Karnataka News Highlights: Tushar Giri Nath, the new chief commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP), stated top priorities to reporters in the state which were monsoon preparedness, preventing the spread of Covid-19 and enhancement of infrastructure. With Covid-19 cases increasing gradually in Bengaluru, Nath said the civic body will ensure that government guidelines were observed.
Total 26 passengers were injured in Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus on Monday. The time of the accident was 1.30am in kengeri, police informed. The driver, Venkatarama, has sustained severe injuries and has been admitted to a hospital along with the injured passengers
The investigation into Karnataka’s sub-inspector recruitment scam has revealed that the seating arrangements were manipulated to favour a few candidates during the examination held on October 3, 2021. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which took BJP leader Divya Hagaragi and four other accused to Jnana Jyothi English Medium School run by the woman on Sunday as part of the investigation, learnt that many arrested candidates had got the same series of question papers.
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has undertaken civil works to enable water connection from Uttarahalli water reservoir to OHT water reservoir. This will help 110 villages which are Arehalli and vaddarapalya ward no-184 attached to BBMP circle RR Nagar Zone.
Hence, there will be no water supply on May 5 from 10.00am to 6.00pm in areas such as RR Nagar, Poornaprajna layout, Ideal Homes, BEML layout and surroundings.
The new chief commissioner of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Tushar Giri Nath, told reporters in the Karnataka capital that monsoon preparedness, preventing the spread of Covid-19 and enhancement of infrastructure were his top priorities.
“Every year, citizens are inconvenienced during the monsoon. I will identify short-term solutions. Precautionary measures should be taken to avoid any problem during the rainy season within the BBMP limits. The civic body, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) should work in coordination and respond to citizens’ woes immediately. I will make sure that citizens’ complaints are addressed,” Nath said.
The chief commissioner stated that all control rooms including the 63 sub-divisional and eight zonal control rooms should be active. Read more
Two days after its inauguration, Karnataka’s first floating bridge was damaged after being hit by huge waves. The bridge at the Malpe beach in Udupi, inaugurated by MLA K Raghupathi Bhat on May 6, was damaged on May 8 night, according to the district administration.
Pieces of the bridge were seen floating in the water in a viral video, but the leaseholder, Sudesh Shetty, said the bridge had in fact been “disconnected to avoid damage” due to the cyclonic weather. Read more
Meteorological centre predicted cloudy sky along with rain/thundershowers on Monday. Maximum and minimum temperatures very likely to be around 32 and 21 degrees Celsius respectively. It is very likely the weather will remain the same for next two days.
A SpiceJet plane from Belgavi to Delhi suffered a bird hit on Monday morning and later landed safely at the airport in the national capital. The Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft had around 187 passengers onboard, according to an airline official at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here.
The plane suffered a bird hit at Belgaum airport, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said. Specific details were not immediately available.
“On May 9, SpiceJet B737 aircraft operating SG-8472 from Belgavi (Karnataka) to Delhi suffered a bird hit. The aircraft landed safely at Delhi,” a SpiceJet spokesperson said in a statement.
It was a Boeing MAX plane, as per the flight tracking website flightradar24.com. (PTI)
Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation is providing efficient, reliable, comfortable and affordable transport facilities to its commuters.
The route number is V-365Y and departure time is 8.30am and 9.00am for Yeshwanthapura TTMC; 4.30pm and 5.00pm for Bannerughatta National Park. (ENS)
As many as 26 passengers were injured after a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus met with an accident around 1.30 am on Monday in Kengeri, Bengaluru, the police said.
A case has been registered at Kengeri police station. The driver, Venkatarama, has sustained severe injuries and has been admitted to a hospital along with the injured passengers, officers added. Read more
Goldman Sachs today announced the launch of “10,000 Trees” initiative in India, a pledge to plant one tree around Bengaluru for every India employee by 2025 to help restore city’s green cover. Launched in collaboration with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), this commitment is one of several green initiatives undertaken by the firm’s Bengaluru office that advances its environmental sustainability focus.
The initiative was launched by Sri. Arvind Limbavali, Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Mahadevapura constituency, through a tree planting ceremony at Sadaramangala Lake in Bengaluru. Several government officials including Sri. R. Venkatachalapathi, Joint Commissioner, BBMP, Sri. Hanumanthappa Patil, Range Forest Officer, BBMP, together with Ravi Krishnan, chief administrative officer of Goldman Sachs Services, participated in the event where 200 saplings were planted. (ENS)
As many as 29 passengers were injured when a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus crashed into a Metro Rail pillar at Kengeri in the city in the wee hours of Monday, police said.
The condition of four people is said to be serious.
According to police, the bus was coming from Madikeri, the district headquarter town of Kodagu and the driver lost control of the vehicle near a petrol pump and crashed into the Metro Rail pillar. (PTI)
Following Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar’s instruction, the health department Sunday directed officials of 166 district and taluk government hospitals across the state to conduct a fire safety audit and receive a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the state Fire and Emergency Services.
Out of the 166 hospitals that have been instructed to conduct the audit, 16 are district hospitals and 150 are taluk hospitals. The hospital authorities have been given a deadline of May 21 to submit an action-taken report.
The move was initiated by Sudhakar after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a video conference recently with chief ministers of all states. Modi had suggested ramping up fire safety audits as incidents of fire had increased.
