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Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji was a great visionary leader, who understood people’s language and who led the country towards progress.

Shastri Ji was deeply influenced by the political teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said here in a press release on Tuesday.

Paying rich tributes to former PM on Shastri Ji’s death anniversary Bommai said, Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji was indeed an epitome of all that is best in the Indian culture.

Recalling Shastri Ji’s contribution,Bommai said that Shastri Ji worked ceaselessly for the betterment of the Nation and spent his lifetime till the last minute for the cause of the nation.

As Prime Minister, he gave the nation the stirring slogan,“Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” and he awakened the power of the people.

Shastri Ji laid utmost stress on strengthening the defence of the country and in honouring the man behind the plough, CM said in his statement.

Bommai also said that Shastri Ji resigned from his post as Minister for Railways because he felt responsible for a railway accident in which many lives were lost.The unprecedented gesture was greatly appreciated by Parliament and the country.

The then Prime Minister,Pt.Nehru,speaking in Parliament on the incident, extolled Lal Bahadur Shastri’s integrity and high ideals.

Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri will always be remembered as an excellent leader, and for his humility, courage and integrity, which were legendary. Nation will never forget this great son of India, CM Bommai said in press release.

BENGALURU: As Covid-positive cases, including the Omicron variant, are increasing, the state government has extended the weekend and night curfew till January-end. The curfews were to be in force till January 19. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who tested Covid-positive on Monday, held a virtual meeting with Technical Advisory Committee members, ministers and senior officials to discuss issues related to increasing Covid cases in the state.

Officials were instructed to arrange wards, ICUs and other facilities for children at taluk and district hospitals. Education and health department officials were told to conduct health checkups in schools every fortnight, while the CM directed district health officials to ensure enough medicines at warehouses. The CM instructed officials to take strict action against those holding public meetings, while also asking DCs and superintendents of police to strictly enforce Covid guidelines at public places.

The meeting decided to start 27 Covid Care Centres – one at each Assembly constituency — in Bengaluru. The number of tests in the state capital will be increased to 1.30 lakh per day. Instructions will be issued to monitor the health of those home quarantined and timely distribution of health kits for them. The CM directed officials to strengthen triaging to ascertain whether an infected person needs hospitalisation immediately after getting the test report.

The services of house surgeons and final-year nursing students will be utilised for monitoring home isolation and triaging. Bommai told officials to ensure booster doses for frontline workers on priority.
Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar, Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, Education Minister BC Nagesh, TAC Chairman Dr Sudharshan, Chief Secretary P Ravikumar and others were present.

Just 117 patients in ICUs
Compared to the number of active Covid-19 cases in the state, the rate of admission in ICUs is fairly low. As per data, as on January 10, 117 Covid-19 patients are in ICUs — amounting to just 0.19 per cent of the 60,148 active cases reported.

KEEP IN MIND

All rallies, dharnas, protests prohibited

Marriage and other functions permitted but with not more than 200 people in open spaces and 100 people in closed places 

Public transport, including Metro, will operate as per seating capacity only

There will be intensive surveillance along the borders with Maharashtra, Kerala and Goa as per the guidelines issued by the Department of Health and family Welfare

CONTAINMENT MEASURES

The BBMP Chief Commissioner and DCs in districts can impose additional containment measures based on their assessment of the situation

For enforcement of social distancing, the Commissioners of Police, DCs can use the provisions of Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) of 1973 

Violators will be liable to be prosecuted against as per the provisions of Section 5l to 60 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, besides legal action under Section l88 of the IPC

FOR FESTIVALS

During Vaikunta Ekadashi, poojas can be conducted within temple premises. Only 50 devotees, who have been double vaccinated, will be allowed at a time 

Minister, 2 cong leaders test positive
Bengaluru: Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhu Swamy, Congress leaders HM Revanna and MLC CM Ibrahim tested positive for Covid on Tuesday. During the inauguration of the Mekedatu Padayatra on Sunday, Revanna had shared the dais with KPCC president D K Shivakumar, Opposition leader in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge among others. Ibrahim had returned to Bengaluru on the eve of the padayatra after attending the Congress legislature party (CLP) meeting at Shivakumar’s residence in Kanakapura. Meanwhile, Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said he is voluntarily going into self-isolation till Wednesday, as he was a primary contact of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday evening. 

