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  • Faculty of IIT Mandi honored, Government of Karnataka honored

    Faculty of IIT Mandi honored, Government of Karnataka honored

    Mandi: Dr. Mrityunjay Doddamani, Faculty, IIT Mandi, was felicitated by Prof. JN Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. Satish Dhawan State Award for Young Engineers has been awarded. The award was given by the Karnataka State Council of Science and Technology (KSCST), Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka.

    Basavaraj S. Bommai, Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka Bharat Ratna Prof. CNR Rao, FRS, Linus Pauling Research Professor, Honorary President, JNCASR and Dr. C.N. Presented State Awards to eminent scientists and engineers in the presence of Mr. Ashwath Narayan, Minister of Higher Education, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Electronics, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood, Government of Karnataka, and other dignitaries were present.

    The Prof. Satish Dhawan Award carries a cash prize of Rs.1,00,000 (Rupees One Lakh), a memento and a citation. This annual award is given to engineers under the age of 50 who have made outstanding contributions in the field of engineering science. For young engineers Prof. The Satish Dhawan State Award is a prestigious recognition for young scientists who have made significant contributions in the field of engineering.

    This annual award is given to Dr. Mrityunjay Doddamani in the category ‘Engineering Science’ in recognition of the outstanding contribution made by him in the state of Karnataka. The award carries a State Medal certificate along with a cash prize of Rs.

    Talking about the award, Dr. Mrutyunjay Doddamani, Associate Professor, School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering said, “I am humbled and grateful to receive the award in the presence of Bharat Ratna Prof. CNR Rao and this award is a tribute to our There is a great identity for Contribution to engineering science.

  • BJP to start internal review to pick candidates in Karnataka

    BJP to start internal review to pick candidates in Karnataka

    BENGALURU: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will start the process of internal review to choose its candidates for a tightly contested assembly poll from Friday, informed sources told TNIE.

    According to internal BJP sources, a team of 170 members comprising Members of the Legislative Council (MLCs), senior party leaders and state committee members will visit all assembly constituencies from Friday, and take informed opinions of former MLCs, MLAs and others on a one-to-one basis, regarding the probable candidates.

    “Each team will comprise three members, and visit every assembly segment,” said sources.

    “The members will collect the names and reports of all probable candidates, which will be shared with the state core committee headed by state unit president Nalin Kumar Kateel. The same list will be later submitted to the BJP’s top leadership — the central election committee — headed by BJP National President JP Nadda, with an internal survey, comments and opinion of the state committee and external (intelligence) reports,” said a party insider.

    “The credentials for ticket distribution will rest heavily on the winnability factor, in which caste and community of the candidate will play a dominant role, besides past performance, popularity, organisational skills, party work etc,” he added. The BJP is likely to announce its list of candidates by next week.

    Sources added that the BJP follows the same practice of strict internal review and assessment from the grassroots level, while choosing candidates for national party president to booth president.

    There are 58,200 polling booths in Karnataka. The BJP has 45,000 booth committees in the state. Known for its organisational skills at the grassroots level, the party conducted its Booth Vijay Abhiyan from January 2 to 12 this year, to reach out to every household to increase its presence in every booth and assess booths where the party had secured fewer votes.

    The BJP’s Shakti Kendras have been playing a key role in the capacity building of booths. The party has 6,500 Shakti Kendras (SKs) in Karnataka, each comprising three to five booths. Eight to 10 SKs constitute one Maha Shakti Kendra.

  • Karnataka elections: BJP candidates list will be released in the first week of April

    Karnataka elections: BJP candidates list will be released in the first week of April

    Bengaluru (IANS) | Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said the Karnataka BJP will announce its list of candidates in the first week of April. Meanwhile, Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar has said that the second list of the Congress party will be released on March 30.

    Speaking to reporters in Belagavi, Bommai said the BJP would announce the list of candidates most probably in the first week of April. “There will be a fight for the ticket as there is a demand from the winning party,” he said.

