loss of Rs.13.71 lakh owing to the damage to buses. The services operated between Bengaluru and Mysuru and other parts such as Kollegal and Chamarajanagar were also hit from 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.as protesters blocked the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway.
All schools in Ramanagara district have been closed for the day and it will remain closed till tomorrow. Protests were held in Bengaluru,especially at major junctions like Maurya Circle,Anand Rao Circle,Tumkur Road,MG Road,Jalahalli cross,Rajajinagar near Navrang theatre.Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai spoke to Ramanagara SP,and other senior police officers to take stock of the situation and maintain law and order situation and take all adequate measures and precautionary measures and maintain peace.
Meanwhile,security at Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s house and the BJP offices in Ramanagara and Kanakapura have been beefed up.The strike will be effective in the two cities only.No bandh is being observed in the state capital Bengaluru despite protests.However, traffic on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway was affected.Traffic on the Bengaluru-Ramanagara-Mysuru road was diverted to Magadi,Huliyurdurga and Madduru.
DKS arrest evokes anger in congress ranks.
Congress leaders heap scorn on BJP leaders. 
Clear case of political vendetta, says Congress.
HD Devegowda,Former Prime Minister and JD(S)Supremo,told media persons,Observing one’s father and grandmother’s death anniversary are very important.The authorities didn’t even spare a single day.This is heartless indeed he said.
The Congress said it will not be intimidated by the politics of persecution and continue to ask hard questions to the government. The party said the National Democratic Alliance government’s second term till date was characterised by “tyranny, chaos and anarchy”.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday described the arrest of Karnataka Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar by the Enforcement Directorate(ED)as another example of /vendetta politics’ and alleged that the Central government was using probe agencies and a ‘pliant’ media to selectively target people.
The arrest of DK Shivakumar is another example of the vendetta politics unleashed by the government,using agencies like the ED/CBI & a pliant media to selectively target individuals,Mr.Gandhi tweeted.
What was the need to arrest Shivakumar if he cooperated with CBI, ED, IT, asks Shashi Tharoor:
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor questioned the need to arrest DK Shivakumar even though he cooperated with government agencies.How does the arrest actually help? It just sends a chilling signal to other opponents of the government.They don’t like to hear any voice from the Opposition.The government has full authority to conduct any inquiry, whether it is CBI, ED or IT,” he said.
If somebody says that I won’t cooperate and will run away, then it will be a different thing. But since the beginning, everybody knew where Shivakumar and Chidambaram were. They have cooperated throughout the inquiry. Beyond that, raids have been conducted at their offices and houses. After that this, what is need to arrest them?” Tharoor asked.
Addressing a press conference,Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari claimed that there was a complete breakdown of governance in the Narendra Modi government’s second term.He cited economic slowdown,undeclared emergency in Kashmir and the situation in Assam after the final National Register of Citizens was published.DK Shivakumar’s only crime was that he provided protection to those Congress MLAs of Gujarat who were being poached by the NDA-BJP during the Rajya Sabha elections,Tewari said.
Congress’General Secretary KC Venugopal said the arrest was a clear case of political vendetta by the fascist BJP government at the centre.Following Congress leader P Chidambaram’s arrest, another leader had been dubiously, vengefully and selectively targeted for standing up to the saffron party.Although there are well proved and explicit cases of black money transactions and money laundering during the political horse-trading in Karnataka by the BJP leaders, the central investigating agencies have not registered any cases against them,” Venugopal said. He also said that the investigating agencies were acting as puppets of the Centre.
Siddaramaiah,Former CM and CLP leader,told media persons,This smacks of political Vendetta.There was no need of arresting him did he disobey the summons for four days?Despite his explanation,they authorities claimed that he could destroy the evidence.Will they do things without informing BS Yediyurappa?The union government is engaged in this he said.
G Parameshwara,Former Deputy CM, told media persons,You could have initiated legal action if things were found to be illegal however they used I-T department and ED harrased and behaved in a manner which is not acceptable in democracy he said.
Eshwar Khandre,KPCC workong president ,told media persons,These are not independent agencies but are puppets under the BJP.They are dancing to the tunes of the BJP leaders let them probe this all this legally we have no objection to that however we are opposed to politicising the issue he said.
S Narayanaswamy,Bangarpet Congress MLA,told media persons that,A man who served a jail term has assumed charge as the union Home Minister on the pretext of protecting the nation he has control of agencies like ED and I-T department and these are dancing to his tunes where did they (BJP),get money for launching “Operation Kamala”?was all this legal money?where did the money come from he asks .
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said that Shivakumar’s arrest was done to demoralise him and the party workers.As per rules,whenever Income Tax department and Enforcement Directorate called him,he responded. He is cooperating,Kharge told media persons.Is he absconding? Why are they doing this? Just to harass and mentally torture him.I condemn this he said.
Congress MLA,Ramalinga Reddy appealed to Shivakumar’s supporters to maintain peace and not to vandalise public property.
Several Youth Congress workers were detained in New Delhi after they clashed with police personnel during a protest against Shivakumar’s arrest. 
