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";7<& ;? &&& ,*$ 6<*7& ,8<&: 6B;2 67: 7$; ,:;"*7 ,:,*6&*8 8*: 8*"8 :*)*8: "6*6#.*$) ;? *& ?8;. &6"< <; & 86&)& 6:8* :268*,* B'*2** @7 +!5 ,,-" 5 @* & 6 *%% 3 && 34 )5 4627 R 6 67: < % % = % % ,6)*789..,* is State Pollution Control Board 9 % % Chairman, came to the eeking to curb the menace of % ime is fast running out for Speaker’s office about 4 pm and SPonzi schemes, the Narendra " % ; % & 0 : Tthe HD Kumaraswamy handed over resignations in Modi Government gave its ,0 !5 Government in Karnataka with their official letterhead to him. approval to the Banning of %% % more MLAs jumping off the Senior advocate Mukul Unregulated Deposit Schemes < , sinking ship on Wednesday Rohatgi, appearing for the rebel Bill, 2019, in the Union Cabinet and the Mumbai Police not MLAs, said these lawmakers meeting on Wednesday. < %% , % allowing Congress main trou- have already resigned from The proposed law would bleshooter DK Shivakumar to their membership of the address the issue of illicit even meet the rebel MLAs in Assembly and wanted to con- deposit-taking activities as it their luxury hotel. test fresh elections. provides for strict action Central labour laws into a sin- (Amendment) Bill, 2019, to The rebel camp, backed He sought the hearing against such activities. gle code which would apply on streamline the adjudication of allegedly by the BJP, either on Wednesday or The proposed legislation all establishments employing inter-State river water disputes approached the Supreme Court Thursday on the plea in which will have adequate provisions 10 or more workers. and make the present institu- on Wednesday and moved a it has been alleged that the for punishment and disgorge- The proposed code tional architecture robust. petition signed by 10 Congress Speaker had acted in a partisan ment/repayment of deposits enhances the coverage of work- The Cabinet approves Bill and JD(S) MLAs accusing the and malafide manner and in cases where such schemes ers manifold as it would be to have a single tribunal for Karnataka Assembly Speaker of deliberately not accepting their nonetheless manage to raise applicable to all establishments water disputes and the decisions deliberately not accepting their resignations. deposits illegally. employing 10 or more workers, have to be taken in two years. resignations. In the petition, the 10 rebel Addressing the media after where any industry, trade, busi- Now there are nine tribunals A Bench of Chief Justice MLAs alleged that the Speaker the Cabinet meeting, Union ness, manufacture or occupa- and these will become one. Ranjan Gogoi and Justices was protecting the Environment and Information tion is carried on, including IT The Cabinet also approved Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Government which is in and Broadcasting Minister establishments or establish- a proposal to grant of Organised Bose would decide on minority now. The MLAs fur- Prakash Javadekar said the ments of service sector, the Group ‘A’ status to Indian Thursday whether their plea ther sought a direction that the Union Cabinet also approved release said. The Bill also has Railway Protection Force (RPF) seeking direction for the Speaker be restrained from the proposed Code on rules framed for women work- Service. This will end stagna- Speaker to accept the resigna- proceeding with the application Occupational Safety, Health ing in night shifts. The Union tion, improve career progression tion of these MLAs could be for their disqualification. and Working Conditions Bill, Cabinet also approved Inter- of the officers and keep up their listed for urgent hearing. “Acting in a concerted 2019, that seeks to merge 13 State River Water Disputes motivational level. Dashing the faintest hope manner, the Congress has filed beleaguered Chief Minister a petition before the Speaker Kumaraswamy might have har- seeking disqualification of the boured for survival, Housing MLAs who have resigned. Minister MTB Nagaraj and K Needless to state, the disqual- ! Sudhakar, both from the ification proceedings are com- "# ! % &' Congress, tendered their res- pletely illegal and without any ignation to Assembly Speaker cause of action,” they said. Ramesh Kumar. In the petition, the MLAs With the two latest resig- stated that the Assembly nations, 16 MLAs — 13 from Session is to begin from July 12, R earlier too to make it as fool- the Congress and 3 from the the same day that the MLAs proof as possible. JD(S) — have quit while two have been asked to remain in Addressing the media after ! Independent MLAs — H person before the Speaker, QR the Cabinet meeting, Union 6 67: Nagesh and R Shanker — have which showed the “intent of the Environment and Information ! already withdrawn support. Speaker to disqualify the peti- ..,* hotel had written to Mumbai release from his detention that and Broadcasting Minister The coalition’s strength is 