Doordarshan alone can cover Karnataka assembly proceedings
Bengaluru, Oct 9: The Karnataka Assembly proceedings will now be shown through the lens of Doordarshan and not private news channels.
The state assembly secretariat has entrusted Doordarshan alone to cover the assembly proceedings.
According to an Assembly secretariat order, still cameras, mobile phones or even tablets are also not allowed inside the assembly.
The Congress and JDS have slammed the move.
Private news channels can link themselves to Doordarshan if they wish to show happenings inside the House.
As the matter kicked up a storm that the government is "restricting" TV crews from covering proceedings, Assembly secretary M K Vishalakshi clarified that there was no restriction as such.
"Don't call it restriction. On an experimental basis, Speaker (Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri) is making arrangements to provide link to everyone (news channels) through Doordarshan.
It will start from tomorrow," Vishalakshi told PTI.
"Media can still take the soundbytes," she added.
The arrangement will come into effect from Thursday when the three-day assembly session starts.
JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy alleged that such a move was recommended by the police department when he was the chief minister.
"Police department had recommended not to allow private news channels to cover the proceedings of the assembly but I did not agree," Kumaraswamy told reporters.
The congress described the move as a "shameful act."
"While in opposition BJP used to shed crocodile tears for Free media.. @BSYBJP had threatened to go on dharna for freedom of press.
When in power media has been barred from streaming the assembly session, such a shameful act," the Karnataka unit of the congress tweeted.
Newly appointed leader of the opposition in the state assembly and former chief minister Siddaramaiah condemned the decision.
"... In case speaker feels that journalists are misusing the liberty, the rules of the House should be modified and not bring in a complete ban," Siddaramaiah tweeted.
The U turn policy of @BJP4Karnataka are in the fore again
— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) October 9, 2019
While in opposition BJP used to shed crocodile tears for Free media @BSYBJP had threatened to go on dharna for freedom of press
When in power media has been barred from streaming the assembly session, Such a shameful act
Is blocking journalists an attempt to protect @BJP4Karnataka's blue boys from being caught again?
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) October 9, 2019
In that case, is it not the party's duty to teach blue boys a lesson?
But, in @BJP4Karnataka, they reward such anti-social elements with ministerial berth, even if they lose.
Wah!
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Man held for blackmailing woman using explicit photos, videos
Bengaluru (PTI): A 46-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing a woman using her explicit photos and videos to force her into a sexual relationship with him, police said on Saturday.
The accused, Haniyur Chandregowda, is a member of the Child Welfare Committee in Ramanagara, they said.
Obscene photos of several other women were also found on his mobile phone during examination, police said.
The case came to light after a 43-year-old woman, who works as a make-up artist, filed a complaint at the Rajarajeshwari Nagar police station on April 30, they said.
According to FIR, the woman met Chandregowda in 2021. He told her he was connected to TV serials and took her phone number on the pretext of offering make-up work. The woman had been living separately from her husband for about eight years.
The accused started visiting her house frequently and told her he was a lecturer with a good salary and promised to marry her and entered into a physical relationship with her, she alleged.
Police said Chandregowda later used private photos and videos of their intimate moments to threaten her. He allegedly warned that he would make them public if she did not agree to his demands, and continued the relationship under pressure.
The FIR also stated that in 2024, he rented a house using the woman's documents by falsely claiming to be her husband.
The woman also alleged that he used a fake ID claiming he was a Superintendent of Police to avoid paying toll fees.
She claimed that he had taken around Rs 5 lakh from her since 2021 and had not returned the money.
The FIR further stated that he added his name to the educational documents of the woman's daughter, pretending to be her husband.
Based on the complaint, a case under sections 69 (sexual intercourse by deceitful means) and 204 (impersonating a public servant) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered. He was later arrested, a senior police officer said.
