Pramesh S Jain

Declaring Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Zone would adversely affect the livelihood of the people in the region.

So Karnataka government and the people living in the region are opposed to implementation of Kasturirangan report, Chief Minister,Basavaraj Bommai said.

Participating in the virtual meeting on implementation of Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats chaired by union minister for Environment, Forests and Labour,Bhupinder Yadav,Bommai strongly presented state’s stand.

Bommai drew the attention of the participants to the fact that state cabinet had decided to oppose the Kasturirangan report.

The decision had been taken after exhaustive discussions with people of the Western Ghat region and officials.

Karnataka has the distinction of being one of the states with extensive forest cover.

Our government has taken extreme care to protect the biodiversity of Western Ghats. People of the region have adopted agriculture and horticultural activities in a eco-friendly manner.

Priority has been accorded for environment protection under the Forest Protection Act. In this background bringing one more law that would affect the livelihood of the local people is not appropriate, Bommai said.

Kasturirangan report has been prepared based on the satellite images, but the ground reality is different, Bommai explained.

The Union minister assured the state that officers from the Union Environment and Forests department would visit the state before taking any decision.

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Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyiri launched the much awaited Democracy news logo and video portal at Raj Bhavan.

Mr.Koshiyiri also felicitated,Dr Vipin Gaur General Secretary of NAI for his yoeman service in the field of media.

Speaking on the ocassion, Mr.Koshiyiri said that the in the democratic form of government members of general public are the masters and not the politicians.

The politicians are there to serve the people and whatever policies they take should be for the good of society.

Afternoon voice,Editor Dr. Vaidehi Taman hosting the program said its an honest effort to bring back citizen journalism to the forey.

This media is to become voice of the people . The governor lauded the efforts of NAI editor in chief,Dr Vipin Gaur, who serving media industry since the age of 18 years.His father MR Gaur is also noted journalist of the country.

Vipin Gaur is a young journalist who is a different identity in Indian journalists,Vipin Gaur stepped in journalism in 2001 when he was studying at school, In 2003, Vipin Gaur has completely come into the field of journalism; Along with that, Vipin did a lot of work in Mumbai Filmy Industry as an Model , Actor , Director and dance choreographer. After father’s departure in 2010, Vipin turned back to Delhi and start work with Newspapers Association of India.

In December 2010, Vipin Gaur was appointed National General Secretary of News Paper Association of India.

Vipin Gaur has organized several programs across the country for the benefit of journalists in cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru,
Chennai also in rural and remote areas .

Vipin Gaur has done many things in the field of journalism and social service for which Vipin Gaur has received more than 70 national and international awards in India also in Abroad .

Some of the works undertaken by Vipin Gaur, such as Body Donation Camp, International Festival of Journalism, Journalist Tribute Day, Kalam ke Sipahi Samman and National honor of the families of the martyrs of India army and India Forces.

Former Maharastra VC,Dr.Balachandra mungkar, former minister Deepak Sawanth,threatre person bharath dhabolkar, makarand deshpande, transgender activist Lakshmi Tripathi, RTI activist, Vivek Velankar were alao felicitated, Mahesh jagade,social activist,chitra vadh,sunil kunj and anil kumar Gaikwad were also honoured.

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Prime Minister,Narendra Modi has set the target of making India a $5 Trillion economy by 2024-25, Karnataka should contribute atleast 1/3rd of it.This is my target.

I am ready to work 24/7 to achieve it,” Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Addressing a conclave of corporate leaders with the theme ‘Karnataka-Infinite Opportunities’ organised by WMG group.

Bommai called upon the leaders of industry to build New India by building New Karnataka.

Our aim is to see everyone to be an achiever.Our Prime Minister,Modi has a dream to provide opportunities for everyone.India should lead the world in every field.

Our government is ready to not only to hand hold, but walk with you,work should to shoulder to achieve its goals,Bommai said.

Expressing his commitment for empowerment of women, Bommai said, women are honest,hard working. It is these qualities that enable a society and state to grow infinitely.

To explore infinite opportunities, definite ways need to be adopted.Karnataka has its own illustrious history.