PM inquires about CM’s health
Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who is in home quarantine after testing Covid positive, over phone and inquired about his health. A statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office stated that during the five-minute call, the PM suggested that the CM take suitable medical treatment. Bommai got the call when he was holding a video conference with officers. Bommai also informed the PM about the Covid situation in the state and the  virtual meeting he held with officers on Tuesday.

SULTANPUR: A court here has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for raping a minor girl two years ago and filming the act to prevent her from telling anyone about it.

The incident took place under Sangrampur police station area here.

The victim’s mother filed a police complaint alleging that her 15-year-old daughter, a student of Class 10, was forcibly taken to a poultry farm and raped by Suraj Saroj on January 25, 2020.

According to the complainant, Saroj also filmed the act with the help of a partner and threatened the girl with dire consequences if she told anyone about it.

Based on the complaint, a case was registered against Saroj on January 29, 2020, and he was arrested.

Later, the police filed a charge sheet against him.

During the hearing of the case, government advocate C L Dwivedi, appearing for the prosecution, presented five witnesses and other evidence, holding Saroj responsible for raping the girl.

He demanded that Saroj be given the harshest punishment for this heinous crime.

Saroj’s partner, who helped him film the rape of the girl, has not been identified by the police yet.

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Chief Minister,Basavaraj Bommai has expressed his grief at the passing away of renowned Kannada litterateur, critic and theater personality Prof.Chandrashekar Patil.

Born in Hattimattur village of Haveri district, he attained fame as a revolutionary writer and fondly called as Champa.

His contribution to Kannada language and Karnataka is immense.He was at the forefront of Gokak and many other movements for the cause of Kannada and Karnataka.

He strongly advocated Kannada to be the medium of instruction in education,Bommai said in his condolence message.

He was a professor of English at Karnataka University, Dharwad and editor of ‘Sankramana’, a Kannada literary publication.

He has also served as the head of Kannada Development Authority and Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Bommai has said.

Champa’s death is an immense loss for the Kannada literary world, Bommai said and has prayed the almighty to give the strength to his family and followers to bear this loss. 

The final rites of renowned Kannada writer and literary critic Prof.Chandrashekar Patil would be held with full police honours, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said. 

Speaking to media persons he said,our popular ‘Champa’ has left us.His writings with independent thought were sharp.He used to hold a mirror to the system through his insightful presentation of the issues.

Champa had served as the All India Kannada Sahitya Parishat and was honoured with Rajyotsava award,Bommai said and recalled that the writer had close association with his family. “

He was close to my father. Champa, who was a guide for me, has left us. It is a big loss for the literary world.”

Bommai prayed to the almighty to give strength to  the family and followers of Champa to bear this loss. 

State government has decided to conduct his final rites with full police honours, Bommai said.  

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Action would be taken against any one who violates the Covid rules.There would be no differentiation in dealing with them,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Speaking to media persons,he said that,FIR has been registered against 30 members who had participated in Congress padayatra for the Mekedatu project.

Government is concerned about the health of those who are participating in Mekedatu padayatra.

It is the duty of the health department to check the health condition of those who take the long walk, Bommai said and urged the participants to cooperate with the health department to do its duty. 

Whoever violates the Covid rules,whether a common man or a big leader,there is no differentiation.Action will be taken in a uniform way according to the law” Bommai said.

He advocated the need for more intense vigil against the spread of Covid.

The state has registered 12,000 Covid cases yesterday, of which Bengaluru has accounted for about 9000.

Positivity rate in the state has risen to 6.8% and it is 10% in Bengaluru. Karnataka is in the third spot in the country in Covid cases. So more precautionary measures are needed,” he said.

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The Chief Minister in his address after launching the Booster Dose vaccination programme for health workers and senior citizens with comorbidities said, Karnataka has achieved 100% first dose vaccination and 77% second dose vaccination.

We want to reach 80% by end of January and action would be taken to intensify the second dose jabbing. We will achieve the target of bringing Karnataka into the Covid Protection Ring,” he said.

Corona warriors are the real sentinels of the nation :

Corona warriors are the real sentinels of the nation.Just like the soldiers are protecting the country at the borders,the Corona warriors are protecting every family in the country, Bommai said.

Despite facing many challenges in discharging their duties, the Asha workers,doctors and nurses are rendering yeomen service.They are the real guardians of the nation,Bommai said.

“Vaccination is the only way to protect ourselves from Covid. Covid second and third waves intensified due to the laxity on vaccination by some countries.

Western countries have now made vaccination compulsory. India has vaccinated three times more than what USA has achieved.

