Karnataka Bengaluru Live Updates: CM Bommai asks ministers to visit schools, PU colleges reopening today

Karnataka Bangalore Latest News Live Updates: Bommai said the state government has decided to reopen schools and colleges considering the future of the children.

Karnataka Bangalore News Live Updates: With schools for classes nine and ten and pre-university colleges in Karnataka reopening from today, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Sunday asked his Cabinet colleagues to visit the campuses to encourage teachers and students.

In a set of tweets, Bommai Sunday asked the students to review the precautionary measures for COVID-19. “Children of classes 9, 10 and PUC get back to their schools & colleges from tomorrow. I urge my Cabinet colleagues to visit the campuses in their districts, encourage students, teachers and review the precautionary measures taken for the safe conduct of physical classes,” Bommai tweeted.

He said the state government has decided to reopen schools and colleges considering the future of the children. Stating that all safety measures have been taken as suggested by experts, Bommai said, “I appeal to parents to encourage their children to attend physical classes and follow COVID-appropriate behaviour.” (PTI)

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Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Sunday rued the unruly scenes in the Rajya Sabha and wastage of the recently concluded Parliament session without any debates on issues affecting people, saying he had not seen anything like it in his 30 years as a parliamentarian.

After the conclusion of the monsoon session on August 11, he met the opposition leaders and asked them what they had achieved as none of the issues affecting the people was discussed, Gowda said.

“I was not allowed to speak during the monsoon session due to the ruckus by members of the ruling and opposition parties. No business took place and the session was wasted,” the JD(S) leader told reporters at the party office in Bengaluru.

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A Rolls Royce car, reportedly belonging to a Bollywood star, was seized along with 16 other high end vehicles on Sunday for plying without valid documents, officials in the transport department said.

These cars were parked near UB City in Bengaluru without any valid documents, they said. The Rolls Royce registered in Maharashtra was among the 17 cars seized, they said.

Transport Commissioner N Shiva Kumar said the vehicles were seized because there were no documents available. “We don’t know who it belongs to. There are no documents available with them (drivers). That’s why the vehicles were seized,” Kumar told PTI. (PTI)

With expectations of benefiting 75,000 passengers daily in Bengaluru, the extended metro line between Mysore Road and Kengeri is scheduled to be opened to the public on August 29.

According to the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), the line will be inaugurated by Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at 12 pm.

Officials confirmed that all trains that depart from Baiyappanahalli will go to Kengeri during peak hours. “However, during non-peak hours, only alternate trains will be operated to reach the final destination in Kengeri on the Purple Line. While footfall will be noted, the number of trains operated on a daily basis will be differed to benefit passengers accordingly,” a senior official said.

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As of August 23, petrol in Bengaluru is priced at Rs. 105.13 per litre while diesel costs Rs. 94.49 per litre.

Bengaluru now has 124 containment zones. There are 453 positive cases and 3,962 households in these containment zones.

Seven people have safely returned to Karnataka from Afghanistan, after the Taliban takeover of that country, authorities said on Sunday.

According to officials, of the seven people who returned, five are from Mangaluru and one each from Ballari and Bengaluru.(PTI)

Senior BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Sunday urged Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai not to impose restrictions on the celebration of Ganesha Chathurthi or any other Hindu festival citing COVID-19.

“I have told the Chief Minister that if he imposes restrictions (during Ganesha festival) then I am not going to heed to it. I am telling the deputy commissioner and the superintendent of police present here that if you impose restrictions on Hindu festivals in Vijayapura then I will not remain silent. You can shoot me to silence me,” Yatnal said jocularly at an event in Vijayapura.

He charged the government with allowing others to organise events comprising 10,000 people and said when it comes to Ganesha festival, the administration imposes several restrictions in the name of COVID-19 control.

Yatnal asked the district authorities to impose curbs on everyone if they really wish to check the spread of COVID-19 but not in a selective manner. The MLA also claimed that the third wave of COVID-19 will not have any effect on the district bordering Maharashtra as the vaccination is highest there and cases have come down substantially. (PTI) 

A 30-year-old African man, who arrived in Bengaluru allegedly to get treated for a kidney ailment, was arrested for carrying a cocaine consignment in the form of capsules in his stomach. Investigations by the police and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence found that he was a drug mule smuggling nearly 1.3 kg of cocaine worth Rs 11 crore.

Based on a tip off, the Bengaluru unit of the DRI at the Kempegowda International Airport intercepted the man who came from West Asia on Tuesday. On checking his luggage, they couldn’t find anything. Following this, the DRI officials, who had credible information, got a medical scan carried out on the suspect and reportedly found a large quantity of capsules in his stomach.

The suspect was hospitalised to extract the capsules which contained cocaine.

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With schools for classes nine and ten and pre-university colleges in Karnataka reopening from today, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Sunday asked his Cabinet colleagues to visit the campuses to encourage teachers and students.

In a set of tweets, Bommai asked the students to review the precautionary measures for COVID-19. “Children of classes 9, 10 and PUC get back to their schools &  colleges from tomorrow. I urge my Cabinet colleagues to visit the campuses in their districts, encourage students, teachers and review the precautionary measures taken for the safe conduct of physical classes,” Bommai tweeted.

He said the state government has decided to reopen schools and colleges considering the future of the children. 

Stating that all safety measures have been taken as suggested by experts, Bommai said, “I appeal to parents to encourage their children to attend physical classes and follow COVID-appropriate behaviour.” (PTI)

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With expectations of benefiting 75,000 passengers daily in Bengaluru, the extended metro line between Mysore Road and Kengeri is scheduled to be opened to the public on August 29. According to the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), the line will be inaugurated by Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at 12 pm.

READ | Bengaluru metro: Extended Purple Line between Mysore Road, Kengeri to be opened on August 29

A 30-year-old African man, who arrived in Bengaluru allegedly to get treated for a kidney ailment, was arrested for carrying a cocaine consignment in the form of capsules in his stomach. Investigations by the police and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence found that he was a drug mule smuggling nearly 1.3 kg of cocaine worth Rs 11 crore.

READ | African man carrying cocaine worth Rs 11 crore in stomach nabbed at Bengaluru airport

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