No conspiracy to kill Dalai Lama: Kumaraswamy
Bengaluru, October 01: Clarifying that there was no conspiracy to kill Dalai Lama as per the information of the state police department, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said that it was just a rumour.
Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha here on Monday, the Chief Minister said that unnecessarily, the name of the Dalai Lama was being dragged into such issue.
On loan waiver, the CM said that there was no confusion regarding the issue. He had held a meeting with all bank officials and officers have not issued notices to the farmers. Banks and officials have been sending the intimation letters about discussion between the banks and the government. The letters have not intended to ask farmers to repay their loans, he said.
Javare Gowda in Pandavapura had borrowed loan in 2007 and in 2017, a notice was served to him. So, as a final resort, a notice was served from the Magistrate Court and it was not done in this government. He has already directed all bank officials not to force the farmers to repay their loans. Loan waiver was not a child’s play, he clarified.
“Congress and JDS leaders will sit and discuss about the Cabinet expansion. The Cabinet will be expanded shortly. If needed, we may change the portfolios of some ministers”, he said.
PWD is the mother department for all departments. Total 13 grade officers of various departments were transferred. The PWD has total 4,567 officers and among them, only 526 officers were transferred based on the transfer policy, he clarified.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