116 tioners in a prejudged manner”. Police chief saying they feared “all our MLAs will back and o combat rising cases of Prakash Javadekar said the ""$ " #$ % (Congress-78, JD(S)-37 and “The whole idea is to dis- he political crisis faced by threat to their life due to his our Government is safe.” Tchild sex abuse, the Union amendment in the POCSO & ' BSP-1), besides the Speaker. qualify the petitioners and Tthe ruling Congress-JD (S) arrival there. Shivkumar, who was to be Cabinet on Wednesday Act will make punishment With the support of the under threat of disqualification Government in Karnataka The operative part of the deported back to Bengaluru approved amendments to more stringent for committing ) # two Independents, who quit allow the minority spilled on to Mumbai and letter written by the 10 late in the night by the Mumbai strengthen the Protection of sexual crimes against children % the Government on Monday, Government to function with- snowballed into a high-voltage Congress MLAs to the Mumbai Police, said that though he Children from Sexual Offences including death penalty. The % ! ! the BJP has 107 MLAs in the out the support of majority in drama on Wednesday as the Police Commissioner read wanted to stay back in Mumbai (POCSO) Act 2012 which modification in the law will & 224-member House, where the the House. It is submitted that city police detained visiting thus: “…We have heard that to meet Congress leaders and would now have death penal- address the need for stringent halfway mark is 113. If the res- the actions of the Speaker are Congress Minister DK DK Shivkumar and others are take them back to Bengaluru ty for aggravated penetrative measures against rising trend of '( * + ignation of the 16 MLAs is arbitrary and unreasonable and Shivkumar and his party’s lead- going to storm in the hotel irrespective of the conse- sexual assault against children. child sex abuse and combat the accepted, the coalition tally violative of the Constitution,” ers from Mumbai for refusing premises (sic). We feel threat- quences, but he was persuad- To curb child pornography, menace of relatively new kind , O . % will come down to 100. the plea said. to move away from a Mumbai ened for the same (sic). We do ed by the police officials saying the amendment levies heavy of crimes, the Government 0 ) After tendering his resig- The MLAs further said hotel where rebel Karnataka not want to meet him. Kind that his continued stay in fine for not deleting and said, stressing that the nation, Nagaraj told reporters, their resignations were in con- MLAs are staying. request to us help us in the mat- Mumbai would result in law destroying child porno- strong penal provisions “I don’t want any ministerial sonance with the rules and the Shivkumar, who has han- ter and do not allow him to and order problem. graphic material. Not will act as a deterrent. position or anything. I am fed provisions of the Constitution. dled this kind of political crises enter the hotel premises”. Talking to mediapersons reporting child pornog- “It intends to protect the ""$ % up with politics.” “The objection is clearly not in the past, arrived at the The day-long drama, after his release from detention, raphy will also invite a hefty interest of vulnerable chil- % ' Nagaraj and Sudhakar, who warranted and appears to be an Renaissance Hotel at Powai in which began with Shivkumar Shivkumar said, “I am still fine. The Government has dren in times of distress and 0 exercise to delay the proceed- north-west Mumbai at 8.15 being detained from near the confident that all of them (rebel claimed that this move will not ensures their safety and digni- . # ings, thereby giving room for am. Despite the fact that he had Renaissance-Mumbai Congress MLAs staying put in only discourage the trend of ty. The amendment is aimed to ) 0 the ruling dispensation to exert reserved a room at the hotel, he Convention Centre Hotel after Mumbai) will come back. The child abuse but will also protect establish clarity regarding the * % pressure on the MLAs who was prevented from entering he refused to leave the place till Congress-JD(S) Government the interest of vulnerable aspects of child abuse and 0 have tendered resignations,” the hotel by the Mumbai Police he met his party’s rebel MLAs which is there in Karnataka will minors in times of distress. punishment thereof,” the 11 " . ' the plea said. officials who told him that the lodged at the hotel, ended with be safe”. Brought in 2012, the Government release said. 23 Related reports on P9 Congress MLAs staying the his assertion made after his Continued on Page 4 POCSO has been modified Continued on Page 4 0045+54 ' !" % ( )P "**' R inds of political insta- Wbility in neighbouring O P, Karnataka reached Goa on Wednesday, with two-thirds (10 out of 15) of Congress # are willing to lease their land MLAs breaking away to ( ' development of Amethi will for the project.