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Congress has taken out Mekedatu Padayatra for political gains, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Replying to a question from media persons in Hubballi he said, there is no need to give any importance to Congress padayatra.

Though the party leaders are aware of the reality about the project,they are out on a padayatra for political gains.

Congress leaders had failed to prepare even the Detailed Project Report(DPR) for the project when they were in power.

People are asking as to what was the contribution of Congress leaders for the Mekedatu project, Bommai said.

The State government would take necessary decisions to enable the people of the State to get the benefit of Mekedatu and Kalasa Banduri projects.There should be no politics over this, Bommai said.

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BBMP Chief Commissioner, Gaurav Gupta has strictly instructed the officials to speed up the drive to remove illegal flex banners and bunting in the city, with the help of police department.

Addressing a virtual meeting today,on the removal of illegal flex banners and bunting within the BBMP limits,he said that,illegal flex banners and bunting are widely found in the city.

Officials in the concerned zones should not allow to continue this.FIR should be lodged in local police station against the persons displaying such illegal flex banners and bunting in the city.

The City should be free from flex banners and bunting (like how the city looks during the elections -no flex,banners).

Illegal flex banners and bunting in the city should be removed with the help of police and BBMP Marshalls.

BBMP’s shilt and tractor vehicles,Prahari vehicles and other vehicles in addition,along with additional personnel should be deployed for the drive,he said.

Displaying of flex,banners,flags,posters and bunting in the city is punishable offense under the BBMP act 2020 and the section 3 of Karnataka Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act 1981.

Although,the aesthetic beauty of the city being destroyed by displaying illegal flex banners and bunting again and again in the city.

All the zonal officials should take up drive against such things immediately, Gaurav Gupta said.

Request to police department;

The BBMP Chief Commissioner, Gaurav Gupta requested the City Police Commissioner Kamal Pant to provide needed police support for the drive against illegal flex banners and bunting.

Police support is needed to BBMP officials to take legal action during the drive and also to prevent any probable unwanted incidents during the drive, Gaurav Gupta said.

Replying to the request,the City Police Commissioner assured that,the police officials would work together with BBMP and the needed cooperation would be provided.

All the zonal commissioners of BBMP,Additional Commissioner(Finance) Venkatesh S,All the zonal joint commissioners,all the zonal chief engineers,Divisional executive engineers and other officials were present in the meeting.

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A beautiful memorial that would attract visitors from other states too: CM Bommai

A beautiful memorial for late film star Ambarish that attracts visitors from neighboring states too would be built,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Bommai in his address after performing the Bhoomi Puja for Ambarish’s memorial at Kanteerava Studio said,I used to call Ambarish as Ambarish only.

It is the same even now.Ours is a 40 year old friendship.We used to eat and roam around together,did usual things and also unusual things,” Bommai said recalling his association with Ambarish.

Ambarish’s life is like an open book.He lived on his own terms.One who lives according to his own terms and his conscience is the real hero.

Ambarish never compromised with his conscience.It was a God’s gift.He was born with leadership qualities.Though he started his cinema career as a villain,he emerged as a superhero as he was a born hero,Bommai said.

Friendly man

He was a friendly man who was ready to do anything for friendship.Bommai narrated his own experience when Ambarish used to join them abandoning his shooting immediately on hearing the car horn from the friends.

The producers had even come home and requested us not to come when Ambarish was shooting for their movie.

Sacrificed power in politics

Ambarish had special affection for the poor and farmers. But he had no penchant to stick to power.

Whether in power or not, Ambarish always detested power in politics.Such people are very rare.

When the Cauvery water dispute erupted he quit from the Union ministry without thinking even for a minute. Ambarish is the only politician who gave up power during Cauvery agitation, Bommai said.

Love for Mandya

He had a strong attachment for Mandya. His presence was electrifying wherever he was. Ambarish had a big role in making Kannada film industry’s presence in other states.

He had friends in every place. He was fondly called the Ajatha Shatru.He was loved by everyone, Bommai said.

Bommai recalled an event in Bijapur where over 5 lakh people turned out to have a glimpse of Ambarish.

The Chief Minister lauded Ambarish’s wife Sumalatha and son Abhishek for carrying forward the legacy of Ambarish.

Puneeth Memorial

Expressing his grief at the demise of Kannada film icons Dr Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan, Shankarnag and Puneeth Rajkumar, Bommai said that a memorial for Puneeth would be built soon.

The date for presenting the ‘Karnataka Ratna’ award to Puneeth would be announced, Bommai said.

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Two techies among three persons killed in separate road accidents which took place in Hebbal traffic police stations limits in the early hours of Sunday.

The deceased has been identified as,two software engineers have been identified as Kiran, 23 and his cousin,Yatish, 23 .