    There is no coordination with the JD(S) party in the old Mysuru region. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had clearly said that there is no alliance with any party. “I am saying again. There will be no alliance with JD(S).”

    Bommai said Shivakumar has been calling up all the sitting MLAs of the BJP and offering them tickets. He said, “He has been calling our MLAs since two-three days. This shows the desperation of the Congress party. They are contacting our MLAs as they have not found candidates. It also shows the bankruptcy of the Congress party.” it shows.”

    Congress leader Shivakumar said the second list of 100 candidates would be declared after March 30. The party has already announced tickets for 124 candidates ahead of the BJP. “There is no disagreement. We will accommodate all party leaders,” he said.

    He further said that all reports about Congress party approaching JD(S) are false. “We have not approached anyone. We will form the government on our own. He (JD(S) leader Kumaraswamy) should come forward with the names who had approached him. This is completely false,” he said.

    –IANS

  • Bribery to tender scam: Karnataka BJP MLA sent to 5-day Lokayukta police custody

    Bribery to tender scam: Karnataka BJP MLA sent to 5-day Lokayukta police custody

    Bengaluru (IANS) | A special court on Tuesday remanded Karnataka BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa, arrested for taking bribe in a tender scam, to five-day Lokayukta police custody for further investigation. The order was given by Judge B Jayanth Kumar of the Special Court of People’s Representatives. Virupakshappa will be questioned by Lokayukta officials in a corruption case in which he is the main accused.

    The Lokayukta’s counsel sought 10 days’ custody for investigation, but the MLA’s counsel requested bail as he has joined the investigation several times and is facing health issues.

    Virupakshappa was arrested on Monday evening after the Karnataka High Court rejected his bail plea. When he went missing after his bail was rejected, he was chased by the Lokayukta officials and arrested after locating him near Tumakuru town.

    The development is being considered as a major setback for the ruling BJP government ahead of the assembly elections. Virupakshappa was on the run for five days and the Congress alleged that the BJP government was protecting him. His son Prasath Madal was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 40 lakh for procuring raw material to Karnataka Soap and Detergent Limited (KSDL). His son was allegedly taking bribe on behalf of his father. KSDLK is a public sector unit, whose chairman was the MLA.

    The authorities had seized Rs 8.12 crore and 1.6 kg gold from the residences of Virupakshappa and his son. Meanwhile, the Advocates’ Association, Bengaluru had objected to the immediate posting of Virupakshappa’s interim anticipatory bail application and expressed serious concern in its letter to CJI DY Chandrachud.

    –IANS

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    Bengaluru (IANS) | In a major setback for Karnataka’s ruling BJP ahead of the assembly elections, Lokayukta officials arrested party MLA from Channagiri constituency, Madal Virupakshappa, on Monday evening for allegedly accepting bribes in lieu of tenders. Virupakshappa’s anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the Karnataka High Court and the BJP MLA, who was attending a public function, suddenly disappeared.

    Lokayukta officials went to his residence in Channagiri to arrest him. Though, he tried to flee to Bangalore, the authorities took him into custody midway.

    Lokayukta sources said the accused BJP MLA was taken into custody at the tollgate near Kyatsandra in Tumakuru district. A team of six DSPs and inspectors took part in the operation.

    MLA’s son Prasath Madal was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 40 lakh from a contractor in exchange for a tender for procurement of raw materials for Karnataka Soap and Detergent Limited (KSDL).

    The MLA was the chairman of public sector unit KSDL and his son was allegedly taking bribe on behalf of his father.

    Police had recovered Rs 8.12 crore and 1.6 kg gold from the residence of the MLA and his son.

    Meanwhile, the Advocates’ Association, Bengaluru has raised serious concerns and objected to the immediate posting of Virupakshappa’s interim anticipatory bail application.

    Vivek Subba Reddy, President of Advocates Association, Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud that the general practice in the Karnataka High Court is that new cases like anticipatory bail take days and weeks for posting. But, VIP cases are shelved overnight. With this practice, the common man will lose faith in the judicial system. The letter states that it is of utmost importance that an MLA should also be treated like a common man.

