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Technical glitches in 'Gruha Jyothi' registrations: K'taka Minister accuses Central govt of 'hacking' 

Karnataka Public Works Department Minister Satish Jarkiholi on Tuesday accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of "hacking" the servers leading to technical glitches over registrations for the Congress government's "Gruha Jyothi" scheme, offering up to 200 units of free electricity. He was quoted as saying by PTI that applications are being accepted physically too, and the state government is committed to implement the scheme at any cost, as it was it's responsibility.

Karnataka CM orders crackdown on fake news

Seeking to tackle the menace of fake news, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday issued strict instructions to the authorities to trace its source, identify people behind it, and take legal action. The move comes ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Chief Minister held an elaborate discussion in this regard with Home Minister G Parameshwar today, his office said in a statement, PTI report said.

Former CM Jagadish Shettar, two others file nomination for MLC bypolls

CM Siddaramaiah shared photographs of MLC candidates Jagdish Shettar, Bosaraju and Tippannappa Kamakanuru filing nominations.

"I have been given a responsibility as I have been nominated as a council member for the Legislative Council of Karnataka. I happily accept this. I am thankful to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, CM and Dy CM of Karnataka," Shettar told ANI.

ವಿಧಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್ ಉಪ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗೆ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷದ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳಾಗಿ ಜಗದೀಶ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟರ್, ಬೋಸರಾಜು ಹಾಗೂ ತಿಪ್ಪಣ್ಣಪ್ಪ ಕಮಕನೂರು ಅವರು ವಿಧಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್‌ನ ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿಯವರಿಗೆ ನಾಮಪತ್ರ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಜೊತೆಗಿದ್ದು, ಶುಭ ಹಾರೈಸಿದೆ. pic.twitter.com/YIVGA1yTgH

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) June 20, 2023

Siddaramaiah to meet President Murmu, Union Minister Amit Shah tomorrow

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah will be in New Delhi on Wednesday to meet President Droupadi Murmu and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, among others in what he termed as a courtesy call. According to the Chief Minister's tour programme, he will be leaving for Delhi on Wednesday morning, where he is likely to meet Union ministers. "I'm meeting the President, Union Home Minister Amit Shah tomorrow... After becoming Chief Minister, I had not met (them), so I'm meeting. It is only a courtesy call," Siddaramaiah was quoted as saying by PTI. 

Speaking to reporters, he said State Food and Civil Supplies Minister K H Muniyappa will meet the Union Food Minister and request supply of rice for 'Anna Bhagya' scheme, which provides additional 5 kilograms of rice for BPL families. 

'They are doing hate politics. This is anti-poor': Siddaramaiah

Food Corporation of India (FCI) wrote a letter to us saying that they have agreed to supply rice to our state. On 14th June, we got another letter stating that we can't supply rice and wheat. What does it mean? Why they have agreed if there was no stock in FCI. They are doing hate politics. This is anti-poor: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

#WATCH | Food Corporation of India (FCI) wrote a letter to us saying that they have agreed to supply rice to our state. On 14th June, we got another letter stating that we can't supply rice and wheat. What does it mean? Why they have agreed if there was no stock in FCI. They are… pic.twitter.com/yt5n9Vse39

— ANI (@ANI) June 20, 2023

Punjab govt has offered to supply rice to K'taka for its Anna Bhagya scheme, says state AAP unit 

The AAP-ruled Punjab has come forward to supply rice required for Karnataka's free rice scheme, Anna Bhagya, the party's state unit has said. The AAP's Karnataka unit said the Punjab government, led by Bhagwant Mann was willing to help Karnataka by providing rice required to implement the scheme, which offers 10 kg of food grain to each member of a family living below the poverty line, PTI report said.

In a letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday, AAP Karnataka convener Prithvi Reddy said, “The AAP government of Punjab is ready to provide the rice required for the implementation of Anna Bhagya scheme in Karnataka.” He stated that he had a detailed discussion on the issue with Punjab Chief Minister Mann.

Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry calls for bandh on Thursday

Expressing their disappointment with the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (KERC) “arbitrary” process of hiking power tariffs, the members of the Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) said that the high tariffs could spell doom for the medium and small-scale industries in Karnataka.

The trade body has called for a bandh on June 22 and directed all its members to close their establishments as a mark of protest against the power tariff hike by electric supply companies (ESCOMs). The call for bandh was a result of establishments receiving their first bills – which went up by 30-70 per cent – after a tariff revision. Around 7,000-8,000 enterprises are expected to participate in the bandh on Thursday. Read more

'The BJP-led central government is taking revenge because the people of Karnataka did not vote for the BJP. Central government is not allowing us to buy rice from the Food Corporation of India. On June 12, we got permission to buy 2.2 lakh metric tonnes of rice at Rs 3600 per quintal, but on June 13, a new notification was issued that the Karnataka government cannot buy rice and traders were given rice at Rs 3100 per quintal,' Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge said, quoted ANI.

'We are committed to the people of Karnataka that we will provide them 10 kg of free rice. It is the duty of the central government to give us rice. We were giving them money and they agreed to give but now they have refused. We are fighting against the double-standard politics of BJP. We will buy rice from other states and fulfill our poll promise,' Karnataka Deputy CM and Congress leader DK Shivakumar told media on Tuesday.

Former chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, R. Ashoka addressed the media during their protest against the Karnataka government in Bengaluru on Tuesday, and said, 

The BJP’s protest was planned to counter the Congress’ demonstration against the Centre for refusing to release rice to implement its Anna Bhagya scheme.

The High Court of Karnataka has granted the state government 12 weeks' time to redo the delimitation exercise of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) wards in strict adherence to law.

Setting aside a single judge order, which had allowed the delimitation exercise earlier, a division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice MGS Kamal said it should be carried out again as per law.

The bench passed the order on Monday on an appeal filed by former Bengaluru Mayor B N Manjunatha Reddy against the single judge verdict.

In the appeal, Reddy claimed that the “exercise of delimitation by the previous dispensation is arbitrary, unreasonable and smacked with political malafide.” Advocate General Shashikiran Shetty, appearing for the State, told the Court that there were errors in the delimitation exercise carried out earlier and redoing it was a necessity. He sought time from the Court for it.

Recording the submission, the division bench granted 12 weeks to carry it out. (PTI)

Karnataka environment and forest minister, Eshwar Khandre Tuesday met union environment minister Bhupender Yadav in Delhi, and requested the Uion Minister to release Rs 30 crore under the centrally sponsored scheme for the upkeep of tiger reserves in Karnataka.

KPCC president, Dy CM DK Shivakumar, Ramalinga Reddy among others staged a protest against the BJP-led Central government for "denying" rice for the State's 'Anna Bhagya' scheme at Freedom Park, Bengaluru.

BJP workers came out on the streets to stage demonstration against the Siddaramaiah-led state government, accuding them of making false pre-poll promises, as per ANI. PTI report said several leaders including former CM Basavaraj Bommai were detained while holding protests in some parts of the state against the Congress government's alleged failure to provide 10 kg rice to each member of the BPL family.

"This is anti-democratic and the Congress government has failed," says former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai while being detained along with other BJP leaders in Bengaluru. pic.twitter.com/AOxbkq2WoY

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 20, 2023

Water-logging was reported in many parts of Bengaluru as the city witnessed moderate rain on Tuesday morning.

Traffic advisory:
Heavy water logging on ORR from BEL Circle to Kuvempu Circle to Hebbal Flyover. Slow-moving traffic. Users are requested to avoid this road for the time being and use alternate roads.

— ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸಂಚಾರ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ BengaluruTrafficPolice (@blrcitytraffic) June 20, 2023

The Congress in Karnataka will today stage demonstrations across all district headquarters against the BJP-led central government for “denying” rice for the State’s ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme, which offers 10 kg rice to each member of families living below the poverty line. The Centre recently discontinued the sale of rice and wheat from the central pool under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) to state governments.