1. 30 Detained for Protesting #SupremeInjustice in Clean Chit to CJI
Over 30 students, activists, gender rights campaigners among others, were arrested as they arrived to peacefully protest the apex court’s handling of the investigation against Justice Gogoi in Bengaluru on Thursday, 9 May.
Holding placards and posters with black bands across their mouths, the group first gathered outside the High Court gate in Ambedkar Veedhi and then moved to Mysore Bank circle down the road when the problem started. A few minutes into the protest, cops broke up the gathering stating that the group had not sought permission.
“We are doing it for preventive reasons. They don’t have permission to be here. It is for their safety,” said a cop, dragging advocates into waiting police vehicles.
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2. South India’s First Double-decker Flyover to be Ready by Oct 2021
The city will get a double-decker flyover – the first in South India – by October 2021. The road-cum-rail flyover between Ragigudda and Central Silk Board (3.35km) is likely to decongest bottlenecks along the stretch.
The flyover, where the lower deck will be used by vehicles and top deck by Metro on one of the busiest stretches in the city, is part of the Metro’s fully elevated RV Road-Bommasandra corridor (18.82km) of Phase 2 project. The section between Ragigudda and Central Silk Board will be a signal-free corridor. The structure will cater to vehicles and the Metro is expected to decongest the stretch that sees severe traffic snarls during peak hours. A total of four lanes of the elevated road and four lanes of the surface road will improve the situation.
(Source: The Times of India)
3. M B Patil Takes U-turn on Siddaramaiah-for-CM Issue
After creating ripples in the coalition government by pitching to make Siddaramaiah chief minister again, Home Minister M B Patil on Thursday, 9 May, made U-turn on the issue and said the question of changing CM does not arise.
“The question (of changing CM) does not arise as Siddaramaiah has himself clarified that it will not happen now,” he told reporters after meeting state Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao at the party office.
Patil had on Wednesday, 8 May said that he wants Siddaramaiah back as CM, triggering speculation on the possibility of change of guard in the coalition government after 23 May, when the Lok Sabha election results will be announced.
(Source: Deccan Herald)
4. 3 Drunk Men Rape Woman, Assault Friend in Mysuru
Three inebriated men allegedly raped a woman in her 20s and assaulted her male friend on an isolated stretch of Outer Ring Road late Wednesday, 8 May, night, sending shockwaves in Mysuru.
The woman, from KG Koppal in Mysuru, and her friend, from HD Kote, work in a private hotel in the city. The incident took place when the woman was looking for an ATM in Lingambudhipalya, off Ring Road, to pay off a friend from whom she had taken a loan.
Mysuru superintendent of police Amit Singh told TOI they have formed eight teams to track down the accused. Around 9.45pm, police said the duo was looking for ATMs in Lingambudhipalya and neared a temple only to find three men sitting in a car on the road and consuming alcohol. A police officer said the trio allegedly tried to outrage the modesty of the woman.
(Source: The Times of India)
5. LGBTQI+ Job Fair to be Held in Bengaluru in July
“Largely, the narrative at formal workplaces is that you’re either the gay guy at work, or you’re somebody at work,” says Ramkrishna Sinha, 31-year-old co-founder of Pride Circle. “We wanted to change this narrative, and say, you can be out at work and also be somebody at work.”
With perspectives and goals such as these, Pride Circle, a two-year-old platform, is organising a job fair exclusively for the LGBTQI+ community on 12 July . Called Reimagining Inclusion for Social Equity or RISE, organisers say that it’s the first event of its kind in India, and they are expecting over 300 applicants and 50 companies including those from the IT sector, hospitality, banking, finance expected to be there, along with start-ups, to attend.
(Source: The News Minute)