Bengaluru's Sirsi Flyover to be shut for one month for maintenance: List of diversions

Transport

The flyover is a major link from the city with the Mysore Road.

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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner BH Anil Kumar on Monday announced that the scheduled maintenance work for the Sirsi Circle Flyover has begun. The closure is expected to last for a month for the asphalting work. Incidentally, the flyover is also the oldest in the city. It is a major link from the city centre to Mysore Road. The traffic police have formulated diversions to accommodate the traffic passing through the busy flyover for the maintenance period which will be divided into two phases for the duration of the next month. In the first phase, asphalting will be carried out from Body Builder junction ramp near Sirsi Circle up to Briand Circle ramp. In the second phase, the work will be carried out from Briand Circle ramp towards NR Road ramp. During this period, starting from Monday, vehicles from Town Hall towards Mysore Road will have to approach the down ramp of the flyover near Royan Circle between 6am and 4 pm and after 11 pm in the night. The commuters can use the route between 4 pm and 11 pm. Vehicles which ply on the NR Road will have to turn left and reach Royan Circle and move towards Chamrajpet 1st Main Road and then reach Mysore Road via BB Junction.  Vehicles which are coming from the down ramp of the NR flyover have to go via the Jamia Masjid junction to the KR Market and proceed towards Bryan Church, Sirsi Flyover and reach the Bangalore Bodybuilder Junction. From the up ramp of the KR Road Flyover, those vehicles should come straight to BB Junction Flyover down ramp and reach the Mysuru-Kengeri Road.  In the second phase, work will take place from 6 pm. In this phase, the vehicles should take the road underneath the Sirsi Circle Flyover and approach and go through the Jama Masjid junction and reach BB Junction through Bryand Junction and Mysore Circle. Those travelling from Mysore Road towards the city, should take the up ramp of the BB Junction Flyover and reach the NR Road down ramp. These diversions will apply from 4pm-11pm.

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Congress to permanently repeal 3 major health taxes in year-end spending deal

The Senate is expected to clear the measures for President Trump’s signature before government funding expires at midnight Friday.

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Bengaluru cops to start patrolling Cubbon Park and Lalbagh on bicycles too

Police

Apart from their usual jeeps and patrol cars, officials will also be seen going about their patrolling duties on bicycles.

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There is a new addition to patrolling vehicles of police officials in Bengaluru's Cubbon Park. Apart from their usual jeeps and patrol cars, officials will also be seen going about their patrolling duties on bicycles. This is after Citizens for Sustainability (CiFoS), a non-profit, donated five bicycles called 'Pedal Police' to the Cubbon Park Police Station on Sunday. The police officials are expected to start using them this week. The 'Pedal Police' bicycles are equipped with police lights, alarms, reflective vests and helmets. Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao inaugurated the initiative and handed over bicycles to be used by staff members at the Cubbon Park police station. The bicycles will be used to patrol Cubbon Park, and neighborhoods in and around Vidhana Soudha, particularly at night.    For the first time in the city we will have a bicycle mounted police. #PedalPolice in Cubbon Park station today, Lalbagh police next, then commercial street, soon all police stations. Thank you @deepolice12 @CCifos pic.twitter.com/4UBQpB29Wq — Bicycle Mayor Bengaluru (@bicyclemayorblr) December 15, 2019   "It sends a positive signal when a police official rides a bicycle. It can help their patrolling since a bicycle is versatile and enter narrow streets where cars cannot travel. It is ideal for eco-friendly places like Cubbon Park and Lalbagh. It will improve accessibility, transportation and send a message that the police will empathise with the public," Sathya Sankaran, Bengaluru's Bicycle Mayor and founder of CiFoS told TNM. Bhaskar Rao added that the initiative could be extended to other police stations in the city beginning with the Lalbagh Police Station and Commercial Street Police Station in January. The initiative is part of campaign by CiFoS called 'A Better Bangalorean', which aims to promote sustainable practices in the city. "Police using bicycles will also inspire confidence among the people towards committing to sustainable mobility, and building empathy among the police to cyclists needs," Sathya said.  CiFoS had previously kicked off a year-long campaign that aims to spread the message of safety, and to push for better facilities for cyclists in Bengaluru along the lines of facilities made available in cities like Amsterdam, among others.

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Cabinet expansion: Yediyurappa in a dilemma as pressure builds from Belagavi, Dakshina Kannada

Politics

MLAs from Dakshina Kannada, a region considered to be the BJP’s fortress, fear that they would be sidelined.