Senior officer along with Hebbal traffic inspector and staff rushed to the spot and after collecting information said,The duo are residents of Amruthahalli and working for a IT company and were working from home.

Yatish was native of Holalkere in Chitradurga and stayed in his cousin Kiran’s house in Amruthahalli.

Probe revealed that Kiran had bought a new bike and the duo set out for a joy ride at around 1.30 am .

While they were riding on Byatarayanapura service road,a speeding car coming from Kodigehalli junction knock down their bike.The duo slipped and sustained severe injuries .

Passers-by rushed them to a near-by hospital where the doctors declared them as brought dead.

The car driver sped away soon after the accident and the Hebbal traffic police have taken up a case of hit and run and efforts are on to track down the accused.

In another incident,a 27-year-old private firm employee killed after he lost control over the scooter he was riding and collided with a road divider on ring road on Sunday morning.

The deceased Raghuveer resident of Bagalagunte was returning home after attending a function at friend’s house in Hegdenagar.The Hebbal traffic police have registered a case and are investigating .

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The Hebbal police on Friday registered an FIR against owners of a mobile shop for allegedly detaining an 18-year-old salesman accusing him of stealing and tortured him for three days demanding Rs.60,000 .

The victim,has been identified as Abdul Ahad and was later released after three days with a warning to return the money following which he with the help of his family members treated at a hospital for the injuries before approaching the police.

Senior officer told reporters,the victim in his complaint said that he was studying PU course and also working as salesman at the mobile phone sales and service shop situated at Sultanpalya owned by Tousif and others .

On February 23, Tousif accused him of stealing the valuables from shop and took him to a room near the shop on the pretext of others .

Tousif along with his associates identified as Bablu,Tabrez, Nayaz and Karim tortured him, assaulted with plastic wire bamboo stick for three days demanding that he should return Rs. 60,000 .

The accused later threatened Ahad with dire consequences and released him on Feb 25 warning that he should return their money .

Based on complaint registered we are verifying the veracity of the complaint and at the same time looking out for the accused to question them he added .

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The North Division police of Rajagopalnagar police on Sunday arrested two notorious inter-state drug peddlers from Tamilnadu and recovered 21.8 kgs of Marijuana from them.

The accused has been identified as,Prakash resident of Tamilnadu,Sundarapandi resident of Rajagopalnagar.

Senior officer told media persons,The Rajagopalnagar police sub inspector,Hanumantha Hadimani as on 26th February in the evening received a credible information that two persons in a motorcycle are waiting for their clients to deliver drugs.

Acting on a tip off PSI, Hanumantha Hadimani and his crime staff rushed to the spot near 12th cross in Peenya 4th stage and surrounded them and kept a close watch on them and after getting confirmation the team approached them and intercepted them and found high-end Ganja in their possession the team secured them.

The accused confessed the crime and revealed that they would source the narcotics from their source in Vishakhapatnam and smuggle it in train to Hosur and bring in it small city in small quantities to sell them to their clients and their main targets were college students.

The accused are residents of Hosur would come to city everyday to sell condiments and also peddle Marijuana to make extra bucks .

The duo have been booked under NDPS and efforts are on to track down their network.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP North,Vinayak Patil,ACP,KS Venkatesh Naidu,PI,Jagadish BR,PSI,Hanumantha Hadimani and his crime staff who has done tremendous job in nabbing the duo red handed and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

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The Marathahalli police on Saturday arrested a 37-year-old construction labourer for slapping his mother to death over a trivial row on Friday,

The accused has been identified as, Ambarish,37,

Senior officer told reporters that,the accused Ambarish,a chronic alcoholic living with his mother Yamunamma,71,at a shed in Devarabisanahalli.

Yamunamma used to work as domestic help at the apartments to eke out a living while Ambaraish is irregular to work .

Being chronic alcoholic Ambaraish used to harass her mother for money for his drinks.On Friday he started forcing her to give money but Yamunamma refused following which Ambarish slapped her.

A hard blow rendered her collapsed and breath her last.Neighbours hearing the commotion rushed to her help and took her to a near-by hospital where the doctors declared her as brought dead.

Based on a complaint,the Marathahalli police rushed to the spot and arrested Ambarish charging him under murder and further investigation is on .

CHALAGERI(HAVERI DIST): The pain of Shekhar Gyana Goudar, father of Naveen — who was killed in Russian shelling at Kharkiv in Ukraine on Tuesday, knew no bounds when he came to know that his son, with whom he spoke three times a day over WhatsApp, was no more. The shock was too much for Naveen’s mother Vijayalakshmi, who fainted.

