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Karnataka legislators are demanding four complimentary VIP tickets each for matches at Chinnaswamy Stadium, citing disrespect and poor access. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar assured intervention, while the Karnataka State Cricket Association faces challenges accommodating the request due to stadium capacity and other stakeholders' needs.

In his order on a revision petition filed by the woman challenging the lower court order, Justice p r shivakumar pointed out the trial court judge had committed a grave error in coming to the conclusion that no prima facie case had been made out for the offences and the order of the trial court discharging him is erroneous.

The state police department is not following due process in filing cases under The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and ensuring legal remedies to victims of caste-based crimes, according to the state Adi Dravidar and ST commission.

BANGALORE: Janata Dal and Congress candidates for the Kanakapura Lok Sabha byelection H D Deve Gowda and DK Shivakumar have their namesakes who are contesting as independents -- Deve Gowda and two `Dyave' Gowdas, and one Shivakumar.

Nearly a year after Tamil Nadu state commission for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes was set up, the state government has approved as many as 48 posts for the commission. The government has also sanctioned 4.2 crore for effective functioning of the commission.

BANGALORE: A minor fracas between supporters of Bangalore rural District-in-charge Minister D K Shivakumar and JD(S) leader P G R Sindhia, marred the follow-up visit of KPCC president B Janardhana Poojary to four villages, which Congress president Sonia Gandhi went to on Tuesday.

BANGALORE: An employee of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation is accused of causing a loss of over Rs 12 lakh to the corporation by tampering with energy meters in favour of four hotels and an individual in the city.

New sitting arrangement of judges in Madurai Bench of Madras high court will be in place from Monday.As per rotational arrangement, the previous batch of judges had their sittings till December 22 in the Madurai Bench.

CBI officials probing the death of S Sathish Kumar, son of advocate R Sankarasubbu, have been given three weeks by the Madras high court to crack the case.

The commission has directed both the Pudukkottai Collector Kavitha Ramu and SP Vandita Pandey to file a detailed report of the incident in Vengaivayal village. The report is to include information on what measures were taken to prevent similar incidents in the future.

MANDYA: The general secretary of Karnataka Janata Dal (Secular) H.D. Kumaraswamy said here on Monday that their protests were not against Co-operation Minister D.K. Shivakumar alone but against the state government which was turning into an "anti-people administration".

BANGALORE: The last rites of JD(S) worker Raju, who was killed on the Kanakapura poll-eve in a clash, were conducted on Friday in the presence of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda at Hanakadbur village in Sathanur.

BANGALORE: In what was a straight replay of action in Parliament on the petrol pumps allotment controversy, the issue rocked the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday with the ruling Congress and BJP trading charges, stalling the proceedings for the entire day.

The Madras high court on Monday discharged chief minister J Jayalalithaa from an 18-year-old wealth tax case. The income tax department had alleged that she did not file her wealth tax returns in time.

The School of Law at SASTRA University won the prestigious K R Ramamani Taxation Moot organised by the School of Excellence in Law of the Dr Ambedkar Government Law University.

BANGALORE: The state government on Monday transferred 11 IAS officers: M. Madan Gopal is private secretary to Union Minister Uma Bharati; P. Ravi Kumar - secretary,Municipal Administration; D.N. Narasimharaj - secretary (expenditure), Finance Department.

A group of advocates practising at the Madurai bench of the Madras high court observed Black Day on Friday to remember a police-lawyer clash that took place on February 19.They also boycotted court proceedings.

BANGALORE: KPCC president B Janardhana Poojary on Saturday constituted a three-member committee to inquire into the controversy over Bangalore mayor P.R. Ramesh offering gift coupons to journalists at a dinner hosted by him.

Mothers of 13 achievers in various fields, including defence, law, medicine and sports, were felicitated at an event organised by Sri Krishna Sweets in Chennai on Sunday evening.