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Mangaluru: President of Karnataka Beary Sahithya Academy Rahim Uchil who supported the stance of the State government on the row over wearing of ‘hijab'(scarf) to colleges received a threatening call from an unidentified person.
In a police complaint, he said the person who called used abusive words over the phone and threatened to kill him.
The police have begun an investigation. Rahim Uchil told reporters here he was not scared of such threats.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and party’s state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu |
Ludhiana: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday declared Charanjit Singh Channi as his party’s chief ministerial face for the high-stakes Punjab Assembly polls.
Gandhi made this announcement while addressing a virtual rally here.
“People of Punjab said we need a CM from ‘gareeb ghar’ (poor family),” said Gandhi.
The other main contender for the party’s CM face was Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, a Jat Sikh face.
The party had taken feedback from its leaders and workers, and had also sought the opinion of the public on who should be its chief ministerial candidate through an automated call system.
Gandhi also lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he is not the PM but a “king”.
Have you seen him helping anyone on roadside, he asks.
New Delhi: The BCCI on Sunday announced cash reward of Rs 40 lakh for each member of the victorious Indian U-19 team.
The support staff will be paid Rs 25 lakh each.
India beat England in the U-19 World cup final in Antigua on Saturday for a record extending fifth title.
“They were impressive across departments and sealed India’s fifth World Cup. While their on-field performances were fantastic, the team also showed grit, determination and courage to bounce back strongly despite the Covid-19 cases in the camp,” said BCCI president Sourav Ganguly in a statement.
“I must also appreciate the efforts put in by the Head Coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar along with his members of the coaching group, support staff and VVS Laxman Head Cricket at the National Cricket Academy for the way they kept the team in good spirits and guided them to victory.
“We have the best structure in place for our age-group cricketers and some of the best coaches work closely with the boys.”
Six India players, including captain Yash Dhull, had tested positive for COVID-19 during the group stages of the tournament but the team overcame the crisis to lift the trophy.
“They had very little cricket in the run-up to the World Cup this time and despite that, India remained unbeaten,” Ganguly said.
“This is truly remarkable. The selectors have done an excellent job in picking the right team from a wide pool of cricketers. The boys have a long career ahead of them and I wish them the best.”
Asked to field first, India bowled out England for 189 after having them at 61 for six at one stage.
Bowling his medium pacers to deadly effect, Raj Bawa (5/31) ran through the English middle-order after the in-from left-arm seamer Ravi Kumar (4/34) laid the opposition low with two early blows.
India completed the chase with 14 balls to spare.
Secretary Jay Shah said: “India is the most successful side in the history of U19 World Cups and the fifth title is a testament to the robust system and structure we have in place for our age-group cricketers.
“The Board takes age-group cricket very seriously and works closely to ensure we remain fluid with our approach to suit the demands of the team amidst the pandemic.”
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said he would be flying to Delhi on February 7 to meet Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Members of Parliament from Karnataka ahead of preparing the state budget.
Bommai’s trip to the national capital has triggered speculations that cabinet expansion may be discussed with the BJP’s central leadership.
“I am going to Delhi tomorrow to meet all the MPs against the backdrop of the union budget and the budget we are preparing. I have sought an appointment with the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman where I want to discuss budget, financial condition and GST,” he told reporters here.
Seeking to downplay the visit, Bommai explained that there had been a convention of Chief Ministers holding discussions with “everyone” ahead of presentation of the budget and he is only following the same tradition.
He said that he has also sought appointment with party seniors and he would get a confirmation this evening or Monday morning. He however, acknowledged that they would be busy with the ongoing Parliamentary proceedings and the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections.
The CM made it clear that he has not sought any appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
To a query whether cabinet expansion would be discussed, Bommai said he cannot speculate how the situation will be when he gets an appointment with the seniors in the party.
Against the permitted strength of 34 ministers in the cabinet, the Bommai government has a team of 30 while four berths are vacant. Many ministerial aspirants have been lobbying for the positions.
Parmesh S Jain
The Whitefield Division police of Maratahalli police on Wednesday arrested a group of three peddlers and recovered 40 kilos of Marijuana worth Rs four lakh from them.
The accused have been identified as Ajaikumar, 21,from Bagepalli,Rajbabu,23,and Ravi, 30 from Chittoor.
Senior officer told media persons,the war on drugs is in action in the city to bring the drug abuse under control,The Marathahalli police sub inspector,Rangesh received a credible information from one of the consumer that 3 persons are waiting near Panathur railway gate to deliver the consignment to their clients.
