Archives for 2021

Parmesh S Jain

In a tragic incident,a family of four including 11 year old jumped into a lake to end life in magadi taluk in the outskirts of the city on Wednesday, while three of them drowned the 11 year old daughter was rescued and hospitalised by villagers who were alerted by younger daughter.

The deceased have been identified Siddamma (55), her daughter Sumithra (33) and son-in-law Hanumantha Raju (35).

Senior police officer visited the spot and after collecting information he said,the incident occurred in Dammanakatte village of Magadhi Taluk in Ramnagara district.

A family dispute is said to be the reason for the incident. Initially, five of the family had decided to commit suicide by jumping into the lake on Wednesday morning.

However, deceased Sumithra’s another daughter who is 10-year-old refused to jump and managed to escape. She informed the villagers about the incident.

The villagers then rushed to the spot and rescued the other girl Keerthana while she was drowning .

However,three elderly members had drowned to death by the time the villagers reached there. Their bodies were later recovered .

Hanumantha Raju,worked as agricultural labourer and was an alcoholic and stayed at her in-law’s place.He would come home drunk and fight with family over trivial issue.

Unable to bear harassment the family decided to end life and walked into the lake and jumped.

The police are now awaiting to record the statement of Keerthana for further investigation.

Those in distress or those having suicidal tendencies can call Arogya Sahayavani Ph.: 104 for help…

Parmesh S Jain

A 26-year old homemaker ended life due to alleged harassment from her husband in Jnanabharathi on Monday evening.

The deceased Ranjitha, Married to Manjunath, a private firm employee , five years ago and the couple had two children.

Senior officer said, the deceased was reportedly harassed by Manjunath and on Monday night she went to the room and locked herself from inside before hanging to the ceiling of the house 

The incident came to light the next morning when Ranjitha mother came home to visit her.

Based on the complaint the police have taken up a case of dowry harassment and taken Manjunath into custody for questioning.

Those in distress or those having suicidal tendencies can call Arogya Sahayavani Ph.: 104 for help.

Parmesh S Jain

The Southeast Division police of Mico layout police on Wednesday busted an inter state drug racket and arrested two persons peddling hashish oil in the city .

The accused has been identified as,Prakash and Dorairaju.

Senior officer told reporters,Mico layout police Inspector, Ghorpade received a credible information that two persons are selling Hashish Oil for the new year party to college students and IT Professionals and are in possession of huge quantity of Hashish Oil.

The team received a reliable inputs that two persons are waiting for their clients at an empty site beside the SNN Raj Lake View Apartment in Bengaluru’s BTM 2nd stage.

Based on tip off the team swung into action and surrounded the area from all the corners and kept a close watch on the duo and after getting confirmation the team secured both of them while they were selling drugs to their clients the Anti-Narcotics Squad secured them for questioning.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and revealed that they have sourced the drugs from their contact in Visakhapatnam and smuggled into the city by public transport to sell it to their customers on the new year eve.

Based on their statement the team have recovered 5 kgs of hashish oil and a few grams of Marijuana worth Rs 5 crore from them which they have to stores to circulate for the new year eve to Students,Elite people,and make easy money to lead a lavish life.

The police have stepped up vigil as the new year celebrations are around the corner and possible sale of drugs are on the rise .

The accused have been booked under NDPS act and taken into custody to ascertain their network .

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP Southeast,Srinath Mahadev Joshi,ACP, Sudheer M,PI, Ghorpade and his whole team who has done a tremendous and exemplary work in nabbing the duo notorious drug peddlers and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Parmesh S Jain

Karnataka Chief Minister,Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said a decision on extending the duration of the legislative session including the joint session and budget session will be taken after a discussion.

Presenting his opinion on the view that the session should have more meaningful discussions in the Assembly,Bommai said there would be no problem if the members adhere to the rules and procedures of conduct in the House.

Both the houses of legislature have a rich tradition.There are rules and procedures to raise the issues. We should conduct ourselves accordingly.

