CM Bommai to meet family of murdered BJP youth leader
Bengaluru, July 28: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will be meeting the family of murdered BJP activist Praveen Nettar in Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday evening.
According to the Chief Minister's office, Bommai will be reaching Mangaluru by air and from there he will travel to Nettaru via Bellare by road to console the family of the deceased.
He will be traveling back to Bengaluru tonight, according to the Chief Minister's tour programme.
Praveen Nettar, a zilla BJP Yuva Morcha committee member, was hacked to death in front of his broiler shop in Bellare in Sullia Taluk by motor bike-borne assailants on Tuesday night.
Following the killing, tension prevailed at several places in Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday, with instances of stone-pelting and police lathicharge being reported.
A section of the BJP and Sangh Parivar supporters have turned their angst against the state government accusing it of not standing up to protect the lives of Hindu workers.
There are reports of several Yuva Morcha workers and office bearers across the state of having resigned or threatening to resign in protest against Nettar's killing, demanding justice for him, strict action against elements involved in murder of Hindu Karyakartas, and protection to their lives.
Responding to a question on resignations, Bommai earlier today said, "The situation is such that they are in anger, we will pacify them, we are confident, they are our 'karyakartas'."
He also said that he has informed the party's central leadership about the developments.
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First direct US-Venezuela commercial flight in 7 years to land in Caracas
Caracas (Venezuela) (AP): The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela is scheduled to land on Thursday in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, seven years after the US Department of Homeland Security ordered an indefinite suspension, citing security concerns.
The resumption of a commercial flight between the two countries comes in the wake of the US capture of Nicolás Maduro in a stunning nighttime raid on his residence in Caracas, Venezuela's capital, in early January.
It also comes a month after the US formally reopened its embassy in Caracas following the restoration of full diplomatic relations with the South American country.
Flight AA3599 operated by Envoy Air, a subsidiary of American Airlines, was scheduled to depart from Miami at 10:16 a.m. local time and arrive three hours later in the Venezuelan capital, returning to Florida later in the afternoon.
Earlier, the airline said a second daily flight between Miami and Caracas will start on May 21.
In late January, US President Donald Trump said he informed Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez that he would open up all commercial airspace over Venezuela, allowing Americans to visit.
“American citizens will be very shortly able to go to Venezuela, and they'll be safe there,” Trump said at the time.
The flights mark the resumption of nonstop travel between the US and Venezuela for the first time since diplomatic ties were severed in 2019. For the past seven years, passengers have relied on international airlines and indirect routes through neighbouring Latin American countries.
In January, when the airline announced the resumption of flights it said it would give customers the opportunity to reunite with families and pursue new business opportunities.
American Airlines was the last US airline flying to Venezuela. It suspended flights in 2019 between Miami and Caracas, as well as flights to the oil hub city of Maracaibo. Delta and United Airlines pulled out in 2017 amid a political crisis that forced millions to flee the country.
