Parmesh S Jain

Standing Committee of Parliament on Railways visited Mysuru & Bengaluru Divisions today (22.08.2022).

Shri Radha Mohan Singh,Chairman of the Committee and other Hon’ble members held discussions with senior officers of South Western Railway.

Welcoming the dignitaries,Sanjeev Kishore, General manager,South Western Railway highlighted the performance and infrastructure developments of South Western Railway that took place in the Zone in the recent past.

The progress of various railway projects of South Western Railway like new line,doubling and electrification of railway tracks,provision of passenger amenities,provision of stoppage of trains,construction of Road Over Bridges / Road Under Bridges,stations redevelopment work etc.discussed in a meeting held at Mysuru. General Manager assured the Members of Parliament that their advice and suggestions will be given highest priority and best efforts will be made to implement them.

Later, the members inspected KSR Bengaluru and Sir M Visvesvaraya Railway Terminals.

Shri Range Lal Meena,Chief Administrative Officer,Construction,Shyam Singh,Divisional Railway Manager,Bengaluru,Rahul Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager,Mysuru,Harishankar Verma,Principal Chief Operation Manager,Ashish Pandey,Dy.General Manager and other senior officers of South Western Railway were present on the occasion.

Parmesh S Jain

A week after being appointed as Administrative officer of Anjuman-E-Niswan,institution registered under Waqf board,the Bharati Nagar police on Friday arrested former secretary of the board for pocketing Rs.2.2 lakh belonging to the institution.

The accused,Imtiyaz Pasha, was arrested based on the complaint filed by,Khazi Nafeesa,AO of the institute who found discrepancies in the accounts.Ms.Nafeesa took over as AO on August 4 .

Inquiries revealed that Imtiyaz pasha despite the government dissolved the board to appoint administrative officer,he continue to excercise his power illegally for his personal gain.

The accused had terminated the service of a data entry operator and fee collector and replaced her with a Hindi teacher with an instruction to collect the rent from the shops and commercial establishments belonging to the institutes and hand it over to him.

As per the instruction,the newly appointed fee collector Summaiyya Mushtaq,collected the rent for the month of July and handed it over to Imtiyaz instead of depositing in the official account.

The incident came to light when Ms.Nafeesa verified the documents of the institute and inquired with fee collector before filing a complaint with the police.

The Bharthinagar police have registered a case charging Imtiyaz under Misappropriation, Criminal breach of trust and cheating against him. Imtiyaz is presently out on bail while police the Administrative office is further probing to ascertain possibility of more cheating and misappropriation .

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The Byatarayanapura police are on the lookout for a gang of four including a 32-year-old woman who abducted a civil engineer to extort a ransom of Rs.25 lakh at gun point from him on August 11 .

The accused are identified as Pushpavathy and her associates Santosh,Ayappa and Rakesh had demanded Rs.4 crore and after several rounds of negotiations they settled for Rs. 25 lakh,which the victim called his friend to arrange the amount .

The accused had tortured the victim Suraj Srinivasamurthy, 36,resident of Hanumanth Nagar,by assaulting him with belt after tying his hands and legs and gagged his mouth for several hours.

After the release,Suraj got admitted to Victoria hospital before he approached the Byatarayanapura police and filed a complaint on Thursday.

In his complaint Suraj said that he was introduced to Pushpavathy,through a realtor on assurance of getting government project.

Pushpavathy met him few times before inviting him to a office of charitable trust near Gaali Anjaneyswamy temple.

When Suraj went to the office Pushpavathy introduced him to a man identified as Santosh as PA to IAS officer.

While they were chatting over the project,two of Santosh associates identified as Ayyappa and Rakesh snatched his mobile phone and overpowered and tied his hands and legs at gun point .

While Suraj was baffled with their behaviour,the accused pulled out a revolver and threatened Suraj to kill him if he did not pay a ransom of Rs. 4 crore .

Suraj told them that he did not have that kind of money even if he sell his house.

However the accused were adamant and even said that he could consider the amount as loan and they would return,Suraj said in his complaint .

They tortured him for several hours to pester him to get the money and after several rounds of negotiations settled the amount for ₹ 25 lakh.

The accused forced Suraj to call his friend to arrange the amount and released him .

He further said that Pushpavathy had even threatened to foist a rape charged against Suraj if he complaint to the police .

The police have registered a case of assault, extortion,wrongful confinement,criminal intimidation and also under arms act on Thursday .

