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Friday, April 12, 2019
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Finding it tough to get cabs in Bengaluru? It's because of elections
The long waiting time for cabs has prompted commuters in the city to look for alternatives to commute within the city.
Finding it difficult to book a cab in Bengaluru today? The reason could be due to lesser number of drivers on the road in the city due to elections. Tanveer Pasha, President of the Karnataka Auto and Taxi Drivers and Owners Federation, said that as many as 1500 to 2000 Ola and Uber drivers had not logged in on Thursday due to elections. "The number of drivers on the road today has reduced by 1500 to 2000 drivers. While many have left for Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra to vote in the elections, others have given their vehicles for election related work and are also taking up outstation trips as they do not want to be in the city at this time. This means that there are lesser cabs on the roads today," explains Tanveer. This has prompted commuters in the city to look for alternatives to commute within the city. Users have had to wait longer to avail cabs in many parts of the city. Tanveer further adds that drivers are engaged in work in their home towns as well. "Many drivers have asked to drive their car in their hometowns by people known to them for political work. All these factors add up in reducing the number of options available for users," adds Tanveer. Krishna, a cab driver with Uber, claimed that the availability of drivers would be an issue until the end of the elections in Karnataka since many drivers will go home during this time. "I have to go to vote in any case, so I will go early to my home town. I will drive my car there for a few days and come back after the elections," Krishna, who lives in Chintamani said. Meanwhile, both Ola and Uber representatives refused to disclose the number of drivers working in the city.
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Will retire from politics if Narendra Modi becomes PM again: HD Revanna
HD Revanna was speaking to reporters at Hassan where he is campaigning for Congress candidate CH Vijayshankar.
Karnataka's PWD Minister and senior JD(S) leader HD Revanna on Thursday said he will quit politics if Narendra Modi got re-elected to become the prime minister again. "I will retire from politics if Modi gets re-elected from Varanasi and becomes Prime Minister again. The BJP will not come to power this time," Revanna told reporters at Hassan, about 150 km away from Bengaluru. Revanna, second son of JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda and elder brother of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, is in the city to campaign for Congress candidate CH Vijayshankar, contesting against outgoing BJP member Pratap Simha from the Mysore Lok Sabha seat. "Our party JD(S) has joined the Congress as a pre-poll alliance to bring the UPA back to power and keep the 'communal' BJP out as we have to protect the interests of distressed farmers across the country," said Revanna. "I would like to know what Modi has done for farmers in the last 5 years. Though the state government sent a list of 15 lakh farmers to the central government for including them in the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, Modi claimed that the Centre was yet to receive it. This is a lie," said Revanna. Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka will be held in two phases of 14 seats each. Polling will be held on April 18 in Udupi-Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumakuru, Mandya, Mysuru-Kodagu, Chamarajanagara, Bengaluru Central, Bengaluru North, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru South, Chikkaballapura and Kolar. The remaining constituencies of Chikkodi, Belagavi, Bagalkote, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Ballari, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davangere and Shivamogga will vote on April 23.
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Cong’s Rizwan Arshad alleges vendetta after I-T raids on campaign office, aides
Although the I-T Department is yet to issue an official statement, sources have confirmed to TNM that three businessmen connected to Rizwan were searched.
It seems there is no end to the parleys of charge and countercharge between the Income Tax Department and the ruling coalition in Karnataka. On Thursday, I-T raids were conducted on the campaign office and other locations in Bengaluru connected to Rizwan Arshad, the Congress-JD(S) candidate for the Bengaluru Central constituency. Most of the offices and buildings raided belong to businessmen close to him. The candidate has called it an ‘act of vendetta’ against him. “The I-T raids that have been conducted at my campaign office and on some of my associates are harassment tactics that the BJP is using to try to cripple my campaign. I see these raids as a vendetta by the ruling party at the Centre. They have consistently been engaging in orchestrating I-T raids on several Congress leaders and opposition leaders, not only in Karnataka but also across the country,” he said. “It shows that they are nervous and foresee defeat, which is why they are stooping to such low levels. It is a reflection of extreme insecurity of the BJP leadership. The Congress party will not be intimidated by such actions of the opposition. The people will give them a fitting reply as they are smart enough to see through their game plan,” he added. Although the I-T Department is yet to issue an official statement, sources have confirmed that the three persons who were raided are Kamal Pasha, Amanullah Khan and Naeez Khan. Thursday’s development comes a day after Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax in Karnataka asked Chief Electoral Officer, Sanjeev Kumar, to pursue criminal proceedings against Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and others, including ministers and political leaders The Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues on March 28 in an unprecedented move had held a demonstration against the I-T in front of their Queens Road office in Bengaluru over alleged politically motivated raids. Other than the CM himself, others who participated in the protest were former CM Siddaramaiah, Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar, Deputy CM G Parameshwara and Tourism Minister SR Mahesh. According to the I-T Department, searches on contractors and engineers involved in government contracts in the districts of Hassan, Mandya and Mysuru had unearthed unaccounted cash of Rs 8.14 crores and unaccounted jewellery worth Rs.1.69 crores. They also clarified no person holding an office of an MLA, MLC or Minister, was searched. The letter stated, “When persons occupying high public offices, including constitutional posts, make false statements and voluntary instigate, and involve themselves in, such criminal activities with the sole purpose of adversely affecting the processes of the law and preventing government officials from discharging their duties, such activities and statements criminally intimidate and harm the personnel of the Department with greater intensity.”
