Bengaluru Apr 22 PTI Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Friday said many unseen hands including certain organisations were behind the recent violence in Hubballi over a social media post and they will be brought to justice He also said that the government was contemplating on controlling activities of such organisations including imposing a ban on them The Hubballi incident was to incite large-scale violence there as our police acted immediately the situation was brought under control in a couple of hours The Maulvi who allegedly instigated the mob was arrested on Thursday investigations are on to find who were behind the incident and organisations that were involved Jnanendra said Speaking to reporters here he said there will be a thorough inquiry as there are many unseen hands involved Innocent people were incited and sent on to the streets to indulge in violence Some people are trying to create unrest in the society against a particular community and some organisations are involved in it We are aware who they are and we will find themthinking is on in all aspects like-to ban and control them We want peace and stability and all communities to co-exist he added Further alleging Congress appeasement policy as the reason for communal issues the Minister said these are the trees that have grown from the seeds sown by that party A mob allegedly went on a rampage damaging many police vehicles a hospital and a Hanuman temple in the old town of Hubballi and injured some police officers on duty over a social media post on April 16 According to police sources it was allegedly following a social media post of a digitally altered image of a Bhagwa saffron flag flying over a masjid Muezzin Wasim Pathan the cleric who is facing charges of instigating the mob for violence was arrested on Thursday According to the information last available the number of people arrested in the case so far has gone up to 134 Karnataka DG IGP Praveen Sood said strict action will be taken against all those directly or indirectly involved in the violence and no one will be spared All those directly or indirectly involved and conspiracy angle if any will be found and they will be brought to justice We have arrested all those directly involved and time is required to arrest all those indirectly involved as technical investigation has to take place he said Warning against attacking police or police stations the DGP said if there is a complaint police will take it and act instead of that showing anger against the men in uniform is not right PTI KSU KSU KH KSU SS SS

Bengaluru Jan 20 PTI A day ahead of the Karnataka government deciding about the future of COVID-19 curbs that are in place across the state Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Thursday said both lives and livelihood of the people will be considered while arriving at any decision Clarifying that there was no confusion within the government regarding the curbs the Minister said views expressed by leaders of all political parties and several organisations will also be taken into account before taking the decision Regarding COVID guidelines the Chief Minister has called an important meeting at 1 PM tomorrow with senior Ministers Opinions expressed by leaders of various political parties and organisations regarding the curbs that are in place and the centres guidelines will also be taken into consideration Ashoka said Speaking to reporters here he said there are about 15-20 districts in the state where cases are low while in cities like Bengaluru and Mysuru the numbers are rising While protecting the lives of people the government will also have to facilitate for their livelihood especially of poor and daily wage workers keeping all this in mind we will arrive at a decision Im confident that the Chief Minister will announce a decision that will be good for the people he added Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said his government will re-examine the COVID-19 curbs that are in place and will take a decision regarding relaxation including the weekend curfew on Friday With a surge in cases the government had last week decided to extend the existing COVID curbs such as night curfew and the weekend curfew till the end of January Asked about any confusion within the government as it is indicating about relaxing curbs at the time when cases are expected to peak according to experts by end of this month and early February Ashoka said there is no confusion within the government if anyone is making statements it is their personal one which will also be kept in mind before taking a decision tomorrow The government will arrive at a decision that is applicable to the state after taking into account the views of the experts he said the government had earlier imposed curbs like weekend and night curfew based on experts report PTI KSU KSU SS SS

Bengaluru Nov 26 PTI No signatures of local tremor or earthquake the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre said on Friday following reports of sound associated with mild vibrations from different parts of Bengaluru Reports of sound associated with mild vibrations by the local residents was received from Hemmigepura Kengeri Gnanabharathi Rajarajeswari Nagar and Kaggalipura Bengaluru today dated 26112021 between 1150 am - 1215 pm KSNDMC said in a statement The data was analysed from our Seismic Observatories for any seismic signatures possible earthquake signals during the said time period The seismographs shows no signatures of local tremor earthquake it said PTI KSU KSU SS SS