Bengaluru police to start returning all seized vehicles from May 1

Coronavirus

The vehicles will be returned only when the owners produce original documents, Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao said.

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Authorities in Bengaluru have decided to start returning the vehicles that were seized for violating the lockdown. The second phase of the pan-India lockdown will end on May 3 as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, the process to return the vehicles will begin from May 1. Taking to Twitter, Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao said that the police department is finalizing details on how the vehicles will be returned. He said that the decision has been vetted by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai.   It’s decided to return the Corona seized vehicles from 1/5/20 onwards. Those seized first will be returned first.The documents will be verified and vehicle returned. This has approval of Hon CM and HM. We are doing the paperwork to ease the process. — Bhaskar Rao IPS (@deepolice12) April 30, 2020   The process of return of vehicles to the rightful owners will start from Friday, the city police chief said. He further said the police department is working to ready the paperwork for the same. The vehicles will be returned only when the owners can produce original documents. He added that the vehicles will be returned in the order they were seized, so the cars and bikes that were seized at an earlier date will be returned before. A DCP in Bengaluru told TNM, "The vehicles will be released by jurisdictional police officers subject to a fine of Rs 1000 for cars and Rs 500 for two and three-wheelers. In addition, a bond will be executed as required under law The violators have to sign a bond stating they will not violate lockdown orders again." The development comes after a plea was filed in court seeking the gradual release of vehicles upon the furnishing of a bond so as to prevent crowding when lockdown ends. Earlier, it was reported that the violators whose vehicles were seized would be returned only following a court order. This was to be done as the vehicle owners would be booked by the police under the Disaster Management Act (2005) and Section 188 (disobeying prohibitory orders) of the Indian Penal Code as suggested by the union government. To one Twitter user suggesting the release of 50-75 vehicles at one go to prevent crowding, Bhaskar Rao acknowledged the idea and said it will be planned later in the day.   Till April 2, the city police had seized around 7,000 vehicles from persons who did not have valid curfew passes issued by the jurisdictional DCPs (Deputy Commissioner of Police). These included cars, bikes and even autorickshaws. The number of seized vehicles is currently reported to be around 35,000. 

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Four Karnataka Ministers quarantined after coming in contact with COVID-19 patient

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However, Medical Education Minister Dr. Sudhakar flouted quarantine norms and held a meeting in Mandya on Wednesday.

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Medical Education Minister Dr Sudhakar in a meeting in Mandya

Four out of five Karnataka ministers, who reportedly came in contact with the COVID-19 positive video journalist of a Kannada news channel recently, on Wednesday said they have tested negative for the virus.  Deputy Chief Minister Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Kannada and Culture Minister C T Ravi and Medical Education Minister Dr. K Sudhakar tweeted that their test reports have come out negative and they are under home quarantine. This is because protocol states that those who come into contact with a COVID-19 positive person have to be in quarantine for 14 days.  However, Medical Education Minister Dr. Sudhakar held a meeting in Mandya on Wednesday flouting quarantine norms. ಮಂಡ್ಯ #COVID19 ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಚಿವ ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡರು, ಸಂಸದೆ @sumalathaA, ಶಾಸಕರುಗಳಾದ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ, ರವೀಂದ್ರ ಶ್ರೀಕಂಠೇಗೌಡ, CS ಪುಟ್ಟರಾಜು, ಡಾ.ಅನ್ನದಾನಿ, ಅಪ್ಪಾಜಿಗೌಡ, KT ಶ್ರೀಕಂಠೇಗೌಡ, ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಹಿರಿಯ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಿದ್ದರು. ಮಹಿಳಾ ಸ್ವಸಹಾಯ ಗುಂಪುಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಸ್ಕ್ ತಯಾರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತೊಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಂತೆ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೇನೆ. pic.twitter.com/CLL6TUMiPc — Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) April 29, 2020 #ಮಂಡ್ಯ #MandyaToday#Covid19India meeting with Hon'ble Ministers @mla_sudhakar & #DrNarayanGowda along with Mandya legislators & Dist Officials . https://t.co/0CKzPzmVOO — Sumalatha Ambareesh ಸುಮಲತಾ ಅಂಬರೀಶ್ (@sumalathaA) April 29, 2020 Sudhakar said he went for the test after hearing that the journalist with whom he interacted had tested positive."However as abundant precaution, I have decided to be in home quarantine for the next seven days and carry out my duties from home," he tweeted. This is despite the protocol stating that people should be quarantined for 14 days. Reports allege that the other ministers too had flouted the mandated quarantine period and were going about with routine work. The other ministers who tested negative told the media that they will be quarantined at home. "After being informed that I might have come in contact with a COVID-19 affected person, I have been in home quarantine. I have tested negative, but will continue to be vigilant and take all necessary precautions," Ashwath Narayan said in a tweet. State Home Minister Bommai said that he has taken a swab test and it has come out negative. "I am under self quarantine and I am healthy." Culture Minister CT Ravi said, "Even though I had no close interaction with him (camera man) during my meetings, I got myself tested on 28th April.I am happy to share with You that I have tested negative for #CoronaVirus." Another minister who came in contact with the video journalist has not responded so far.  Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar had questioned the government about ministers reportedly in contact with the video journalist not being quarantined, and termed it as "protocol violation". "A Kannada News channel's cameraman is COVID +ve.His primary contacts include CM, DCM & Ministers. Why aren't they in quarantine? Isn't it double standards by those who must set an example to citizens? This is a protocol violation. This Govt is not serious about fighting COVID," Shivakumar tweeted. The journalist, who had visited containment zones demarcated by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (city civic body), was confirmed positive on April 24. As per the 34-year-old patient's (video journalist's) flowchart, he had met five ministers on work, between April 21 and April 24. Though he had also visited Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's home office "Krishna" multiple times during this period, according to officials, he had not met the CM. Read: Five Karnataka Ministers are primary contacts of video journalist who got COVID-19 On April 23, he had given his swab samples along with other journalists for testing, and was confirmed positive the next day. At least 40 other contacts of the video journalist, including his family and journalists from various media outlets, have been quarantined, officials said.

