In Karnataka, the Bommai government has come on the backfoot after government employees threatened to strike from March 1. On Tuesday, CM Basavaraj Bommai met government employees and said that his government is ready for the 7th Pay Commission.

The interim report of the Pay Commission will be implemented without delay, as said by the government. For the unversed, government employees had announced strike from March 1, due to which hospitals, transport and emergency services are likely to be affected on a large scale in Karnataka.

Employees are adamant on three demands

Government employees in Karnataka are in front of the government regarding their three demands. The employees demand that the report of the 7th Pay Commission be implemented in the state with immediate effect. Apart from this, the employees are demanding implementation of the old pension scheme and at least 40 per cent fitment facilities.

Seventh Pay Commission will be implemented in 2023-24

Chief Minister Bommai said that his senior officers are in touch with the government employees association and their office bearers. “I have already made it clear in the Vidhansabha that the Seventh Pay Commission was constituted by us and it will be implemented only in 2023-24,” said the Karnataka CM.

He further added that funds have been allocated in the budget for this. There was a demand of the employees that the interim report of the Pay Commission should be implemented, on which the state government has finally agreed.

A disturbing story has come to light from Hyderabad where a 60-year-old doctor shot himself at his home. As per the reports, the man has been identified as Dr Mazherudddin Khan, who is the father-in-law of Asaduddin Owaisi’s daughter.

The reports suggest that Khan had used a licensed weapon and killed himself, however, as of yet, the reason for suicide is told to be due to personal reasons. The incident transpired on Monday in Hyderabad.

The notable doctor is said to have killed himself 4 hours prior to being rushed to the hospital. The reports suggest that Khan was alone at his home and didn’t respond to calls after which his relatives rushed to check up on him only to find his body lying in a pool of blood.

According to reports, the victim had instructed his help to wake him up and give him breakfast, however, the help failed to take her calls in the morning. After Khan didn’t respond to his calls, a person entered the room through the window and found the body of the notable doctor lying in a pool of blood with a weapon in his hand on his bed.

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Deputy Commissioner of Police Joel Davis has told the media that the initial probe suggests that Khan had killed himself over property and family disputes.

As per the reports, a case has been registered under IPC 174 of CrPC and the body of the victim has been sent for post-mortem. The police are investigating the matter further to zero in on the reason for Khan taking such an extreme step.

Mazherudddin Khan’s son Abid Ali Khan had married Owaisi’s second daughter in 202 and the doctor had been a part of the Owaisi Hospital since it was established.

Asaduddin Owaisi has been representing Hyderabad as a member of parliament since 2004 and is the chief of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).

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The Delhi Court on Monday issued summons to former Union Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Debi, their daughter Misa Bharti and 13 others in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam case.

After taking cognizance of a charge sheet submitted in October of last year by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Rouse Avenue Court special judge Geetanjali Goel summoned the aforementioned people on March 15.

The CBI, in a chargesheet, accused former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav and 15 other people of taking land from 12 candidates in return for jobs in the Indian Railways during Lalu’s stint as Railways Minister between 2004 and 2009.

In its chargesheet on October 10, the CBI also named Lalu’s wife and daughter, former railways chief personnel officer Kamal Deep Mainrai; and former general manager of Central Railways, Soumya Raghavan. Seven aspirants were appointed as substitutes, and four private individuals have also been named in the charge sheet.

Hema Yadav, another daughter of Lalu, was named by the federal agency in its FIR in May last year, but her name was excluded from the charge sheet.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation dismissed the case against Yadav and his family members earlier in 2021 after determining that there was no concrete evidence that could prove the allegations. However, the CBI once more reopened the corruption cases against the former chief minister in December of last year.

The CBI has charged the above-mentioned people under section 120B (criminal conspiracy) read with sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable documents), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged documents) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The accused are also booked under Sections 8 (bribing of a public servant), 9 (bribing a public servant by an organization), 11 (public servant obtaining undue advantage), 12 (abetment of offence), 13 (2) (criminal misconduct) read with section 13 (1) (d) of Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988 and substantive offenses thereof.

The court in its order said the action will be taken after taking cognizance of the matter.

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