Karnataka Youth Congress,President BV Srinivas lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Shivakumar’s arrest. Modi has crossed all limits in his desperation to harass opposition leaders,he tweeted.Such pitiful actions are an embarrassment to the office he represents. We stand by our leader DK Shivakumar ji.”Srinivas also told that Shivakumar’s health has deteriorated due to his harassment.Doctors have advised him rest but Enforcement Directorate is trying to take him away,” Srinivas claimed.
“BJP criticises Congress’ ‘politically convenient’ remarks”
The Bharatiya Janata Party,however, rejected the Congress charges and said there was clear evidence against Shivakumar.The Congress leaders’ statements were politically convenient. said BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao.He alleged that it had now become fashionable for the Congress to level charges of vendetta whenever its leaders were arrested for a financial crime.They [probe agencies] have taken all the time to really investigate the case properly and this action cannot really be termed political by any stretch of imagination,” Rao told media persons.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has said he is sad to hear about the arrest of senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar by the Enforcement Directorate. Yediyurappa said he will be very happy to see Shivakumar come out but added that the law will take its own course in the money laundering case against DK Shivakumar.BS Yediyurappa said he would be “more happy than everyone” if DK Shivakumar, a former Karnataka minister and senior Congress leader, comes clear of the charges.I pray to God that he should come out from every thing. I have neither hated any one in my life,nor have I wished bad for any one.Law will take its course.If he comes out (of the charges) I will be more happy than any one,he told reporters in Bengaluru.
Govind Karjol,Deputy CM of Karnataka told media persons,Agencies like I-T department and ED have investgated numerous cases over the last 70 years can we say that all these were politically motivated? These agencies are operating within the constitutional boundaries suggested.At the same time we hope he comes out of this he said.
Shivakumar’s lawyers Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Dayan Krishnan opposed the ED’s plea for custodial interrogation saying that he had joined the probe and never absconded.
His counsel claimed that Shivakumar has not been given food today and seemed that it is slow torture by ED.
Singhvi said the police remand is a rare exception and cannot be granted in a mechanical manner and the ED’s plea for Shivakumar’s custodial interrogation is perverse.
He was opposing the submissions of the ED which told the court that the Income Tax investigation and statement of various witnesses have revealed incriminating evidence against Shivakumar.
The probe agency claimed that he was “evasive and non-cooperative” during the probe and there was phenomenal growth in his income while he was in an important position.
Ed said his custody is required as he has to be confronted with voluminous documents and to unearth illegal properties.
Custodial interrogation of Shivakumar is necessary as some facts are in his personal knowledge,it said,adding that he tried to misguide the investigation.
It said Shivakumar’s interrogation was needed to ascertain the source of money and unearth the modus operandi and that he did not explain cash seized in a search.
Additional Solicitor General KM Natraj and advocate N K Matta are representing the ED.
Singhvi opposed the ED’s plea for custodial interrogation,saying the agency’s submission was without application of mind as Shivakumar has already been quizzed for 33 hours and he was not a flight risk.
Unless ED shows that something startling and new has happened, Shivakumar cannot be sent to its custody as he never absconded, he contended.
A bail application was also moved on behalf of Shivakumar and his counsels, including Krishnan, submitted that the whole case was based upon Income Tax search which started from August 2017, and the search leads to an I-T complaint filed on June 13, 2018.
“This is the foundation of the entire charge against me (Shivakumar).The remand application itself says Income Tax, and this is the offence with respect to which money laundering is done,Singhvi said.
He submitted that the Karnataka High Court has stayed the entire process arising out of the Income Tax case against Shivakumar and the offence under the I-T Act is compoundable (offences where the complainant enters into a compromise and agrees to have the charges dropped against the accused).
The former cabinet minister and sitting MLA from Kanakapura seat had appeared before the ED for questioning on Tuesday for the fourth time at its headquarters here.
After a long session of grilling,Shivakumar was placed under arrest as per provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED had in September last year registered the money laundering case against Shivakumar,Haumanthaiah,an employee at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, and others.
Shivakumar had to appear before the ED after Karnataka High Court last week dismissed his petition challenging the summons issued to him by the agency.
The ED had filed the PMLA case against him and others based on a charge sheet (prosecution complaint) filed by the Income Tax Department against them last year before a special court in Bengaluru on charges of alleged tax evasion and hawala transactions worth crores.
Sources said that,Enforcement Directorate has got evidence about the Hawala Channel as they have tracked his Hawala networks and the both hawala operators have been approver in the case.
The ED grilled DK Shivakumar for about 32 hours in 4 days and they questioned him about his money transactions done in SBI Bank of Malleswaram Branch from the Bescom Account and another from the Rajajinagar Branch as for this the trouble shooter was shocked as they even asked about the 2000 rupees notes bundle found in his flat after the demonetisation in 2016 November as it is alleged that the ED officials have collected all the details about the Rs.8.5 Crore Unaccounted Cash Seized they have collected all the details from the bank with the currency note numbers ED sources said.
KG was the code word used in transferring Hawala Amount and it is alleged the links is with Chidambaram transactions and Ahmed Patel is also connected to this Hawala network and it was transported using Sharma Transport buses says sources.
The I-T department has accused Shivakumar and his alleged associate S K Sharma of transporting a huge amount of unaccounted cash on a regular basis through ‘hawala’ channels with the help of three other accused.