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All eyes are on Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa as he is gearing up to expand his cabinet of ministers. Yediyurappa has a difficult task ahead of him as he cannot afford unequal representation in terms of region and caste, while he chooses ministers for his new cabinet. Party insiders say that Yediyurappa may take at least 10 days or another two weeks to make a decision. At this point, Yediyurappa’s biggest concern, BJP sources say, is the induction of the rebel leaders from Belagavi. Although the Chief Minister promised to induct all the rebels, who won in the bye-elections, into the cabinet, sources say that there has been dissent within the party over “giving preference” to Belagavi district over other strongholds of the BJP. The Belagavi question All three rebels from Belagavi district have won the bye-polls, and this has left several leaders questioning Yediyurappa on whether it would be fair to have a total of five ministers from the region. Currently, Yediyurappa’s cabinet has two ministers from Belagavi region including Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Transport Laxman Sangappa Savadi (who lost the election from Athani) and Shashikala Jolle, the Minister for Minister for Women and Child Welfare. “Umesh Katti, who is also from Belagavi district, is also vying for a berth. Yediyurappa has to decide whether he can drop Laxman Savadi and then give the berths to the rebels because the caste angle is also important,” a source said. Demands from Dakshina Kannada BJP sources say that MLAs from Dakshina Kannada, a region considered to be the BJP’s fortress, fear that they would be sidelined. The BJP has won six out of seven assembly segments here and does not have a single cabinet minister from this region. The party’s Vedavyas Kamath (Mangaluru South), Dr Bharat Shetty (Mangaluru North), Umanath Kotian (Moodabidri), Rajesh Naik (Bantwal), Sanjeeva Mattandur (Puttur) and Angara (Sullia) are aspiring to be ministers. However, Angara from Sullia has the largest backing in the region and over 150 BJP members had resigned from their post as members in August this year, when the party did not induct him into the cabinet. Speaking to the media on Monday, BJP state President, who is also the MP from Dakshina Kannada, Nalin Kumar Kateel said that equal representation would be given to leaders from all districts. “Ultimately it is Chief Minister Yediyurappa’s decision but we will make sure that equal representation is given to leaders from all districts,” Nalin Kumar Katell said. Currently, there are 17 ministers in Yediyurappa’s cabinet, leaving 16 posts vacant. BJP sources say that the high command has asked Yediyurappa to keep the expansion to a maximum of 13 new ministers. This has left Yediyurappa in a fix as he had on December 9, announced that all 11 rebels, who won the bye-polls, would get ministerial berths. “Although he made that announcement, now there are caste and geographical constraints and Yediyurappa has to pacify those who will be left out. Some rebels may be left out too if push comes to shove. But everyone including the rebels have to be pacified. The high command will listen to Yediyurappa’s advice on this as he has proved that he is capable of winning elections,” the source said.    

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Protest against CAA: At IISc Bengaluru, students read out Preamble of the Constitution

CAA Protests

'NRC is anti-Constitutional'-- students of the Indian Institute of Science joined their counterparts across the country against the NRC and CAA in a day-long protest.

