DAVANGERE: Former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday said that BJP’s victories in the four States have boost the confidence of the Karnataka BJP workers and he exuded confidence of winning 150 seats in 2023 Assembly elections.

Addressing the public during the foundation stone-laying ceremony for various development projects in Jagaluru town, he described Congress as an “orphan” and a “sinking ship”, which will lose its existence in Karnataka too.

“The development works initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led the party to victory in four out of five States, which clearly indicates his popularity, and we want to replicate the same in Karnataka,” he said.

Taking note of the results from the Uttar Pradesh, the former CM said that the Congress is totally wiped out there Their last bastion, Karnataka, will be lost soon after the Assembly poll results, he claimed.Yediyurappa also said that he along with the BJP team will visit all the constituencies and try to achieve the target of 150 seats determined by the party high command.

“The 2.4 tmc feet of water allocated to Jagaluru will help improve the water table of the drought-prone taluk,” he said.

BENGALURU: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), in one of its biggest operations, seized Rs 5,551.27 crore from a Bengaluru-based Chinese telecom firm Xiaomi Technology India.The seizure was made after months-long investigations by ED. Xiaomi, which is one of the top mobile phone brands in the country, has an annual turnover of Rs 34,000 crore. The money has been seized from four bank accounts of Xiaomi under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.

ED sources said the company had already sent a major portion of the money to its group companies in China. “The balance amount was lying in its four bank accounts at HSBC, Citi Bank, IDBI and Deutsche Bank,” the official source said.The royalty amount has been remitted based on the instruction of its Chinese parent group. A certain amount has also been remitted to two more unrelated US-based entities, the source added.

The company has been operating in India since 2014 and as per the agreement, it procures the completely manufactured handsets from manufacturers in India. These contract manufacturers have a direct arrangement with the group entities of Xiaomi based in China for supplying raw material and manufacturing of mobile sets as per the specifications provided by Xiaomi China, ED stated.

“Xiaomi India has not provided any technological input or software-related assistance to these contract manufacturers. Interestingly, Xiaomi India has transferred money to the three foreign-based entities from which they have not availed any kind of service,” ED authorities said.The Company, without having any authorisation, remitted the money — a violation of Section 4 of FEMA. The company allegedly also provided misleading information to the banks while remitting the money abroad.

Mumbai: The legendary Sunil Gavaskar has pitched for young pace sensation Umran Malik’s inclusion in the Indian team for the upcoming England tour following his stunning five-wicket haul against Gujarat Titans in the IPL here.

The 22-year-old Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer from Jammu produced one of the most fiery spells of fast bowling in the IPL history, snapping five wickets for 25 runs on Wednesday night.

But his breathtaking effort went in vain as Rashid Khan (31 not out off 11 balls) and Rahul Tewatia (40 not out in 21 balls) scored 56 from the last four overs, including 22 from the final six deliveries, to take the Titans home in a last-ball thriller.

“The next for him, I think is the Indian team,” former India skipper Gavaskar said during his commentary after the game.

“He might not play in the XI because India have got Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Umesh Yadav. So, he might not play.

“But just travelling with the group, travelling with the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, sharing the dressing room with them… just look what is going to happen to him!”

The young pace sensation has been clocking in excess of 150 kph consistently throughout the season and has picked up 15 wickets in eight matches at 15.93 average.

Introduced into the attack as late as the eighth over, Malik bowled devastatingly quick deliveries to scythe through the Gujarat Titans top-order, becoming the first IPL bowler to pick up all the first five wickets of an innings.

He rattled Shubman Gill’s off stump for his first wicket, before removing Hardik Pandya with a combination of pace and bounce.

Next, he produced a perfect 153 kmph thunderbolt yorker to smash the wickets of Wriddhiman Saha, before cleaning up both David Miller and Abhinav Manohar to sign off with a five-for.

India’s tour of England starts in June with the visitors playing the final Test of the five-match series, which was abandoned last year due to COVID-19, from July 1 to 5, before embarking on a three-match T20 series and playing as many ODIs.

India will begin the UK tour with two T20Is against Ireland in Dublin, starting June 26.

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Initiating investigations into the Assistant professor question paper leak case,the Malleshwaram police on Monday taken the prime accused into custody for questioning .

The police have also summoned 300 candidates who have appeared for the geography paper which has been leaked at 8.30 am much before the commencement of the exam.

The prime accused R Soumya,32,a PhD student was allegedly the first person to receive a set of 18 questioned on her mobile phone before the exam,which he had circulated to different numbers on Whatsapp numbers.

The same set of questions appeared in the exam scheduled on March 14 this year conducted by the the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), which had conducted the exam for the recruitment of assistant professors in government degree colleges.

Based on the complaint filed by Executive Director of KEA, the Malleshwaram police on Friday registered a case against Soumya R and others charging them under IT act and also under cheating and criminal conspiracy and arrested her.

The police produced Soumya before the court and taken into custody to ascertain the source of the leak and the people behind the conspiracy and her network .

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Continuing investigations into child sale racket case,the south division police on Saturday arrested a 41-year-old woman advocate who was co-ordinating paper works in the racket .

The accused has been identified as, Bhanumathi KP.

Senior officer told reporters,the accused Bhanumathi KP,was coordinating between hospital,childless couple and sarogate mothers taking care of the agreement and the other jobs on behalf of the hospital .

