Karnataka to finalise board, corporation appointments on July 16
New Delhi (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on Friday that the final decision on appointing members to remaining state boards and corporations will be taken on July 16 in Bengaluru.
Congress national general secretary and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala is scheduled to visit the state on July 16 evening for further discussions before finalising the names, the chief minister told reporters.
The first round of discussions with Surjewala was successful on Thursday. Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar was also present in the meeting.
"Surjewala is coming to Bengaluru on July 16, then we are going to finalise the list," Siddaramaiah said before leaving the national capital.
While most top posts in state boards and corporations have been filled, primarily by legislators, operational vacancies at various levels remain and are being addressed through ongoing recruitment drives.
The Karnataka government has appointed 42 MLAs and MLCs as heads of boards and corporations between June 1, 2023, and January 26, 2024. These appointees were granted cabinet rank and associated benefits.
The appointment of members to boards and corporations in Karnataka is a politically significant process that typically involves both elected legislators and party workers, and is often used to balance internal party dynamics and reward loyalty.
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka (PTI): A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Rabiul Alam handed down the verdicts, sentencing Hasina to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment — five years in each case, state-run BSS news agency reported.
The court sentenced 78-year-old Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her nieces, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, and others in the cases over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol.
The judgment was pronounced at around 12.30 pm.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment — two years in each case — while Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq were each sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in both cases.
Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused to surrender before the court, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in each case, totalling two years.
The court also fined all convicted persons Tk1 lakh each and ordered them to serve an additional six months in prison in default of payment.
Hasina has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.
The cases were filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged abuse of power in the allocation of two 10-katha plots.
According to the prosecution, the accused manipulated the allocation process and violated existing rules and regulations of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
