Dakshina Kannada DC holds key meeting with officials ahead of Bakrid
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Mullai Muhilan has asked the officials in the district to work in tandem with the Police Department to prevent untoward incidents in relation to Bakrid, which is being observed on June 29.
Addressing officers of various departments at a meeting that he held at his office in the city on Monday, Muhilan said that the officers would have to put in effort to maintain law and order as well as prevent violence, especially with regard to illegal transport of cattle.
“Officers of every department will have to work in coordination with one another. The Police Department may be informed in case of illegal cattle transport, through helpline number 112. Details of the informant should, however, not be revealed at any cost,” the Deputy Commissioner told the officers.
“The information on the licence given for cattle transport should also be shared with the Police Department, as a means of preventing illegal transport,” he added.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Anshu Kumar; Superintendent of Police CB Rishyanth; Commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation Ravikumar M, Deputy Secretary of Zilla Panchayat K Anand Kumar; Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry Department Dr. Arun Kumar Shetty and Dr. Ravi of Pollution Control Board attended the meeting.
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Uttarakhand Assembly passes censure motion against opposition over women's reservation bill
Dehradun (PTI): The Uttarakhand Assembly passed a censure motion against the Congress and other opposition parties on Tuesday for allegedly blocking the passage of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, in Parliament.
The motion, which expressed the House's formal disapproval of the opposition's conduct, triggered a massive uproar by Congress members, leading to the adjournment of the House sine die.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Subodh Uniyal moved the censure motion, citing the "uncooperative attitude" of opposition parties toward the bill seeking 33 per cent reservation for women in legislative bodies.
Addressing a special daylong session convened specifically to discuss "Nari Samman -- Rights in Democracy", Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the bill's passage would have benefitted every political party.
Dhami noted that after delimitation, the number of Assembly seats in the hill state would have gone up to 105, with 35 reserved for women. He added that the number of Lok Sabha seats from Uttarakhand would have risen from five to seven or eight.
"The opposition fears that if women from ordinary households enter politics, the shops of dynastic politics run by certain parties will shut down," the chief minister claimed.
He compared the opposition's conduct in Parliament to the assembly in Mahabharat where Draupadi was insulted. Dhami further likened the opposition's behaviour to the "arrogance of Ravan".
The chief minister highlighted his government's initiatives, asserting that Uttarakhand was the first state to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to protect women's rights. He said the UCC freed Muslim women from practices like "halala", "iddat", polygamy and child marriage.
Leader of Opposition Yashpal Arya questioned the technical feasibility of the bill, calling the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) claims of providing reservation by 2029 "misleading".
He argued that the bill is linked to census and delimitation processes. The Congress leader said the 2026 census would conclude by 2027 and the final data publication would take two more years.
"The delimitation process will take another six years. The actual implementation of this bill is not possible before 2034," Arya said, describing the move as a strategy to protect the BJP's "political ground".
The session also saw high drama outside the Assembly gates, where Congress MLA Virendra Jati staged a protest, demanding the payment of "outstanding" dues to farmers by sugar mills.
Jati arrived at the Assembly's main gate with a tractor-trolley loaded with sugarcane and dumped it on the road. The move brought the traffic to a halt, prompting traffic and security personnel to intervene and clear the area.
Women Congress workers also staged a demonstration against the "anti-people policies" of the state government.
