Parmesh S Jain

The Cubbon park police on Monday carried a combing operation at the bishop cotton girl’s school premises following a complaint from the management about the threat mail received on April 8.

Senior officer with other squads rushed to the spot and said The management got to know about the mail on Monday and alerted the police.

The police along with bomb detection unit and canine squad rushed to the spot as per the procedure and carried out extensive search.

The police have also taken up a complaint and the cyber crime division police are trying to track down the sender.

The school was not functioning when they received the mail and did not check until Monday said a senior officer.

Commissioner of police Kamal Pant,after the monthly parade for the officers and staff said that the parade was not commenced from long time after 5 months we have conducted a parade and rewarded around 400 officers and staff for the good work done by them.

When asked about the bomb threat email case he said reporters the teams are investigating the case in all angles and are in touch with other agencies and they are clarifying it and are in full swing.

Release of CCB uniform (caps and jackets) by Commissioner of Police,Kamal Pant today said Joint CP Crime,Raman Gupta.

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The KG Halli police on Monday arrested a 38-year-old habitual offender and recovered stolen valuables worth Rs.9 lakh from him.

The accused has been identified as,Akram Nazeer.

Senior officer told reporters,the crime team of KG Halli police were on patrolling in the area in their jurisdiction limits in Venkateshpura area they noticed a person moving suspeciously near a pawn shop.

The team kept a close watch on him without giving any hint to him as they were in plain clothes the team followed his movements and when they got more suspicious on his movements.

The crime team approached him to question him why he is moving near pawn shop on suspect the
team frisked him and found a gold chain when questioned him whose it is as he dint produce any documents the team brought him to the station for questioning.

A Detailed questioning led him to confess that he had burgled the house in hi neighborhood and stolen gold valuables worth Rs 9 lakh.

Based on his confession the KG Halli police inspector,and his team recovered the stolen valuables and solved a house break case reported in their jurisdiction.

The accused has been taken into custody for further investigation.

Finally Bengaluru Police commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,A subramanyeshwara Rao,DCP,East,Dr Bheemashankar S Guled,ACP,Jagadish KS,PI, Santhosh Kumar L,PSIs,as,Babu Reddy,Rajesh H,and Dundappa Neginal,and crime staff as,Iman Sab Karikati,Shakeel Ahmed,Shashikanth,Anil V,Megharaj and others has been appreciated for the commendable job and exemplary work done by them their alert and pro active on duty helped to nab notorious habitual offender a suitable reward will be given to whole team he added.

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Ours is a government formed according to the Constitution.We are working with the spirit of law, order and equality.

There is no problem in spreading one’s thoughts. But the government will not tolerate if one takes law into one’s hands or indulges in violence.This message has been sent very clearly, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Speaking to media persons at the Udupi helipad Bommai said,our government is functioning according to the laws.It is our duty to protect the law.

Replying to a question about Hindu Task Force being formed in Mangaluru against Love Jihad, Bommai said,there are laws to deal with everything.

Some of these laws were passed by the previous governments.We are not formulating any new rules.

Our work should speak

Reacting to opposition’s charge that the Chief Minister has turned dumb for the developments happening in the State, Bommai said,my actions are speaking.We should not speak. Our work should speak.

We know what decisions should be taken and what action to be taken at what time.I need not learn any lessons from them.

These are the people who dropped cases at the government level against those who were facing direct charges of murder.Where was their duty consciousness then?”Bommai asked.

Ours is a peaceful progressive State.We know how to protect this State.We will show it through our deeds,Bommai said.

Replying to a question about Siddaramaiah’s statement,Bommai said,many Hindu youth were killed during his tenure as the Chief Minister.

He withdrew the cases against the outfits which were accused of having a role in them.Had he lost his senses then?Bommai said.

When asked whether he would ban these outfits, Bommai just said,you will see it in the coming days.