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Bengaluru: BBMP on , Wednesday, celebrated the 482nd birth anniversary of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the founder of Bengaluru city. On the account of the occasion , BBMP carried out the “Kempegowda” award function where 100 achievers in different fields who has worked for the development of the city, were honoured, including literate chandrashekar patil, singer manjula gururaj, senior artist chandru, journalist Vijayalakshmi and others. State Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, city Mayor Gangambika Mallikarjuna, deputy Mayor Boregowda and other dignitaries gave away the awards and honoured the achievers. Addressing the gathering the chief minister manifested about the emplacement of statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda at the Bangalore International Airport in order to spread the achievements and contribution of the founder for the city. 

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ED arrests Congress’s Troubleshooter DK Shivakumar, in Money laundering case 

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested Karnataka’s senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar who is also known as Trouble shooter of Karnataka Congress in an alleged money laundering case.The probe agency’s action came hours after it questioned him for the fourth day.
Security has been heightened in and around Enforcement Directorate office in New Delhi in view of ruckus created by DK Shivakumar supporters.
Reports says more than 5000 supporters will March from Bengaluru-Delhi to protest against the Central Government for misusing the central agenciesand in front of their office they will intensify their protest condemning the arrest of their leader.
The Enforcement Directorate told reporters that,DK Shivakumar was not cooperating with the investigation.The investigating agency will produce the Kanakapura MLA before a court on Wednesday to seek his custody.Shivakumar’s supporters gathered outside the Enforcement Directorate office in Delhi to and created high drama and they protested against his arrest.
After he was arrested by Enforcement directorate he tweeted by saying,I congratulate my BJP friends for finally being successful in their mission of arresting me,Shivakumar said.The IT and ED cases against me are politically motivated and I am a victim of BJP’s politics of vengeance and vendetta.The Congress leader also asked party workers and supporters to not be disheartened as he had done nothing illegal.I have full faith in God and in our country’s Judiciary and am very confident that I will emerge victorious both legally and politically against this vendetta politics,the Congress leader tweeted.
The Congress also condemned Shivakumar’s arrest,calling it Vendetta politics.We strongly condemn the high-handed tactics and vendetta politics being deployed against Congress leaders, the official Twitter handle of the party said. The arrest of Shri DK Shivakumar is yet another attempt by the government to distract the public from their failed policies and the sorry state of the economy.The Karnataka unit of the Congress has called a statewide protest on Wednesday.
The agency had first summoned Shivakumar on last Friday after the Karnataka High Court had rejected his plea challenging the notice sent to him. 
Shivakumar’s questioning in the case went on till late on Friday night,through Saturday and continued on Monday after a break on Sunday.
In September 2018,the Enforcement Directorate had registered a money laundering case against Shivakumar and a few other leaders under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.The case was registered on the basis of a chargesheet that the Income Tax Department filed against him earlier in 2018 in a special court in Bengaluru for allegedly evading tax and for alleged hawala transactions worth crores of rupees.
In late July and early August of 2017, Shivakumar managed the stay of 44 Congress MLAs from Gujarat at a resort near Bengaluru ahead of the election for a Rajya Sabha seat.The Congress had put them up at the resort to prevent them from allegedly being poached by the Bharatiya Janata Party.Shivakumar was first raided by the Income Tax Department during that time.
The Income Tax Department has filed four cases against Shivakumar based on the raids since then.Investigators are believed to have recovered more than Rs 300 crore in undisclosed income,and cash and jewellery worth nearly Rs 15 crore.
The Income Tax Department said that Shivakumar and his associate Sunil Kumar Sharma used to transport huge amounts of unaccounted cash on a regular basis through illegal channels with help of three other accused.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Karnataka unit of the Congress condemned the Enforcement Directorate’s actions and called it Vendetta of the worst kind.What happened to cases against Mukul Roy,HB Sharma and others who joined BJP,the Karnataka Congress asked on Twitter.Is joining BJP the criteria for ED-CBI to target people? We condemn this bias from the enforcement agencies. There is no law of land. Several other Congress leaders also voiced their support for Shivakumar and said it was a political vendetta against him.
