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Friday, 16 July 2010 |
 Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday tendered an apology to senior Congress leader R L Jalappa and KPCC president R V Deshpande, whom he had accused of indulging in mining activities during his reply in the Legislative Council on Monday.
He also apologised to people of the state for approving Bills without discussion.
The CM’s apology comes a day after Jalappa, a former union minister, threatened to file a defamation suit and Deshpande dared Yeddyurappa to make same charges outside the legislature. Speaking to reporters, the CM said that he was “misled by officers and had no intention of hurting anyone.” Meanwhile, Congress and JD (S) slammed Yeddyurappa for saying that he was misled by officials over the involvement of certain political leaders in the illegal mining issue.
At a press conference on Thursday, Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah and JD (S) state president H D Kumaraswamy said, “It is a matter of shame for the CM to say that he would apologise for having erred in mentioning names of a few political leaders of being involved in illegal mining.’’ |
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 |
 Karnataka accused Maharashtra on Thursday of trying to "vitiate" peace by provoking people living in border areas and asserted that the state government is committed to protecting the interests of Marathi-speaking people in the state.
"Marathi-speaking people have been living in amity for decades in Karnataka. But the Maharashtra government and some vested interests have been making attempts to project that there is a border dispute between the two states and provoking people in Belgaum. There are attempts to vitiate peace," Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa told reporters here.
Refusing to join issue with Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray who wrote about it in an editorial in his party mouthpiece 'Saamana', Yeddyurappa assured him that Marathi- speaking people in Karnataka would face no problems. |
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Friday, 09 July 2010 |
Horror and death visited the corridors of the Karnataka High Court on Thursday afternoon when a 25- year-old advocate was killed by one of her colleagues.
The victim, Naveena, was stabbed to death by a trial court advocate, Rajappa (28), because she turned down his persistent marriage proposals, the police said. Rajappa, later, attempted suicide by slitting his throat. He was taken to a private hospital where his condition is said to be serious.
The incident took place at the first-floor corridor during the lunch break, when there was no security guard present, senior advocate Subramanya Jois, who witnessed the incident, told Express.
“At around 1.50 pm, I heard the girl screaming ayyo,ayyo. I approached the two of them, who were about eight feet away and saw that the youth (Rajappa) held a dagger. I saw him stabbing the girl twice. |
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 |
 Over 9.35 lakh acres of land — more than five times the area of Bangalore city — is encroached in the state.
A report submitted by the Land Protection Task Force, headed by retired IAS officer Balasubramanian, says this.
Bangalore city is spread on 1.83 lakh acres.
In its report on action taken during April-May 2010, the task force has said this encroached area included 7.49 lakh acres of government land and 1.66 lakh acres of forest land.
Of the encroached land, 22,301 acres of land was recovered till May this year, says the report.
Revenue Minister G Karunakara Reddy placed the report of the task force in the Assembly along with a written reply to a question raised by MLA A Manju on Tuesday.
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Saturday, 03 July 2010 |
 Karnataka ombudsman Justice N.Santosh Hegde Saturday announced he was was withdrawing his resignation.
"I withdraw my resignation letter as Lokayukta in response to several requests to continue in the post from all over the country, including senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, BJP president Nitin Gadkari, state Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and others," Hegde told reporters at his residence at an impromptu briefing.
His announcement came minutes after Gadkari and Yeddyurappa called him at his residence.
Hegde submitted his resignation letter to Governor H.N. Bhardwaj June 23, accusing the state government of indifference to the office of Lokayukta.
Advani requests Karnataka lokayukta to withdraw resignation
NEW DELHI (PTI): The senior BJP leader, LK Advani on Saturday appealed to Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde, who had stepped down from his post alleging corruption in the state, to withdraw his resignation.
"I appeal to him to kindly withdraw his resignation," Advani said in a statement. |
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