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Sandeep, working in a film distribution firm slipped into coma after he fell from bike sustained injuries while negotiating a pothole at gangamma circle on November 1.

Sandeep was returning home from a nearby ground on his bike.

He sustained a severe head Injury and was taken to HMT hospital from there taken to manipal hospital in hebbal where he is undergoing surgery.

His wife sold all the valuables to arrange fund to save her husband.It was their love marriage.

Meanwhile amid rising accidents caused allegedly due to bad roads in the city, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) administrator Rakesh Singh conducted an online meeting with all zonal officials regarding the pothole-filling work in the city on Saturday.

A senior BBMP official present at the meeting,Mr. Singh directed BBMP Road Department officials to fill the potholes by November 15 and send a report on the same.

The BBMP administrator conducted the online meeting with officials and saw the progress so far. The officials from respective zones showed videos and photos of the work conducted so far and explained the quality of the work.”

This comes after the High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday directed the Chief Engineer,National Highways Authority of India (NHAI),Karnataka division,to inspect the works of pothole filling, road repair and resurfacing of the roads carried out by the BBMP in various parts of the city.

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Saving lives utmost important, not documents

If doctors and staff in govt hospitals misbehave with people,they will be terminated from service.I will speak to Chief Minister in this regard and if need be we will bring necessary amendments to laws in the next session of the assembly,said Health and Medical education Minister Dr.K.Sudhakar.

Speaking about the death of pregnant woman and two newborns in Tumakuru District Hospital minister Dr.K.Sudhakar said the girl who has now lost her mother has been admitted to orphanage home.

A fixed deposit of Rs.5Lakh has been made in the girl’s name from the government.Govt will also take care of her education.

District surgeon,doctors and other staff who are found to be responsible for this have been issued showcase notice and have been asked to respond within 24 hours.

Incidents like these must never repeat again.In cases of emergency, hospitals should not insist on documents.Documents can be collected after the attending the emergency.

There are about 76 notified emergency services and instructions are already in place to not deny or delay treatment in such cases.

In case treatment is not available in government hospitals people can avail it in private hospitals also and govt will bear the cost.

The Special Enquiry Wing of the Central Crime Branch arrested a bookie running online cricket betting for India Bangladesh T-20 match on Thursday.

Based on a tip off,a team rushed to AS Char street and arrested the bookie waiting for the punters to deliver the cash .

The police have seized cash Rs.1.05 lakh from him .

The police also recovered a mobile phone and analyzing the call record details to ascertain his possible links with the other cricket betting ring.

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Congress leaders,Rahul Gandhi,Jayaram Ramesh, general secretary and Supriya Shrinate chairperson of social media and digital platforms have been booked under copy right act and various sections of IT Act for using the popular KGF-2 song in hindi version in their promotional video during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

The complainant,M Naveen Kumar,owner of MRT music,which produce,acquire,cinematography films, songs, music albums and music videos.

The complainant claimed that he is absolute statutory right to enjoy copyright content by granting license to various entities including film producers,TV and Radio,websites and mobile applications and OTT platforms.

The company having more than 20,000 songs in many languages having all rights reserved.

The accused representing Indian National Congress along with other members organised Bharat Jodo yatra influencing the masses through methods and playing sound recordings close to the taste and sentiments of the people .

The accused to promote their rally on their social media account posted two videos using the KGF-2 hindi version cinematography which is popular globally .

This according to the complaint is to make wrongful gain and unauthorized and illegal use of sound recording owned by the company .

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In one of the major operation,Lokayukta officials on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids on the 21 offices of the sub registrars situated in and around Bengaluru.

Lokayukta police seized Rs.9,72,294 unaccounted money in 14 sub-registrar offices during simultaneous surprise inspections at 21 offices in Bengaluru Urban,Bengaluru Rural and Ramanagara districts.

Based on a discrete information to Lokayukta Justice,BS Patil on the rampant corruption,several teams led by ADGP, Prashanth Kumar Thakur, Superintendent of Police,AShok KV and Anjali KP along with 150 officials,raided 14 sub registrar offices in Bengaluru,five sub registrar offices in the outskirts of the city and two offices in Ramanagar and Kanakapura town.

The officials seized unaccounted cash worth several lakhs and other documents and recorded the statement of the staff members .

Notices have been issued to the officials concerned seeking explanation about the source of the unaccounted cash seized based on which further action will be initiated,official sources said .

FIRs have also been registered against the officials for their collusion with the middlemen in the alleged corrupt practices .

A 65-year-old mechanic was killed after the air compressor at his tyre puncture-mending shop exploded due to suspected leakage at his shop in Hosakote on Friday morning.

The impact of the explosion was so high that the body of Allabaksh is mangled and the shop was damaged.

Neighboring shop owners rushed to the help and alerted Nandagudi police who rushed to the spot and shifted the body for post-mortem and taken up a case of unnatural death.

Enquiry by the police revealed that Allabaksh from Kolar running the puncture shop for the last five years .

He left behind his family comprising of wife and three children .

Police suspect that leakage in air compressor could led to the explosion and investigating further said a senior officer.

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The Govindaraj Nagar police on Friday arrested two bike lifters and recovered eight stolen bikes worth Rs.3 lakh from them.

