
Life of police personnel has improved with salaries comparable to IT industry: Araga
The Hindu
State government is committed to modernising police force, says Home Minister
The State government is committed to modernising the police force, Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said in Belagavi on Wednesday. He was speaking at the passing out parade of the first batch of constables trained at the Karnataka State Reserve Police Training School in Kangrali village. He said that the department is getting hi-tech equipment to solve crime. “We are also investing in vehicles and other amenities to maintain law and order. The quality of life of personnel has improved. Salaries and allowances of police officers and constables are comparable to those in IT companies,” he said.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