    The celebration was also criticized by his supporters after he was granted bail on 9 March.

    –IANS

  • Amit Shah targets Congress, BRS in Karnataka

    Amit Shah targets Congress, BRS in Karnataka

    Bidar (IANS) | Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday blamed the Congress and the BRS for ignoring the sacrifices of the martyrs who freed Hyderabad from the Nizam’s rule. Amit Shah made this statement during the inauguration of the Gorta Martyr Memorial and the statue of the country’s first Home Minister late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Gorta village in Bidar district of Karnataka. Amati Shah also hoisted the 103 feet high national flag on the occasion.

    Addressing the gathering, Amit Shah recalled that hundreds of people from Gorta were killed by the Nizam’s army for hoisting a small flag. Today we have hoisted a huge flag here.

    Amit Shah hit out at the Congress party for ignoring the sacrifices of hundreds of people who laid down their lives for the liberated areas under the Nizam’s rule after the rest of the country got independence.

    Shah accused the Congress, due to vote bank politics, the Congress never paid respect to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the Hyderabad liberation struggle.

    Shah did not even spare the ruling BRS party in Telangana. Shah said that the Telangana government has been continuously refraining from celebrating Hyderabad Liberation Day, but the BJP under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been celebrating it in Telangana since last year.

    Promising to build a grand memorial with an outlay of Rs 50 crore if the BJP is voted back to power in Karnataka, Shah said Hyderabad Liberation Day next year would be celebrated at Gorta.

    The event was attended by former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar, among others.

    –IANS

  • Muslim quota abolished in Karnataka

    Muslim quota abolished in Karnataka

    The BJP government in Karnataka has been widely criticised for scrapping the 4 per cent reservation for Muslims within the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and redistributing the quota among the politically influential Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities ahead of the Assembly elections.

    The cabinet on Friday scrapped the 4 per cent reservation for Muslims under the OBC quota and included them in the 10 per cent quota for Economically Weaker Sections that include multiple communities such as Brahmins and other upper castes.

    The 4 per cent quota docked from Muslims has been equally split between the Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities whose share in OBC reservation would increase to 7 and 6 per cent, respectively.

    Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai justified the move by saying there was no scope for religion-based reservation under the Constitution. He said the poor from all communities would qualify for the EWS quota.

    While Lingayats have for long been the BJP’s key vote bank, the party fears losing sections of the community, which is why they have been tapping into the Vokkaliga community.

    Senior Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao tweeted: “This is BJP’s divide & insult policy. Why sacrifice Muslims so that you can appease Lingayats & Vokkaligas? Both could’ve been given separate reservation.”

    Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Maulana Mahmood Madani condemned the tinkering with the reservation for Muslims and termed it as“harmful to the comprehensive development policy of the country”.

    A statement issued by the organisation quoted Maulana Madani as saying that not all Muslims in Karnataka were covered under the reservation. “Unfortunately, the BJPdispensation always claims that reservations cannot be given on religious grounds, but it never considers Muslim backwardness. As far as the Karnataka issue is concerned, religion is not the basis here and not all Muslims are benefiting from it. Only 12 backward Muslim communities are covered.”

  • Congress retains most veterans for Karnataka Assembly election

    Congress retains most veterans for Karnataka Assembly election

    KPCC president DK Shivakumar (Kanakapura), former minister H C Mahadevappa (T Narasipura), former DCM G Parameshwara (Koratagere) and former minister TB Jayachandra (Sira) will contest the assembly elections from their respective constituencies.

    In a surprise move, the Congress has declared Anup Iyengar, a political novice, as its candidate for Malleswaram and he will take on IT/BT Minister C N Ashwathnarayan of the BJP. Puttanna, who resigned as BJP MLC, has been given the Rajajinagar seat, currently held by BJP veteran S Suresh Kumar. Pulakeshinagar has been kept open as there was opposition from the minority community to the candidature of MLA R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy.