Ruckus outside the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office as supporters of Congress leader DK Shivakumar gather in large numbers.
DK Shivakumar supporter cries and tears off his clothes outside RML Hospital where the leader has been taken for a medical test.
Former Mayor G Padamavati with Senior Congress Leaders from Bengaluru Ramalinga Reddy also rushed to Delhi to meet their leader who was been grilled by ED for four days.
Many protesters staged protest against ED and BJP government for arresting congress leader DK Shivakumar they raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
DK Shivakumar supporters create ruckus in Bengaluru.Congress protesting at Gandhi statue, Maurya circle, Bengaluru.
Following the Congress leader’s arrest on Tuesday, stones were pelted on 5 KSRTC buses in Satanur, the native place of Shivakumar, and in Channapatana and Ramanagara. 3 buses from Kanakapura depot and 1 from Channapatna depot were vandalised by stone pelters.Two KSRTC buses have been fully vandalised as the supporters as goons in Kanakapura and Ramnagara has set KSRTC buses to ablaze as set on fire.Late night Stone pelting reported A KSRTC bus vehicle no.F 4574 (Mark3) at Uppinangadi around 11:55pm.No injuries but damage to front glass of the vehicle.incidence, stone pelt near Oklipuram, back glass damaged, schedule no 165/166, towards Bangalore to Udupi, vehicle no_F1014.,conductor Madhu.eye injury, Udupi depot said KSRTC PRO. 
High tension has been created in Kanakapura as the Congress party supporters of DK Shivakumar has intensified their protest many have burnt tyres they even hited from slippers PM Modi and Amit Shah’s posters. 
The protest has been turned into violent and the goons have damaged many public properties as more than 7 KSRTC buses has been damaged by the supporters of DK Shivakumar. 
In kanakapura Police have resorted laticharge on the supporters of DK Shivakumar in Kanakapura heavy police has been deployed Senior officers are at spot.
Additional force has been deployed at Enforcement Directorate office in Wilson garden and at Income Tax office near Indian Express. 
Protests intensified across Karnataka condemning the arrest of the seven-time legislator and former Energy, Water Resources Minister. On Tuesday, effigies of BJP leaders were also burnt in Ramanagara as part of intense protests across major roads and key areas of the town.
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) PRO said that they are monitoring the situation.We are monitoring situation,directed divisional officers to take action of services suspension based on local situation. Control rooms have been activated and divisional officers have been asked to act suitably, it said.
Meanwhile karnataka DG&IGP, Neelamani N Raju has instructed all the commissionerate with Bengaluru Rural IGPs have also been alerted for precautionary measures to be taken in Mysore,Mandya,Ramanagar Chamarajanagar and other areas.
The Income Tax raid and the chargesheet. 
Income Tax sleuths have accused DK Shivakumar of developing a hawala network to funnel money to the Congress high command.The Income Tax Department allegedly found Rs 8.83 crore unaccounted cash in New Delhi and accused DK Shivakumar of purchasing various properties in the national capital via the money that was funnelled through the alleged hawala network.In its complaint before the Special Court for Economic Offences,the I-T sleuths had alleged that DK Shivakumar had sent the cash to All India Congress Committee (AICC).
According to the complaint filed by the I-T Department in the court,the sleuths had seized undisclosed cash,which was allegedly handed over to one Mulgund by DK Shivakumar in three instalments of Rs 5 crore, Rs 3 crore and Rs 2 crore each.
I-T investigators also accused DK Shivakumar of procuring the services of Sunil Kumar Sharma,owner of Sharma Transport,Anjaneya Hanumanthaiah, the Liaison Officer in New Delhi’s Karnataka Bhavan,Rajendra N,an employee of Sharma Transport; and his business associate Sachin Narayana for allegedly transporting the cash.
It is pertinent to note that unaccounted cash of Rs.8.5 crore has been found and seized in four premises of Delhi which are directly relatable to DKS.Three flats were purchased in Safdarjung Enclave.Among these flats,Flat No.107,B-2, purchased by DKS,and Flat No.17,B-4, was purchased by Sachin Narayan and Flat No.201,B-5,was purchased by late Suresh Sharma,the Deputy Director of Income-Tax (Investigation),Income Tax Department, stated in the chargesheet.
Senior Congress leaders have condemned Shivakumar’s arrest and said that the BJP government was playing vendetta politics.
In the wake of Shivakumar’s arrest, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Dinesh Gundu Rao has also directed all district units of the party to stage protests on Wednesday.