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Karnataka’s COVID-19 death toll goes up to 21 as 73-year-old patient succumbs

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The elderly man from Tumakuru had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) and suffered from diabetes and asthma.

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A 73-year-old COVID-19 patient has died in Tumakuru, taking the death toll in the state due to the infection to 21, the Karnataka government said on Wednesday. The elderly man had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), Minister S Suresh Kumar, who is spokesperson for COVID-19 in Karnataka, told reporters in the daily press briefing. A bulletin released by the Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Department stated that he also suffered from diabetes and asthma. He was admitted to the designated COVID-19 hospital in Tumakuru and died on Wednesday. A total of 12 new cases were confirmed in the state on Wednesday, including the deceased patient from Tumakuru. Among the 12 new cases, including the dead, who have reported positive, five are children (below the age of 18). This includes four girls in the age group of 4-17 years, while one is a 12 year-old-boy. Eight out of the total twelve cases are from Kalaburagi, and one each are from Hukkeri in Belagavi district, Davangere, Tumakuru and Nanjanaguru (Mysuru). From across the state, most number of infections have been reported in Bengaluru urban with 131 cases, followed by Mysuru 88 and Belagavi 53. A total of 216 patients have made a complete recovery after being infected with the coronavirus. This accounts for nearly 40% of the total cases in the state. Out of a total of 216 patients discharged so far, the maximum of 58 is from Bengaluru, 56 from Mysuru, and 11 from Chikkaballapura. Cumulatively, 535 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 21 deaths and 216 discharges. Earlier, a 65-year-old patient from Sira in Tumakuru had died after testing positive. It has been over six weeks since the first coronavirus case was reported in Karnataka on March 8. The state had also reported the first COVID-19 death in the country when a man from Kalaburagi passed away on March 10.  There are 123 containment zones in Karnataka, Suresh Kumar confirmed. They house 4.12 lakh people and nearly 6000 shops and establishments. They also have 73,917 homes while more than 36 lakh people are currently residing in buffer zones in the state.  Meanwhile, The Karnataka government on Wednesday decided to conduct COVID-19 testing for frontline government employees besides bracing for the return of those from the state stranded abroad. The government is also making arrangements to bring back those from the state, including migrant workers stranded in Gujarat by buses. A plan of action is also getting ready on the procedures to be followed when the Centre brings back Indians, including 10,823 from the state, stranded abroad. "Already media persons and frontline police personnel are undergoing COVID-19 tests, today's new circular is for frontline government employees," Suresh Kumar told reporters. Stating that officers and staff of other departments, who have been working hand-in-hand with the health department might be at a risk of exposure to coronavirus infection, he said it has been decided to go for one time linear screening of all those frontline officers and workers of Benagaluru city to begin with. In Bengaluru, the tests will be conducted at the KCG Hospital. With PTI inputs

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Aero India to stay in Bengaluru in 2021

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The decision ends speculation that the airshow would be shifted out of Bengaluru to Lucknow.

