Karnataka Bandh highlights: Pro-Kannada activists detained in Bengaluru; protests in Belagavi, Mysuru

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE Updates: Several pro-Kannada groups have called the shutdown in Karnataka for a period of 12 hours today – from 6am to 6pm.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE Updates: Farmer leader Kodihalli Chandrashekhar has said that the farmers' association fully supports the pro-Kannada organisation, according to ANI.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE Updates: In Tumakuru, the bandh's impact was minimal, with daily activities proceeding largely as usual, reports ANI.

KSRTC buses and auto-rickshaws operated without significant disruptions, ensuring regular transportation services for the public. The schools and colleges remained open, with no declared holidays, and educational activities continued as scheduled, according to the news agency.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE Updates: Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda says that no detentions have been made, while the pro-Kannada activists found to take out a rally or procession have been taken to Freedom Park, reports ANI.

"Police have been deployed in all strategic and important places. This will be continued till the evening. Nobody has been detained. Those who were found to take out a rally or procession have been taken to Freedom Park," the Police commissioner tells reporters.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: The Karnataka Private Schools Union extended moral support, gave its moral support to the Karnataka bandh taking place till 6 pm across the state.

However, schools and colleges across the state remained open.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: The Osmania Wholesale Vegetable Market in Raichur is shut due to Karnataka Bandh, reported TOI. However, the rest of the region has not faced major disruptions.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: Bengaluru police commissioner Dayananda B told ANI, that the situation was peaceful in the city amid a state-wide shutdown.

“Situation is peaceful in Bengaluru city since morning. There has been no untoward incident reported from any part of the city. Police have been deployed in all strategic and important places. This will be continued till the evening,” he said.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: Police detained pro-Kannada activists who came to protest near Town Hall in Bengaluru.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: Protestors have been taken into preventive custody in Bengaluru and Mysuru, after activists gathered in public spaces and chanted slogans in support of the Karnataka bandh.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: Karnataka Bandh Live: Police took pro-Kannada activists into custody for protesting at the Channamma circle on Saturday during the Karnataka Bandh, reported TOI.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE : A driver and a conductor joined protests against Marathi organisations in Mandya amid the Karnataka bandh and accused the Maharashtra police of protecting the perpetrators who assaulted a bus conductor for not speaking in Marathi in Belagavi.

“Various organizations are organizing the bandh in support of us; when we went to Maharashtra, we were attacked, and they had also come to loot our bus. Maharashtra police supported them. We need to go after and beat those who have attacked us,” they said, as quoted by The Times of India.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: Bengaluru city police commissioner Dayananada B, told TOI, on Saturday, that so far there had been no untoward incidents as a result of the Karnataka Bandh.

He further dispeled claims that people had been detained during a protest at Town Hall and stated that they ahd simply been escorted to Freedom Park.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: While protests by pro-Kannada activists have erupted in small pockets of Bengaluru and Belagavi, schools and colleges remain open and are functioning normally.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: Police officials have temporarily halted buses plying in between Karnataka and Maharashtra due to the bandh announced by pro-Kannada activists and protests against Marathi organisations, reported TOI.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: Ravi Shetty Byndoor, chairman of the Labour Council and a pro-Kannada activist has alleged that the Karnataka state government is using the police to suppress people participating in the Karnataka Bandh, reported ANI.

“The government is using the Police to suppress us. Vatal Nagaraj has called for a bandh. For that, many people have voluntarily come forward to go on a bandh. We are here to convince the bus drivers and operators. But they are stopping us. The government is sending us notice after notice. What are we, goons?” he said.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: KSRTC staff have joined protests in Mandya, in blocking the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway, to demand justice for a bus conductor who was assaulted for not speaking Marathi in Belagavi.

Two staff members, a driver and conductor, from the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) joined the protests, reported TOI.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: No disruption of transport or other services was noted with Davanagere as the Karnataka bandh continues, with only small protests cropping up in Bengaluru, Mandya and Belagavi.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: Pro-Kannada activists made people shut down shops in Chikkamagaluru amid a 12-hour bandh called by their outfits.

The bandh has been called to protest against the alleged assault on a bus conductor in Belagavi for not speaking Marathi.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: A large number of protestors have assembled in front of Town Hall in Bengaluru, reported TOI. Police officials have detained several protestors, and have taken them to Freedom Park.

Protests have been going on to demand justice for a bus conductor who assaulted in Belgavi for not speaking Marathi.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE Updates: Like several other districts where the Karnataka Bandh has yielded disappointing results, normal life has continued in Shivamogga as well.

The pro-Kannada activists who organised the bandh, have also voiced frustration over people not showing up to demonstrate and demand justice.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: Activists from the pro-Kannada coalition which organised the Karnataka Bandh have gathered near Circuit House in Belagavi to protest the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti, reported TOI.

The protest comes after a bus conductor in Belagavi was assaulted by such pro-Marathi groups for not speaking their language.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: Protestors supporting the Karnataka Bandh gathered at the Sanjaya Circle in Mandya and demanded justice regarding the alleged assault on a bus conductor for not speaking Marathi in Belagavi.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: Pro-Kannada activists staged a protest, raising slogan for justice with stacks of hay on their shoulders, as per ANI, in Tumakuru amid the 12-hour Karnataka bandh.

The activists were protesting against the alleged assault on a bus conductor in Belagavi for not speaking Marathi.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: While other regions of Karnataka maintained the usual Saturday crowd, several roads in Bengaluru remained deserted in Bengaluru as the state experiences a shutdown till 6 pm following a call from pro-Kannada activists.

Karnataka Bandh Today LIVE: Vatal Nagaraj, leader of Kannada Okkuta—a coalition of pro-Kannada organizations, said that people need not go out and protest to participate in the Karnataka Bandh.

"The Karnataka bandh will be 100 per cent effective. Stay at home, do not go to school or college. A bandh doesn’t mean creating chaos, setting things on fire, or causing trouble," he said, as reported by TOI.