Based on a tip off, from a consumer a team of police rushed to the spot and surrounded the area and after keeping a close watch on them the team raided the place and they were caught red handed while they were unloading drugs from a vehicle on roadside .
During investigation the accused confessed the crime and a detailed investigation by the team it has revealed that the accused source the drugs from their contact in Vizag in bulk and smuggle it into the city to sell it concealed with vegetables and greens and sell it to the local peddlers in the city using code word.
All the three accused have been booked under NDPS Act and taken into custody for further investigation is on to ascertain the network of the accused.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East, Subramanyeswara Rao,DCP,Whitefield,S Girish,ACP,Kishore Bharani,PI,SLR Reddy,PSI,as,Rangesh and Ashok Madiyal and crime staff as,Harinath,Allah Bakash,Williams George,Mahesh Nayak,Manjunath Patil, Mehaboob, Arjun Naik has been appreciated for the commendable job done by them in nabbing three notorious drug peddlers who used to sell the drugs using code words are now cooling their heels in jail a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
Parmesh S Jain
The Northeast Division police of Yelahanka police have rescued kidnapped Civil Enginner within 3 hours and arrested six kidnappers including a contractor.
The accused has been identified as,Nandagopal, 31,Sunil Seenappa,32,Ashok Lingappa,31, Vignesh Ananthram,21,Manoj Srinivas,24 and Shadaab Ahmed, 24.
Senior officer told media persons,a complaint was registered in Yelahanka police station in which vicitm colleague is a complainant who said in his complaint that while passing near Raithare Santhe he noticed that his friend was being forcibly dragged in a SUV by six member gang.
Acting on the information In a swift action,the Yelahanka police inspector,Sathyanarayan and his team on Wednesday rescued a 30-year-old civil engineer and arrested a gang of six who have abducted him for ransom and later decided to kill him after he refused to pay them money .
Team headed by PI,KP Satyanarayna track down the accused to an isolated place on the Kolar Bengaluru highway.
The immediately rushed to the spot with additional force and after getting the location the team surrounded the area and zeroed in on all the six members and arrested Nandagopal,31, Sunil Seenappa,32,Ashok Lingappa,31,Vignesh Ananthram,21,Manoj Srinivas,24 and Shadaab Ahmed, 24.
During investigation it was found that the victim Manas,from Odisha,runs a construction company in Yelahanka bagged a contract to construct a residential apartment .
Manas had given a sub contract to Nandagopal to construct the basement structure and owed him Rs 3 lakh .
When Manas was not dodging to return the money,Nandagopal planned to abduct him and extort the money.
As per the plan,the gang intercepted his SUV near Raitha Santhe road in Yelahanka on Wednesday while Manas was on his way to office with his office staff pawan G.
The accused confronted his SUV dragged Manas out and assaulted him before he was forced into a SUV.
One of the accused also took control of the Manas SUV asking the Pawan to get out and said that they are taking him to the police station.
Instead the accused took him to Kolar highway and tortured him and robbed his gold valuables demanding Rs 33 lakh ransom for his release. When Manas refused to pay they even decided to kill him and dump his body in forest area.
Meanwhile Pawan who suspected something fishy, approached the police and filed a complaint.The police swung into action and track down the accused and rescued Manas hours before he was killed.All the six accused has been arrested and have been taken into custody to ascertain their criminal background.
The entire operation was appreciated by Senior police officer,as, Commissioner of police, Kamal Pant, Addl CP East, Subramanyeswara Rao,DCP, Northeast,Anoop A Shetty,ACP,Manoj Kumar,PI,KP Sathyanarayana,PSIs,as,Sunil Kumar KB,Ms.Shylaja M,and crime staff as,Arun Kumar,Mahaveer, Raghavendra BN,Erresh,and DCP office staff,Babu who helped in technical inputs to nab the kidnappers and rescue the civil engineer within 3 hours for the Excellent and tremendous job done by the team a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
Parmesh S Jain
Officials of the Central Crime Branch police on Thursday busted a gold biscuit racket and arrested four persons who are making sub standard gold biscuits using osmium sponge and mixture of other alloys and sell it to jewellers after putting the seals of international brands which authenticate the purity of gold.
The accused has been identified as,Rajesh Bhosle,44,Ajay Kanthilal,19,Akshay Bajrang 26, and Hritik Babasab Salunke,19.
