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Mandya district In-charge Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy

Mandya: Former Minister K.C. Narayana Gowda will soon join the Congress party and the date of joining will be slated soon, revealed Mandya district In-charge Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy.

Addressing press persons here on Monday, he clarified that alongside Narayana Gowda, supporters of late former Assembly Speaker K.R. Pete Krishna will also join the Congress without any conditions.

“ I have had a close relationship with the Ambareesh family from the beginning. However, we have not asked MP Sumalatha to show support to the Congress, she has not said anything either. Can we deny anyone when they show support,” he said.

“We are focusing on highlighting our government’s guarantee projects and development initiatives during the election campaign. National leaders will also join us in our campaigning efforts. We plan to submit the nomination papers on April 1,” he added.

MLA P. Ravikumar Ganiga, Congress Mandya LS candidate Venkataramane Gowda (Star Chandru) and District Congress Working President M. S. Chidambara and other leaders were present.

New Delhi/Jaipur: The Congress on Sunday replaced its candidate for the Jaipur Lok Sabha seat, fielding former Rajasthan minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas after a section of party leaders objected to Sunil Sharma’s nomination.

Sharma’s candidate sparked controversy over his alleged association with the ‘Jaipur Dialogue’, which is critical of the Congress on social media. Sharma, however, asserted that he has had no association with the organisation and has been invited by it occasionally to present the Congress’ view.

Sources said local opposition led to the change.

Congress general secretary K C Venugopal stated that the party has fielded Murari Lal Meena as its candidate in the Dausa Lok Sabha constituency of Rajasthan. It also fielded Pratibha Suresh Dhanorkar from the Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra.

Parmesh S Jain Special correspondent

Dedication and Betrayal:The Struggles of Mr.Binish Thomas in Advocating for Journalism and Confronting China
A man who worked for his own country,solely due to his dedication towards the motherland,found himself haunted,tortured,and his life damaged in a miserable way. 
The sad reality is that he worked for the betterment of the journalist community,yet the same people ditched him for their own personal monetary benefit. 
Here we are discussing one man,Mr.Binish Thomas, Director for the INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR JOURNALISTS (ICJ). 
He worked with many African countries,publishing numerous articles about China’s debt diplomacy and how China turned African countries into their modern colonies. 
The reason China invests and provides funds to African countries and the consequences thereof were elaborated in his work. 
He conducted many seminars and meetings with African rulers to create awareness about China’s trap. 
He predicted the Sri Lankan economic disaster when China started investing in their projects.Now,we all witness the situation in Sri Lanka, and because of his awareness campaign,many African countries are rethinking China’s investment plans on their land. 
Through his articles,he explained how China attacked our motherland directly and indirectly,exposing many fake people who supported China for their own business/personal benefit. 
Due to his articles against China,he faced unbelievable problems in his life,enduring multiple fake cases and allegations against him. 
Despite having no connections,he believes some officials are working as China agents,receiving monetary benefits to fabricate cases against him. 
Many credible sources warned him against traveling to Singapore,Malaysia,and other countries closely aligned with China,fearing life-threatening situations upon entry. 
Consequently, the Chinese lobby targeted him entirely, and he lives with the constant expectation of unusual occurrences in his life.”
When Hamas attacked Israel,he published an article about the reasons and aims of the Hamas attack.One of the main reasons is to stop “THE NEW ECONOMIC CORRIDOR” (IMEC),announced by the Israeli President at the G20 summit in India. 
These projects are against China’s Belt and Road Initiative.After many days,American President Joe Biden quoted the content of Binish Thomas’ articles in a press meeting. 
The American President also mentioned that this would be one of the reasons for the Hamas attack.Following these articles, he faced unbelievable torture from different authorities without any reason.
He met many officials in India,including the Governor and state authorities,to implement the Journalist Protection Bill. 
Under his leadership,ICJ supported many journalists in India,ensuring that ICJ would be there whenever they needed support. 
He is planning to implement legal help for journalists facing professional issues and set up healthcare support for needy journalists. 
Sadly, a few Indian media outlets are still against him, with some reports attempting to defame him in front of society. 
However, when our correspondent spoke to Mr.Binish Thomas,he continues to fight against China.

Parmesh S Jain special correspondent

A four-year-old boy who was allegedly tortured by mother and locked up in the house has been rescued by members of Child Welfare Committee (CWC). 
The woman identified as Sharin,26,is a single mother, living with the child in a rented house in Girinagar after being separated from husband three years ago. 
She used to lock up her son while going out to search for the job.The boy who was found bruises all over his body now under the care of CWC refused to go with mother . 
The CWC has summoned the mother for counselling and to take further action. 
A neighbour who noticed the boy through the window crying for food,spoke to him before reporting the incident. 
The police along with the CWC members rushed to the spot and rescued the baby and booked a case against the mother .   
The child rights commission members who counselled the boy said that the boy had bruises all over his body and refused ot go with mother. 
The boy is presently under the care of CWC and the committee will be taking a call on the future of the boy, Shashidhar Kosambe,member of the commissioner, said .

Parmesh S Jain Special correspondent

Close to the heel of Rameshwaram cafe blast incident, Chief Minister,Deputy Chief Minister, Home Minister and City Police Commissioner received a threat mail on Saturday warning more attacks.
Following the mail on Saturday,the cyber crime police, stepped up the investigation and registered the suo Motu case and efforts are on to track down the source of the mail.
The email identified from Shahid Khan warned attacks at public transport and places including Ambari utsav bus facility.
The accused also demanded ransom of Rs.2.5 million dollars for not carrying out the attacks 
The accused also stated that they will raise the demands on social media and tweet the information about the next attack.
The police stepped up vigil at the public places even though the mail looks like hoax.

