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Karnataka: Illegal pistol racket key accused held in Hyderabad

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Bidar: Bidar district police have arrested Balbir Singh alias Shera Jadhav, allegedly a key accused in an illegal country-made pistol supply network, during a special operation in Hyderabad. According to Superintendent of Police Pradeep Gunti, Singh, a native of Nanded in Maharashtra, was arrested after police gathered information about his involvement in the illegal arms racket. Three other accused persons have already been arrested from different locations, and police have recovered five country-made pistols and 12 live rounds. The seized weapons and ammunition are estimated to be worth around Rs 4 lakh. The arrested persons have been identified as Ashwin Kumar Rampur, 33, of Janawada in Bidar taluk, Eshwar Bachapalli, 36, of Yaranalli, and Anand Malipatil of Ramateertha in Zaheerabad, Telangana. Balbir Singh has been taken into police custody for further investigation. The case came to light on July 15 when police arrested Amanjeet Singh and Venkatesh near Jnanasudha Sc...
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Abida Begum takes Gandhi’s ideals to students across Karnataka

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Bengaluru: At a time when technology and artificial intelligence are rapidly transforming society, a senior physical education lecturer in Bengaluru is working to ensure that Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of truth, non-violence, self-reliance and honesty remain relevant to the younger generation. Abida Begum, senior lecturer in the Physical Education Department at Government First Grade College in T. Dasarahalli, has been conducting free workshops on Gandhi’s life and philosophy for the past decade. Without charging any fee, she has travelled across all 31 districts of Karnataka and conducted programmes at more than 400 government and private colleges. Begum said her interest in Gandhi’s philosophy was inspired by her father, Aftab Ahmed Khan, who was a follower of Gandhian principles. She began conducting the workshops in 2016 at a college in Ramanagara and gradually expanded the initiative to institutions across the state. Her primary objective is to encourage students to...
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Karnataka government orders faster file disposal in secretariat

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has directed officials to strictly follow the provisions of the Secretariat Manual-2005 to ensure faster disposal of files and reduce delays in administrative decision-making. The Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms has issued a circular instructing section officers and senior officials not to keep new correspondence or files pending without valid reasons. Files received during the day should be disposed of on the same day, wherever possible. In unavoidable cases, officials must record the reasons for the delay in writing and bring them to the notice of their superiors. The circular also introduces a system for regular monitoring of pending files. Junior assistants and equivalent employees have been directed to prepare lists of files pending at the end of the previous month, along with files disposed of and receipts that have not been converted into files. These lists must be prepared by the third working day of every month. ...
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Pralhad Joshi questions legality of CM’s SIR protest in Bengaluru

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Hubballi: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi has launched a strong attack on Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar over the latter’s dharna at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer in Bengaluru, questioning whether the protest was held with the necessary permission. Addressing a press conference in Hubballi, Joshi accused Shivakumar of putting political considerations ahead of governance by postponing a Cabinet meeting and leading ministers to the CEO’s office to protest against issues related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Joshi alleged that the Chief Minister’s protest was aimed at pleasing Rahul Gandhi and retaining his position. He said it was unusual for a Chief Minister and the entire Cabinet to stage a demonstration outside the office of a constitutional election authority. The Union minister questioned the Karnataka police over the absence of an FIR against Shivakumar and the ministers who participated in the protest. He argued that the...
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Election commission tightens scrutiny of bulk form-7 applications

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Bengaluru : The Election Commission has tightened scrutiny of Form-7 applications following allegations of misuse of the form to delete eligible voters from electoral rolls in Karnataka. The commission has directed all district election officers and the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) election officials not to accept Form-7 applications submitted in bulk. The direction comes amid reports that large numbers of Form-7 applications were being submitted before Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in several districts. The commission has instructed election officials to exercise caution while receiving and processing such applications. Form-7 is used to raise objections regarding entries in electoral rolls, including requests for deletion of names under specified grounds. However, allegations have been raised that the provision is being misused to seek deletion of names of eligible voters . The latest direction assumes significance after the Congress staged a protest alle...
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Karnataka SIR: FIR against BJP leader over voter deletion attempt

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Belagavi : An FIR has been registered against Karnataka BJP leader Ravi Patil and others for allegedly attempting to get the names of 198 voters belonging to the minority community deleted from the electoral roll in Belagavi district using Form-7 applications during the ongoing SIR process, police said on Friday. The case was registered at Belagavi Market police station on September 30 following a complaint by Meerasab Sanadi, who was working as a Booth Level Agent in Ward No 12 of the Belagavi North Assembly constituency, they said. According to the FIR, the complainant alleged that while recently assisting the BLO in the SIR of electoral rolls being undertaken by the Election Commission and helping in the verification of voter information, on September 22, at around 2.30 PM, the accused persons Patil, Shankar Beerappa Naik and Pashant Deepak Mundinmani, along with 20-25 others, allegedly came together with a malicious intention and conspired to target only voters belongi...
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KPSC recruitment case: SC puts stay on SIT headed by Alok Kumar

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has temporarily stayed the Karnataka High Court’s order constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by IPS officer Alok Kumar to investigate alleged irregularities in the KPSC Veterinary Officer recruitment case. The apex court was hearing a challenge filed by the Karnataka government against the High Court’s September 21 order. The High Court had directed a five-member SIT to conduct a fresh investigation into alleged irregularities in the recruitment of 400 Veterinary Officers and ordered the Criminal Investigation Department to hand over the relevant records to the new team. Representing the Karnataka government, senior advocate Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Court that the CID investigation had been comprehensive and impartial since the FIR was registered. He questioned the need for transferring the investigation to another agency when the existing probe had not been found deficient. The government also objected to the High Court ...
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