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Sri Murugha Sharana Seer’s birthday would henceforth be celebrated as the ‘Equality Day’ by the State government,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

The Chief Minister was speaking at the Birthday celebrations of Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana of Chitradurga Mutt which is being celebrated as ‘Equality Day.’

It is ideal to celebrate the Day as ‘Equality Day’ as Dr. Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana pontiff has been striving to spread the ideals of Basavanna.

The seer has been the voice of the voiceless and serving the cause of the weaker sections, Bommai said.

This country has a history of 5000 years. A society with conscience and character will take the country to the pinnacle of glory.

There are many preachers in the country, but what is needed is putting them into practice, Bommai said.

Niranjananandapuri Swamiji of Kanaka Guru Peetha, Murugha Sharana of Chitradurga Mutt, Siddalinga Swami of Siddaganga Mutt and other dignitaries were present.

BENGALURU: Veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa has requested the Karnataka government to name the airport that is coming up at Shivamogga after any illustrious personality of the state, following it’s recent decision to name it after him.

Yediyurappa has written a letter to Bommai on April 24 in this regard.

“I am touched by Chief Minister Bommai’s decision to name the Shivamogga airport after me.

With all humility, I request the government to name the airport after any illustrious personality of Karnataka which will be a befitting tribute to their contribution,” Yediyurappa said in a tweet along with a copy the letter.

The government’s decision to name the airport after the state BJP strongman had elicited some opposition, with some people including those in the opposition pointing out that there were several prominent personalities from the district who deserve the honour.

Shivamogga is the political base of Yediyurappa, he is the MLA from Shikaripura Assembly segment in the district, while his elder son B Y Raghavendra is an MP from Shivamogga parliamentary constituency.

Thanking the Chief Minister for his assurance regarding immediate release of funds for the faster completion of the airport work and expressing gratitude to him and other leaders for the decision to name it after him, Yediyurappa in his letter pointed out that there were several patriots and visionaries who have contributed to the development of the country and compared to them his contribution is very small.

“I’m only filled with a sense of gratitude for having been able to serve the people who have continually supported and nurtured me.

Hence I am of the view that naming the new airport after me is not appropriate.

So please reconsider the decision and after discussing it at the right platform, I request you to name the airport after any illustrious personality who has contributed to the development of the country, the state and the history,” he added.

The Shivamogga airport will have the second-longest runway in Karnataka after Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.

The airport, with international standard facilities, will be inaugurated in December this year.

BENGALURU: After the controversy over using bulldozers to raze buildings of rioters in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, Revenue Minister R Ashoka Saturday said he will speak to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and other cabinet colleagues to use bulldozers in Karnataka to deal with rioters and anti-social elements.

“Those involved in the PSI recruitment scam are being arrested, irrespective of their party affiliations,” he said. Asked about the opposition Congress’ demand for the resignation of Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, he sarcastically said if Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah and senior leader Rahul Gandhi leave Congress, it will be good for that party.

On using bulldozers in the state, Jnanendra said in Udupi that the earthmovers were used in Uttar Pradesh to deal with criminal elements and if it becomes inevitable, the state government too may resort to similar action. Kateel said BJP is working to win 150 seats in Karnataka in the 2023 Assembly elections by showcasing the achievements of the state and central governments.

“Our party leaders are going on tours across the state in three batches to strengthen the party organisation. We are working hard to make our organisation all-encompassing,” he added.

BENGALURU: The Covid situation is making a worrisome turnaround with the active cases steadily rising even as Karnataka reported 139 fresh cases on Saturday, raising questions whether the state is moving towards the fourth wave of the pandemic.

The last time the state recorded over 100 fresh cases in a day was on March 24 when 109 additional cases were reported, after which April 21 recorded 100 cases. With the latest addition of 139 cases, the state’s Covid tally has gone up to 39,46,874.