Former Deputy CM G Parameshwara tweets,We have witnessed an absolute exploitation of power with the arrest of DK Shivakumar.DK Shivakumar has been arrested despite full co-operation from him for days.He is a victim of political vendetta. We trust our judiciary and I am sure justice will be served.
Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah tweets,Opposition leaders are being targeted each and every day using central government agencies.It is just an attempt to divert the attention from structural failures of BJP government and also to prevent the voices of dissent.DK Shivakumar is also a victim of their vindictive politics.(sic).DK Shivakumar will definitely come out clean and the whole country will understand the ulterior motives of BJP. We are all with him in these difficult times and shall provide him with full support (sic),Siddaramaiah said in another tweet.
Senior Congress leader,Veerappa Moily has issued a statement on DK Shivakumar’s arrest.Tax terrorism which led to [Cafe Coffee Day owner] VG Siddharth’s death is happening again. DK is being treated as a criminal,he said.
The arrest of @DKShivakumar is a clear sign of political vendetta that is being played by the current @BJP4India Govt. It is appalling how the govt is using @IncomeTaxIndia and ED to suppress the opposition, using them as tool for harassment is highly questionable,HK Patil Senior Congress leader tweeted.
Vindictive politics,claims HD Kumaraswamy.Vindictive politics has become the order of the day. Opposition leaders are easy victims of power misuse. In public life, we need to be strong to face baseless allegations and conspiracies.I am sure DK Shivakumar is strong enough to face this vindictive agenda against him,he said.
Statement of AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal.The arrest of Shri DK Shivakumar is a clear case of political vendetta by the fascist BJP government at the centre.After Shri.Chidambaram, yet another leader facing vengeance for standing up against the horse-trading and petty politics of the BJP. By these actions, ED & CBI has proved to be the puppet agents of the Government at the Centre. A wrong trend has been set by the Modi Government to harass and hunt down the political opponents with fabricated allegations.Although there are well proved and explicit cases of black money transactions and money laundering during the political horse-trading in Karnataka by the BJP leaders, the central investigating agencies have not registered any cases against BJP leaders.DK.Shivakumar, being the strong and obedient Congress leader in Karnataka,was always a target of the BJP. Although he unhesitatingly appeared for the questioning and cooperated with the investigations,the Enforcement Directorate is seemingly obeying the command from their masters.It is evident that the government is desperately trying to hide its outright failure in checking the economic slowdown and financial crisis with shameless harassment of political opponents.I strongly condemn this politics of vengeance and harassment he said in his tweets and speaking to reporters.
Apparently @DKShivakumar has been arrested for “non cooperation”. This is a case of witch hunt by BJP & this seems to be standard operating procedure for suppressing the opposition.All corruption cases against BJP members have come to a standstill. Ex:Mukul Roy,Himanta Sharma.CBI, IT, ED & other agencies go slow against cases of BJP while fast track opposition’s.What happened to -BJP MLA who tried to bribe judge-Notice served for lavish wedding-Mining cases of Goa/K’taka -TDP MPs who joined BJP-Goa MLAs who joined BJP-Mr. Roy/Mr. Sarma,Priyank Kharge tweeted.
We condemn this brazen attempt by govt to silence anyone who raises their voice. With an intention to defame, blackmail & threaten,the Modi govt has launched this politically motivated attack on their opponents.We stand with @DKShivakumar and will fight this Hitler raj of BJP,Sowmya Reddy Jayanagar Congress MLA tweeted.
The arrest of @DKShivakumar Ji’s is an ugly face of political vendetta.I truly condemned this Democratic carnage. #DKShivakumar#WeStandWithDKS tweeted by Lakshmi Hebbalkar congress leader.
DK Shivakumar has been kept under Medical Observations by the doctors at RML Hospital in New Delhi as his BP has been low and sugar has been high so to bring it under control the doctors are kept him under observation.
On Wednesday the Enforcement Directorate will produce the Former Water resource minister of Karnataka DK Shivakumar to ED Special Court. 
Meanwhile DK Shivakumar mother Gowramma is being treated at her house as her Blood Pressure has been low. 
Protesters have blocked the Bengaluru – Kanakapura road and Bus services has been suspended.
Massive protest to take place in Bengaluru tomorrow at 11 am against BJP’s central and state government for ‘misusing IT, CBI, ED departments and unethically arresting Congress leader DK Shivakumar. The protest will be attended by all Congress, JD-S leaders and Shivakumar supporters.

