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Amritsar/Chandigarh: Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri was shot dead by unidentified people in Punjab’s Amritsar on Friday, police said.
The incident took place outside a temple in the city where Suri and some other leaders of the party were holding a protest, they said.
Dr K Sudhakar, Minister for Health and Family Welfare
Bengaluru: Dr K Sudhakar, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, has said that four staff members of the Tumakuru district hospital, accused of causing the death of a mother and her newborns by denying medical attention, will be dismissed if the charges are proven true.
“Strict legal action will also be taken against them,” the minister said in his post on social media on Friday.
The commissioner of the Department of Health and Family Welfare issued an order suspending a doctor and three nurses of the Tumakuru district hospital on Thursday, as a woman and her newborn children in the city died after being denied timely medical attention at the hospital, said sources.
In his post, Dr Sudhakar has said that, at the outset, it seems an act of dereliction of duty by the doctor and the three nurses of the Obstetrics Ward in the hospital, and the four staff members have been suspended by the Department.
“The government and the Health Department have considered this matter very seriously. A high-level committee has been formed, led by the Commissioner of the Department, for further investigation of the incident. The committee members have also been told to submit a report within two weeks,” the minister said.
Reminding that it is the foremost duty of medical staff, including doctors and nurses, to provide medical attention and treatment to a patient, the minister has said, “The government has already ordered medical professionals not to demand a patient to produce any sort of record. The order is being re-issued.”
Chandrashekhar
Shivamogga: Former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has said that the death of MLA and chief minister’s political secretary M P Renukacharya’s nephew Chandrashekhar seems to be a case of murder, at the outset, and will be thoroughly investigated.
Chandrashekhar’s body was found in a decomposed state inside his car which was lifted from the Tunga canal near Kadadakatte, Davanagere, on Thursday. The youngster had been missing since October 30.
Addressing reporters here on Friday, Yediyurappa said, “The death of Chandrashekhar will be further investigated. I will also speak to the chief minister and urge to ensure the investigation is conducted urgently.”
Shivamogga MP B Y Raghavendra visited the house of Renukacharya in Honnali and offered his condolences to the family members, said sources.
Raghavendra said, “Chandrashekhar was active in politics and his death is a loss to the BJP,” and concurred that the matter should be investigated, the sources added.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the validity of the Employees Pension (Amendment) Scheme of 2014 but quashed the threshold limit of Rs 15,000 monthly salary for joining the pension fund.
The 2014 amendment had capped the maximum pensionable salary (basic pay plus dearness allowance) at Rs 15,000 per month. Prior to the amendment, the maximum pensionable salary was capped at Rs 6,500 a month.
A bench of Chief Justice UU Lalit and Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia, however, read down certain provisions of the scheme.
Employees who have not exercised the option to join the pension scheme must do so within six months, the bench said.
It added that eligible employees who could not join the scheme by the cut-off date should be given an additional chance as there was a lack of clarity on the issue in view of judgments passed by the high courts of Kerala, Rajasthan and Delhi.
The bench further held as invalid the condition in the 2014 scheme that required employees to make a further contribution at 1.16 per cent on salary exceeding Rs 15,000.
It held that the condition to make additional contribution on the salary exceeding the threshold limit to be ultra vires but added that this part of the judgment would be kept in suspension for six months to enable the authorities to generate funds.
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation and the Centre challenged the verdicts of the high courts of Kerala, Rajasthan and Delhi, which had quashed the 2014 scheme.
Mumbai: An undertrial gangster brought a plastic bottle filled with dead mosquitoes to a court here to highlight their menace in the jail he is lodged in.
Gangster Ejaz Lakdawala on Thursday brought the bottle and sought a mosquito net, but his plea was rejected by the sessions court.
Lakdawala, a former associate of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, is facing multiple criminal cases, including those under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). He was arrested in January 2020 and has been lodged at the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai since then.
