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Bengaluru: Utmost caution was important as divisive forces have crept into all the fields and every police constable involved in the repression of terrorism should be extra cautious, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai here on Friday. Speaking after paying tributes on the Police Commemoration Day here, he said, “The Karnataka Police have a rich history. On many occasions, the cops have died on duty. The population is increasing, and both national and international destructive forces are trying to disturb peace in the society.” “Laws are framed to check any crime after it takes place. But there is a need to think about any possible crime well in advance and enact the law accordingly,” he stated. Bommai said the police personnel needed sophisticated weapons. If senior police officers work efficiently it will automatically make the lower-rung officers to follow their bosses. “The government and the society are respecting your good works but at the same time it is also the duty of t

Bengaluru: The Basavaraj Bommai-led Karnataka government is making all preparations to make ‘Invest Karnataka 2022-Global Investors Meet’, which is just 10 days away from now — a successful one, officials said on Thursday. The event would be virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 2. “It would be attended by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Ministers Smiriti Irani, Bhagwanth Khuba and Nitin Gadkari,” Karnataka’s Minister for Large & Medium Industries, Murugesh R. Nirani said at a press conference here on Thursday. The Global Investors Meet will be a platform to join industry leaders, innovators, and policymakers from all over the globe to explore new growth possibilities. This year’s meet will focus on getting intellectuals, political leaders, and business leaders to carve out the development agenda. Also Read Hindu activists begin door-to-door campaign against halal products in Karnataka “The Global Investors Meet will showcase the rob

Bengaluru : Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday instructed officials to ensure airport passengers remain unaffected during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Kempegowda International Airport here next month. The Chief Minister held a preliminary meeting with officials regarding the arrangements for the inauguration of terminal-2 of the airport and unveiling of 108-foot statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, founder of Bengaluru, by Modi on November 11. Also Read Karnataka: CM Bommai pulls up DCs on flood relief measures He said the function should not affect the travelling public to the airport and the police must ensure that there is no disruption of traffic on the day of inauguration. Higher Education Minister C N Ashwath Narayan informed the meeting that as a prelude to the November 11 function, a campaign ”Banni Naada Kattona’ is being held for the collection of sacred mud (Mruthike) from all districts, and it would start from October 21. Get the lat

Bengaluru : Heavy overnight rains here led to flooding on Thursday and made people to experience again the nightmarish struggle they endured recently, caused by showers and inundation. Normal life was thrown out of gear and many parts of the city were flooded while a compound wall of the Metro Rail collapsed and cars parked close by came under mounds of rubble, officials said. The busy Shivajinagar neighbourhood resembled a river in spate and cars and bikes were swept away and people struggled to save their belongings. Water entered several houses in nearby Ramnagara district as well and the residents were evacuated to safer places. Suburban residential and commercial areas in and around the Outer Ring Road, badly hit a month ago due to heavy rains was not affected during the current spell of rain. A civic official said the recent anti-encroachment drive minimised the damage. Waterlogging, incidents of tree fall, damage to civic infrastructure and power outage were reported from v

Bengaluru : The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to promulgate an ordinance increasing the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) reservation in the State. The Cabinet on October 8 accorded its formal approval to increase the SC/ST quota. The ordinance once promulgated after the Governor’s assent, will increase reservations for SCs from 15 to 17 percent and for STs from 3 to 7 percent. This will, however, take the reservation tally in Karnataka to 56 percent, above the 50 percent cap fixed by the Supreme Court in the Indira Sawhney judgment. Also Read Hindu activists begin door-to-door campaign against halal products in Karnataka Hence the government would recommend bringing the quota hike under the 9th Schedule of the Constitution to give it legal protection, in the days to come. “Following the decision to enhance the SC/ST reservation, we introduced a bill to this effect before the cabinet, and it was decided to send it to the Governor to promulgate an ordinance,

Bengaluru: Bengaluru woke up to a rainy day on Thursday with several areas getting flooded and life thrown out of gear. Heavy rain has been pounding the city since Wednesday night, resulting in the inundation of the roads, residential areas, and also caused wall collapse. The authorities are crossing their fingers as the India Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for three days in the state capital. Heavy rain continued to pound the city till the early hours. Wall built near the BMRCL construction site near the JD(S) party office collapsed resulting in public outrage. Seven cars and two bikes were damaged in the incident. Two persons who were in the car that was parked beside the wall, had a narrow escape. Also Read Accused in attempted sexual assault at Bengaluru church premises held The rain have inundated residential areas of Indiranagar II Stage, HAL Layout in Indiranagar and HSR Layout The rainwater had sunk bikes and cars parked in front of the houses.

Bengaluru : Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Wednesday demanded Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to initiate judicial investigation by a sitting high court judge, on all the alleged irregularities during the previous governments. The former chief minister was responding to Bommai’s statement that details of corruption during the previous Congress regimes in the state would be sent to the party’s national leader Rahul Gandhi. “Bommai has stated that he will send the details of corruption of Karnataka Congress leaders to Rahul Gandhi. Bommai should not forget that Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister now, and not Shri Rahul Gandhi,” Siddaramaiah tweeted. Also Read Siddaramaiah says BJP govt’s decision on quota misleading “I have always been saying that anyone who is guilty should be punished. I will reiterate my demand to the government to initiate judicial investigation by a sitting high court judge, on all the irregularities reported in all the previous govt’s,” he adde