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2 groups the kga youth led by Denzil covered the South side of Bangalore & another group led by Aldrin covered the North side today carrying with them Christmas goodies for each home they visited!
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The protest signified that any woman could be the target of rape and that everyone must stand up for justice.

BENGALURU: ‘Safety for women’ was the rallying cry of the citizens who gathered at the Town Hall on Sunday for the #NirbhayaDishaMe protest. Citing the recent gangrape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinary doctor in Hyderabad, and that Monday will mark seven years since the gruesome Nirbhaya gangrape and murder, the over 300 citizens gathered to raise their voices against rape and sexual assault on women and to make their demands heard.

The protest signified that any woman could be the target of rape and that everyone must stand up for justice. There was a unique Wishing Wall where all the women wrote their demands.  The important ones included demand for fast-track courts with dedicated judges, emergency helplines with guaranteed response time, increase in women police force, that is 33% of women in the police force as mandated.

Tara Krishnaswamy, co-founder of Shakti–Political Power to Women and the organiser of the protest,  said,  “It is citizen protests after the 2012 crime against Nirbhaya/Jyoti and public protests after crime against Bhanwari Devi that rape laws saw changes and the Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace even got passed.”  

Chetan Ahinsa, an actor and social worker, said, “We need justice. The rape culture is spreading in our society and we need to stop it.”
Brinda Adige, Director of Global Concerns, raised the issue of women’s inability to go to the police to file a complaint of rape/sexual assault of any nature citing the policemen’s delay tactics, jurisdiction boundaries and the inability to respond to complaints even to file them. She urged, “Citizens must demand that by law and rightful duty, the police must support the complainant and guarantee that the complaint gets filed at the right place.”
Ruth Manorama, Dalit activist, said violence against women cuts across demographics. “Empowering girls is critical but teaching men — sons, fathers, husbands, brothers — to respect women and their choice is even more important,” she said.

As the lone non-legislator in the current Yeddyurappa cabinet, Savadi is under compulsion to be elected to the Upper House if he intends to retain his position in the cabinet.

BENGALURU: The uncertainty over Deputy Chief Ministers in Karnataka seems to be giving the jitters to even those who currently hold this post. At a time when having two more Deputy Chief Ministers or no Deputy Chief Ministers at all are both possibilities for the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government, current DyCM Laxman Savadi said there is no discussion in place over the matter. Savadi, who visited Mantralaya in Raichur on Sunday, spoke to the media, suggesting that a decision on the post is nowhere in sight.

“No such discussion with regard to DyCM has taken place yet. Our national and state leadership will take a call on that,” Savadi said.

As the lone non-legislator in the current Yeddyurappa cabinet, Savadi is under compulsion to be elected to the Upper House if he intends to retain his position in the cabinet. With A H Vishwanath and MTB Nagaraj also in line to get elected as MLCs after they lost their respective seats in Hunsur and Hoskote in the recently-concluded bypolls, the competition has gotten stiffer for Savadi. Touted to be made the next Lingayat leader from the state by the BJP national leadership, Savadi found little success in swaying Maratha and Lingayat voters in border taluks of Maharashtra in the BJP’s favour. He, however, ensured a BJP sweep in Belagavi seats that had gone to bypolls. With the bypoll success evening out the Maharashtra election failure, Savadi is walking a thin line, hoping for the status quo to remain, if not change non-favourably.

Bengaluru:

Rekha reportedly used to harass her husband and also pressurised him to transfer property in her father’s name.

A 39-year-old techie allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself here on Friday at his apartment purportedly because he was fed up with his wife’s ‘extravagance’ and ‘harassment’.

The deceased, identified as Srinad, was employed at a software company and so is his wife Rekha. He reportedly took loans to buy a flat and meet other expenses, however, his wife Rekha used to spend ‘lavishly’ despite him objecting to it, cops said.

Rekha reportedly used to harass her husband and also pressurised him to transfer property in her father’s name.

An FIR has been registered against Rekha and her parents under IPC Section 306 (abetment of suicide) and other relevant sections. Police are investigating the case.

Koramangala police arrested a 40-year-old moulvi for allegedly raping his 20-year-old domestic help.

BENGALURU: Koramangala police arrested a 40-year-old moulvi for allegedly raping his 20-year-old domestic help. The accused, Rahabare Islam Parvaz, and the woman are both natives of Bihar. According to a complaint, Parvaz burnt parts of her body with iron rods. After neighbours of the accused alerted them about the harassment, police rescued the victim and arrested Parvaz. 

According to a complaint filed by Rifza (name changed), she was brought to Parvaz’s house in Bengaluru in 2014 as her family faced financial difficulties. Her brother and the accused were neighbours in Bihar. Rifza has four siblings and her lorry driver father remarried after her mother’s death, and the couple have three children.  