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K'taka man gets 10 yr sentence for forcing wife to perform sexual acts with dog
The man would force his wife to watch porn videos and perform similar sexual acts.
A man from Karnataka’s Belagavi district has been convicted by the district sessions court for forcing his wife to perform sexual acts with a puppy. On Tuesday, Justice VB Sooryavanshi held the man guilty of forcing his wife into having 'unnatural sex' and sentenced him to 10 years in prison. He was also fined with Rs 11,500. On March 25, 2017, the Katkol Police in Belagavi had received a complaint from a 25-year-old woman, who had been forced to leave home along with her three children due to severe physical and psychological abuse by her husband. According to the police, Kavita* was married to Preetham* nine years ago. For five years, Preetham and Kavita did not have any problems in their marital life. The couple also have three children. However, in December 2016, Preetham began assaulting Kavita regularly when she refused to give in to his sexual demands. “He would make her watch porn videos on his phone and force her to perform sexual acts that were in the videos. In March 2017, he got his uncle’s puppy, which was about six to seven months old, and forced his wife to perform sexual acts with it,” says sub-inspector Vittal, the investigating officer in the case. Upon investigation, the police found that Preetham had made Kavita perform sexual acts with his uncle’s dog thrice within a span of two weeks. “When the woman repeatedly refused to comply with his demands, he would threaten to throw her out of the house and also abandon their children. The woman is a homemaker and she depended on him financially. He would also beat her up if she refused to do as he says,” SI Vittal added. The Katkol Police had arrested Preetham on March 25 and he was remanded to judicial custody. Preetham had petitioned the sessions court for bail. However, the bail was rejected. “He even petitioned the High Court but the court did not grant him bail and he was in jail until the trial got over. Now he has been convicted,” Vittal added. Katkol Police say that Kavita’s parents and Preetham's uncle, whose dog was used to perform sexual acts, testified on behalf of Kavita in court. “Apart from the survivor's testimony and the testimonies of her parents and her husband's uncle, we had solid evidence. We had got medical reports for the woman and the dog, which worked in favour of the survivor. The judge called it a heinous crime and has sentenced him to 10 years in prison,” Vittal added. *Names changed to protect identity of survivor.
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Khushbu slaps man who groped her at B'luru election campaign
The police told TNM that the man was warned and let go because no FIR has been registered in the case.
A video of actor-politician Khusbhu Sundar slapping a man who groped her has gone viral. Khushbu was campaigning for the Congress-JD(S) candidate Rizwan Arshad in Bengaluru’s Indiranagar area on Wednesday, when the incident occurred. From the video, it can be seen that a huge crowd had gathered for an election campaign in Bengaluru. South Indian actor Khushbu can be seen walking alongside Shantinagar MLA NA Haris and Bengaluru Central candidate Rizwan Arshad towards her car. Suddenly, Khushbu can be seen turning around and slapping a man who is standing behind her. “He groped me once and I turned around and started walking. He groped me for the second time. That’s when I turned and slapped him,” actor Khushbu told TNM. Speaking to the media, Rizwan Arshad said that the man, who had groped Khushbu, was pushed back immediately by the police and was taken away. “It is unfortunate that such an incident has occurred. We do not know who the man is but I have asked the police to take action against him,” he added. However, Indiranagar Police told TNM that no FIR has been registered in the case and the youth was warned and let go. “We have not received any complaint yet. The police deployed for security warned the man and let him go,” the Indiranagar Police said. Khushbu joined the Indian National Congress on November 26, 2014. A prominent face in the party, she has been its National Spokesperson since March 24, 2015. Prior to this, she was with the DMK. She is one of the star campaigners for the Congress in the Bengaluru Central segment, which has a considerable population of Tamil-speaking people.