Joint CP Crime, Raman Gupta,told reporters,a credible information was received by CCB officers that a shop situated in Mathaji Jewellery market is indulged in cheating jewellery shop owners by putting fake seal of international brand and are making sub standard gold biscuits.
Acting on a tip off,a team of officials under the leadership of DCP,Crime-1,Dr SD Sharanappa,PI,Ravi Patil and his team swung into action and approach the shop as a customer and after getting confirmation the team raided the shop situated in Mathaji jeweler market complex situated on Nagarathpete and caught four gold smiths red handed.
During raid the officials also seized 1.7 kgs of gold,Rs.20,000 cash and seals containing the names Valcambi Suiss 100 g gold 999.0, Matalor Swixerland, 100 g 999.0,All Ethihad Dubai,UAE, 10 tolas 999.0,Agro 100g,999.0,and credit suisse 100g 999.0,seals which they used on the sub standard gold bar to make it look like mark of purity .
Investigations revealed that the accused used to deal with 3 to 5 kilos of gold to make biscuits and distribute on an average per day.
The CCB police have taken all the four accused into custody to ascertain their network and business operations.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Raman Gupta,DCP Crime-1,Dr SD Sharanappa,PI,Ravi Patil and other officers who has done a exemplary work in busting the fake gold biscuit racket and arrested four persons who were cheating people by putting fake international brand seals on gold biscuits a special reward will be given to the team he added.
Parmesh S Jain
An Assistant Executive Engineer of BBMP on Friday filed a complaint against Jio company and two of its employee for damaging road to lay cables without required permission in Jalahalli .
The accused employees identified as Kutti Saravana and Suresh were found cutting the railway under bridge road on MES road in Jalahalli using heavy machine without required permission.
The road was busy and due to the roadwork caused inconvenience to the motorists.Mr. Umesh estimated the damage as per the rules to Rs 29.6 lakh.
Based on the complaint by NG Umesh,AEE BBMP, Yeshwanthpura sub division,the Jalahalli police have registered a case against the accused charging them under section 427 (mischief to cause damage) 283 (causes danger, obstruction or injury to any person in any public way or public line of navigation) and also under Prevention of damage to public property and further investigation is on.
Parmesh S Jain
The South Division police of Girinagar police have arrested a 32 year old Rowdy-Sheeter who execute house break thefts in and around south division with the help of his associates the team has recovered stolen gold,silver articles worth Rs.60 lakhs form him.
The accused has been identified as, Narasimha@Reddy@Narasimha Reddy,32,resident of Sapthagiri layout in Hosakerehalli area.
Senior officer told reporters,as there were series of House break thefts and vehicle thefts were reported in Girinagar and South Division limits.
A special team was formed by DCP South Harish Pandey,under the leadership of ACP,BL Srinivasmurthy,a team headed by PI,Deepak L and his crime staff pressed into action.
The team visited the scene of crime and after collecting information from victims the team started analysing CCTV footage and in one such CCTV footage the team got the identity of the accused.
As the team was analysing CCTV footage one of the crime staff identified the accused and with the help of technical and technology investigation skills the team zeroed in on the accused and apprehended him.
During investigation the accused confessed the crime and it was revealed that the accused Narasimha Reddy having over 15 criminal cases used to move around in car to identify locked houses and direct his gang to break into the houses and steal valuables.
The accused would then sell the booty in many jewel shops in Avenue road,Tamil Nadu and Kolar .
Based on his statement the team recovered one kg gold ornaments,one kilo of silver articles,three cars altogether total worth Rs.60 lakh from him.
With his arrest the police have managed to solve eight house break thefts reported in Girinagar, HSR Layout and one in Channammanakere Acchukattu police station limits.
Greatly appreciate the efforts of the @girinagarps
team in apprehending a notorious rowdy-sheeter, who, for leading a luxurious lifestyle went on a robbing spree. The accused was wanted in several House Break-In & Theft (HBT) cases.
1 Kg gold ornaments worth Rs.60 lakh, silver articles, and 3 cars have been seized from the commissioner of police Kamal Pant said in his tweet.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP South,Harish Pandey,ACP,BL Srinivasmurthy,PI Deepak L,PSIs,as,Raghu Nayak AR,Sunil Kaddi,Praveen Hosur, Manjunath Daddimani, Probationary PSI,Rakesh D and other crime staff who has done a exemplary and meticulous investigation in nabbing the notorious Rowdy sheeter to lead a lavish life and luxurious life went on Robbery spree in the city giving sleepless nights to people is now behind bars and colling his heels in jail and a special reward will be given to the team for nabbing the notorious Rowdy sheeter he added.