    D Sudhakar has been cleared for Hiriyuru in Chitradurga district instead of BJP MLA Poornima Srinivas, daughter of former Congress minister late A Krishnappa, who switched loyalty to Congress.

    Chikkaballapur BJP MP B N Bachegowda’s son and independent MLA Sharath Bachegowda has been given Hoskote seat, putting an end to speculation of minister MTB Nagaraj’s retreat to Congress.

    Candidates for Yeshwanthpur and KR Pete have not been announced as Congress is still expecting ministers ST Somashekar and Narayanagowda to join the party at the last minute.

    AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘Man Friday’ and MLC UB Venkatesh (Basavanagudi), former minister AK Subbaiah’s son AS Ponnanna (Virajpet), Leader of Opposition in the Council BK Hariprasad’s nephew Rakshith Shivaram (Belthangady), former CM BS Yediyurappa’s aides UB Banakar (Hirekerur) and RSS man KS Kirankumar (Chikkanayakanahalli) have made it to the list. Eight Muslims figure in the list, including Iqbal Hussain HA (Ramanagara), Tanveer Sait (Narasimharaja), UT Khader (Mangaluru), and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan (Chamrajpet).

  • Fractured mandate will hurt progress, claims PM Modi poll-bound Karnataka

    Fractured mandate will hurt progress, claims PM Modi poll-bound Karnataka

    Calling the people of Karnataka to give a clear majority to BJP in the 2023 state assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday told them that a fractured mandate would not help the progress of the state.

    Addressing a large gathering at the concluding ceremony of BJP’s Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra at GMIT grounds on the outskirts of Davangere, Modi while referring to the Congress-JDS coalition government of 2018 before the BJP came to power in 2019, asked the party workers and the people of Karnataka to look back at what happened earlier due to a fractured mandate.

    PM Modi took a dig at the 2018 Congress- JD(S) coalition government which did not support the Kissan Samman Yojana during their regime and said they lacked the subsequent development and take-off provided by the double engine BJP government from 2019 onwards when BJP was able to take the reins of the Karnataka government.

    He urged the party workers to work hard for the next three months and reach out to the nook and corner of their neighbourhood to ensure that BJP forms a government with a majority. “If you people want me to serve in every village, town and city of this state, then you have to install a strong BJP government in Karnataka,” he said.

  • Gujarat: Bhupendra Patel will campaign in another state for the first time after becoming CM, will go to Karnataka on 26th

    Gujarat: Bhupendra Patel will campaign in another state for the first time after becoming CM, will go to Karnataka on 26th

    A meeting of Gujarat BJP leaders was held in Delhi. In this meeting, all the leaders have been instructed to get involved in the preparations for the Lok Sabha elections. State Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will campaign in Karnataka on a visit. Assembly elections are going to be held in Karnataka soon. At present, BJP and Congress have started campaigning vigorously there. In such a situation, the Chief Minister of Gujarat will hold a meeting with the Gujaratis living there. After becoming the CM, he will go to another state for the election campaign for the first time. ‘Sadakal Gujarat’ program will be held in Karnataka on Sunday. In which Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi will be present. ‘Sadakal Gujarat’ program has been organized in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

    4480 Gujaratis registered

    Harsh Sanghvi, Minister of State for Home and State’s Non-Resident Gujarati Division, has said that the event has been organized in Bengaluru, Karnataka on March 26 under the guidance of the state’s Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. There are 84 different Gujarati organizations and societies in Karnataka. So far 4480 Gujarati brothers and sisters have registered to participate in this program. The program will start at 5 pm, after which a cultural program will be presented by the local non-resident Gujarati youth brothers and sisters and a group discussion has been organized in the afternoon session. In which prominent leaders of Amreli, Ahmedabad and Kutch districts invited from the state of Gujarat will discuss various topics.

    short film on development will be shown

    NRIs invited from various cities of Karnataka will participate in the programme. As part of the programme, a short film on the works, achievements and latest developments of the Government of Gujarat will be screened. Also, non-resident Gujaratis of Karnataka state who have done excellent work or social service work in Karnataka and Bangalore, such great personalities will be honored.