Karnataka appoints senior IPS officer to coordinate with Centre to bring back Kannadigas from Afghan
Bengaluru, Aug 18: The Karnataka government on Wednesday appointed a senior IPS Officer as nodal officer to coordinate with the Central government to bring back Kannadigas from Afghanistan.
"As there is a conflict situation in Afghanistan, to bring back Indians stranded there, the central government has already started a helpline. To coordinate with the central government and bring back Kannadigas safely from there, Umesh Kumar, IPS, Additional Director General of Police CID, Bengaluru, has been appointed as nodal officer," an official notification said.
India on Tuesday had brought back home the Indian ambassador and its staff at the embassy in Kabul in a heavy-lift military transport aircraft in view of the deteriorating security situation in the Afghan capital, two days after its take over by the Taliban.
Earlier in the day, state Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said there are 339 Afghans in Karnataka. Out of them 192 are students, and the Basavaraj Bommai administration will talk to the Centre on renewing their visas and will provide them "protection", he added.
ಅಫ್ಗಾನಿಸ್ತಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಘರ್ಷಭರಿತ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಇದ್ದು, ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಲುಕಿರುವ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರನ್ನು ಸುರಕ್ಷಿತವಾಗಿ ಕರೆತರುವ ಸಲುವಾಗಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಮನ್ವಯ ಮಾಡಲು ಸಿಐಡಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚುವರಿ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಮಹಾನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ಉಮೇಶ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರನ್ನು ನೋಡಲ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿ ನೇಮಿಸಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಆದೇಶ ಹೊರಡಿಸಿದೆ.@CMofKarnataka pic.twitter.com/8kWOIkjE9x
— Basavaraj S Bommai (@BSBommai) August 18, 2021
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Put petty politics aside; it's not about one party, but India: Rahul on TMC's loss in polls
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday termed the BJP's victory in Bengal and Assam assembly polls a "theft" of the mandate, and a big step forward in the saffron party's mission to "destroy" Indian democracy.
Gandhi also came out in support of the TMC, which has been trounced by the BJP in the polls, and urged those gloating over the loss of Mamata Banerjee's party to put petty politics aside.
"Some in the Congress, and others, are gloating about TMC's loss.They need to understand this clearly - the theft of Assam and Bengal's mandate is a big step forward by the BJP in its mission to destroy Indian democracy," Gandhi said in a post on X.
"Put petty politics aside. This is not about one party or another. This is about India," he said in his post.
The BJP ousted Trinamool Congress from power in Bengal and captured power for the third time in a row in Assam in results of assembly polls declared on Monday.