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On Monday, the quaint campus of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in north Bengaluru saw a group of students across departments join an impromptu day-long protest. Like in many academic campuses across the country, the students of the premier institute also spoke against the recently passed Citizenship Amendment Act and the equally contentious proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC). Holding placards in their hands, the students stood in front of the administrative (main) building of the university below the statue of Jamshedji Tata, in what was mostly a silent protest. Their placards read,  “How dare you say we are not Indians?”, “NRC is anti-Constitutional”, “Why the hate for Muslims?”, “Why the hate for Tamils” and so on. Another placard in Bengali quoted late revolutionary poet Kazi Nazrul Islam stating, “Hindus and Muslims are two flowers of the same stalk."   “The CAA goes against the very idea of India, the Indian Constitution. We, as people of India, are protected by the Constitution of India, and as the people of India, it is our fundamental duty to defend our Constitution,” the students said before reading out the Preamble of the Constitution.  IISc students in Bengaluru reading the Preamble of the Constitution as a pledge for their fight against CAB and NRC inside the campus pic.twitter.com/jv43bsYpRc — The News Minute (@thenewsminute) December 16, 2019 Other than registering their protest against the Central government for pushing through these policies, they condemned the alleged police excesses against students of the Jamia Milia University in Delhi and those of the Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh. In fact, in Jamia, the students were made to walk out of the campus with their hands raised above their head after the police had allegedly fired teargas shells inside the university library.    Read: Police entered campus without permission, we want high-level probe: Jamia VC The students did not want to be quoted by the media or come in front of the camera due to a recent gag order by the IISc's administration, following the protests in July over the tragic death of security personnel on the campus. Read: IISc Bengaluru students protest, demand justice for security guard who died on campus Fundamental values of our Republic at enormous stress: IISc Professor  Speaking in his personal capacity, at the sidelines of the students’ protest, Venu Madhav Govindu, faculty of the Electrical Engineering Department, said it is time for every thinking Indian to speak up.  "We are going through a very difficult time in our country where a lot of the foundational values on what our modern Republic was built on, are under enormous stress. And currently, we are seeing an attack to unroll those gains that were obtained during the freedom struggle," he told TNM. He went on to elaborate, "As a consequence of the freedom movement, we have a very modern Republic built on values of equality, justice, fraternity. By and large, for the last many decades, we have managed to move ahead to some degree towards a better society. And in the process, transit many of the societal injustices. Essentially what we have now is a passage whereby a lot of those things are being rolled back or there is an attempt to roll back.  Therefore there is a need to counter and stand up and be counted for values that we believe in." Read: IIM-Bengaluru students and faculty write to PM over police action in Jamia and AMU Also read: Bengaluru citizens protest at Town Hall against Citizenship Act

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IIM-Bengaluru students and faculty write to PM over police action in Jamia and AMU

Protest

"Non-violent civil disobedience is at the heart of our republic's founding," states the letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Students and staff members at Indian Institute of Management - Bengaluru (IIM-B) on Monday expressed solidarity with the protests across institutions in the country against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.  In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 172 staff members and students at IIM-B expressed solidarity with students around the country.protesting against the enactment of the act.  "We the undersigned members of IIM Bangalore stand in solidarity with students around the country protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 (CAA). We call upon you to not trample the democratic rights of citizens to peacefully protest an unjust law," the letter signed by members of the institution read.  "Non-violent civil disobedience is at the heart of our republic's founding. We urge you to ensure that students can protest peacefully, and that violence is not incited by anyone including custodians of state in positions of great authority and responsibility," the letter added.  The letter was signed by students and staff members in a personal capacity,  Reports of police attacking students in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) sparked off protests by students across the country. The violence occurred following incidents of arson and violence at the site of a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act called by the students of JMI. The students and faculty at JMI claimed that they had not participated in violence and condemned it. In Bengaluru, students at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) joined the protest on Monday. Placards at the protest read,  “How dare you say we are not Indians?”, “NRC is anti-Constitutional”, “Why the hate for Muslims?”. Another placard in Bengali quoted late revolutionary poet Kazi Nazrul Islam stating, “Hindu and Muslims as two flowers of the same stalk."   A further protest was planned at Town Hall in the city where students from National Law School of India and other members of the public are set to gather.   

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Bengaluru woman gets 10 years in jail for bobbitising former boyfriend

Crime

In November 2008, the woman, who is a dentist, had called the man to her clinic, gave him a drink with a sedative, and bobbitised him.

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Eleven years after she bobbitised a man in Mysuru, a  45-year-old woman in Bengaluru has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. Syeeda Ameeda Nahem, a dentist that practised in the city, had in November 2008 attacked the man after he ended their relationship and then married another woman.  The Indian Express reported that the victim was invited to the dentist’s clinic and Syeeda offered him some juice, which was spiked with a sedative. After the victim fell unconscious, the dentist used her tools to cut off the man’s penis and flushed it down the drain.  After the man woke up and found himself profusely bleeding. Syeeda took him to a local hospital and then washed her hands off the issue. Syeeda used to be in a relationship with this man while they lived in Mysuru, but he had broken it off and married another woman. When she found out, she had planned her next course of action: not to let him lead a normal married life. In her defence, her lawyer told the court that she was innocent and that the victim had met with an accident on the way to her clinic. However, the prosecution argued there were no other wounds on the victim’s body, which proved that this was not true. The city sessions court thus found her guilty and charged her with ten years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2 lakh for causing mental agony to the victim. The judge noted that the accused showed knowledge and intent to commit the crime. He also noted that the victim could seek compensation from the Karnataka Victim Compensation Scheme. Doctors had told the victim that they could perform reconstructive surgery, but could not do so without the organ. Syeeda allegedly told the victim and his wife that she would not return it.

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