NORTH SOUND: An utterly dominant India won a record-extending fifth U-19 World Cup title here on Saturday, beating England by four wickets in the final of an extraordinary campaign that was almost derailed by a COVID-19 outbreak.
The triumph bore resemblance to the exploits of world-class Indian U-19 teams of the past.
Intrepid and industrious in their approach, the starry-eyed Indian players’ success stories also gave a glimpse into the world’s most perfectly calibrated youth structure, which is capable of consistently producing world-class cricketers who are ever ready to take on the biggest of challenges.
In a reflection of India’s dominance, wicketkeeper Dinesh Bana finished the chase of 190 with two sixes and 14 balls to spare.
On winning the toss in the big final, England captain Tom Prest rightly chose to bat first to avoid the “scoreboard pressure” during the chase.
India did the next best thing: bowl out the opposition for a total — 189 in this case, in 44.
5 overs — that failed to put them under pressure.
India were all over England before a gritty 95 by James Rew saved his team the blushes.
Bowling his medium pacers to deadly effect, Raj Bawa (5/31) ran through the English middle-order after the in-from left-arm seamer Ravi Kumar (4/34) laid the opposition low with two early blows.
India kept taking wickets at regular intervals but not for once did the intensity of the team dropped.
For close to 19 overs, Rew and James Sales (34 not out) defied India with their 93-run eight-wicket stand, ensuring the 1998 edition winners recover from a horror 61 for six and then 91 for seven.
In response, India lost Angkrish Raghuvanshi without a run on the board but the extremely talented Shaik Rasheed shone with a composed 50 off 84 balls.
Coming off his magnificent century in the semifinal against Australia, skipper Yash Dhull fell for 17, but the duo of Nishant Sindhu (50 not out) and Bawa (35) took the team within striking distance of victory with a 67-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
It has been an extremely challenging ride for the Indian team in this edition of the tournament as multiple players from the side were infected by the coronavirus and at one stage even struggled to field eleven fit personnel.
However, despite the huge setback that almost derailed their campaign, India came back a stronger unit focussed on correctly doing the things that were within its control.
Their clinical on-field performance told a very different story, a story far removed from all the troubles that the team went through off it, when as many as seven players were infected with the virus.
India struck as early as the second over when Ravi sent back the dangerous Jacob Bethell (2) cheaply.
The man from Bengal darted one in and then got it to hold its line as Bethell missed it completely after playing across the line.
The early blow did not have any impact on George Thomas as he smashed Rajvardhan Hangargekar for 14 runs, including two fours and a six over deep midwicket, in the very next over.
However, Ravi struck again, this time bowling out Prest who dragged the ball on to his stumps, putting the Indians on the top at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
Having failed to execute his pull shot, thanks to a bottom edge, Prest, who had earlier won a good toss, walked back dejected with his team in a spot of bother at 18 for two in the fourth over.
Ravi had 2/2 in the first two overs.
Notwithstanding the situation his team found itself early into the big final, Thomas continued to attack and collected two boundaries against Ravi.
With Hangargekar going for 19 runs in his first spell, Dhull effected a bowling change and it worked almost immediately, but Kaushal Tamble could not hold on to Thomas’ thick edge off Raj Bawa in the slip.
England needed a partnership at that stage but that was not going to be.
Medium pacer Bawa got the well-set Thomas to play an irresponsible shot that got a thick outside edge and landed in the hands of Dhull at cover.
In all sorts of trouble at 37 for three at the start of the 11th over, England’s desperate quest for a partnership was not answered, with William Luxton edging Bawa to be out caught behind before England could reach 50 runs.
Bawa was on a hat-trick as George Bell had no answer to an excellent delivery that kicked up and took a deflection on its way to the wicketkeeper Dinesh Bana.
With half the side back in the dressing room in the 13th over, the England U-19 were staring at a heavy defeat, their dreams of winning a first world title in 24 years quickly going up in smoke.
There was not end to England’s misery as Rehan Ahmed nicked Bawa to Tambe in first slip to leave the side reeling at 61 for six in the 17th over.
Bowling a tight line and length, India kept up the pressure on England and it paid dividends when wicketkeeper Alex Horton, trying to heave off-spinner Tambe over midwicket, ended up giving a simple catch to Dhull.
England were still seven runs short of reaching 100 at that stage, but they got there soon with James Rew reaching his 50 in 79 balls.
In the company of the James Sales, he helped England reach 189.