As the news of Naveen’s death spread, friends and relatives started to gather at Shekhar Goudar’s house and consoled the family. Shekhar Goudar had only one question, “When are they getting my son’s body back? I want to see him…”

Naveen (21) was killed when he stepped out of the metro underground tunnel, where he and his friends were taking shelter, to get food from a supermarket on Tuesday morning. The entire family used to make video calls to Naveen every day and Tuesday was no exception. Shekhar Goudar spoke to Naveen just minutes before his death.

Soon after Naveen’s friend informed Shekhar that Naveen was dead, he told his relatives to get in touch with ministry of external affairs officials, who confirmed the news later. He said, “My son had told me about the hardships faced by him and his friends. I used to infuse confidence in him, tell him about the developments in other parts of Ukraine and efforts being made by the government to evacuate Indians.”

Naveen’s uncle Ujjinappa Gyana Goudar said, “The government should have been serious and started evacuation in places where the war was intense. The government should have shifted Indians, especially students, from Kyiv and Kharkiv first. If it had been done, Naveen would be alive.”

Shekhar Goudar said, “If professional education was affordable for the poor in this country, why would I have sent my son to Ukraine and lost him today?” He said, “I had visited union minister Pralhad Joshi’s house to request him to get back my son. I could not meet him and returned empty handed.”

Venkatesh, whose son Praveen too is studying at Kharkiv, said, “Naveen and Praveen were together at the bunker and they never came out. But on Tuesday, Naveen got up early and went to buy some food and exchange currency at the Beketova supermarket along with another friend Yeshwanth. Yeshwanth returned as it was too cold outside. At 7.58 am, Naveen called another friend Amit and asked him to transfer some money as he was short of cash. As Naveen didn’t return even after several minutes, they called him at 8.10 and a local resident, who picked up the call, told them that Naveen was dead and the body had been taken to the mortuary at a nearby hospital.”

Shekhar Goudar, who worked as an engineer in Abu Dhabi, returned to India some years ago and was working at South India Paper Mills Limited at Nanjangud. Naveen did his primary and higher primary at St Lawrence School in Ranebennur and later joined his father at Nanjangud. He completed his high school and pre-university in Mysuru. He appeared for NEET, but did not make the cutoff and decided to pursue medicine at Kharkiv National Medical University.

Shekhar Goudar retired from service two years ago and has started farming in Chalageri. Naveens’ brother Harsha, who is pursuing his PhD in agriculture at GKVK in Bengaluru, said Naveen had secured 97 per cent in second PU, but could not do well in NEET, which forced him to secure admission in Ukraine.

Naveen studied at Adarsha School in Debur village of Nanjangud taluk. He had visited his friends and the schools six months ago. He was the topper in SSLC for the school in 2015-16 and had secured 607 marks for 625. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Shekar Goudar and told him to be bold and to lead the family from the front.

Former chief minister BS Yediyurappa, who visited the family, said arrangements are being made to bring the body back in three to four days.

Parmesh S Jain

Healthy children are the wealth of the country. Polio is a terrible
disease,which causes permanent disability in children.

The disease affects
children under the age of 5 years more as compared to other age groups.

There have been no reported cases of polio in India since 2011.

The
World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared India a polio-free nation in 2014.

However,considering that there are still some cases reported in
neighbouring countries it is imperative that we continue with strict vigilance,surveillance and preventive actions.

Against this backdrop this year, under the guidance of Government
of India the National Pulse Polio Immunisation Program has been planned from 27-02-2022 to 02-03-2022.

Target population of children below 5 years for vaccinating this
year is 10,80,104.

The program will be implemented across the city with 141 planning units,situated at BBMP UPHCs along with 3404
Vaccination Booths (includes mobile and transit teams), installed across
all 198 wards.

More than 15000 team members will be mobilised for the
program.Dedicated teams are also assigned for slums population and
migrant camps.

There shall also special mobile and transit booths installed at key
sites like schools,major parks,metro stations,religious places of worship,play schools,day care centres,major bus transit points,metro station,market areas,shopping malls,play areas and slums.

Nodal officers have been appointed from all departments to oversee
and coordinate immunisation implementation, coverage and management
across these booths.

In addition,the program has also been widely advertised on
television,radio and newspapers and in public places such as malls,commercial areas, markets.

BBMP has utilised their daily door-to-door solid waste collection vehicle announcements to reach out citizens of
Bengaluru to educate the public about the program.

BBMP acknowledges the support of Medical colleges,Nursing
colleges,Rotary Lions,Akshaya patra,Adhamya chetana,and many
other NGO partners who have joined hands for effective implementation
of pulse polio program.

People of Bengaluru have been always proactive in ensuring the
safety of their children, we have seen 100% coverage in our previous
Pulse Polio drives, we look forward to your continued support towards
ensuring vaccination of all children below.the age of 5 years. Call 1533 to
locate your nearest Pulse Polio Booth.

“Let The victory over Polio continue with two Drops of Life,’