Monsoon session of Karnataka legislature from Aug 11 to 22
Bengaluru, Jul 18 (PTI): The monsoon session of the Karnataka legislature will be held for nine days between August 11 and 22 at the Vidhana Soudha here.
Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has summoned the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Council to meet in Bengaluru at 11 AM on August 11, the official notifications said.
The opposition may seek to corner the government on a host of issues, including its handling of the RCB victory celebrations that led to loss of lives due to stampede, the government taking up a new caste census, alleged discrepancies in the survey that was held to provide internal reservation among Scheduled Castes, and alleged communal killings in coastal districts, among others.
Several key Bills, including the Karnataka Crowd Control (Managing Crowd at Events and Venues of Mass Gathering) Bill, 2025; Karnataka Rohith Vemula Bill, 2025; Karnataka misinformation, fake news prohibition Bill, 2025; Karnataka hate speech and hate crimes prevention Bill, 2025, are likely to be tabled during the upcoming session.
The session has come amid rumblings within both ruling Congress and opposition BJP over the leadership issue. While there is speculation about the chief minister change in the Congress, the BJP is faced with a factional rift over the continuation of B Y Vijayendra as the party's state unit president.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