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7 rallies in 10 days: K’taka BJP believes PM Modi’s campaign will give final boost
In the 2018 Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaigning was credited as the catalyst in improving the BJP’s tally in Karnataka from 40 to 104.
A year ago, in the run-up to the Karnataka Assembly Elections, the BJP, in a late switch, decided to increase the number of rallies addressed by Prime Minister Modi from 15 to 21. PM Modi's blitzkrieg run of addresses across the state was attended by lakhs of residents and was seen as the catalyst for the BJP improving its tally from 40 seats to 104 in the Karnataka Assembly. Ultimately though, it was not enough to help the BJP form the government in the state. A year later in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, the saffron party is looking to repeat the trick and hope that their fortunes in the state improve. On Monday, two rallies addressed by Modi in different parts of the state - in Mysuru and Chitradurga - drew large crowds with thousands chanting ‘Modi, Modi’ as he spoke on stage. This was a carbon copy of what was witnessed in the last phase of campaigning ahead of the 2018 Karnataka Assembly Elections. "This has been the case since the rally held in Benegaluru's Palace Grounds in November 2013. Modi has become a household name and a big factor in Karnataka since then," Malavika Avinash, a BJP spokesperson said. The rallies held in Chitradurga and Mysuru were the first two of seven public rallies Modi is scheduled to address in the state in ten days. The Prime Minister is scheduled to address rallies in Koppal on April 12, Mangaluru and Bengaluru on April 13. With Koppal, the BJP hopes to reach Raichur, Ballari and Haveri. This will be followed by two more rallies in northern Karnataka in Bagalkot and Chikkodi on April 18. Through these rallies, the BJP plans to target the Hyderabad-Karnataka and Mumbai-Karnataka regions, with the party hoping the Prime Minister’s presence in Bagalkot will have a ripple effect in areas such as Bijapur, and Hubli, while the Chikkodi campaign will cover Belgaum and Chikkodi. The last two rallies coincide with the first phase of voting in the state's southern districts. He also addressed two rallies - in Hubballi on February 6 and in Gulbarga on March 10 - before the elections were announced. Political observers in the state also believe that Modi's ground presence is crucial for the BJP in Karnataka. “In places, where Modi addresses rallies, there is a high possibility of 3-5% additional swing in favour of the BJP. Because even during the Assembly Elections, the BJP according to multiple estimates was touted to win 90 seats. But in the last few days, the rallies he addressed changed the BJP’s fortunes. The party ended up winning 104 seats, and there were at least 10 more seats the BJP missed by a whisker,” Mahadev Prakash, a political analyst explained. In the run-up to the State Assembly Elections, the presence of Modi was credited as the catalyst in improving the BJP's tally in the state from 40 to 104. Modi extensively campaigned in the state addressing 21 rallies which was 6 more than the 15 BJP had initially planned for the Prime Minister. Speaking at the rally in Chitradurga, Modi claimed that every vote for the BJP was a vote for him to serve the people again over the next five years. "When you go to the polling booth and press the lotus button to vote for the BJP that vote will be for me and make me stronger to work for the country," Modi said. His statement comes at a time several BJP MP candidates in the state are building their election campaign on the achievements of the Modi-led central government. "We are proudly admitting that this election campaign is based on Modi and the larger interest of the country. The issues being highlighted are national security, reducing corruption and development of the country. We take a lot of pride in telling what Modi has done in five years in various rallies," Malavika added. The same was reiterated by Dakshina Kannada BJP candidate Nalin Kumar Kateel. "We are trying to take forward Narendra Modi’s development of India for the last five years and there is a need to protect the country at this time," he said speaking to TNM. He is among 15 MPs from the party seeking re-election from Karnataka. The 'Modi effect' is a campaign motto echoed by BJP leaders across the state who are hopeful that the feat performed by the PM in 2018 is repeated in the Lok Sabha Elections and that the BJP is able to secure more than 20 of the 28 seats in the state. The venues of the rallies have also been decided to ensure that Modi has maximum outreach with voters in the state. It remains to be seen whether the presence of Modi will play a crucial role in convincing voters in the state in the face of the coalition's campaign to wrest a higher number of seats this year.
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