Apart from doing household chores, she would take care of the two children of Parvaz who runs ‘Parvaz Academy Tutorial Services’. His wife, an engineer at a leading software company in Bengaluru, also teaches at the tutorials during her spare time. Rifza said in her complaint that Parvaz started sexually harassing her from May this year. He raped her when his wife was away at work and threatened that he would kill her if she revealed it to anyone, she said. 

Rifza, who would also clean the tutorial, met a teacher from Bihar who proposed to marry her and take her back to Bihar. Parvaz, who got wind of their conversation on the phone, pulled her into his room, assaulted her, burnt her back, stomach and left hand with a hot iron rod, she said in the complaint. He warned her against going to the doctor and meeting her boyfriend, she said and added that she was confined the house. 

When his family and friends gathered at the house for his son’s birthday on November 26, Parvaz took her to a room and raped her, Rifza said. hile she was talking to her boyfriend two days later, Parvaz forced her into a room, tied her hands and mouth and burnt her thighs, backside and legs with an iron rod and threatened to kill her, she said. The next day, she managed to escape and went in search of her boyfriend who was staying in Bannerghatta. 

Parvaz called her on the phone, threatening to file a false complaint that she stole Rs 5 lakh from his house. When she came back, he assaulted and locked her up in a room, she said in the complaint. 
Based on a tip-off from neighbours, Koramangala police rushed to the house and rescued the woman on Friday. 

Power equations in Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s government are set to change after the cabinet expansion in the next few days.

BENGALURU: Power equations in Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s government are set to change after the cabinet expansion in the next few days. While newly-elected legislators are likely to get important portfolios, Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, seen as the high command’s blue-eyed boy, is unlikely to retain his current position in the pecking order.

Although he had lost the 2018 assembly elections, Savadi was appointed DCM, along with Govind Karjol and Dr CN Ashwath Narayan. While some saw it as an attempt to groom the Lingayat leader, it was also seen as a strategic move ahead of elections in Maharashtra, where he was in-charge of assembly segments in border districts. But the party did not do well in those constituencies. Now, the party is likely to make him MLC in place of Congress MLC Rizwan Arshad, who was elected MLA from Shivajinagar in the recent bypolls.

Sources said that Savadi’s equation within the government will change as he will be a DCM but as member of the council, while the two other DCMs will be members of the assembly. Equations in his home district Belagavi, too, are likely to change as three or four MLAs, including Umesh Katti, are likely to be inducted into the ministry. “The equations will change as Ramesh Jarkiholi and Umesh Katti, too, are influential leaders from the same district,” sources said. Savadi was keen to contest the bypolls from his home constituency Athani, but had to make way for Mahesh Kumathalli.

Ashwath Narayan, who is said to be keen on the coveted Bengaluru Development ministry, could be rewarded for his role in the KR Pete assembly elections, if his party so decides, and his position will automatically get a boost. Currently, he is seen as the BJP’s face in the state capital, where the party has done well in the bypolls.

However, political analyst MK Bhaskar Rao says that Savadi’s standing in the government will not change much, even if he is made MLC and continues as a DCM. “In fact, that will pose a new challenge for the chief minister, as House leaders in both the council and assembly will be from the same community. As DyCM, Savadi will have to be made leader in the council, in place of minister Kota Srinivas Pujari,” he added.

Bengaluru, Dec 10: In a major thrust to infrastructure development in Karnataka, the Road Transport and Highways Ministry on Tuesday gave the nod for 22 Green express highways in Karnataka worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore.

This includes a new alignment of the Pune-Bengaluru Express Highway, which will be completed in the next few years at a cost of Rs 50,000 crore.

Today we met Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa.

We have just sanctioned projects worth more than Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the state.

Actually the annual infrastructure plan for Karnataka was Rs 2,150 crore, which we decided to increase to Rs 3,990 crore, Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways said.

He was speaking at the inaugural session of the 10th edition of Excon-2019, a five-day International Construction Equipment and Construction Technology Trade Fair here.

The event has been organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry in association with the Karnataka government, Ministry for Road Transport and Highways and the National Highway Authority of India.

We are making 22 green express highways. Today we cleared the Pune-Bengaluru project as a Green Express Highway, a new alignment of 600 km, costing about Rs 50,000 crore.”

Gadkari said his ministry and the state have sanctioned 2,300 km of new roads where the Detailed Project Report is ready.

The bidding process would start soon, he said, adding that the Chief Minister had given an assurance on clearing any hassles related to land acquisition and environment clearance for these projects.

Another important infrastructure project of ring road in Bengaluru was also resolved in the meeting, with the Centre agreeing to the States request to bear 80 per cent of the land acquisition cost, he said.

However, the Ministry expected the state to exempt taxes on steel and cement to be used for building the ring road.

So today the problem with the ring road is resolved and today it will be a great present from the chief minister to the people of Karnataka, Gadkari said.

He opined that these highway projects would become the growth engine for Karnataka.

The BJP regained its hold on the state capital after more than a decade, with emphatic wins in three out of the four constituencies which went to bypolls.

