Devegowda confirms JD(s) will not enter into coalition with any party in assembly election
Bengaluru: JD(S) Supremo HD Devegowda on Monday confirmed that his party will go into the election independently and that it will not get into coalition with any party. He also added that there are possibilities of a mid-term election in the state.
Speaking to reporters in the city on Monday, Devegowda added that he was not worried about the party members and legislators leaving the party. He also added that he knows how to unite the party.
Devegowda predicted that the state will go into mid-term elections in January or February next year and that he felt the need of strengthening the party. “Kumarswamy will tour the state soon while I will visit Districts in order to strengthen the party” he said.
“In Congress-JD(S) coalition government Kumaraswamy did not get proper support to work. We will not commit the same mistake again. We will face the elections independently” he said while urging party workers and activists to set aside small differences and to organise the party.
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Six foreign nationals held for alleged prostitution in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): Six foreign women were arrested after they were found to be allegedly engaged in illegal activities by soliciting men in a public place for prostitution, police said on Tuesday.
The arrests were made by the Women Protection Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on April 24, they said.
Police, however, have not disclosed the nationalities of the women in the statement.
According to police, the operation was carried out following a tip off that some foreign women were standing near the footpath of the bus stop close to Madiwala Check Post, within the jurisdiction of Koramangala Police Station here and were soliciting men passing by on the road for prostitution.
Based on this information, the officers and staff of the CCB Women Protection Wing immediately visited the spot and conducted a verification, they said.
During the operation, it was found that six foreign women were engaging in illegal activities by soliciting men in a public place for prostitution, a statement issued by the office of the police commissioner stated.
Acting swiftly, the officers and staff conducted a raid and secured all six foreign women. Upon inquiry regarding their passports and visas, they failed to provide valid and satisfactory information, it said.
"Subsequently, all six foreign women were produced before the Koramangala Police Station along with a report for further legal action. In this regard, a case has been registered at Koramangala Police Station, and further investigation is in progress," the police statement added.