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Bengaluru: As an aftereffect of DK Shivakumar’s arrest on Tuesday, incidents of violence were reported from various parts of the state, as his supporters took to streets to express their anguish over Enforcement Directorate arresting him after four days of questioning.

In an incident reported from Ramnagar the protesters set bus on fire on Tuesday night.

At various parts of the state including Ramnagar and Chennapattana stones were pelted at KSRTC buses.

In Malavalli and Channapattana one buses each were pelted stones at while in Kanakapura two such incidents were reported wherein stones were pelted at buses to protest DKShi’s arrest.

Protesters in Kanakapura also set tyres on fire while also burning effigy of several BJP leaders. They have also called for Kanakpur bandh in the wake of ED’s proceedings against Shivakumar.

Demonstrations and attempts to block roads by burning tires were reported from Ramanagara, Channapatna and few neighboring towns, where a bandh (shutdown) has been called by DK Shivakumar’s supporters

Congree’s DK Shivakumar was arrested under provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act
BENGALURU: 

Protests broke out in several parts of Karnataka on Wednesday following the arrest of senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar by the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi in connection with a money laundering case.

Demonstrations and attempts to block roads by burning tires were reported from Ramanagara, Chennapattana and few neighboring towns, where a bandh (shutdown) has been called by DK Shivakumar’s supporters.

Mr Shivakumar’s Kanakapura assembly constituency is in Ramanagara district. As a precautionary measure the district administration has declared a holiday for schools and colleges today.

Incidents of stone pelting on government buses were also reported at Kanakapura last night following the Congress leader’s arrest.

