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Karnataka Today newsletter: DKS-led delegation submits proposal to rename Ramanagara as Bengaluru South, and more
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said that a proposal had been submitted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to rename Ramanagara district in Karnataka as Bengaluru South district. On July 9, a delegation of MLAs from Ramanagara district, led by Mr. Shivakumar, who is also the district in-charge Minister, submitted a proposal to Mr. Siddaramaiah.
The initiative was taken keeping in mind the development and future of Ramanagara, Channapatna, Magadi, Kanakapura and Harohalli taluks, Mr. Shivakumar said after submitting the proposal. Earlier in October 2023, he had proposed renaming Ramanagara district as ‘Bengaluru South’ district. The opposition BJP and JD(S) attributed the renaming proposal to ‘real estate reasons’.
A recent valuation of the sprawling 472 acres of palace ground in the heart of Bengaluru at a mere ₹11 crore by the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) for calculating Transferable Development Rights (TDR) raised several eyebrows. BDA fixed a rate of ₹120.68 per square metre to acquire part of the land for widening the road.
The current market value of the land is estimated to be around ₹100 crore per acre. The civic authority justified its decision to fix the compensation based on the Bangalore Palace (Acquisition and Transfer) Act, 1996, that pegs the total value of the entire palace ground at ₹11 crore.
The Cubbon Park police registered an FIR against three bars and resturants, including One8 Commune co-owned by Indian cricketer Virat Kohli, for allegedly operating beyond permissible hours. Based on a tip-off, a team of police raided the pub, situated on Kasturba Road near M.G. Road in Bengaluru around 2 a.m. on Saturday and found it fully operational.
The manager of the pub has been booked under the Karnataka Police Act. Similar search operations led to two more establishments — Empire Restaurant on Church Street and Pangeo Pub on Brigade Road — being booked for violating stipulated operating time.
A Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus caught fire on the busy M.G. Road near Anil Kumble Circle around 8.50 a.m. on July 9. The fire was extinguished by fire department officials, and no casualties were reported.
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