He had recently filed an application in court seeking permission to use a mosquito net. Lakdwala, in his application, said that in 2020 when he was remanded in judicial custody, he was permitted to use one but in May this year, the prison authorities seized the net citing security concerns.
On Thursday, when Lakdawala was produced before the sessions court, he showed a plastic bottle filled with dead mosquitoes and said the inmates of Taloja jail have to face this problem everyday. But the jail authorities opposed the plea citing security reasons.
The court while rejecting the application said the accused applicant (Lakdawala) could use Odomos and other mosquito repellents.
Apart from Lakdawala, several undertrials from the Taloja prison have also filed similar applications.
In some applications, the request was allowed, but in others they were rejected.
Gangster D K Rao was permitted by the court to use mosquito net by one judge, but another judge did not permit the same to a few accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case and a direction was given to the prison authorities to take all necessary precautions to curb the mosquito menace.
In September this year, activist Gautam Navlakha had also filed an application seeking permission to use a net, which is still pending.
Parmesh S Jain
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said today was an important day for the development of Bengaluru as well as infusing a biggest strength for the Department of Fire Services.
Speaking after dedicating 90 meter Aerial Ladder Platform vehicle on behalf of Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services and flagging of ‘Green Deepavali’, a public awareness campaign on the stairs of Vidhana Soudha here on Thursday, he said the 90 meter aerial ladder platform is a most essential and important facility and this modern ladder will work as a real friend in need.
The whole world is growing in a big scale and it is a most essential service especially in all important metropolitans without which building permission is not given.
Fire Safety and its rules are equally important. It was essential for the Department of Fire & Emergency Services to have all facilities to reach hi-rise buildings during an emergency.
Ready to serve
The CM said till now,the Bengaluru Fire Department had only a 50 meter ladder and the state capital is growing fast both horizontally and vertically.
After Mumbai City,Bengaluru has become the second city in the whole country to have a 90 meter Aerial Ladder Platform system.
Efforts were made to procure this in the last two and a half years and while he was the Home Minister the grants had been released.
But it got delayed due to some reasons such as Covid-19 and production problems.The new ladder will be put into use in BBMP limits, he added.
The Government is capable of solving problems
Bommai said Bengaluru City is growing fast and several definitions are made without understanding issues.
The recent rains had created floods only in two constituencies and not in all 26 Assembly segments.
But it was projected as if the whole Bengaluru City had submerged.In fact,Bengaluru is an important city both in national and international level and the government is capable of solving any problems of the city.It is important to present facts correctly.
There are over 100 personnel working in SDRF to deal with flood situations.The State Capital has both NDRF and SDRF teams and they are capable of rescuing anyone from any part of the city.
The government had already released Rs.20 crore to buy the new equipment and another Rs.20 crore was released recently.
The government’s intention is to strengthen SDRF. Instructions are given to form another two companies of SDRF for which ex-servicemen will be appointed.
Already,over 100 retired defense personnel were appointed and more personnel will be recruited directly for the proposed two companies.
Along with modernisation and increasing numbers,even training and empowerment are also given given importance.
The SDRF had helped during the recent floods in different districts,he added.
He said permission has been given to strengthen the Department of Fire Services by sanctioning various schemes and one of them was the procurement of 90 meter aerial ladder platform.
This department rescues people in any fire mishap that occurs in any corner of the city all the 24 hours.
The CM said 5,000 new vehicles are added to the fleet of vehicles daily whereas the roads have remained the same.
Despite this,the police department has been managing traffic by using several technologies including synchronizing for free flow of traffic.
As many as 7500 cameras are installed under the Nirbhaya scheme and it will be used to address the problems of traffic density and for women safety.They work on artificial intelligence and revolves 360 degree.
Steps are taken to fill up potholes across the city. New potholes have emerged due to incessant rain.Even they too are being filled up on the war-footing.
