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Bengaluru : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday reacted sharply to a reporter who asked about a possible leadership change and dismissed speculation that his deputy D K Shivakumar could take charge in November. The reporter sought the chief minister’s reaction to reports claiming that Shivakumar had set November 21 as the date to take oath as the next CM. “Has he (Shivakumar) told you? How did you come to know?” Siddaramaiah shot back. When the reporter replied that he had read it in a newspaper, the chief minister retorted, “How will you see it in the newspaper? Which newspaper? I didn’t see it anywhere, though I read all the newspapers.” Also Read Will continue as Karnataka CM if high command decides: Siddaramaiah There has been speculation about a possible leadership change as the Congress government approaches the halfway mark of its term next month—a phase some have dubbed the “November revolution.” However, amid talk of a leadership change, Siddaramaiah has...

Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) authorities on Thursday, October 30, began an unconventional cleaning drive that involves dumping garbage near the houses of habitual offenders. Termed as ‘Kasa Surisuva Habba’, which translates to garbage dumping festival, the authorities took the initiative after repeated programmes failed to keep the city clean. Several residents woke up to find the same garbage they threw outside their homes dumped by the authorities themselves. They were also reportedly fined up to Rs 10,000, a report by DH said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Siasat Daily (@siasatdaily) The agency explained that marshals were deployed to track the waste from illegal dumping ‘black spots’ back to the responsible households. A senior BSWML official stated that this dumping festival theme was chosen specifically to create awareness and eliminate future black spots in the city. “After dumping th...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday ordered an interim stay on the the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into allegations of “multiple murders, rapes and burials” in the temple town of Dharmasthala, until November 12. Justice Mohammad Nawaz passed the interim order on a petition filed by activists Girish Mattanavar, Mahesh Thimmarodi, Jayant T, and Vittal Gowda, who had earlier supported former sanitation worker C N Chinnaiah in filing a first complaint alleging multiple murders and burials in Dharmasthala. The four had approached the court seeking to quash an FIR registered by the Dharmasthala police in connection with the case. A controversy erupted after a complainant, later identified as Chinnaiah and arrested on charges of perjury, claimed burying a number of bodies, including those of women with signs of sexual assault, in Dharmasthala over a period of past two decades, with the implications pointing towards the administrators of the local temple. The petit...

In a now-deleted LinkedIn post by a retired Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) officer from Bengaluru shared how, after the passing of his only daughter, he was asked for bribes at every step of the process, moving many. K Sivakumar, the former chief financial officer (CFO) of BPCL, wrote an imploring message detailing the apathy he received while completing the official formalities, following his daughter, Akshaya’s passing. He started his post with, “Recently, my only child passed away at age 34. The amount of open bribe being asked by ambulance, police for FIR and post-mortem report, crematorium for giving receipts, BBMP office for death certificate.” He also described the bribe asked at the police station, “Since the police had to give a copy of the FIR and post mortem report, we met after four days and they openly demanded cash which I paid in the open police station.” He even recounted the rudeness of a particular inspector, stating, “Inspector of Belandur police statio...

Bengaluru : A 24-year-old gig worker was killed and his friend injured after a speeding car rammed into their two-wheeler in South Bengaluru in what police said was “a deliberate act of revenge” on Wednesday, October 29. A husband-wife duo, Manoj Kumar (34), a Kalaripayattu instructor, and Arathi Sharma (30), a homemaker, have been arrested in connection with the incident. The incident occurred on October 25, after 11:30 pm, under the Puttenahalli police station limits. According to police, the two-wheeler was hit from behind by a car that initially sped away from the scene. While the rider, Darshan, died on the spot, his friend and pillion rider, Varun (24), sustained injuries and was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. Initially, the JP Nagar Traffic Police registered a case of accidental death. However, after examining CCTV footage, investigators found that the car had deliberately chased the two-wheeler for around 2 km before ramming into it, Deputy Commissioner o...

Bengaluru: Former Congress MP D K Suresh on Wednesday said he desires to see his elder brother and deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar become the Karnataka CM, and that if it is in his fate, he will occupy the top post. Refusing to comment on speculations about a possible change of chief minister and the so-called “November revolution”, Suresh asserted that the party’s decision would be final and that everyone would abide by it. There has been speculation about a change in leadership in Karnataka when the Congress government reaches the halfway mark of its five-year term next month—a development some have referred to as the “November revolution”. “I have no information about it. For me, November means ‘Kannada Rajyotsava’ (state formation day) and celebrating the festival of Kannadigas,” he said. “I have no information about other things. You will have to ask the chief minister, party president, and AICC leaders about it,” Suresh told reporters when asked about the power-sharin...

Kalaburagi : The peace meeting convened by the district administration to discuss permission for RSS route march and similar rallies by nine other organisations in Chittapur on November 2 has failed to reach a consensus, official sources said. The meeting was held as per the directions of the Kalaburagi bench of the Karnataka High Court , issued last Friday. Chaired by Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner Fouzia Taranum, the meeting was attended by representatives of 10 organisations, including the RSS, Bhim Army, Bharatiya Dalit Panthers, Hasiru Sene, Karnataka Rajya Chalavadi Kshemabhivruddi Sangha, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, and Gonda Kuruba ST Horata Samithi, among others, officials said on Tuesday. According to official sources, several organisations demanded that the RSS conduct its route march carrying the national flag and the preamble of the Constitution instead of lathis (sticks) and the Bhagavadwaja (saffron flag). However, RSS representatives attending the meeting reject...