Overview
- He said he has not formed any group or urged supporters to push his name for chief minister.
- New Year events passed without major incidents after Bengaluru deployed nearly 20,000 police, with oversight from the command centre.
- The government cleared more than 30 long-pending promotions in the police, including moves from SP to DIG and DIG to IG.
- The state welcomed around Rs 350 crore from the Centre for police modernisation, calling the allocation a significant boost.
- He asked DG Prisons Alok Kumar to visit Belagavi and Kalaburagi over alleged contraband thrown into a jail, while police track a rise in robberies with suspected outside gangs and expedite CID/SIT probes in Dharmasthala.