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Transformer blast in Bengaluru,kills father and daughter, BESCOM officials booked for negligence

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Parmesh S JAIN

A Nineteen-year-old Chaitanya sustained severe burns and battling for life in transformer blast incident in Jnanabharathi succumbed on Thursday.

Chaitanya’s father Shivaraju,55,a security guard who was also injured and admitted to hospital succumbed on Wednesday .

Senior officer told media persons,that the officials concerned will be summoned for questioning and based on their statement necessary action would be initiated based on the statement and the culpability .

It may be recalled that Shivaraju,resident of Manganahalli and his only daughter,Chaitanya were returning home after booking marriage hall for her engagement vent scheduled next month.

While they were passing by the transformer on ullal main road in Manganahalli,a few yards away from their house,an explosion occurred from the transformer and oil splashed on them followed by fire .

The duo slipped from the scooter and raised alarm for help.

passers-by rushed to their help and put out the fire and rushed them to victoria hospital in am ambulance before alerting the police and fire control room.

The residents also angry over the negligent attitude of the BESCOM and blamed the officials for the deaths.

Residents alleged that they had noticed smoke , oil spill from the transformer and alerted the BESCOM control room.

Though the control room staff assured to attend the complaint soon, no one turned up until the explosion.

Karnataka Energy Minister V Sunil Kumar said on Thursday that negligence in addressing a complaint had led to Wednesday’s transformer blast in Bengaluru that claimed the lives of a man and his daughter.

Kumar told the Assembly that the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (Bescom) had received a complaint at 12.50pm but it was not addressed.The explosion took place around 3.10pm.A strict action will be taken on those who showed negligence in addressing the issue.

BJP MLA S Suresh Kumar, who raised the incident in the House, said innocent people’s lives were at risk on Bengaluru’s roads.

The energy minister said the government would give Rs 10 lakh each for the victims’ relatives. “I will also hold a meeting with the Bescom officials on conducting an audit of faulty transformers and transformers installed on the roadside,” he said.

The Jnanabharathi police booked Bescom officials for negligence but have not made any arrest and further investigation is on.

Woman habitual offender arrested by vidyaranayapura police recovered stolen gold and silver articles

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Parmesh S JAIN

The Northeast Division police of Vidyaranyapura police on Thursday arrested a 31-year-old woman house break thief and recovered 75 grams of gold and 630 grams of silver articles from her.

The accused has been identified as,Jayanthi Kuttiyamma,resident of Bhairasandra worked as domestic help but habitual offender involved in over 23 house break thefts reported in and around the city.

Senior officer told media persons,the Vidyaranayapura police inspector received a complaint of 2 house break thefts in their locality.

The Vidyaranayapura police inspector,V Anil Kumar and his team swung into action the team with crime team visited the crime spot and after inspecting the area with the local intelligence and police investigation skills the team identified the culprit.

The team kept a close watch on the domestic help in their area and after getting suspicious on her behaviour the team secured her and took her to station for questioning.

During investigation the team got suspicious on her and took her into custody as her statement dint convince to the crime team the team grilled her in their own style and which forced her to confessed the crime and based on her statement the team recovered 75 grams gold and 630 grams of silver ornaments from her.

A detailed investigation by the team it was found the accused would move around the city and identify the locked house and steal them by breaking into the houses and it was found she is habitual offender wanted in 23 HBT cases further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru police commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,A Subramanyeswara Rao,DCP Northeast,Dr Anoop A Shetty,PI,V Anil Kumar and crime team as,PSI,Jameer M Avathi,SA Suresh,Shashikumar, Shivaprasad,Girish Jadav,Purshottam,Errappa Kumbar,Mudasir Nazar,Ganapathi khawasi, Prasad TC and other staff has been appreciated for nabbing the notorious habitual house break-in women thief a suitable reward will be given to the team for the commendable job done by them he added.

Trio Notorious bike lifter arrested by Whitefield Police recovered 39 stolen bikes worth of Rs.50 Lakhs

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PARMESH S jain

The whitefield Division police of Whitefield police on Wednesday arrested three bike lifters and recovered 39 stolen bikes worth Rs.50 lakh from them.

The accused has been identified as,Anand,29, Mahalingaiah,27 and Chittaiah,26 from Andhra Pradesh.

