Bengaluru: Ashok Pattan and Saleem Ahmed were appointed on Monday as the Chief Whips of the Congress in the Houses of the Karnataka Legislature.

Pattan, legislator from Ramdurg, was appointed as the Chief Whip in the Karnataka Assembly, whose session begins on Monday, while Saleem Ahmed was given the post of the Chief Whip of the Legislative Council.

Senior MLA and former minister TB Jayachandra was appointed as a special representative of the state government in New Delhi.

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Kalaburagi: The Kalaburagi Bench of the Karnataka High Court has granted the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) permission to hold a guard of honour in Chittapur on Sunday, November 16, under certain conditions.

The Chittapur tahsildar had refused permission for an RSS guard of honour on October 19, citing law and order issues. The order was challenged in court by petitioner Ashok Patil.

Justice MGS Kamal, who heard the case on Thursday, granted conditional permission for the RSS event, with 300 members and a band strength of 50 persons.