Even an advanced country like USA has not achieved full vaccination of its population. But India with a population of 130cr has done better.

The vaccine developed in our own country has proved very effective. The credit for this success should go to the leadership of our Prime Minister Modi and Covid frontline workers,” Modi said.

Resistance against any revolutionary decisions and programmes is natural. Vaccination also came under extensive debate with some opposing it.

Covid does not differentiates on caste, he said and urged the people to cooperate with health workers.

Health minister Dr. K Sudhakar and senior officials were present on the occasion.

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Six people including two women were killed after a lorry fell on the two cars and a bike in Kumbalgod on the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru highway, on Monday evening.

Rash driving by the lorry driver is said to be the reason for the mishap.

The deceased have been identified as Nikita Rani, Veenamma,Indra Kumar, Keerthi Kumar,Jitin B George,and TJ Jayaprakash.

While Nikita Rani,Veenamma,Indra Kumar,and Keerthi Kumar,were travelling in a car, Jayaprakash, an employee of an automobile company was in the other car.George,who hails from Kerala, was going on his bike.

Senior officers,with Kumbalgoud police inspector rushed to spot and after inspecting the spot and after collecting stock of the situation he said,The incident occurred at around 6.15 pm, when a lorry laden with tons of crushed stones allegedly hit a divider.

As the driver lost control, the lorry fell on the two cars and a bike moving next to it. Due to the impact, four sitting in a car and the biker were killed on the spot,while Jayaprakash,who was in the other car, died on the way to a hospital.Police said 3-4 others have sustained injuries in the incident.

Due to the accident, the traffic on the busy road came to a standstill for a few kilometeres. The Kumbalgod police rushed to the spot while a crane was pressed into service to remove vehicles involved in the accident from the road. A case is registered in Kumbalgod police station in connection with the incident.

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An MoU was signed with GAIL Gas for CSR grant of Rs.39 lakhs for development of solid waste management facility at City Armed Reserve – South campus at Audugodi.

Commissioner of Police,Kamal Pant,with Addl CPs,Dr Subramanyeswara Rao,Sandeep Patil,DCP,Admin,Smt Nisha James and Hasiru Dala (Implementing Agency) have signed Tripartite CSR Agreement for setting up ( 01-TPD-CL Box) Bio-Gas Plant in City Armed Reserve (CAR) South Campus situated in Adugodi.

The MoU signed as part of GAIL Gas CSR initiative.

The agreement was signed before Commissioner of Police,Kamal Pant,and the Chief General Manager (CGD) and Officer-in-Charge,GAIL Gas Limited Bengaluru , Vivek Wathodkar.

The CSR Project costing Rs.39.20 Lakhs will be executed through renowned Bangalore based, Hasiru Dala,a non-profit,social impact organisation.

This project to create environmental protection and use of biodegradable waste for producing Bio Gas and manure will be a game changer in reducing the piles of waste and to achieve the bigger objective to make the Bengaluru Police facility at Audugodi as Zero Waste Campus.

By installation of the ITPD CL Box Bio Gas Plant for producing bio gas from the waste generated by the Police quarters and also from other sources,which will be used for cooking of food for cannine squad and remaining gas will be used through pipe to the Kalyana Mantapa (Community hall) kitchen and also to the common facility of the Bengaluru Police in the said Campus says a release.

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Since Yesterday the Cops grilling Rahul Bhat to ascertain possible involvement of others in the blackmail racket while the mobile phone seized from him has been sent to FSL for technical analysis.

Senior officer told media persons,Rahul had used the SIM of UK to make ransom calls and sending video clips.

The mobile phones contain many clips and many of them has been deleted.We are now trying to retrieve the deleted data and also trying to find the list of people with whom Bhat had contacts .

Meanwhile the SIM Card used by Rahul belonging to daughter of a MLA from north Karnataka.She was studying in UK and returned to city recently .

We are awaiting for the report based on which she will be questioned.The investigations continued to trace the raw footage of the video and the woman present in the video.

Police suspect Rahul had used a city based model in the video and efforts are on to track her down.

Initial probe revealed that Rahul had planned for nearly two months to prepare the video before contacting the PA of the ministers and his son for ransom.

He accessed the SIM card of the UK from a friend who earlier borrowed the SIM from the daughter of the minister he added.

Home Minister,Araga Jnanendra said the CCB officials are investigating the case in all angles and fair probe is on no one will be spared and there is no pressure for any officers a fair probe will be done in the case and those involved in the racket will be dealt with stringent action he added.