Referring to making best use of the time allotted for debates Bommai said,opposition parties should naturally get more time and importance.

A system of allotting time to a political party according to its strength in the house is in practice in the Lok Sabha.The problem could be resolved if the same system is adopted here.

Along with extension of duration of the session, a close look is also needed to examine the effectiveness of the debates witnessed in the house,he said.

Parmesh S Jain

Karnataka Chief Minister,Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said a decision on extending the duration of the legislative session including the joint session and budget session will be taken after a discussion.

Presenting his opinion on the view that the session should have more meaningful discussions in the Assembly,Bommai said there would be no problem if the members adhere to the rules and procedures of conduct in the House.

Both the houses of legislature have a rich tradition.There are rules and procedures to raise the issues. We should conduct ourselves accordingly.

Referring to making best use of the time allotted for debates Bommai said,opposition parties should naturally get more time and importance.

A system of allotting time to a political party according to its strength in the house is in practice in the Lok Sabha.The problem could be resolved if the same system is adopted here.

Along with extension of duration of the session, a close look is also needed to examine the effectiveness of the debates witnessed in the house,he said.

Parmesh S Jain

The Karnataka government has initiated measures to provide compensation for the houses damaged during the 2019 floods whose details were not uploaded in the compensation software app, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Tuesday.

“Compensation would be paid to the owners of 7,600 such houses too,” the Chief Minister said in the Assembly in his reply during the debate on flood havoc.

Belagavi had suffered heavily during the 2019 floods. Deadline was extended thrice to upload the details on houses destroyed or damaged.

Details of damage to over 7700 houses were not uploaded in the App. However after studying the ground reality compensation has been released for 7600 eligible families, Bommai said.

No such hitch was reported in 2020-21. For the year 2021-22 Deputy Commissioners have been vested with powers to grant compensation based on reports of Tahsildars, Bommai said.

Of the 36,698 houses completely destroyed, construction of 18,589 houses have been completed, 7000 houses almost completed. Construction of 3130 houses is yet to be taken up due to legal and administrative hurdles, the Chief Minister said.

Parmesh S Jain

About 1,44,000 houses have been provided electricity connection under the ‘Belaku’ programme, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said here after launching the ‘State Level Belaku Programm’ in the Dastikoppa vilage in Belagavi district,Sunil Karkala Energy and Kannada culture Minister was too present.

State government is providing power connection to houses of the poor and farmers’ pump sets. State government is providing 24X7 single phase power and 7 hours of three phase power in the state.

State government has decided to convert the Rs1900cr debt burden of Hubballi Electric Supply Company into government’ share capital. State government would utilise Rs1500cr central grant for rejuvenation of the company, he said.

He reiterated his government’s commitment for comprehensive development of northern Karnataka. State cabinet has decided to install statues of Kitturu Rani Chennamma and Sangolli Rayanna in Suvarna Soudha premises, Bommai said.

State cabinet has also approved Dharawad-Belagavi via Kitturu railway line project at a cost of Rs898cr. It would give a big boost for infrastructure development in the region, he said.

Parmesh S Jain

A 24-year-old man detained by the KR Puram police for questioning in connection with the death of his wife,allegedly escaped from police and jumped to death from the skywalk near ITC factory in Dooravani Nagar near KR Puram on Monday.

The deceased has been identified as Shaktivelu,who was arrested following the suicide of his wife due to alleged harassment .

Senior officer told media persons,On Monday morning at around 6 am, Shaktivelu,asked permission to use the washroom and the police let him out of the lock up.

Taking advantage of the situation he ran out of the station.The staff sounded alert and chased him.

While he was running on the skywalk he reportedly lost control and fell down before a moving SUV and was severely injured.

The police who were chasing him with the help of others shifted him to a near-by hospital where he was declared brought dead.

The KR Puram police have recovered the CCTV footage from a near by area to ascertain the reason for the death and further investigation is on.