The accused who was working on divorce cases and legal issues for the last 11 years started working for the hospital as the legal consultant for the racket,a police officer said.

The job assigned to the accused is to prepare a document containing details on sarrogacy as per ICMR guidelines and counsel the childless couple and prepare a documents to get consent for the childless couple,to make it look like entire process is legal .

The accuse would then rope in poor women from other parts of the country luring them with money to be sarrogate mothers and get their consent on video recording as well as in writing along with the signature and monitor the mother at every stage and ensure the process is completed without any hassel .

The accused getting heavy fee for the job from various private hospitals and was on the run since the racket was busted in October last year.

However the police who have booked few hospitals in the case stumbled upon the role of Bhanumathi and tracked her down and arrested her .

There are more people suspected to be involved in the racket and efforts are on to track them down,said a senior officer.

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The Parappana Agarahara police have registered an FIR against unknown persons for poisoning as many as ten stray dogs living outside an apartment in Rayasandra on Thursday night .

Senior officer told reporters,The incident occurred on Thursday night when the complainant identified as Ranee K,heard the stray dogs hauling and writhing in pain outside the apartment.

She went to check and found that the pack of dogs are drooling and unconscious.

She immediately alerted a veterinary clinic near-by for help.But by the time help came six of the stray dogs died while a female dog was rushed to the clinic and in the intensive care .

After examination the doctors confirmed that the dogs have been poisoned and the chances of survival is very weak.

The police suspect that the pack of stray living outside baldota serenity apartment and someone had poisoned the dogs as they are disturbed by the barking and howling in the night time.

The police are now verifying the CCTV footage and questioning the security staff to identify the people who are behind the crime.

Based on a complaint by one of the resident of the apartment the police registered an FIR on Saturday charged the unknown persons under section 448 (mischief by killing,poisoning, maiming or rendering useless any animal) of IPC and investigating to trace the accused.

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A 25-year-old man was killed and another injured when the motorcycle they were riding collided with a speeding cab near Peenya II stage in the wee hours on Sunday.

The deceased has been identified as Rakesh riding pillion with his friend Maheshwar, 23.

The duo are working in a factory in Peenya industrial area.

While the duo passing near sub registrar office , the speeding cab in a rash and negligent driving collided with the motorcycle.

Due to the impact the duo slipped from the bike and Rakesh came under the moving wheels and crushed to death .

Maheshwar fell on the safe side of the vehicle and sustained multiple injuries.The cab driver abandoned the cab and escaped before the passers-by rushed to the help.

The Peenya traffic police rushed to the spot and shifted Maheshwar to the hospital while Rakesh body was sent for post mortem.

The Peenya Traffic police have taken up a case of death due to negligence against the cab driver and efforts are on to track him down.

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The Kodigehalli police arrested a 28-year-old man and recovered mobile phone worth Rs 43,000 which he had robbed from a home maker in Sahakaranagar on March 31.

The accused has been identified as,Suhail Pasha,.

Senior officer told reporters,a complaint was registered by a victim on March 31st in Kodigehalli Police station stating that while she was on her morning walk near Sahakaranagar a bike rider wearing full face helmet robbed her mobile.

Based on the complaint the Kodigehalli Police inspector,Jagadish and his crime team rushed to spot and after collecting information the team with the help of technical inputs and local intelligence tracked the accused and arrested him.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and revealed that he would move around the residential area on his bike wearing full face helmet to rob people on morning walk.

The accused has been booked under robbery and remanded to judicial custody.The police are further investigating to ascertain his criminal background.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,A subramanyeshwara Rao,DCP Northeast,Dr Anoop A Shetty,ACP,Manoj Kumar M E,PI,Jagadish K,PSI, Srinivas Shirur,and crime staff as,Gangaiah Hiremath,Arun Kulkar,Puttaraju,Thimmaraju,Vijay Sawalgi,Shivanand Shakti,Abdul Khadar,and technical support staff as,Ravi and Babu has been appreciated for the excellent work done in tracking the accused with technology and recovering the phone and a suitable reward will be given to whole team for the exemplary work done by them he added.

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Dr. Rajkumar was the greatest showman of Indian cinema.His natural approach and simplicity itself was his talent,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

He was speaking at the State Film Awards-2017 presentation function.Dr Rajkumar carved a niche for himself through his stellar performances in every genre of films from mythological to social themes, Bommai said.

Dr.Rajkumar is a legend,he has not left us.As Vivekananda has said,death is not an end for achievers.They live on even after death.Rajkumar will live on forever,Bommai said.

State government has announced ‘Karnataka Ratna’ award posthumously to Puneeth Rajkumar.A grand function to present the award would be organised soon,Bommai said.

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Work on Film City in Mysuru would be taken up this year itself,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

He was speaking at a function to celebrate the 94th Birth Anniversary of Dr Rajkumar and present Priyadarshini State Film Awards for the year 2017.

Without any one asking for it,we have announced subsidy for 200 Kannada and regional language movies this year in the State budget,a big jump from the earlier limit of 125 movies,Bommai said.

Renowned actress Lakshmi was presented with the Dr Rajkumar award for Life Time Achievement and Director S Narayan received the Puttanna Kanagal award.