Prajwal Bhat

AERO INDIA 2009, WIKIPEDIA COMMONS - VISHAK PILLAI

Aero India, the biennial air show and  aviation exhibition will be held in Bengaluru in 2021 from February 3 to 7 at the Yelahanka Airforce Station in the city. This was confirmed on the official Aero India website by the Defence Exhibition Organisation (DEO) which is attached to the Ministry of Defence. The decision ends speculation that the airshow would be shifted out of Bengaluru to Lucknow. However, the proposal to hold the event in Lucknow was shelved due to the lack of infrastructure to host an event of this size and scale. Instead, Lucknow was picked as the venue for DefExpo held earlier this year.  Bengaluru has hosted the  Defence Ministry's biennial Aero India event since its debut in 1996. The event in 2021 will be the thirteenth edition of India's flagship aviation event.  The Ministry of Defence and the air show organisers are yet to reveal more details about the event in 2021.  In March, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa wrote to the Centre asking for the event to be held in Bengaluru next year. The Chief Minister handed over a letter to Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.  The last edition of Aero India in 2019 had witnessed tragedy. Two Hawk jets of the IAF aerobatics team crashed into each other resulting in the death of a pilot and injuries to two more in 2019. In addition, a major fire gutted hundreds of cars in the parking lot of the event.  The event is a showcase of the Indian Air Force's latest jets and fighter planes. It is also an opportunity for the international aviation industry to display their innovations and models to the Indian government. Preparations for the grand event typically begin a year in advance. However, when the event was held in 2019, it was confirmed only in September 2018, around five months before the event was held in February 2019.   

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Four Karnataka Ministers quarantined after coming in contact with COVID-19 patient

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However, Medical Education Minister Dr. Sudhakar flouted quarantine norms and held a meeting in Mandya on Wednesday.

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Medical Education Minister Dr Sudhakar in a meeting in Mandya

Four out of five Karnataka ministers, who reportedly came in contact with the COVID-19 positive video journalist of a Kannada news channel recently, on Wednesday said they have tested negative for the virus.  Deputy Chief Minister Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Kannada and Culture Minister C T Ravi and Medical Education Minister Dr. K Sudhakar tweeted that their test reports have come out negative and they are under home quarantine. This is because protocol states that those who come into contact with a COVID-19 positive person have to be in quarantine for 14 days.  However, Medical Education Minister Dr. Sudhakar held a meeting in Mandya on Wednesday flouting quarantine norms. ಮಂಡ್ಯ #COVID19 ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಚಿವ ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡರು, ಸಂಸದೆ @sumalathaA, ಶಾಸಕರುಗಳಾದ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ, ರವೀಂದ್ರ ಶ್ರೀಕಂಠೇಗೌಡ, CS ಪುಟ್ಟರಾಜು, ಡಾ.ಅನ್ನದಾನಿ, ಅಪ್ಪಾಜಿಗೌಡ, KT ಶ್ರೀಕಂಠೇಗೌಡ, ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಹಿರಿಯ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಿದ್ದರು. ಮಹಿಳಾ ಸ್ವಸಹಾಯ ಗುಂಪುಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಸ್ಕ್ ತಯಾರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತೊಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಂತೆ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೇನೆ. pic.twitter.com/CLL6TUMiPc — Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) April 29, 2020 #ಮಂಡ್ಯ #MandyaToday#Covid19India meeting with Hon'ble Ministers @mla_sudhakar & #DrNarayanGowda along with Mandya legislators & Dist Officials . https://t.co/0CKzPzmVOO — Sumalatha Ambareesh ಸುಮಲತಾ ಅಂಬರೀಶ್ (@sumalathaA) April 29, 2020 Sudhakar said he went for the test after hearing that the journalist with whom he interacted had tested positive."However as abundant precaution, I have decided to be in home quarantine for the next seven days and carry out my duties from home," he tweeted. This is despite the protocol stating that people should be quarantined for 14 days. Reports allege that the other ministers too had flouted the mandated quarantine period and were going about with routine work. The other ministers who tested negative told the media that they will be quarantined at home. "After being informed that I might have come in contact with a COVID-19 affected person, I have been in home quarantine. I have tested negative, but will continue to be vigilant and take all necessary precautions," Ashwath Narayan said in a tweet. State Home Minister Bommai said that he has taken a swab test and it has come out negative. "I am under self quarantine and I am healthy." Culture Minister CT Ravi said, "Even though I had no close interaction with him (camera man) during my meetings, I got myself tested on 28th April.I am happy to share with You that I have tested negative for #CoronaVirus." Another minister who came in contact with the video journalist has not responded so far.  Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar had questioned the government about ministers reportedly in contact with the video journalist not being quarantined, and termed it as "protocol violation". "A Kannada News channel's cameraman is COVID +ve.His primary contacts include CM, DCM & Ministers. Why aren't they in quarantine? Isn't it double standards by those who must set an example to citizens? This is a protocol violation. This Govt is not serious about fighting COVID," Shivakumar tweeted. The journalist, who had visited containment zones demarcated by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (city civic body), was confirmed positive on April 24. As per the 34-year-old patient's (video journalist's) flowchart, he had met five ministers on work, between April 21 and April 24. Though he had also visited Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's home office "Krishna" multiple times during this period, according to officials, he had not met the CM. Read: Five Karnataka Ministers are primary contacts of video journalist who got COVID-19 On April 23, he had given his swab samples along with other journalists for testing, and was confirmed positive the next day. At least 40 other contacts of the video journalist, including his family and journalists from various media outlets, have been quarantined, officials said.