DK Shivakumar, the Congress troubleshooter from the state was arrested under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act or PMLA after he had appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning for the fourth time on Tuesday at its headquarters in Delhi.

The arrest of Mr Shivakumar by the Enforcement Directorate has drawn condemnation from opposition leaders in the state with former chief ministers Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy accusing the BJP of using central agencies to “oppress voices of dissent”.

On his part, Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has said that the law will take its own course and that he would be more happy than everyone if the former minister comes clear of the charges.

The clip was shared across social media platforms and was viewed over 2 lakh times on Twitter, receiving quirky responses.

BENGALURU

Courtesy: NDTV

The 45-second clip begins with what looks like low-gravity steps on the lunar surface.

Rocky terrain, a man in a space suit and the “moonwalk” – no, this is not the description of a mission to the Earth’s nearest celestial neighbour but of a street in Bengauluru where an artist recreated a scene to highlight the lunar crater-sized potholes in the city.

The 45-second clip begins with what looks like low-gravity steps on the lunar surface. The illusion of the “moonwalk” quickly fades away as an auto rickshaw enters the frame. The camera then pans to show the pothole ridden Tunga Nagar Main Road in North Bengaluru.

The video – “Hello bbmp” was posted by Baadal Nanjundaswamy, a city-based street artist. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike or BBMP is Bengaluru’s civic authority. The artist, in his post, tagged several BBMP officials.

This is not Baadal Nanjundaswamy’s first attempt at drawing attention to the condition of roads and potholes. In the past, the artist has been part of several street art installations that highlight the pothole menace across the city.

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike had announced last week that engineers of the civic body will be fined if they fail to fill potholes in the city. There are over 2,500 potholes in Bengaluru, it said.

Vector-borne diseases are back with a bang this monsoon season and have put lakhs of people across cities and towns at risk.

Courtesy: The Indian Express

BENGALURU: A serious attack involves weeks of recovery, tossing and turning in hellish delirium. Sweating, fever, muscle spasms, vomiting and a thumping pain behind the eyes and in the joints. Unfortunately, this year, the monsoons have brought a deadly wave of the dengue fever to Karnataka, sweeping across and killing hundreds, while leaving tens of thousands sick.

The mosquito-borne viral disease has become one of the worst nightmares for people. Also called ‘breakbone fever’ or ‘dandy fever’, it is caused by a family of viruses and is transmitted via the
Aedes mosquito.

It is these deadly insects which have become a bane for people, especially in the state capital of Bengaluru, which has the highest number of dengue-positive cases in Karnataka. To make matters worse, the number of Chikungunya cases, also spread by mosquitoes, is on the rise as well.

Malaria, a common ailment in the Malnad and coastal areas, has also crept into the BBMP limits owing to uncontrolled breeding of mosquitoes. Meanwhile floods across several districts have made matters worse with both dengue and Chikungunya becoming extremely rampant. So bad is the situation that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has listed Karnataka as one of the five worst-hit states this year among Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Kerala along with Gujarat and Rajasthan.

“This year has been bad,” says Dr Srikantha N, a General Physician with a government hospital in Bengaluru who claims to see a minimum of 20 cases with suspected symptoms of dengue every day. “It has been so bad that union minister Harsh Vardhan had even convened a meeting with all states to tackle this vector-borne disease. However, not much seems to be happening in this area,” he explained.

According to data shared by the National Health Mission Family and Welfare Services, Karnataka, the total number of cases of dengue has crossed 5,000 this year. Unfortunately, the dengue virus has also been changing and there has been a ‘pathological alteration’ medical experts say. Dr Bhagath Ram, a physician at Victoria Hospital said the virus has been attacking vital organs in the abdomen more quickly and frequently with altered symptoms this season resulting in quicker deaths due to multi-organ failure.

“While haemorrhage and skin rashes had been the predominant initial effects of the virus till last year, they have changed to kidney and liver failure, pancreas ailment or water accumulation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract this year, making recovery difficult,” Dr Gopikrishna, a paediatrician at a private hospital said.

“While you can deal with hemorrhage more easily with platelet transfusion, it becomes very difficult if the organs start malfunctioning. This has been happening very frequently this year,” he added.
The virus has also been triggering diarrhoea. “The symptoms have been treacherous this year making victims take it lightly. Instead of waiting for rashes to appear or platelet to drop, dengue patients should consult doctors immediately,” Dr Prashanth RS, a general physician and consultant from Koramangala said.