The Maharaja of Mysore was a great visionary who started the first exclusive college for women,established bank and industries to produce steel,paper,soap and much more.

With visionaries like Sir M Visvesvaraya Karnataka was the first state to produce electricity, get big industries like BEL,HAL,NAL and BHEDL.

Karnataka had been a pioneer in technology, science, IT and BT. The first IT company in the country was set up in Bengaluru, he said.

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The Hennur police are on the lookout for a construction labourer who along with his friend strangulated his 50-year-old father to death after he refused to pay for his liquor on Sunday.

The deceased has been identified as,Jagadisha,50,

Senior officer told media persons,Initially the family suspected that he died due to excessive consumption of alcohol,but when deceased elder brother muniyappa noticed multiple injury marks on the body and the bleeding nose he suspected something fishy and checked with the neighbours before filing a complaint with the police.

The deceased Jagadisha, a construction labourer was living alone in Vaddarapalya after his wife and two sons separated from him for his alcoholic behaviour.

The accused Raghu,younger son of Jagadisha used to visit him and the duo used to get drunk and fight regularly.

On Sunday Raghu along with his friend Ananda came to meet Jagadisha and saw him counting money.

The duo demanded him to pay for their alcohol for which Jagadisha refused.Soon a heated argument turned into a physical fight and neighbours saw Raghu and Anand dragging Jagadisha inside the house with a towel tied around his neck.

Jagadisha raised an alarm for help but neighbours who used to see them fighting everyday,thought it was a regular fight and did not go to check .

The next day, Jagadisha was found dead at his house.Munianjinappa in his complaint said that Jagadisha was bleeding from his nose and there was ligature mark around his neck and bruises all over his body indicating that he was beaten and strangled to death.

The Hennur police on Monday registered a case of murder and are looking out for Raghu and Anand, who are on the run and further investigation is on he added.

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The CCB officials raided central prison of Parappana Agarahara recovered few packets of marijuana and a dozen of pipes used to smoke the drugs.

Sandeep Patil Joint CP Crime,said,Based on a tip off that the gangs and rowdies are continuing to operate from inside the prison.

On the instructions of commissioner of police, Kamal Pant,several teams of police comprising of two DCPS,with 15 Inspectors were formed under the supervision of Senior officers and the team raided the prison at the early hours and along with the prison staff carried extensive search for the contrabands.

As we received the tip off that the gangsters and rowdies are operating their gangs from inside and giving instructions and communicating regularly from the mobile phones.

But surprisingly,the officials have not found any mobile phones so far.

The CCB officials later filed a complaint with the Jurisdictional Parappana Agrahara about the seizure of drugs from the barracks of undertrials and convicts seeking detailed investigations to ascertain the source of drugs in Barack.

In July this year, the CCB officials raided the prison and recovered knives and daggers, marijuana, mobile phones and SIM cards .

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A city based businessman has filed a complaint with the West Division cyber crime police against a woman who lured his son into a private chat through a mobile app and recorded the private video to blackmail him.

Shreekanth in his complaint,said that his son(Mihir Bharadwaj),a college student had downloaded Woo mobile app and chatted with a girl a few days ago .

The accused disrobed and forced him to do the same.She later recorded the 16 seconds conversation and began to blackmail him demanding ransom.

The victim paid Rs 39,100 transferred to her account, but when the demand for more money threatening to upload the video on social media increased, he informed the family members.

This is the most common form of cyber crime and many people have become victims,a police officer said adding that the victims should be careful when downloading mobile apps and in case of any eventualities,people should not heed to the demands and should not pay and inform their family .

Based on the complaint filed by Shreekanth MJ, from Binnipete,the West Division cyber crime police have registered a case against the accused charging under section 66 E (capturing, publishing,transmitting images of a private area of any person without consent violating the privacy),of the IT Act on Saturday.

It may be recalled that a 26-year-old MBA graduate and IAS Aspirant ended life after being blackmailed in a similar case in KR Puram in April this year .

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Reassuring the people that there is no proposal to impose lockdown in the state,Chief Minister, Basavaraj Bommai has appealed to people not to heed to rumours in this regard.

Speaking to reporters he reiterated,there is no question of imposing the lockdown now.Normal life should go on.

