Siddaramaiah becomes 1st Karnataka CM to complete 5-year term in 40 years
Bengaluru: Siddaramaiah will finish a full 5-year term before the elections are conducted, making him the second Chief Minister of the state to achieve this landmark. And this is happening after a long gap of 40 years.
Siddaramaiah was sworn in as chief minister on 13 May 2013 and will continue to hold the post until the elections. In the history of Karnataka, except for Siddaramaiah and Devaraj Urs, no other Karnataka CM has served a full term. In case of other governments, they were either dissolved earlier or had multiple chief ministers.
After the announcement of the election dates, some pointed out that Siddaramaiah will miss out the landmark by one day, as he was sworn in as the CM on 13 May 2013 and the elections, this year, will be conducted on 12 May. However, political experts pointed out that the government’s tenure is counted from election to election.
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Fire breaks out at Raichur Thermal Power Station, cause for accident under probe
Raichur: A fire broke out at Unit 4 of the Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS) near Shaktinagar in the taluk shortly past midnight on Sunday.
The power station officials, who were alarmed by the blaze, brought it to the notice of the fire brigade. The fire brigade personnel arrived at the spot and succeeded in extinguishing the fire.
The cause of the fire at the RTPS unit, however, is unknown. Also, no fatality has been reported so far.
