Brahmavar Police arrest two men accused of posting communal hatred videos on social media
Brahmavar: Brahmavar Police have arrested two men, Santhosh Kumar Shetty and K Nagaraj, under charge of uploading posts on social media platforms promoting communal hatred.
Shetty (56) is reportedly a resident of Moodugaradi Road in Varamballi village, Brahmavar, while Nagaraj (62) is from Haladi Road, Koteshwara village.
An FIR had been filed against the arrested men at Brahmavar Police Station on Thursday, accusing them of posting video clips on social media spreading hatred between religion.
The investigation was conducted under the guidance of Udupi Deputy Superintendent of Police Prabhu DT and Brahmavar Circle Inspector Gopikrishna. Brahmavar Police Station Sub-inspector Ashok Malabagi, Sudarshan Dodamani and constables were part of the team.
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CM launches poster campaign 'Justice for Karnataka'
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday released nine posters as part of a campaign: ‘Justice for Karnataka. Fair Share–Strong Federalism’ asking the Centre to heed state's demands.
These posters highlight key demands placed before the Finance Commission: Restoring Karnataka’s fair tax share; correcting unjust income, population and GSDP criteria; ensuring fair disaster and ecological support; strengthening decentralisation; providing dedicated infrastructure support for Bengaluru; supporting backward regions like Kalyana Karnataka; and upholding the constitutional spirit of cooperative federalism, Siddaramaiah said.
In a statement, Siddaramaiah said his government has placed its legitimate and constitutionally grounded demands before the 16th Finance Commission, seeking justice in tax devolution and fiscal federalism.
“We hope that the 16th Finance Commission reflects these concerns fairly in its recommendations, and that the Union Government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi implements them in letter and spirit, without subjecting Karnataka to petty politics or discrimination, as has unfortunately happened in the past,” the chief minister said.
Siddaramaiah underlined that Karnataka is among the country’s highest contributors to national revenues, yet its share in tax devolution was earlier reduced from 4.71 per cent to 3.64 per cent causing a loss of nearly Rs 80,000 crore.
"Flawed formulas that penalise development and population control, unrealistic GSDP calculations, inadequate disaster support, unchecked cesses and surcharges, denial of GST compensation, and non-release of recommended grants have collectively weakened the state’s finances," Siddaramaiah charged.
