Upbeat Yeddyurappa convenes meeting of BJP MLAs, MPs on May 24

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May 20, 2019

Bengaluru, May 20: Buoyed over the Exit polls that projected big win for the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka, Opposition leader in the Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also the Party State President, has convened a meeting of the newly elected BJP Lok Sabha candidates along with the party MLAs on May 24, a day after the Counting of votes polled in the recently concluded General election are taken up.

According to party sources, Yeddyurappa earlier had planned to convene the meeting on May 21. However it was postponed to Friday.

Almost all the exit poll surveys had given a substantial number of Lok Sabha seats for the BJP in Karnataka, predicting the party to bag between 18 to 25 seats out of a total of 28. This is in contrast to likely outcome even after coalition partners Congress and the JDS united fight and were given to win a mere 3 to 10 seats. This was far less than predictions.

According to top BJP sources, if the Congress-JD(S) combine failed to get reasonable number of seats, the fall of the coalition government would become ‘imminent’ as many Congress MLAs, who are sitting on the fence, are likely to jump over to the BJP and cause the collapse of the one-year-old JD(S)-Congress government.

Yeddyurappa, who had led the party’s election campaign in Karnataka, had consistently claimed that the party would win at least 22 seats. He had held several meetings with his close confidants and working out strategies to form the government in Karnataka, in the event of the collapse of the coalition government, the sources told UNI.

Meanwhile dissident Congress MLA and former Minister Ramesh Jarakiholi, who had allegedly vowed to pull down the coalition government, is also camping in Bengaluru and holding secret talks with Congress MLAs supporting him.

According to party sources, Ramesh, who had already announced that he would take a decision to resign to the Assembly seat after the Lok Sabha elections, may help BJP trigger collapse of the state government, by resigning to his Gokak Assembly seat he is representing and asking his his follower legislators to follow the suit.

It was alleged that Ramesh has at least three Congress MLAs, who are close to him, the sources added.

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March 28,2024

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Mangaluru, Mar 28: A fish meal factory in the Baikampady Industrial area in Mangaluru was gutted in a fire incident on Thursday, officials said.

The factory is owned by the company 'Shihar Enterprises', they said.

According to the locals, the fire was first noticed at 4.45 am today, which was immediately reported to the fire department.

The fire engines reached the spot and tried to douse the fire, but it had already spread to other parts of the factory. After almost four hours of fire-fighting operation, the blaze was completely doused, officials.

The reason for the blaze is still being probed, the fire department officials said, adding that they suspect an electric short circuit could have triggered it.

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March 16,2024

Mangaluru: In the wake of complaints regarding middlemen menace, sleuths of Lokayukta on Friday, March 15, conducted a raid at the Mangaluru Urban Development Authority. 

The Lokayukta team found unaccounted money and several files, which were not disposed of for a long period.

Lokayukta SP CA Simon said that the Lokayukta has received complaints that middlemen have been interfering in the MUDA office, and files pertaining to the public are not being cleared on time.

A raid that commenced in the evening on March 13, lasted for 18 hours. During the raid, Lokayukta officials found cash in a bag in MUDA office, and also with officials and others. MUDA officials could not inform the source of money found in their office, the SP said.

Further, he said that many people gathered at the MUDA office during the Lokayukta raid, and have raised complaints about the harassment at the urban development authority. “We have gathered evidence for MUDA officials carrying out file disposal processes through brokers on phone calls. The investigation on the MUDA network will be continued,” he said.

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March 26,2024

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Mangaluru: Officials from Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime Police Station in Mangaluru have arrested a man for allegedly engaging in an online fraud by deceiving a person on the pretext of offering a part-time job. The arrested is Saddam Gauri alias Bavuri, 30, from Rajasthan.

City police commissioner Anupam Agrawal said the CEN police received a complaint regarding an online scam related to a part-time job offer.

Police registered a case under sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act, along with IPC Section 420. The complainant had received a link via WhatsApp from an unknown number, purportedly offering a part-time job opportunity.

Upon clicking the link, the complainant was instructed to complete certain tasks to earn money. However, during the process, the complainant incurred a loss of Rs 1.1 lakh.

Following an investigation into the matter, the CEN police successfully arrested the suspect and presented him before the court. In the course of arrest, police seized two mobile phones, eight debit cards, four bank cheque books, Aadhaar card, PAN card, and other relevant documents from the accused.

The arrest was made possible through the efforts of CEN station inspector Shyam Sundar and his team, under the guidance of City Crime Records Bureau (CCRB) ACP Ravish Nayak and DCP Siddharth Goyal.

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