We suspect that something fishy in the entire episode and investigations are on to find out the exact reason behind the abduction said a senior officer.

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The Kempegowda International airport police are on the lookout for a person who poisoned stray dogs close to Holly wood Town in Sadahalli on Saturday.

Ms.Chouhan in her complaint said that she was taking care of the stray dogs and feeding them everyday.

However they did not turn up on Saturday when she was out to feed them.She started searching and found them dead under a tree close to the apartment .

The police have now questioning the residents and verifying the CCTV footage to identify the accused.

Based on a complaint filed by Anuja Raman Chouhan, the police have registered an FIR against the unknown person charging him under section 429 (maiming or poisoning domestic animals ) and also under various sections of prevention of cruelty to Animal Act.

In a similar incident,the Jayanagar police registered a case against the Manager of a sweet shop for misbehaving with a animal activist when she questioning him on harassing a stray dog on Saturday.

The victim,a 40-year-old residing in JP Nagar was feeding the stray dogs in and around the jayanagar shopping complex.

While she was out to feed them,she heard a painful cry of a pup and saw the employee of a Mishra Peda,sweet shop in Jayanagar 4th block was torturing by pulling its tail .

The stray had come to the shop to eat the leftover and milk discarded in the dustbin outside the shop.

Objecting to this,she confronted the manager identified as Pawan Patil,who misbehaved with her and touched her inappropriately,heckling her saying “did i pull your tail “.

This is the most outrageous behavior and no compassion for animals,the victim,ruled.

The police have summoned the accused for questioning

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The ‘Siridhanya’ processing units will be established in the seven districts of Kalyana Karnataka, announced Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Speaking after inaugurating ‘Siridhanya’ Mela-2022 organised by University of Agricultural Sciences,Raichur here on Saturday,he said the Siridhanya brands could be branded through Farmers producers Centres.

A subsidy of Rs 50 crore is earmarked for those who export through KPEK.The government will provide all assistance and co-operation to encourage farmers to make use this opportunity to export millets.Times have changed.

We are growing paddy and the same is our food. But from the health point of view we must eat millets at least once in a week.

Farmers were using millets as the main staple food but now we have reached a stage that we have to encourage them to grow them.

I am the biggest ambassadors of the millet. I am using millets for the last 30 years and I have stopped eating rice. I will play a major role in promoting millets.

Millets in seven districts

Bommai said Kalyana Karnataka is a arid zone and the Agricultural Centre in Jahirabad has protected 108 year old paddy,navane and other millets.The centre is also imparting training farmers on growing millets.

Eight such centres are in the world and one among them is in Jahirabad.The crops farmers must grow must be according to weather and creating a special marketing facility is the duty of the government,associations and organisations.

Special attention must be given to build markets.

The processing units require markets,They grow seven types of millets Ragi, Saame, Navane, Baragu, Udulu, Haaraka and Korla.

All seven districts in Kalyana Karnataka must grow seven millets.Its productivity, yield and quality must be given utmost important. Raichur is an important place in Karnataka and it’s development has direct link with agriculture.

Textile Park

Bommai said a textile park will be established out of the state government’s assistance.Ballari has jeans making factory. Once upon a time this place was growing a good quality export quality cotton but it requires a good market which will be done by the government.

Raichur Millet Declaration

He said this is an important meeting and the state government has considered it seriously. The decisions taken in this convention will be made as the guidelines to be implemented in the coming days.

The discussion and decisions will be printed and distributed as ‘Raichur Millet Declaration.The state government is ready to extend all co-operation to grow millets,use,process, marketing and export of the same for the benefit of farmers.

They required a roadmap for the future course of action in this regard, he added.

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The CCB on Saturday raided Blow hookah bar on church street and seized hookahs and flavored tobacco worth Rs.80,000.

According to the CCB officials the management not only violated the Cotpa Act but also encouraging the youth into addiction.

Due to this many regular customers are getting into anti social activities to get money for the vices,a police officer, said.

The home department has prohibited hookah bar which are also promoting substance abuse.

The CCB has booked a case against the owner and manager of the bar and further investigating .

BENGALURU: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s media coordinator Gurulingswamy Holimath passed away on Monday morning. The 46-year-old was survived by his wife and children. 

Gurulingswamy who was at the gym on Monday witnessed chest pain at Nagarbhavi in Bengaluru from where he was taken to a private hospital and later brought dead.

