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Bengaluru : Senior Congress MLA and Chief Whip of the state government Ashok Pattan stated on Friday that the Cabinet reshuffle will be taken up in two-and-a-half-years in Karnataka and stirred a debate in the grand old party. Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha, MLA Ashok Pattan stated that state in-charge and AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala has assured him in this regard. “After 2.5 years, the Cabinet is going to be reshuffled. I am a senior legislator. I was supposed to become a minister but I have not got the post,” he stated. “Surjewala has assured me that I will become a minister after 2.5 years. The ministership has been given on the basis of caste. I believe that after 2.5 years, a minister post will be given to me,” MLA Ashok Pattan maintained. However, he clarified that he will remain in the Congress party irrespective of whether he gets a Cabinet berth or not. “I don’t have an exact idea on whether four to five portfolios would be changed or the entire

Bengaluru : The Karnataka High Court’s dismissal of DyCM D.K. Shivakumar’s petition seeking quashing of CBI proceedings against him in the disproportionate assets case on Thursday, has created a stir in the state politics. While the opposition BJP has welcomed the decision, JD(S) maintained that there is no connection with its earlier statement of Shivakumar going back to prison and the present court order. Former DyCM K.S. Eshwarappa of the BJP stated in Shivamogga on Thursday proclaimed that he will give it in writing that Shivakumar will land up in prison once again. “Shivakumar has come out on bail after imprisonment in this matter. The CBI is probing the disproportionate assets case against him. He will land up in prison again. I can give it in writing,” Eshwarappa stated. “Shivakumar is carrying out politics of obstinacy. In the raids, Rs 100 crore illegal money has been found. Is it wrong for the BJP to ask for a probe? We have yet not declared that you (Shivakumar) are a t

Bengaluru : In a setback to Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka D.K. Shivakumar, who is also the state chief of Congress, the high court on Thursday rejected his petition seeking quashing of the CBI proceedings against him. The court also lifted the stay order issued on the CBI probe against him. The Karnataka High Court bench headed by Justice K. Natarajan directed the CBI to complete the probe in three months. The development is considered to be a serious setback to Shivakumar who has been aggressively taking on the opposition parties BJP and JD(S) in the state. The CBI had filed a criminal case under the Sections of 13 (2) and 13 (1)E of the Prevention of Corruption Act alleging that Shivakumar had amassed assets disproportionate to his income between 2018 and 2023. Shivakumar had appealed against the case in the high court. Also Read Kumaraswamy joins hands with sworn enemy to challenge Shivakumar’s clout The high court had earlier issued a stay on the case and extended the

Bengaluru: Karnataka Large and Medium Industries Minister M.B. Patil on Wednesday said that another meeting would be called after October 25 to discuss acquiring 1,777 acres, in Channarayapatna hobli of Devanahalli taluk, near the Bengaluru International Airport, for the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB). His announcement came during a meeting held with representatives of farmers and the government at Khanija Bhavan that ended without any result. Also Read Bengaluru police book Raja Singh for hate speech in Rajasthan People of 13 villages have been opposing the land acquisition. Farmer leaders Baiyareddy, Chukki Nanjundaswamy and others who attended the meeting opposed the land acquisition. Calling for cancellation of the preliminary notification which has been issued in this regard, they said that the lives of hundreds of farmers’ families depend on this land. The minister also told the farmer representatives that the matter could be discussed with the C

The cyber crime unit of Bengaluru police, on Wednesday, registered a zero FIR against Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh in connection with an alleged hate speech delivered by him in Bhilwara, Rajasthan. On October 1, at an event in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara, Raja Singh stated that he was ashamed to be part of the Telangana Assembly and wished to ‘chase away and shoot down’ All India Majlis e Ittehad ul Muslimeen’s (AIMIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi and seven other MLAs of the party. “When I go the Telangana Assembly, on my right, Owaisi’s little bulldog (referring to Asaduddin Owaisi’s younger brother Akbaruddin Owaisi) and his seven MLAs are seated. Sometimes I wish to chase them away and shoot them. But I am compelled to do otherwise,” Raja Singh had said. The FIR was lodged based on a complaint filed by the Bengaluru-based Law and Policy Research Institute, which urgently called for action against the inflammatory hate speech targeting minorities and advocating violence. The FIR states tha

Bengaluru: Karnataka unit BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel has warned Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar to get ready to go to the Tihar Jail for the second time, claiming the Congress leader was involved in corrupt acts. Responding to this, the Congress has asked the BJP and JD-S to get Shivakumar killed instead of torturing him. Also Read ED conducts search operations in Bengaluru in Opto Circuits bank fraud case On Tuesday, in Mangaluru, Kateel said: “The Treasury money of the government had reached Deputy CM Shivakumar and CM Siddaramaiah’s houses. This loot government which emptied the government treasury should go. Shivakumar, you went to the Tihar jail once. Get ready to go to Tihar Jail for the second time!” “The Congress-led government is completely engaged in corruption and bribery. The media was stating that the money seized during the I-T raids in Karnataka belongs to Shivakumar. Karnataka state had become ATM for assembly elections of five states. The money is

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted search operations at five different locations in Bengaluru in connection with a bank fraud case involving Opto Circuits India Ltd and associated individuals. These actions were carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Also Read Seized money linked to BJP: Karnataka DyCM on I-T raids According to officials, the ED initiated investigation on the basis of FIR registered by the CBI under various sections of IPC, against Opto Circuits India Ltd and its promoters/directors for misappropriation and diversion of loan from a consortium of eight banks which has outstanding liabilities to the tune of Rs. 883.03 crore. The investigation conducted by the financial probe agency revealed that the promoters and directors of Opto Circuits India Ltd engaged in the forgery and manipulation of the company’s financial records to secure loans from banks. “Subsequently, these loan funds were redirec