Girish S, DCP Whitefield,told reporters Based on a series of bike theft case,a high level meeting was called in which all crime staffs of all the stations were present as in the meeting we motivated them and given free hands to them to detect crime and take precautions to control crime.

After the meeting a special team was formed under the supervision of ACP,Shanthamallapa,team headed by PI, Shantaram swung into action the team visited the crime spot and coloborated CCTV footage from the vicinity and in one of the CCTV footage the crime team identified the identity of the accused.

The team with the help of local intelligence and other technology skill the police track down the accused and arrested them.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and it was found that the accused hails from Andhra Pradesh and Tumakuru used to move around residential apartments which have no security measures and steal bikes from the basements in whitefield division.

The accused are experts in breaking the locks and using duplicate keys to steal bikes .

The team grilled them who spilled the beans and based on their statement the team recovered 39 stolen bikes worth Rs.50 lakhs which they have sold It in Andhra Pradesh and rural parts of Tumakuru to their customers for throwaway prices .

We have handed over the keys of the recovered bikes to its rightful owners,after obtaining court permission.

We appeal to citizens and apartment owners to ensure adequate security measures to prevent thefts and other criminal offences in their vicinity.

Finally Bengaluru police commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,A Subramanyeswara Rao,DCP Whitefield,Girish S, ACP,Shanthamallapa,PI,Shantaram,PSI,Naveen Kumar AV,Srinivas S,and crime staff as, Venkatesh,Rajagopal,Muniraju,Yaseen Pasha,Munnikrishna,Sharanbasappa,Tejaswin Nayak,and Madan kumar has been appreciated for the commendable and excellent investigation and work done by them in nabbing the trio and recovering stolen bikes from them a special reward will be given to the team he added.

Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah visits push Karnataka into poll mode

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TUMAKURU/BENGALURU: When Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah of BJP arrive in Karnataka in quick succession to pay tributes to Sri Shivakumar Swamiji at Siddaganga Mutt in Tumakuru on Thursday and Friday, it will be a sign that the campaigning for the state Assembly polls in 2023 has been formally launched Interestingly, no national leader had come when the Swamiji passed away on January 21, 2019 as they had just sent condolence messages. The line-up of top leaders now is a clear indication that they want to appease the majority community in the state ahead of the polls.

Former CM BS Yediyurappa’s son BY Vijayendra, who is the reception committee chief of Shah’s event, is supervising arrangements. With Yediyurappa chairing the event and Vijayendra expected to deliver the introductory remarks, the event is expected to send a clear message that the platform is to launch Vijayendra as the successor to Yediyurappa as the Lingayat leader.

AICC general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, Lingayat community leaders — KPCC campaign committee chairman MB Patil and working president Eshwar Khandre — visited the mutt on Wednesday to oversee preparations. The visit of two VVIPs has also kept the police busy. Central Range IGP Chandrashekar has already camped in Tumakuru.

Rahul’s itinerary

To arrive in Bengaluru on Thursday and visit Siddaganga Mutt to pay his tributes to Sri Shiva-kumara Swamiji at 4 pm

Return to Bengaluru and stay overnight

Attend Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee exe-cutive meeting at 11 am on Friday and meet organ-isation leaders at 2 pm

May interact with party workers involved in digital membership drive through video-conference 

India logs 1,225 new COVID-19 cases, 28 deaths

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NEW DELHI: With 1,225 new coronavirus infections reported in a day, India’s infection tally rose to 4,30,24,440, while the active cases dipped to 14,307, the Union health ministry said on Thursday.

The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said. A reduction of 397 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The country’s daily Covid positivity rate was recorded at 0.20 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 0.23 per cent. A total of 78.91 crore Covid tests have been conducted so far, with 6,07,987 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.

According to the ministry, the 28 new fatalities include 21 from Kerala.

A total of 5,21,129 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,47,782 from Maharashtra, 67,865 from Kerala, 40,053 from Karnataka, 38,025 from Tamil Nadu, 26,152 from Delhi, 23,495 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,197 from West Bengal.

The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.

India’s COVID-19 tally had surpassed the one crore-mark on December 19, 2020. The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year.

PM Modi urges retiring RS members to inspire coming generations

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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged MPs retiring from the Rajya Sabha to share their experiences gained in the House with people across the country and inspire coming generations.

Bidding farewell to 72 Rajya Sabha members retiring till July, the prime minister said experience has its own importance, and the MPs should take it forward in the service of the nation.