It was possible to do quality works in case rain reduces.Whatever repair works done would not last long during continuous rain.But all the potholes will be filled up,Bommai said.
The CM wished the people on the occasion of Deepavali festival and asked them to celebrate by using green crackers.
The citizens must use the crackers of less than 125 decibels.Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, Ministers,Kota Srinivasa Pujari,S.T.Somashekar, Shivaram Hebbar, MP P.C.Mohan,MLA Niranjan Kumar,Additional Chief Secretary (Home Department) Rajneesh Goel and DGP (Fire Services) A.K.Pandey were present.
Parmesh S Jain
The capacity and capability to save lives of people in fire mishaps and to check fire accidents have increased,opined Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Speaking after dedicating 90 meter Aerial Ladder Platform vehicle on behalf of Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services and flagging of ‘Green Deepavali’,a public awareness campaign on the stairs of Vidhana Soudha here on Thursday, he said in the whole country,except Mumbai,only Bengaluru has 90 meter aerial ladder platform to rescue people who are struck in hi-rise buildings during the fire mishaps.
I will compliment Home Minister Araga Jnanendra,Home Department and senior officials of Department of Fire Services for bringing this ladder to Bengaluru”.
Earlier, the CM went in the newly dedicated aerial ladder platform along with others.Asked about his experience,Bommai said,I was surprised to see the design of Vidhana Soudha dome.
In those days, they had taken this stone to the top of the building. I was elated to see the Ashoka Pillar from a close angle. The solace is that with the new ladder it is possible to save lives of people in fire mishaps”.
Parmesh S jain
As many as 64 CCTV cameras installed at the 25 strategic locations across Yashwanthpur which is linked to a control room at police station to monitor Law and order situation.
Home Minister Araga Jnanendra,along with,MLA, Munirathna, Commissioner of police CH Pratap Reddy,Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,on Thursday inaugurated the control room which was set up under MLA Local area development fund.
The CCTV cameras were also fitted with mics to help the control room staff to give instructions and make important announcements if necessary,Vinayak Patil,DCP, North division,said .
This is a pilot project to ensure law and order and to monitor the area round the clock from a control room.This project will be extended to other areas in future ,he added.
The police sitting in the control room not only monitor law and order situation but also take strategic decisions in case of any eventualities and deploy security arrangements accordingly,Mr. Jnanendra, said.This is going to help the police in crime prevention and maintaining law and order.
Parmesh S Jain
The Anti-Narcotics wing of the Central Crime Branch on Thursday busted an inter state drug racket and arrested three railway staff from Northeast Frontier Agartala working in coaching depot and recovered Hashish oil and Marijuana worth Rs.80 lakh from them.
The accused identified as Bapat Khare , Pinto Das and Rajesh Das are working as AC attendants and bed roll staff in north east railway
Senior officer told reporters,Based on a tip off a team of officials raided outside Byappanahalli railway station compound and caught the trio red handed .
During investigation the accused confessed the crime and it was revealed the accused working as AC attendants and bed roll staff in Northeast railway on contract basis and also running the drug racket to earn extra money.
During the raid The police team recovered 1.10 Kg of Hashish oil and 4 kilograms of Marijuana and four mobile phones from them.
The accused confessed that they would source the drugs from their contact in native place of Assam and get it to city by concealing in lockers of the bogies .
The accused would then sell the drugs to their contacts and local peddlers for a price of Rs.5 lakh per kilogram of Hashish oil and Rs.50,000 for marijuana.
The police have arrested the trio under NDPS and efforts are on to track down the peddlers who are on the run.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner CH Pratap Reddy has appreciated Joint CP Crime Raman Gupta DCP Crime-1 Dr SD Sharanappa and his whole team for the exemplary and meticulous investigation done by them in nabbing the contract employees of Railway employee who used to get drugs concealed in the boogie of Railway and a special reward will be given to the team for the exemplary and excellent work done by them in nabbing the trio he added.