Former Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai is state’s new CM
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai has been elected as the new Chief Minister of the state. His name was nominated during the legislature party meeting of BJP held at Capital Hotel in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
Bommai served as the Minister of Home, Law, Parliamentary Affairs, and Legislature of Karnataka during Yediyurappa’s term as the CM from 2018.
He also served as Haveri and Udupi District Incharge Minister. He previously served as Minister for Water Resources and Cooperation.
He is the son of the former Chief Minister of Karnataka, S. R. Bommai. A graduate in Mechanical Engineering, he started his political career with the Janata Dal.
He was elected as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council, twice (in 1998 and 2004) from Dharwad local authorities constituency. He left the Janata Dal (United) and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in February 2008. In the 2008 Karnataka state elections, he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Shiggaon constituency in the Haveri district.
ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ ವಚನ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಲಿರುವ ಶ್ರೀ @BSBommai ಅವರಿಗೆ ಹೃತ್ಪೂರ್ವಕ ಅಭಿನಂದನೆಗಳು. ಪಕ್ಷದ ಎಲ್ಲ ನಾಯಕರ ಬೆಂಬಲದೊಂದಿಗೆ, ಲಕ್ಷಾಂತರ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರ ಆಶೀರ್ವಾದದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಆಡಳಿತದ ಚುಕ್ಕಾಣಿ ಹಿಡಿಯಲಿರುವ ಬೊಮ್ಮಾಯಿ ಅವರ ಸಮರ್ಥ, ಯಶಸ್ವಿ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಗೆ ಹಾರೈಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. pic.twitter.com/bTAwwsADtt
— B.S. Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) July 27, 2021
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Three arrested for killing Buddhist woman monk in Himachal
Shimla (PTI): Three people have been arrested for allegedly murdering a Buddhist woman monk in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh nearly a month ago, police said on Friday.
The accused -- Gagan Sharma (23), Vishal (23) and Gaurav Sharma (20), all residents of Mandi -- were arrested on Thursday night, police said.
According to police, the 78-year-old Buddhist woman monk, Orje Shoki, was found murdered in a cave near Sarkidhar village, following which a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted to nab the accused.
Mandi Superintendent of Police (SP) Vinod Kumar said that during the investigation, more than 50 suspects were questioned and DNA samples of several suspects were also collected.
After a detailed investigation, the accused were arrested from different locations on Thursday night, he said.
Kumar said all the accused are drug addicts and they committed the crime with the intention of looting the victim, so that they could buy drugs.
Efforts are on to nab two more accused wanted in the case. They will be put behind bars soon, the SP said.
