Actor Darshan's pistol license temporarily suspended
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Police Administrative Division has ordered the temporary suspension of the pistol license of actor Darshan, the primary accused in the Renukaswamy murder case.
The police cited concerns that Darshan, currently out on bail, could potentially influence witnesses in the ongoing murder trial. In this background, the Rajarajeshwari Nagar police station will confiscate the firearm until the case concludes.
Earlier, DCP Padmini Sahu of the Bengaluru Police Administrative Division had issued a notice to Darshan seeking an explanation from Darshan on why his pistol license should not be revoked. In his response, Darshan argued that as a public figure, he attracts large crowds wherever he goes, necessitating the need for a pistol for self-defense.
The Bengaluru Police Administrative Division, which dismissed Darshan’s justification, temporarily suspended Darshan's gun license as a precautionary measure.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
