Karnataka Ministers call for peace, urge unity amid border dispute
Bengaluru, Feb 23 (PTI): Karnataka Ministers on Sunday urged citizens to maintain peace in Belagavi as tensions over the border dispute resurfaced.
Amid the ongoing language-related controversy, the state Ministers called on the public to prevent miscreants from escalating tensions in both Karnataka and Maharashtra.
"Kannadigas and Marathis are living harmoniously. Why are you unnecessarily trying to disturb it? I am appealing to the people to stop inciting," Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil told reporters.
He assured that the government would take all necessary steps to resolve the issue and warned of strict action against those causing disturbances.
State Social Welfare Minister H C Mahadevappa asked people from both sides to remember that they are all fellow Indians, emphasising the importance of unity amidst the border dispute.
Terming the development as "very unfortunate", he said, "We should never forget that we are all Indians."
He denounced the tendency to rake up the issued which is long settled.
The decades old dispute resurfaced on Friday when a bus driver and a conductor were beaten up for allegedly not speaking in Marathi at Marihal in Belagavi.
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CBI conducts searches in Haryana bank scam case; seizes financial records, digital evidence
New Delhi (PTI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at multiple locations in Chandigarh and Panchkula in connection with a Haryana bank scam case and seized financial records and digital evidence linked to the alleged fraud, officials said on Friday.
Certain officials of IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank, in connivance with public servants of various departments of the Haryana government, allegedly misappropriated government funds through fraudulent means, an official statement said.
The agency said the case was handed over to the CBI by the Haryana government for investigation.
Searches were conducted at seven locations on May 14, including residential premises, business establishments and showrooms of jewellers, premises of suspected beneficiaries of the misappropriated government funds, and other private entities linked to the investigation, the agency said.
"During searches, various incriminating documents and articles were recovered and seized. These include financial records and digital evidence pertaining to the fraud and suspected misappropriation," the statement said.
According to the agency, 16 accused persons have been arrested in the case, the agency said. The investigation has been expedited by the CBI, and several leads are being pursued, it added.