A day after Sri Rama Sene head Pramod Muthalik called to play Hanuman Chalisa and other devotional hymns early morning to ‘counter’ Azaan, in several places the police detained the workers who played it at morning 5 am on Monday.
The incidents were reported in several places across the state including Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mandya, Belgaum, Dharwad and Kalaburagi. The Sene activists played devotional hymns at 5 am on Monday and many were detained. Pramod Muthalik who was in Mysuru played Hanuman Chalisa and other devotional hymns. He said, “it is not a symbolic protest or will be just for a day. This will continue till the government initiates action against loudspeakers which are mosques.”
The investigation into Karnataka’s sub-inspector recruitment scam has revealed that the seating arrangements were manipulated to favour a few candidates during the examination held on October 3, 2021.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which took BJP leader Divya Hagaragi and four other accused to Jnana Jyothi English Medium School run by the woman on Sunday as part of the investigation, learnt that many arrested candidates had got the same series of question papers. Read more
An ambitious scheme of the Karnataka government to provide bicycles to five lakh high school students is unlikely to be implemented for the second consecutive year – even as government schools are set to re-open in the state on May 16.
The scheme, which was first introduced by the BJP government headed by BS Yediyurappa in 2008 and was continued by subsequent governments, has not received a budget allocation for 2022-23. Read more
An ambitious scheme of the Karnataka government to provide bicycles to five lakh high school students is unlikely to be implemented for the second consecutive year – even as government schools are set to re-open in the state on May 16.
The scheme, which was first introduced by the BJP government headed by BS Yediyurappa in 2008 and was continued by subsequent governments, has not received a budget allocation for 2022-23. Read more
Karnataka reported 112 new cases of Covid-19 and one death in the last 24 hours. The total number of active cases stood at 1964 while positivity rate was 0.64%.
Following in the footsteps of MNS chief Raj Thackeray in Maharashtra, Sri Rama Sene head Pramod Muthalik said they will play Hanuman Chalisa and Suprabhata from loudspeakers in Karnataka temples from Monday if the BJP-led state government failed to rein in loudspeakers installed atop mosques.
Addressing media persons at Mandya Sunday, Muthalik asked Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Home Minister Araga Jnanendra to show “guts” like Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath by taking against unauthorised loudspeakers installed in religious places. Read More
An ambitious scheme of the Karnataka government to provide bicycles to five lakh high school students is unlikely to be implemented for the second consecutive year – even as government schools are set to re-open in the state on May 16.
The scheme, which was first introduced by the BJP government headed by BS Yediyurappa in 2008 and was continued by subsequent governments, has not received a budget allocation for 2022-23. Education department officials are now concerned over a rise in the cost of the bicycle scheme from Rs 170 crore to Rs 220 crore owing to inflation. This comes close on the heels of the Covid-19-linked disruption in 2021-22. Read More
Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Sunday hit out at Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai alleging that he is not an elected CM, and was appointed to the coveted post in exchange for money.
The allegation comes days after senior BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal’s claims that he was approached by some people, offering the state chief minister’s position, in exchange for Rs 2,500 crore. The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader even alleged that Bommai is only following RSS’ instructions, as they have made him the chief minister.
‘Basavaraj Bommai is not an elected Chief Minister, he is an appointed Chief Minister, so he is not doing anything. He has given money and become Chief Minister, why will he work? RSS has made him Chief Minister, following their instructions is enough for him,’ Siddaramaiah alleged. (PTI)
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday called upon the Mudaliar community to make its own contribution to the education sector by opening educational institutions in Bengaluru.
The CM in his address at the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Mudaliar Sangha at Prakash Nagar in Bengaluru said, ” The Mudaliar community should draw up good programmes for development in the education sector. In urban areas like Bengaluru the population is huge and government schools are few. The high fee in private schools has put the poor and the middle class in hardship.”
” The Government would extend full cooperation if Mudaliar and other communities come forward to open their own education institutions. Institutions opened by such communities would provide ethical and quality education for the children. Community participation with social responsibility is essential to bring social change. All organisations in Bengaluru should give importance to education,” Bommai said.
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Following Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar’s instruction, the state health department on Sunday, May 8 has instructed officials of 166 District and Taluk government hospitals across the state to conduct a Fire Safety Audit of its premises and receive an NOC from the State Fire and Emergency Service. In addition to this, the circular by Health Commissioner stated that the hospitals will be granted Rs 50,000 each under Rashtriya Aarogya Abhiyan.
The move was quickly initiated by Minister Sudhakar after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a video conference recently with chief ministers of all states recently. In the video conference, Prime Minister Modi had suggested all chief ministers conduct a Fire Safety Audit as incidents of fire accidents had increased due to summer heat.
When the government schools in Karnataka reopen after the summer holidays on May 16, students (from Classes 1-9) will be exposed to a holistic learning model called ‘Kalika Chetarike’ or the ‘learning recovery program’ that aims to bridge the learning gap owing to the pandemic.
According to experts in the education department, this program is expected to be implemented for the current academic year (2022-2023) to help the students excel in different academic parameters in all subjects. Teachers began their training on Thursday (May 5) to implement this program at government schools across the state once the summer holidays conclude next week.
Meanwhile, Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal claimed that people from Delhi had approached him to offer him the Chief Minister’s post in return of Rs 2,500 crore, the Congress party in Karnataka demanded a probe, while CM Basavaraj Bommai denied to comment on the matter. The statement comes after rumours of a rejig in the Karnataka Cabinet were doing the rounds.
