Steps to include MLA Ganesh to ‘Rowdy sheeter’ list: MB Patil
Bengaluru, Jan 23: Home Minister MB Patil said that Kampli MLA Ganesh would be arrested shortly related to an attack on MLA Anand Singh and his name would be included in the list of ‘Rowdy sheeter’ as per the law.
Speaking to reporters at his office at Vidhana Soudha here on Wednesday, Patil said that “no one is above the law. Already, an FIR is registered against MLA Ganesh and the police will do their duty. Police have been searching for Ganesh and shortly, he will be arrested. Neither the state government nor myself will interfere in this case. This is an important case”, he said.
In the beginning, he did not have complete information on the fighting. So, all leaders including DK Shivakumar gave different statements. But DCM Dr. G. Parameshwar, party Karnataka incharge KC Venugopal, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and himself visited the hospital and took first hand information.
Family members of Anand were in panic and confusion. He asked them to lodge a complaint. Based on the complaint, a case was registered and the party has suspended Ganesh. Investigation was being conducted and action would be taken as per the law, the Home Minister said.
Minister E Tukaram and MLA Tanveer Sait were the witnesses on the attack incident. Shortly, Ganesh would be arrested and legal action would be taken against him, he clarified.
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First direct US-Venezuela commercial flight in 7 years to land in Caracas
Caracas (Venezuela) (AP): The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela is scheduled to land on Thursday in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, seven years after the US Department of Homeland Security ordered an indefinite suspension, citing security concerns.
The resumption of a commercial flight between the two countries comes in the wake of the US capture of Nicolás Maduro in a stunning nighttime raid on his residence in Caracas, Venezuela's capital, in early January.
It also comes a month after the US formally reopened its embassy in Caracas following the restoration of full diplomatic relations with the South American country.
Flight AA3599 operated by Envoy Air, a subsidiary of American Airlines, was scheduled to depart from Miami at 10:16 a.m. local time and arrive three hours later in the Venezuelan capital, returning to Florida later in the afternoon.
Earlier, the airline said a second daily flight between Miami and Caracas will start on May 21.
In late January, US President Donald Trump said he informed Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez that he would open up all commercial airspace over Venezuela, allowing Americans to visit.
“American citizens will be very shortly able to go to Venezuela, and they'll be safe there,” Trump said at the time.
The flights mark the resumption of nonstop travel between the US and Venezuela for the first time since diplomatic ties were severed in 2019. For the past seven years, passengers have relied on international airlines and indirect routes through neighbouring Latin American countries.
In January, when the airline announced the resumption of flights it said it would give customers the opportunity to reunite with families and pursue new business opportunities.
American Airlines was the last US airline flying to Venezuela. It suspended flights in 2019 between Miami and Caracas, as well as flights to the oil hub city of Maracaibo. Delta and United Airlines pulled out in 2017 amid a political crisis that forced millions to flee the country.