“When experienced people go, the responsibility of those remaining increases and they have to take the House foward,” Modi said.

“In the 75th year of India’s independence, our great men have given us a lot, and now it our responsibility to make our contribution to the nation,” the prime minister added. “I urge the retiring members to inspire our coming generations,” he said.

Of the 72, 65 retiring members represent 19 states while seven are nominated members.

Eight held for vandalism at Kejriwal’s residence, more arrests to follow: Delhi police

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has arrested eight people in connection with alleged vandalism at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence here, officials said on Thursday.

According to sources, the eight people were arrested from Delhi and the numbers could go up as teams have been sent to make more arrests.

On Wednesday, members of the BJP youth wing allegedly vandalised property outside the residence of Kejriwal against his remarks on ‘The Kashmir Files’ film.

Police had on Wednesday registered a case in connection with the incident against unidentified people.

“The case was registered under sections 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi had said.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wanted to “kill” Kejriwal after its debacle in the Punjab polls.

He also alleged that activists of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the saffron party, damaged CCTV cameras and security barriers at the chief minister’s residence during a protest.

Tipu Sultan chapters to stay in Karnataka school books, but may be toned down

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BENGALURU: Tipu Sultan is likely to get less significance in coming school textbooks as a report submitted by the review committee has reportedly suggested omitting the more ‘glorified’ aspects of the ruler’s history.

If the Education Department takes the report into consideration, the changes will be implemented in textbooks from classes 1 to 10 in the coming academic year.

Rumours were also doing the rounds that the committee had recommended omitting chapters on Tipu Sultan altogether, but Education Minister BC Nagesh dismissed them on Friday. He clarified that the chapters will not be dropped.

“There are certain historical issues which need to be told to future generations. There are many untold history pieces which need to be narrated. Now the time has come to correct these mistakes made in the past. We are not mixing politics here,” he said.

The review committee was formed in September last year by the Department of Primary and Secondary Education and is headed by Rohith Chakrathirtha, a member of the Karnataka Development Authority, which had led to much opposition from the Congress and other groups. 

Bengaluru street vendors call out communalisation attempts by right-wingers in Karnataka

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BENGALURU: In the backdrop of Muslim shopkeepers being prevented from setting up shops in and around temples during jatras, street vendors of Bengaluru have strongly condemned the communalisation attempts by right-wing organisations.  

The Bangalore Pragatipara Beedhi Vyaparigala Sangha and other allied organisations deplored the intense communal assault on the livelihood of street vendors in Karnataka. 

“The Vishwa Hindu Parishat is putting pressure on temple management committees and urging the State Government to ban non-Hindu traders from setting up shops during temple fairs, annual festivals and religious festivities. The various statements made by ministers clearly shows that the BJP government is complicit in this demand of the Sangh Parivar,” they said and reminded the government that street vendors face daily harassment at the hands of the civil authorities and the police. 

They alleged that communal polarisation has been brewing for some time and now it has become a full-blown attack.

“A muslim ice-cream vendor was thrashed in Uppinangady in Mangaluru by a mob of communal goons at an annual temple fair. Recently, Hindu religious flags were hoisted on shops of Muslims in Vijayanagar, Bengaluru. But, the vendors remained united and the flags were removed.”     

India assessing impact of sanctions on Moscow for India-Russia trade: Government

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NEW DELHI: The government on Friday said it is in the process of analysing the impact of sanctions on Moscow for India-Russia bilateral trade and economic cooperation.

The US and several Western countries have imposed crippling economic sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

“Many countries have imposed sanctions on Russia due to the conflict. These are expected to have an impact on the global economy, including through disruption of supply chains. Its impact on energy and commodity prices is already visible,” Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi said.

She was replying to a question in Lok Sabha. “We are in the process of analysing its impact on India-Russia bilateral trade and economic cooperation, in consultation with all stakeholders. India’s relations with Russia stand on their own merit,” Lekhi said.

She also referred to discussions on the conflict at the United Nations and said India has called for an immediate cessation of violence and an end to all hostilities.

“We have expressed deep concern at the worsening situation and called for an immediate cessation of violence and end to all hostilities,” she said.

Lekhi said India has reiterated that there is no other choice but the path of diplomacy and dialogue to resolve the crisis.

“We have emphasised to all member states of the UN that the global order is anchored on international law, UN Charter and respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty of states,” she added.

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