Bengaluru: "Our government is committed to waive off loans taken by farmers at Co-operative Banks, Rural Banks, and Nationalized Banks. It needs everyone's support. No organisation in the state would need to protest on the streets. Neither I Will allow you (Yeddyurappa) to form any organization, nor give you any chance to fight on the streets at this age," Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said.

Kumaraswamy addressed the house after proving majority.

"Today I will not announce anything alone. It is a coalition government. Everyone needs to sit together and make the right decisions.  You (Yeddyurappa) are senior. Give the information, which you collected after roaming across the state, to the house," Kumaraswamy said.

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Palghar (PTI): Police have arrested a man after seizing drugs valued at Rs 6.23 lakh from his possession in Maharashtra's Palghar district, officials said on Sunday.

Based on intelligence inputs, the police conducted a raid at Dhaniv Bagh in the Nalasopara area on December 4 and apprehended the man.

During a search, they recovered brown sugar valued at Rs 6 lakh and Nitrazepam (a psychotropic drug) tablets costing Rs 23,628 from his possession, a police release said.

The accused, identified as Salim Bagion alias Sardar Chacha (40), was arrested and booked under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the release said.

The accused is a habitual offender. He has 12 previous cases registered against him, including three under the NDPS Act, the police said.