Disrespect to Speaker: 18 BJP MLAs suspended from assembly for six months
Bengaluru: Speaker U.T. Khader has ordered the suspension of 18 BJP MLAs from the Assembly for six months for showing disrespect to the Speaker's chair.
The suspended MLAs include Doddanagouda Patil, C.K. Ramamurthy, Ashwath Narayan, S.R. Vishwanath, Byrathi Basavaraj, M.R. Patil, Channabasappa, B. Suresh Gowda, Umanath Kotian, Sharanu Salagar, Shailendra Beldale, Yashpal Suvarna, Harish B.P., Dr. Bharath Shetty, Munirathna, Basavaraj Mattimod, Dheeraj Muniraju, and Dr. Chandru Lamani.
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Strikes on 3 more alleged drug boats kill 11 people, US military says
Washington (AP): The US military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest days of the Trump administration's monthslong campaign.
The series of strikes conducted Monday brought the death toll to at least 145 people since the administration began targeting those it calls “narcoterrorists” in small vessels since early September.
Like most of the military's statements on the 42 known strikes, US Southern Command said it targeted alleged drug traffickers along known smuggling routes. It said two vessels carrying four people each were struck in the eastern Pacific Ocean, while a third boat with three people was hit in the Caribbean Sea.
The military did not provide evidence that the vessels were ferrying drugs but posted videos that showed boats being destroyed.
President Donald Trump has said the US is in “armed conflict” with cartels in Latin America and has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs. But his administration has offered little evidence to support its claims of killing “narcoterrorists.”
