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Hans India
30-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Cong seeks action against BJP MLCs for derogatory remarks
Bengaluru: A delegation of Congress members from the Karnataka Legislative Council has submitted a formal complaint to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, urging legal and constitutional action against two BJP MLCs—Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and N. Ravikumar—for making inflammatory and derogatory remarks. The Congress delegation, led by the Leader of the House in the Council, N.S. Boseraju, and Chief Whip Saleem Ahmed, accused the BJP legislators of breaching constitutional decorum and spreading communal hatred. The complaint follows two separate incidents: Ravikumar allegedly referred to Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner Fouzia Tarannum as a 'Pakistani,' while Narayanaswamy compared Rural Development Minister Priyank Kharge to a dog. Addressing reporters after the meeting with the governor, Boseraju said, 'Such statements go against the very spirit of the Constitution. In a democracy, elected representatives must uphold civility and inclusiveness. Instead, these BJP members are habitual offenders, making divisive and casteist statements.' He added that Narayanaswamy's remarks against a Dalit minister were particularly reprehensible and called for his immediate removal from office. Chief Whip Saleem Ahmed said two separate complaints were submitted during the meeting with the Governor.
Time of India
25-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Congress holds blood donation camp to laud Operation Sindoor in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: KPCC working president Saleem Ahmed visited the Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee office in Mallikatte and addressed the party workers on Sunday. He appreciated the Youth Congress district committee and the Mangaluru City South unit of the Congress for organising a blood donation camp to honour the Indian armed forces and Operation Sindoor . The blood donation camp was organised in association with Yenepoya Hospital at the party office. Ahmed called upon youth leaders to be prepared during the monsoon to help people in case of any distress. "This blood donation camp is a commendable and exemplary programme aimed at empowering soldiers who sacrifice their lives for the nation," he said, encouraging youth leaders to continue their efforts for the welfare of society. Inaugurating the event, MLC Ivan D'Souza said that during this time of blood shortages in hospitals, blood donation camps are very useful and should be continued at every taluk level. "Hospitals find it difficult to arrange blood while treating emergency cases. Hence, organisations should hold blood donation camps to ensure that hospitals do not face a blood shortage crisis," he said. Former minister B Ramanath Rai, KPCC general secretary Padmaraj R Poojary, former chairman of the Mangaluru Urban Development Authority Suresh Ballal, and Youth Congress district president Ibrahim Nawaz were present.
Japan Today
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Japan Today
Suicide bomber kills five on school bus in Pakistan's Balochistan
By Saleem Ahmed At least three children were among five people killed when a suicide bomber struck an army school bus in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, the military said on Wednesday, in an attack that Pakistan blamed on Indian proxies. Around 40 students were on the bus, which was headed to an army-run school, and several sustained injuries, said Yasir Iqbal, administrator of Khuzdar district, where the incident took place. Pakistan's military and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif swiftly condemned the violence and accused "Indian terror proxies" of involvement, although they did not share any evidence linking the attack to New Delhi. "Planners, abettors and executors of this cowardly Indian- sponsored attack will be hunted down and brought to justice," the military's media wing said. India rejected Pakistan's accusations. "In order to divert attention from its reputation as the global epicentre of terrorism and to hide its own gross failings, it has become second nature for Pakistan to blame India for all its internal issues," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. India also declared an official of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi 'persona non grata', the second such expulsion in a week, for "indulging in activities not in keeping with his official status". The Pakistani charge d'affaires was summoned and given a warning to ensure that Pakistani officials do not misuse their privileges and status, the ministry added. Tensions remain high after India and Pakistan agreed a ceasefire on May 10. Diplomats have warned that the truce is fragile, following the most dramatic escalation of hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbours in decades. Both have traded accusations of supporting militancy on each other's soil - a charge that each denies. The latest escalation, in which the two countries traded missiles, was sparked when India accused Pakistan of supporting a militant assault on tourists in the Indian portion of the contested region of Kashmir. Islamabad denies any involvement. In Wednesday's attack in Balochistan, at least three children and two adults were killed, the army said. Local television showed images of three dead girls from middle and high school. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, reminiscent of an attack on a military school in the northern city of Peshawar in 2014 that killed more than 130 children. That attack was claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, an ultra-radical Islamist militant group. Attacks by separatist groups in Balochistan have risen in recent years. In March, the Baloch Liberation Army blew up a railway track and took passengers from a train hostage, killing 31 civilians, soldiers and staff. © Thomson Reuters 2025.
New Indian Express
21-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Congress plans ‘Guarantee Samavesha' in Karnataka to counter BJP's zero achievement jibe
BENGALURU: While the BJP is making allegations of 'zero achievement' against the state government which completed two years on Tuesday, the Congress government is gearing up to hold a 'Guarantee Samavesha' at the district level, where guarantee scheme beneficiaries will be invited. Through this, the government is trying to reach more people. After the Sadhana Samavesha at Hosapete on Tuesday, the Congress is planning to hold it at the district level, but this time with a stress on its guarantee schemes. Senior Congress leader and Chief Whip in the Upper House Saleem Ahmed, said they are planning mega events in each district to highlight their five guarantees. The dates have not been finalised. 'CM Siddaramaiah and KPCC chief DK Shivakumar will finalise the dates along with the format of the event,'' he said. According to Saleem, BJP members are accusing the Congress government of not taking up any development work. 'They keep alleging that the government has no achievements. Through these events, we will tell them and the people about what guarantees have done for the poor,'' he said. He also challenged the BJP to oppose these schemes. Saleem said that during these events, they plan to highlight the failures of the Centre. 'The Centre has failed to give grants due to the state government. We have two prominent ministers from Karnataka who are in PM Narendra Modi's cabinet, Nirmala Sitharaman and Pralhad Joshi. What have they done for the state? We will speak of this in front of the people,'' he added.
Yahoo
16-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Separatist suicide attack in southwestern Pakistan kills at least five
By Saleem Ahmed and Saud Mehsud QUETTA (Reuters) - Separatist militants drove a vehicle laden with explosives into a paramilitary convoy, killing at least five in southwestern Pakistan, officials said on Sunday, just days after the same group hijacked a train and held hostages for 36 hours. The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack in the district of Noshki in the restive province of Balochistan. Senior Superintendent of Police for Noskhi district Hashim Momand said more than 30 paramilitary force members were also wounded. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a statement condemned the attack, which came as Pakistan deals with a growing security crisis in its regions bordering Afghanistan. The BLA on Tuesday took over the Jaffar Express in a remote mountain pass in Balochistan province, blowing up train tracks in an attack that killed 31 soldiers and civilians, the military said. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which lies to the north of Balochistan and also shares a border with Afghanistan, the provincial chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur condemned a series of attacks on police across the province. He did not provide casualty numbers, but the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Islamist militant group said there had been 16 attacks in the past 24 hours. Pakistan's authorities have vowed to crack down on the growing insurgencies and said they are fuelled in part by militants finding safe haven in Afghanistan, a charge the ruling Afghan Taliban deny. Militant attacks often pick up in the warmer spring period as the cold winter months recede in mountainous border regions.
