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Basavaraj Bommai. Representational Image. File | Photo Credit: PTI Former Chief Minister and BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai has urged the Congress government in Karnataka to take immediate measures to provide internal reservation to Scheduled Caste communities in the wake of the Supreme Court upholding such internal quota for them. Mr. Bommai, whose government had recommended such internal reservation to SC communities in March 2023, made such a demand while being felicitated by SC community leaders in Bengaluru on August 4, for such a measure taken by the erstwhile government led by him. Also Read: Karnataka to ask Centre to amend Constitution to allow internal reservation among SC communitiesExpressing concern that...

Forest Department officers rescue children from a landslide-affected area of Wayanad district. | Photo Credit: PTI More than a 1,000 government employees are currently engaged in the disaster management and relief operations in the landslide-ravaged regions in Wayanad district, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s office said on August 4. The 24x7 activities are being coordinated by the Civil Station at Kalpetta and the temporary control room opened at Chooralmala. Also Read: How can Wayanad reduce landslide risks?Mobilised under 15 teams, the government staff are handling the coordination of the search and rescue effort, collection and distribution of relief materials, food and medicines, counselling, manage...

Month: August 2024

Will be injustice to SC communities if internal reservation is delayed by Karnataka government: Basavaraj Bommai

Wayanad landslide: More than 1,000 government employees engaged in 24×7 relief operations, says CMO