Experts suspect that the altered symptoms could have been triggered by a mutation of the dengue serotype and there is an urgent need to analyse the virus in a lab. “Unless the virus is tested nothing can be done in this regard. There is very little research being done on the subject in the state,” he opined.
The surge in dengue in the city is not only a pressing health issue for people and health authorities, but with many cases of severe dengue, the disease is weighing heavy on people’s pockets. While the tests themselves cost approximately Rs 2,000. Affected patients claim that the doctors ask them to test a minimum of twice or thrice to confirm that there are no traces of dengue left in their system after treatment. These tests, as well as the missed workdays,  are costing them dearly.

In Dakshina Kannada, over 200 cases were recorded in August with as many as 12 suspected deaths
The urban belts of Belagavi, Bailhongal and Gokak in North Karnataka have seen  registration of the highest number of cases
In Hubli-Dharwad, officials are conducting surveys. No deaths have occurred and 108 cases were reported from January this year
Kalaburagi district saw 173 cases of dengue being recorded till the end of August. Last year, this figure was at 89 confirmed cases
Mysuru district has recorded 56 confirmed cases with 25 from Myusuru city alone

Over 200 kids from six NGOs took the first step towards their dreams at SIBM Bengaluru!

Bengaluru, 31st August, 2019:  The Social Responsibility Committee of Symbiosis Institute ofBusiness Management (SIBM), Bengaluru organized Utthaan 2019 on Saturday, August 31st, 2019. The theme of this year’s event was “Be Anything You Want”and itaimed at teaching children that if they set their sights on their dreams, they can achieve any feat! Over 200 children assembled in the college campus to make this event a memorable one.

The NGOs that sent these little ones to the campus are:

·         Vishveshwaraih Foundation

·         Surabhi Foundation

·         Makkala Jeevodaya

·         UPAY Foundation

·         Sadashraya

·         Nirguna

The event is organized every year to cultivate a brimming passion in the children for living their dreams and realizing their own potential, an exercise that brings out myriad hidden talents and an exchange of positive energy between the kids and the students of SIBM Bengaluru. That is the sole purpose of such an initiative: realizing the joy of sharing and compassion.

The wings of the day unfurled with Jhankaar, the dance club of SIBM Bengaluru taking over the dance floor with the kids with energetic dance performances. Next up were the Cultural Performances which truly showed what dreams mean and what dreamers are capable of. The sheer creativity of the kids took the spirit of the day several notches higher with an ecstatic audience cheering on. The Art and Craft activity that followed witnessed the little dreams getting shapes of their own and colors of their might. Strokes of brush and paint brought to life a childhood that is so dear to all. A host of games were organized that were both fun and educative. Also, there was a fun filled magic show to entertain our little guests.

Jzaa – The Dramatics club of SIBM Bengaluru also performed for the children to draw out their amazement!

“All we hope is to give these children a day to remember. Every year Utthaan has sprinkled moments of unconditional happiness into the lives of hundreds of kids. I am glad this year too, we managed to make it great and give these little kids a memory to live”, said Rakhi Khandelwal, the coordinator of the Social Responsibility Committee of SIBM Bengaluru. Utthaan 2019 ended with a warm farewell to the kids, accompanied by goodie bags that gave these little ones a joy that words cannot describe.The kids were bid adieu with a silent but sincere promise of inviting them again and celebrating dreams, life and everything in between and beyond.

About SIBM Bengaluru:

Ever since its inception in 1978, SYMBIOSIS has been synonymous with progress. The trend of progress has been continued by setting up of SIU’s first campus outside Maharashtra at Bengaluru in 2008. SIBM Bengaluru is now one of the leading B-Schools of the country. The focus, now, is on matching global standards of management education. SIBM Bengaluru instills a work culture which is unparalleled among various institutions and provides a holistic approach to management which goes a long way in creating a dynamic identity. Vibrant student associations and committees complement the program with a number of activities involving institute-industry interaction.

SIBM Bengaluru was ranked #28 in India and #1 in Bengaluru.