Parmesh S Jain Special correspondent

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED),Bengaluru on conducted search operations  at 8 locations in Bengaluru under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA),2002 at the residential premises of the accused persons Vijaya R Tata and his associates and confiscated properties worth Rs.120 crores.
The others raided by ED officials includes,R S Chandrasekhar,Muniraju K,D Nagendra Babu,Manjunath B S and also on the offices of the related companies including Sanchaya Land and Estate Pvt. Ltd,BCC Constructions Pvt.Ltd,Akash Education and Development Trust,S V Concrete Projects the case related to Sanchaya Land and Estate Pvt.Ltd. 
During the search operations,bank accounts of the said persons and companies having present balance of about Rs.11.25 Crore were seized/frozen by the ED. 
The Search has also resulted in seizure of documents related to Immovable and Movable Properties worth Rs. 120 Crore along with the digital devices containing information related to investigation.
ED initiated investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by Bengaluru Police under various sections of IPC,1860 and Karnataka Protection of Interest Depositors Exorbitant (KPIDE) Act,2004 against  Sanchaya Land and Estates Pvt.Ltd. and others.
According to the FIR Sanchaya Land and Estates Pvt. Ltd and others collected huge amount of funds from the customers and home-buyers by promising to give them apartments. 
But neither apartments were given nor funds were returned to the customers.
ED investigation revealed that Sanchaya Land and Estates Pvt. Ltd and others collected more than Rs.250 Crore from the customers by promising give them apartments. 
However, the accused persons siphoned off substantial part of the said funds to themselves and their associates after routing of funds through various entities, thereby failed to deliver apartments to the customers.Further investigation is under progress.

Parmesh S Jain special correspondent

The Kalasipalya police arrested the prime accused in RSS activist attempt to murder case reported in December 2019. 
The accused Azharuddin,41had fled to Saudi Arabia soon after the incident and returned to Bangarapet before he was tracked down and arrested. 

The victim,identified as Varun Bopala,31,returning on a rentred scooter after attending Pro CAA protest when armed men attacked him in Bamboo Bazaar.  
The police registered a case of attempt to murder and arrested Mohammed Irfan,from RT Nagar,Syed Akbar, Syed Siddiqui,Akbar Anwar Basha and Sadiq Ameen from Shivajinagar,but prime accused Azharuddin, managed to escape to Saudi Arabia. 
He returned few years ago and was working as salesman in a second hand car dealer shop in Bangarpet in Kolar from where he was arrested . 
The police kept a tab on the accused and tracked him down through call record details. 
The accused was produced before the court and taken into custody for further investigations. 
The accused attacked Varun to create fear psychosis and investigations are on to ascertain whether he was part of any organization,a senior police officer,said .

Parmesh S Jain special correspondent

Home Minister,Dr.G.Parameshwar on Wednesday said that the state government has a plan to increase the women force in the police department from the existing 8 per cent to 25 per cent in due course .
Addressing a seminar on violence against women,Mr. Parameshwar said that the government is committed to ensure safety of women and has sanctioned six police stations across the city taking the number to 8 stations. 
To provide assistance to the aggrieved visitors,two women counsellors have been appointed at each police stations,he added .
The department ensure that all women police station should be headed by a woman officer but due to shortage of women officers many station do not have such facilities.However this issue will be taken care in coming days.
Elaborating on the measures taken to ensure the safety of women under safe city project, Mr.Parameshwar said that the aim is to make Bengaluru a safe city where 7500 CCTV cameras,280 Hoysala and the entire city force working round the clock to ensure the safety and maintain law and order .
The 112 response system developed on par with the London metropolitan police model started with 20 minutes response time and improved to 7 minutes, he added.
There are many issued we need to address which are on the cards,he said including helping the victims of violence,The government is planning to provide housing facilities to acid attack victims and helping their children to get education.
As many as 20 women participants raised their concern ranging from creating gender sensitivity among the police man and getting required legal support and dedicated advocates to fight the case. 
A woman complained that she is running from pillar to post to get justice for her minor daughter who is a rape victim. 
She gets threats and under attack due to which her daughter not going to school for the last years.The Jurisdictional Begur police refused to help despite repeated approach.  
Mr.Parameshwar assured to help the victim and sought details of the officials.We will held the jurisdictional police officials responsible for not helping the women in distress, he said .
Another women complained indifference of the Hosakote police while handling a case of women assaulted by her husband and dumped her in the well .
The accused who works in the forest department is being supported by the police and despite assault and attempt to murder,the police refused to register FIR and take legal action against the accused.
Many women voiced the concern stating that women in present situation scared to walk alone in day time , forget about night.
Dowry harassment section 498A has become toothless and police refused to take legal action and arrest citing new guidelines. 
Counselling has become norm for all the domestic violence as victims advised to “adjust, another women participant, said .
Coordination of protection officer and police officers is lacking.The victims are entitled to get “protection order” from the court even for any kind of violence, but no one is aware of this facilities .
Director General and Inspector General of police,Alok Mohan,City police commissioner,B.Dayananda and senior police officials attended the event.