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Karnataka’s COVID-19 death toll goes up to 21 as 73-year-old patient succumbs

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The elderly man from Tumakuru had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) and suffered from diabetes and asthma.

TNM Staff

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A 73-year-old COVID-19 patient has died in Tumakuru, taking the death toll in the state due to the infection to 21, the Karnataka government said on Wednesday. The elderly man had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), Minister S Suresh Kumar, who is spokesperson for COVID-19 in Karnataka, told reporters in the daily press briefing. A bulletin released by the Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Department stated that he also suffered from diabetes and asthma. He was admitted to the designated COVID-19 hospital in Tumakuru and died on Wednesday. A total of 12 new cases were confirmed in the state on Wednesday, including the deceased patient from Tumakuru. Among the 12 new cases, including the dead, who have reported positive, five are children (below the age of 18). This includes four girls in the age group of 4-17 years, while one is a 12 year-old-boy. Eight out of the total twelve cases are from Kalaburagi, and one each are from Hukkeri in Belagavi district, Davangere, Tumakuru and Nanjanaguru (Mysuru). From across the state, most number of infections have been reported in Bengaluru urban with 131 cases, followed by Mysuru 88 and Belagavi 53. A total of 216 patients have made a complete recovery after being infected with the coronavirus. This accounts for nearly 40% of the total cases in the state. Out of a total of 216 patients discharged so far, the maximum of 58 is from Bengaluru, 56 from Mysuru, and 11 from Chikkaballapura. Cumulatively, 535 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 21 deaths and 216 discharges. Earlier, a 65-year-old patient from Sira in Tumakuru had died after testing positive. It has been over six weeks since the first coronavirus case was reported in Karnataka on March 8. The state had also reported the first COVID-19 death in the country when a man from Kalaburagi passed away on March 10.  There are 123 containment zones in Karnataka, Suresh Kumar confirmed. They house 4.12 lakh people and nearly 6000 shops and establishments. They also have 73,917 homes while more than 36 lakh people are currently residing in buffer zones in the state.  Meanwhile, The Karnataka government on Wednesday decided to conduct COVID-19 testing for frontline government employees besides bracing for the return of those from the state stranded abroad. The government is also making arrangements to bring back those from the state, including migrant workers stranded in Gujarat by buses. A plan of action is also getting ready on the procedures to be followed when the Centre brings back Indians, including 10,823 from the state, stranded abroad. "Already media persons and frontline police personnel are undergoing COVID-19 tests, today's new circular is for frontline government employees," Suresh Kumar told reporters. Stating that officers and staff of other departments, who have been working hand-in-hand with the health department might be at a risk of exposure to coronavirus infection, he said it has been decided to go for one time linear screening of all those frontline officers and workers of Benagaluru city to begin with. In Bengaluru, the tests will be conducted at the KCG Hospital. With PTI inputs

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Aero India to stay in Bengaluru in 2021

Aero India

The decision ends speculation that the airshow would be shifted out of Bengaluru to Lucknow.

Prajwal Bhat

AERO INDIA 2009, WIKIPEDIA COMMONS - VISHAK PILLAI

Aero India, the biennial air show and  aviation exhibition will be held in Bengaluru in 2021 from February 3 to 7 at the Yelahanka Airforce Station in the city. This was confirmed on the official Aero India website by the Defence Exhibition Organisation (DEO) which is attached to the Ministry of Defence. The decision ends speculation that the airshow would be shifted out of Bengaluru to Lucknow. However, the proposal to hold the event in Lucknow was shelved due to the lack of infrastructure to host an event of this size and scale. Instead, Lucknow was picked as the venue for DefExpo held earlier this year.  Bengaluru has hosted the  Defence Ministry's biennial Aero India event since its debut in 1996. The event in 2021 will be the thirteenth edition of India's flagship aviation event.  The Ministry of Defence and the air show organisers are yet to reveal more details about the event in 2021.  In March, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa wrote to the Centre asking for the event to be held in Bengaluru next year. The Chief Minister handed over a letter to Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.  The last edition of Aero India in 2019 had witnessed tragedy. Two Hawk jets of the IAF aerobatics team crashed into each other resulting in the death of a pilot and injuries to two more in 2019. In addition, a major fire gutted hundreds of cars in the parking lot of the event.  The event is a showcase of the Indian Air Force's latest jets and fighter planes. It is also an opportunity for the international aviation industry to display their innovations and models to the Indian government. Preparations for the grand event typically begin a year in advance. However, when the event was held in 2019, it was confirmed only in September 2018, around five months before the event was held in February 2019.   

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