Though experts said there is no reason to panic, the active cases rose from 1,464 on April 17 to 1,679 on Saturday, with the latest figure showing a 5.26 per cent rise from the previous day’s figures. In effect, the state’s active cases have moved back almost a month to when Karnataka reported 1,656 active cases on March 29.

Dr CN Manjunath, Director, Jayadeva Hospital and nodal officer for testing, Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), confirmed the presence of two new sublineages of BA2 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid — BA.2.10 and BA.2.12 — which could be the reason behind the rising cases in the state. 

Rise in active cases as discharges fall

However, D Randeep, Commissioner, Health & Family Welfare Services, said the presence of BA 2.10 and BA 2.12 in the state is neither confirmed nor officially reported by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG). While the number of fresh cases is rising rapidly, the number of discharges are falling, which is leading to a rapid rise in active cases.

However, there have been no deaths reported in Karnataka after April 9, and the toll has remained at 40,057 with the mortality rate at 1.01 per cent. Bengaluru has remained the sole powerhouse of infections lately. Of the 139 new cases, the state capital alone reported 132 — the remaining seven from Chitradurga (2) and Bengaluru Rural, Chikkamagaluru, Davanagere, Kolar and Ramanagara each reporting one case. Also, of the 1,679 active cases across Karnataka, Bengaluru alone has 1,601.

Health officials said this is also because of people in the densely-populated Bengaluru becoming complacent after mask-wearing since the Disaster Management Act was lifted from the Covid management protocol recently due to a decline in cases. Despite the rise in cases, Randeep said hospitalisations have not seen any increase and pointed to deaths being nil over the last two weeks. “The state is continuing with genomic surveillance in Bengaluru city to identify any new sub-lineages early,” he added.

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Kalaburagi/Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday termed as stray incident two students not appearing for the second PUC (class 12) exam after being denied permission to enter the examination hall as they were wearing hijabs.

“I’m not aware of it, it may be a stray incident. Our Education Minister will look into it,” the Chief Minister, who was in Kalaburagi district to attend BJP meetings, told reporters when asked about the girls not writing the exam after not being allowed to do so as they had the hijabs on.

Asked if the two students would be given another chance to write the exam, he said, “Whatever the Education Minister will say on this will be our (govt) stand.”

The two girls arrived at the exam centre by wearing hijab. They insisted that they be allowed to write the exam wearing hijab but the college authorities, citing the High Court order, denied them entry.

Later, the girls returned home.

As there is a ban on hijab or any cloth linked to religious identity, the authorities made arrangements at exam centres for the Muslim girls to remove their headscarves before entering the halls.

The girls who turned up at the examination wearing hijabs said they would remove them in the separate enclosure and wear them again after the exam is over.

The second-year pre-university examinations started in the State today amid tight security and in the shadow of the hijab row.

Mangaluru: 337 students from Dakshina Kannada district remained absent for the first paper of PUC examination that began across the state on Friday.

About 14848 students were supposed to appear for the exams in 51 centres in yhe district.

According to the data released by the DDP 14511 students appeared for the exams while 337 students remained absent.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar on Friday said he has got bail in connection with a case filed against him and five other party leaders for a pro-farmers protest they had staged in January 2021, in violation of COVID-19 curbs.

He accused the ruling BJP of indulging in “politics of hate”.

“The protest was at Freedom Park (in Bengaluru) where over 10,000 people had gathered, while a case was registered against six people including me intentionally under the Disaster Management Act…it is a different matter that we have to respect the law. We had gone to the civil court for elected representatives and got the bail,” Shivakumar told reporters here.

Pointing out that no cases were booked against BJP leaders who violated COVID curbs, he alleged that “politics of hate” is being practiced, aimed at creating legal trouble for him and Congress leaders.

While Shivakumar was accused number one in the case, the others include state working presidents Saleem Ahmed, Eshwar Khandre, former NSUI president H S Manjunath, former Youth Congress president Basanagouda Badarli and party leader Shafiulla.