The accused Nihal Raj, 20,and Ananth P,18,used to move around residential area to identify vehicles parked outside the house and steal them by breaking the locks and adjusting the ignition wire.

The accused would then sell the bikes to their contact for throwaway prices and spend the money lavishly.

Based on a bike theft cases the police analyzed the CCTV footage to identify them.

In a similar case the JC Nagar police arrested a bike thief and recovered five bikes which he had stolen from outside the houses worth Rs. 3 lakh from him.

A 24-year-old motorcycle rider was killed when a BMTC bus ran over him while he was negotiating a rumble strip in Choudeshwari Nagar outer ring road on Wednesday night.

The deceased Pramod Kumar,working as electrical supervisor at a private firm was returning home to Laggere after work when the accident occurred at around 10 pm .

The bus was moving from Summanahalli towards Laggere.

Senior officer visited the spot after inspecting the spot said that Pramod slowed down his bike to negotiate the rumble strip when the BMTC bus coming from behind knocked him down before running over him.

The profusely bleeding Pramod was pulled out from under the bus and rushed to KC General hospital where he was declared as brought dead.

The Kamakshipalya traffic police rushed to the spot and seized the bus and arrested the driver identified as Hasim Sab,44, was arrested under death due to negligence .The motorcycle was mangled due to impact of the accident.

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A 10 year old fourth standard girl of a private school died allegedly due to teacher’s beating on Friday.

The victim,Nishitha was punished as part of disciplinary action.

While hitting second time she tried to escape and fell down and sustained injuries and fell unconscious.

She was rushes to MS Ramaiah hospital where she declared as brought dead..

Based on the complaint by father the Gangammangudi police have registered a case under Section 174 C of the Cr.PC. Investigation is on.

Bengaluru: A slugfest over inviting leaders of the Opposition parties for the unveiling of a statue of Bengaluru’s founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda has erupted in Karnataka.

The differences were over the protocol allegedly not being followed by the BJP-ruled State government in extending the invitation, particularly to former Prime Minister and JD(S) leader H D Deve Gowda.

With JD(S) terming it as an insult to Gowda and people of the State, and accusing the government of turning the unveiling into a party event, the BJP hit back by releasing the letters written by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to various dignitaries inviting them and they included Deve Gowda.

It accused the JD(S) of indulging in a false propaganda, fearing polarisation of Vokkaliga votes.

On Friday, Modi unveiled the 108-foot high statue near the Kempegowda International Airport here. The statue was the first and the highest bronze statue of a founder of a city, according to the ‘World Book of Records’.

Kempegowda, a feudatory ruler under the erstwhile Vijayanagara Empire, founded Bengaluru in 1537. He is revered, especially by the Vokkaliga community that is dominant in Old Mysuru and other parts of southern Karnataka.

Deve Gowda is a tall Vokkaliga leader, and the community forms the core of JD(S)’s voter base.

The developments following the installation of the statue, ahead of the Assembly polls next year, show that a competition of sorts seems to have erupted between the political parties to claim credit for the legacy of Kempegowda. The aim was to garner electoral support from the politically dominant Vokkaliga community.

Speaking on the controversy, JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy claimed his father H D Deve Gowda got a call on Thursday from the Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai inviting Gowda for the event on Friday. Besides, a letter was handed over by someone to the police stationed at the compound of former Prime Minister’s residence.

“The letter released by the BJP starts with the word -respected…it has Deve Gowda’s name somewhere at the end of the letter; the name seems to have been added later,” he alleged as he hit out at the saffron party questioning whether its leaders have any civility.

However, Minister C N Ashwath Narayan, who was overseeing the statue project and unveiling programme as he is also the vice-chairman of the Kempegowda Heritage Area Development Authority, on behalf of the government, said Bommai himself had invited and written a letter to Deve Gowda, and his name also appears on the inaugural plaque.

“He (Gowda) was invited, but did not come, our government and people have respect for Gowda and there is no question of disrespecting him,” he said, adding that all the former Chief Ministers, including Siddaramaiah and H D Kumaraswamy, were invited by Bommai.

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, too, said the Chief Minister told him clearly that he had personally invited the former Prime Minister and would inquire into why he did not come.

“Saying he (Gowda) was not invited is not right…” he said, adding that Kumaraswamy and other JD(S) leaders were unable to digest what BJP has done, by installing Kempegowda statue.

Noting that not inviting a farmer-leader who was the first person from Karnataka to become the Prime Minister was an insult to the State, JD(S) State president C M Ibrahim said leaders of other parties, including former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah, should have been invited.

Siddaramaiah said he received a call from Bommai on Thursday inviting the former for the event.

He said, “I told the Chief Minister that the invitation doesn’t have my name, also I have a meeting, so I can’t come.”

The Leader of Opposition, while stating that he and his party welcomed the installation of the statue, however, claimed that it was the earlier Congress government which had initially planned the statue and named the airport after Kempegowda.

State Congress president D K Shivakumar alleged that the BJP government is doing everything as per the party agenda of votebank politics, and is promoting the party using government money.

“The ruling BJP’s conduct- whether they gave respect to Deve Gowda or not, made former Chief Minister S M Krishna sit behind (during the event), I leave it for them,” he said, as he once again questioned as to why government funds were used for the statue.

He said Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL), which runs the Kempegowda International Airport, should have taken up the work on the statue and completed the task related to it.