Bengaluru: U.T. Khader appointed to panel on Constitution’s Tenth Schedule
Bengaluru: Legislative Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader has been appointed as a member of a four-member Committee of Presiding Officers formed to examine matters related to the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, which deals with anti-defection provisions, Deccan Herald reported on Wednesday.
According to an official release from the Karnataka Secretariat, the committee was constituted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
The panel is chaired by Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, with Odisha Speaker Surama Padhy and Nagaland Speaker Sharingain Longkumer as members.
The Committee held its meeting on February 9 and 10 at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai. During the meeting, members discussed issues related to anti-defection laws and legislative procedures.
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Illegal sand mining: Kundapura police arrest 11, seize things worth Rs 3.5 lakh
Kundapura: Eleven men were reportedly arrested by Kundapura Police early Tuesday morning under charge of illegal sand mining near Kandloor Bridge across River Varahi, with the mined sand and things used in the crime.
Kundapura Police are learned to have arrested sand dock supervisor Ajmal and workers Ramashankar Rajbir (35), Ram Kumar (40), Govind Chaudhary (26), Shivamuni (32), Junna Rajbir (35), Sathyadev (30), Kamalesh Nisad (35), Santhosh Nisad (23), Om Prakash Rajbir (34) and Ramesh Rajbir (35).
The officers have confiscated four boats worth Rs 3 lakh and sand worth about Rs 4,500.
The police team is said to have conducted the raid on receiving information from reliable sources that the dock owner, Sunil Shetty, and Ajmal would get their workers to mine and transport sand violating the law applicable to the dock.
A case has been registered at the Kundapura Rural Police Station.
Further investigation is underway.
