Karnataka news live: BJP high command will announce name of next CM after discussions, says minister Murugesh Nirani

After the resignation of Karnataka's caretaker CM BS Yediyurappa from his post, Karnataka Minister Murugesh Nirani said that the party high command will announce the name of the next chief minister after discussions. While talking to the reporters at the Bengaluru airport, Nirani said, "We will abide by the (BJP) high command's decision. The high command will announce the name of the CM after discussions. Our agenda is to work as a party worker." (ANI)

Initiating the formal process to replace BS Yediyurappa, who resigned as chief minister, the BJP central leadership has directed the state unit to convene a meeting of the legislature party in Bengaluru on Tuesday evening. "There is a legislature party meeting today at 7pm at a private hotel," Basavaraj S Bommai, who served as home minister in the dissolved B S Yediyurappa Cabinet, told reporters.

Karnataka has always been a pioneer in science, technology, and innovation and will continue to contribute significantly to India's growth, said caretaker chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday. The chief minister was responding to Biocon chairperson Kiran Majumdar Shaw's appreciation for 'progressive development' under his leadership. Thanking Shaw for her words of appreciation, Yediyurappa in a tweet said, "Thank you @kiranshaw. Karnataka has always been a pioneer in science, technology, and innovation and I am confident that the state will continue to contribute significantly to India's growth story."

A 56-year-old man admitted to a government hospital in Chikkamagaluru for Covid treatment was cured of the infection but a fall in the lavatory there left him with an injured leg that finally had to be amputated. When his distraught family tried to mobilise money for treatment, they were shocked to learn that cybercrooks had used his plight to raises funds through social media.

Expressing "grief" over the alleged suicide of a supporter pained by his resignation, Karnataka's caretaker Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said ups and downs are common in politics, and appealed to his followers that their regard towards him should not go to its extremity. According to reports, Rajappa (Ravi), aged about 30, from Bommalapura in Gundlupet taluk in Chamarajanagara district, has allegedly ended his life, shocked by Yediyurappa's exit.

Within minutes of chief minister BS Yediyurappa announcing his resignation on Monday, commercial establishments in Shikaripura of Shivamogga district closed down and observed a bandh in protest. Upset with the BJP high command, residents raised slogans against the party leaders, particularly Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Though Yediyurappa had submitted his resignation on earlier occasions, this is for the first time that residents observed a bandh in protest. Shikaripura has elected Yediyurappa seven times and is his ‘karmabhoomi’.

The plan to relocate residents of villages lying along the banks of rivers in Belagavi district historically prone to flood has remained on paper for more than a year. Flood has become a calamity that recurs every year since 2019, and residents of villages lying not very far from banks of the rivers crisscrossing the Belagavi landscape have been living in a state of fear. As many as 34,145 people across the border district have been impacted following heavy rainfall, which has, in turn, resulted in several villages getting inundated in the waters of the overflowing rivers. READ FULL STORY

To track Covid bio-medical waste (BMW) and ensure safe disposal, the ministry had developed Covid BMW, an app. As of May, there were 198 common BMW treatment and disposal facilities in the country. Maharashtra has the highest at 29, while Karnataka has 26. READ FULL STORY

The case of a mangled headless torso of an aged woman found on the railway tracks between Nidavanda and Hirehalli near Tumakuru on July 20 has been cracked with a BMTC conductor being arrested on Sunday for killing the 70-year-old woman. Her widowed daughterin-law who plotted the murder is missing. Tumakuru residents MB Balachandra, 42, contract conductor with BMTC, and Lata Ramesh, have been accused of murdering M Ningamma, a resident of Toobinagare in Mandya district. July 20, railway police found the mangled body on the tracks near Tumakuru and inspection revealed the head was missing. Postmortem confirmed it was a murder by strangulation. But the body was not identified then.

The weatherman’s forecast — Bengaluru could get more rain in the next two days— has left several residents of low-lying areas in the city worried as they are yet to come to terms with the havoc created by Sunday night’s downpour. Many parts were submerged following the 50mm rainfall that lashed the city in a span of 30 minutes. Water logging was reported in Hennur, Ulsoor, Koramangala 4th Block, Ejipura, Vittal Mallya Road, Coffee Board Junction and other areas.

Forest department launched an operation to rescue a baby elephant which fell into a small well in Devarapura Bhadragola village in Kodagu district. The village is located on Mysuru-Gonikoppal road. Sanju, a local resident and an eye witness, said that the incident came to light around 6am on Tuesday. READ FULL STORY

The inundation of villages and roads in the aftermath of heavy rainfall in North Karnataka has not only forced people out of their homes but has also put members of the animal kingdom in a spot of bother. In Haveri, for instance, swelling of the Varada River left a group of monkeys marooned atop a submerged tree for two days. READ FULL STORY

When Bengalurean Sajai M received a message stating he had tested negative for Covid-19 on his phone at 3.55pm on July 24, he was bewildered since he had not taken the test. Bewilderment turned to consternation since the patient’s name in the message was not his. To Sajai’s chagrin, he received 15 more such messages over the next 100 minutes. All stated he was negative but showed different names. Curiously, all the messages had come to his fancy number ending in 0000, which he had not made public. The 39-year-old is now reconciled to the whole thing being a technical glitch. “Looks like someone is misusing RT-PCR tests. This must be probed,” said Sajai. He did take the Covid test in April, prior to a business trip but had registered through another number.

The state health department’s plan to launch a customised Co-Win application on a pilot basis in Mysuru city on Monday was put off. The app was to provide Karnataka-specific features, but users were disappointed as the app was unavailable on Google Play Store. Officials did not say why the app wasn’t available. The website too did not have the option to select a vaccination centre or date of choice. Only a pincode-based allotment facility was provided. The new interface of the app was developed with the aim of helping people select a vaccination centre of their choice. This would help staff design vaccination drives based on requirements and availability of doses.

Higher educational institutions that reopened across Bengaluru on Monday rolled out the red carpet for students, although the turnout was far from impressive in many colleges. Some colleges like Seshadripuram Main College recorded attendance of around 1,500 students — 55% of those on the rolls. “We welcomed them with roses and chocolates,” said Meera HN, principal. “We hope such a closure doesn’t happen again. Students were enthusiastic because exam dates have been announced. They also wanted to meet up with friends.”