However he wanted the people to strictly follow the Covid norms in public places.Institutions too need to function responsibly by adhering to the norms at programmes conducted by them.

Bommai, said that, the state government is keeping strict vigil against Omicron,the new variant of Covid virus.

Meanwhile precautions against the Delta variant too is being tightened.Government is tackling the issue on two fronts.

Test swab samples in suspicious cases had been sent to NCBS for Genome sequencing to ascertain the exact variant.

International passengers are being strictly screened at the airports.Those who were in contact with them are also being traced and tested,

State government has issued the guidelines for setting up clusters where a spurt in the cases had been reported.

Those in the clusters are being tested again 7 days after they get a positive report of the first test.

About 4000 persons have been tested at SDM college in Dharwad.Similar tests are on at clusters in Mysuru,Hassan and Anekal in Bengaluru,Bommai said.

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Measures are being taken to increase vaccine administration, says Minister Dr K Sudhakar.

• Urges people to come forward and get vaccinated without delay.

• Chief Minister will write a letter to Prime Minister urging him to impose restrictions on travelers from specific countries.

• Attempts are on to prevent viral transmission at an early stage.

• There have been suggestions that those who do not receive second dose shouldn’t have access to the mall, theater, and government should take decision towards non-payment for treatment in a private hospital and others.We are yet to take any decisions on these.

• The issue of the corpse of patient at the ESI hospital has come to my notice and such negligence should not have happened and it is regrettable.Will take appropriate action in this regard.

Minister of Health and Medical Education Minister,Dr K Sudhakar today said that around 2,500 international passengers arrive to Karnataka every day and it is now mandatory for everyone to undergo RT-PCR testing.

Speaking to reporters,after the technical advisory committee meeting, Dr K Sudhakar said that mandatory RTPCR test is being carried out for travelers from countries where the new virus is found.

Chief Minister has instructed us to test travelers from any country, he said. About 2,500 passengers come to the state every day, from various nations.

For those who are negative,will be home quarantined for seven days.For those who are symptomatic and negative,will have to undergo testing at home on the 5th day.

Asymptomatic will be tested on the 7th day.If positive,they will be immediately hospitalized. And they will be treated separately, Sudhakar said.

Covid’s new variant,Omicron virus has been found in 12 countries across the world.To prevent this variant,all necessary precautionary measures are being taken in the state.

Considering our population and health infrastructure,we need to be more careful than other countries,Dr Sudhakar said.

Preparations for the health care services including availability of beds,oxygen beds, deployment of doctors and personnel,supply of medicine were also discussed at the meeting.

Those who haven’t got vaccination should voluntarily come forward and get vaccinated and stay safe.

Suggestion regarding vaccine drive and measures to increase the numbers were discussed.

41 lakh people are slated to get second dose of Covid vaccine.Priority will be given to reach out to these people,Dr Sudhakar said.

Central government is getting samples from all states.Every international passenger’s contacts are being tracked and tested, Sudhakar said.

Guidelines for treatment :

At the meeting,ways to effectively deal with the Omicron virus,how to control it,and what preparations are to be taken in hospitals and medical colleges were also discussed.

Using technology such as Quarantine App,Tele Medicine are also being considered.In addition, a panel of 10 experts has been set up to formulate separate guidelines for treatment,Sudhakar told reporters.

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The Bagalagunte police are on the lookout for owner of a travel agency who is on the run with around 130 cabs which he had attached from the owners for his firm to operate travel business .

The accused have been identified as Shivakumar, native of Tamilnadu and owner of RS Travels in Nagasandra is allegedly on the run with the cabs and other transport vehicles worth Rs 10 crore .

The accused was offered good rental to the cabs and paying it to the owners on 8th of every months regularly.

Many people who lost jobs during Corona wave borrowed loan and bought cabs and attached to the firm.

The cheating came to light earlier this month when few cab owners did not receive the monthly rental and went to check and found the office was locked and phone was not reachable.Upon inquiry it was revealed that he had vacated the office few days ago and is on run.

A case of cheating has been registered against the travel agency owner in Bagalagunte Police station and further investigation is on.