Earlier, he worked with many media houses, both print and electronic mediums. He holds a master’s degree in journalism from Karnatak University. His mortals will be kept at his residence in Bengaluru till 2 pm and the last rites will be performed at his native Ramadurga in Belgavi district.

It is to be noted that many ministers expressed condolences. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, several ministers, Congress Karnataka unit president D K Shivakumar and MLAs condoled the demise of Holimath.

BENGALURU:  BJP state vice-president BY Vijayendra, who is also former chief minister BS Yediyurappa’s son, by taking on Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah, who called on Veerashaiva religious head Balehonnur Sri Prasanna Veeerasomeshwara Swamiji recently, is trying to prove that he can be a match the charisma of his father as the community leader.

Though the seer had said that Siddaramaiah had repented his government’s decision over the separate religion status to Lingayats, the former chief minister later clarified that there was no repentance on his part, but had only explained what transpired when he was in power.

Yediyurappa, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his cabinet colleague CC Patil  all hailing from the community — attacked Siddaramaiah on Friday for his U-turn. On Saturday, Vijayendra too entered the row. “No one expects a word of repentance from you, Mr. @siddaramaiah,  who paid a heavy price by engaging in religious politics to cover up  the failures of the anti-people administration and politics of his time.  But, how correct is it to go to the darshan of the Swamiji and stir a  controversy even there?” he tweeted.

In another tweet, he warned Siddaramaiah that people are keenly watching his politics over  religion and Veer Savarkar. “Though you suffered for indulging in these issues, you are back on the same track and a trap is waiting for you,” he mocked Siddaramaiah.

Ahead of the 2023 Assembly polls, Siddaramaiah is trying to transform himself into a leader acceptable to all communities by visiting the Sringeri Sharada Peetha and Veershaiva religious head. But he has provided enough ammunition to Vijayendra by not accepting what the swamiji said. When he was CM, Siddaramaiah had allegedly pushed for a separate religion status for Lingayats following the suggestion of MB Patil and others which resulted in the Veerashaiva- Lingayat community members attacked him, saying that he is dividing the community.

But his decision to please all communities came after a large number of Vokkaligas and Lingayats turned up for his 75th birthday bash in Davanagere on August 3. That was the reason he tried to strike a balance by visiting temples and Veerashaiva Lingayat heads. His every move is being keenly watched by his detractors as he may score political brownie points ahead of the polls.

“Siddaramaiah, who could not get the backing of Vokkaligas because of his differences with HD Deve Gowda, may be trying to impress a section of Lingayats. As this community is crucial for BJP, Vijayendra has stepped in to take him on,” said a political observer, adding that Vijayendra is trying to emerge as the  undisputed Veerashaiva-Lingayat leader like his father.

Declare Patil as CM face: BJP leader’s dare to Cong
MYSURU: Mysuru BJP leader Mallesh has urged the Congress to declare former minister MB Patil, a strong supporter of former CM Siddaramaiah, as the party’s Chief Minister candidate. “Siddaramaiah threatened Rahul Gandhi that his supporters will ditch the party if he is not made the Chief Minister. Why should Siddaramaiah, who lost 2018 polls from Chamundeshwari by more than 40,000 votes, only be made the Chief Minister?” Mallesh said. ENS

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Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials on Monday busted another international drug racket and arrested a 35-year-old man at Bengaluru Railway Station and seized 16 kg of heroin worth Rs.112 crore which he had concealed in a specially designed cavity of the trolly bag he was carrying.

Senior officer told reporters The accused hails from Karnataka-Kerala border had landed in Bengaluru airport by morning flight from Addis Ababa,Ethiopia,and was on his way to New Delhi by train,when based on a specific inputs,the DRI officials traced him at the KSR railway station and arrested him.

The accused had gone to business visa for a week and was assigned the job by a gang to handover the trolley bag to a person soon after landing at Delhi railway station.

The accused was also given a phone number to call him as soon as getting down and given huge sum of money for the job plus the tickets.This is probably the biggest seizure the DRI,Bengaluru unit has made so far,sources said.

Earlier on Wednesday the DRI officials based on profiling ad analysis caught a 30-year-old African national and recovered Rs.11 crore of cocaine in the form of capsules which he had consumed .

The drug was recovered after giving him medical procedure to recover the drugs.The accused,is a career and had visited the city on tourist visa from Adis Ababa.

His handler told him to meet his contact in Delhi and handover the consignment to him.The officials suspect that they are part of the international gang working as careers to supply the drugs to a syndicate operating in Delhi .