BENGALURU: The BJP regained its hold on the state capital after more than a decade, with emphatic wins in three out of the four constituencies which went to bypolls.BJP romped home in KR Puram, Yeshwanthpura and Mahalakshmi Layout, the relatively new constituencies formed in 2008. Congress managed to win Shivajinagar seat.

Now the BJP tally from the city has gone up to 14 in the state assembly. Just a year back, Congress had 14 MLAs, JDS two and the BJP 11. The city has 27 assembly constituencies excluding RR Nagar where byelection was not held. Following the resignation of rebel MLAs and their subsequent disqualifications, BJP had won the recent mayoral elections in BBMP taking the civic body into its hold.

According to data provided by state Chief Electoral Office, the BJP vote share in the three assembly constituencies it won on Monday has gone up from 2.09 lakh in 2018 to 3.7 lakh. With Byrathi Basavaraju, ST Somashekar and Gopaliah being its candidate this time, the party managed a neat 1.61 lakh more voters than its nominees had polled more than a year ago.

Rizwan only face-saver for Cong in city
Bengaluru: Thirty-nine-year-old Rizwan Arshad who won from Shivajinagar assembly constituency is the only face-saver for the Congress in Bengaluru city.  The BJP did not induct Roshan Baig, who has been MLA three times from the constituency, into its fold and instead it fielded former councillor Saravana who came second best against Rizwan.  A senior Congress leader said the absence of Baig proved to be advantageous for Rizwan who is a complete ‘’outsider’’ to Shivajinagar.

Just minutes after winning 12 seats in the bypolls, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said that tackling the garbage problem in the city was his top priority.

BENGALURU: Just minutes after winning 12 seats in the bypolls, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said that tackling the garbage problem in the city was his top priority.BJP won three seats in Bengaluru in the bypolls — Yeshwanthpur, K R Puram and Mahalakshmi Layout. BJP lost its seat in Shivajinagar to Congress leader Rizwan Arshad.

BBMP Commissioner B H Anil Kumar said told TNIE that during the last meeting, they decided on what needs to be done. Following this, in a couple of days, tenders are going to be called to install GPS in all vehicles carrying garbage and they will be tracked on real-time basis round the clock. GPS is being fitted on auto tippers and compactors will be tracked till they reach the landfills. It will also track the time they leave the place. He said that the movement of vehicles will be tracked through the command centre.
Commissioner said the BBMP was also working on increasing the input till 1,500 metric tonnes at the bio-methanisation plants. The government has also directed to ensure that all bio-methanisation plants are operational and reduce the stress on landfill sites by having more waste to energy plants.

Randeep D, BBMP Special Commissioner, Solid Waste Management, said, “Government has also granted over Rs 900 crore for a duration of three years for handling solid waste management and the preparation of the tender document is also underway.”

Bharti Airtel emerged as the top gainer by surging 7.92 per cent after it announced to hike tariffs from December, followed by Reliance, Tata Motors, HUL, IndusInd Bank Axis Bank, Infosys and TCS.

MUMBAI: Market benchmark BSE Sensex appreciated by over 80 points in early trade on Monday despite headwinds in form of weak GDP numbers, sliding rupee and rising crude prices.

However, a rally in other asian stock markets supported the domestic market, dealers said.

The 30-share index was trading 81.65 points, or 0.20 per cent, higher at 40,875.46 in morning session.

Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty was quoting 25.35 points, or 0.21 per cent, up at 12,081.40.

Bharti Airtel emerged as the top gainer by surging 7.92 per cent after it announced to hike tariffs from December, followed by Reliance, Tata Motors, HUL, IndusInd Bank Axis Bank, Infosys and TCS.

On the other hand, TechM was fell most (2.55 per cent) in the Sensex pack, followed by ONGC, Bajaj Finance, PowerGrid, Tata Steen and Sun pharma.

On Friday, the BSE benchmark Sensex plummeted 336.36 points or 0.82 per cent to close at 40,793.81.

Likewise, the broader NSE Nifty also settled 95.10 points or 0.78 per cent down at 12,056.05.

India’s second-quarter GDP growth slowed sharply to 4.5 per cent, the weakest pace in more than six years, as manufacturing output hit a slump and consumer demand as well as private investment weakened.

Meanwhile, the rupee depreciated 4 paise against the US dollar to trade at 71.78 in early session.

Brent futures, the global oil benchmark, surged 1.22 per cent to USD 61.23 per barrel.

Foreign institutional investors offloaded shares worth Rs 1,892.29 crore in the capital market in the previous session, while domestic institutional investors bought equities worth Rs 953.62 crore, data available with stock exchange showed.

Asian markets rallied on Monday following report indicating strong Chinese factory activity that strengthened investors sentiment.

Bourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo surged on Monday after a report showed jump in Chinese factory activity.

On Saturday, China announced that its manufacturing sector expanded in November for the first time in