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CITY<br />
HILIGHTS<br />
Vol 1, Issue <strong>202</strong> `.1.00/-<br />
Tuesday, <strong>July</strong> <strong>26</strong>, <strong>2016</strong><br />
www.ibcworldnews.com www.cityhilights.news<br />
English Daily 3<br />
CITY<br />
Feeling less loved by<br />
parents, girl commits<br />
suicide<br />
Sibling rivalry took an ugly<br />
turn in Karnataka’s Udupi district<br />
when a teenage girl committed<br />
suicide because she felt<br />
her parents loved her younger<br />
sister more.18-year-old Pragati<br />
Shetty, was a native of Bidkalkatte<br />
in KundapurTaluk of<br />
Udupi district. In her suicide<br />
note, she said that her parents<br />
did not love her enough and<br />
never paid a visit to her in the<br />
hostel where she stayed. She<br />
also mentioned that her parents<br />
only loved her younger<br />
sister.<br />
Forensic labs to come<br />
up in state<br />
The state government is<br />
planning to set up forensic<br />
science laboratories in every<br />
district head quarters. Speaking<br />
to media, after inspecting<br />
the facilities at state forensic<br />
science lab in the city on<br />
Monday, State Minister for<br />
Home Affairs G Parameshwara<br />
said that forensic labs<br />
will be established in all districts<br />
within a short period.<br />
The forensic science experts<br />
are directed to submit reports<br />
within 15 days period.<br />
Adding further, he said that<br />
287 vacant posts in the lab<br />
will be filled up soon.<br />
THE STRIKE THAT STRUCK<br />
THE CITY HARD<br />
Bus stands looked<br />
abandoned and employees<br />
avoided work as buses<br />
stopped plying in the city<br />
and across Karnataka on<br />
Monday. A similar deserted<br />
look was witnessed in<br />
Mysuru, Tumakuru, Bidar,<br />
Kolar as an indefinite<br />
strike called by Unions<br />
of State-owned transport<br />
corporation KSRTC, BMTC,<br />
NWKRTC and NEKRTC began<br />
on Monday.<br />
Around 23,000 KSRTC,<br />
BMTC and regional RTC<br />
buses were off roads on the<br />
A few associations were<br />
asked to step in and provide<br />
additional help during<br />
the strike. Subsequently,<br />
Namma Metro, which typically<br />
sees a ridership of<br />
600-700 on opening at 6<br />
a.m. saw 2,204 travelers<br />
take the metro between<br />
6 a.m. and 7 a.m. on the<br />
Purple line (East-West<br />
passageway). An extra 804<br />
individuals took the Green<br />
Line (North line) in the<br />
morning.<br />
The South-Western Railway<br />
(SWR) announced that<br />
KEMPEGOWDA BUS STATION LOOKS ABANDONED<br />
holidays for schools and<br />
colleges since 90% of the<br />
commuters depend on private<br />
buses.<br />
Transport authorities,<br />
meanwhile, stepped in<br />
with alternatives. Minister<br />
Ramalinga Reddy said<br />
they have roped in 30,000<br />
private buses and 80,000<br />
maxi-cabs for commuting<br />
in the city .<br />
BJP’s LASHES OUT AT<br />
GOVERNMENT<br />
State BJP President B.S.<br />
the government lacks in vision<br />
and imagination”<br />
Protestors attacked<br />
three North Eastern Karnataka<br />
Road Transport Corporation<br />
(NERKTC) buses<br />
woth stones.<br />
Protestors damaged<br />
more than 92 buses in the<br />
state. KSRTC endured the<br />
worst as 49 buses were<br />
damaged, 4 BMTC transports,<br />
12 NWKRTC and 27<br />
KSRTC BUS DAMAGED BY PROTESTORS<br />
BUSES DAMAGED<br />
IT FIRMS HIT BY BMTC STRIKE<br />
First day of the BMTC<br />
strike not only affected the<br />
general public at large but<br />
also the IT firms in the city.<br />
Firms that hired BMTC<br />
buses to ferry employees to<br />
and from IT firms had to go<br />
for alternatives like hiring<br />
taxi services.<br />
The BMTC has charted<br />
out 500 buses to various IT<br />
firms and private companies<br />
in the city. Speaking about<br />
this, EkroopCaur, Managing<br />
Director of BMTC said that<br />
all the 500 buses rented for<br />
the IT firms would be off<br />
road during the strike.<br />
CM WITH NATIONAL JUNIOR<br />
SWIMMING <strong>CH</strong>AMPIONS<br />
As a precaution, many<br />
companies had already informed<br />
their employees that<br />
they should make alternative<br />
transportation facilities<br />
to reach their work places.<br />
Some companies had<br />
arranged transportation<br />
while some companies<br />
asked the drivers to make<br />
multiple trips to bring the<br />
staff to the offices.<br />
One of the private companies’<br />
president said that<br />
they lost the hope of renewing<br />
the agreement for<br />
the next year over BMTC<br />
buses. Due to the strike,<br />
many companies had to<br />
give either holiday or work<br />
from home option for their<br />
staff.<br />
Meanwhile, many PSUs<br />
using BMTC services had<br />
asked their employees to either<br />
use private vehicles or<br />
carpool to reach the workplace.<br />
A senior employee of<br />
a PSU in north Bengaluru<br />
said his company was roping<br />
in maxi cabs temporarily<br />
instead of BMTC buses.<br />
AIR takes initiative to<br />
air finance programme<br />
All India Radio (AIR) Bengaluru<br />
will broadcast a series<br />
of financial management programmes<br />
titled ‘Your Money<br />
Your Life’, sponsored by the<br />
Karnataka Circle of SBI.<br />
Experts will answer<br />
questions from listeners on<br />
savings, budgeting, investment,<br />
planning for old age,<br />
donating to charity, banking<br />
etc. The programme will be<br />
relayed by all AIR stations in<br />
Karnataka.<br />
Bengaluru is the new<br />
hub for Gold recycling<br />
Muthoot Exim Pvt Ltd, has<br />
opened Muthoot Gold Recycling<br />
center in Bangaluru on<br />
Monday. The company also<br />
has plans of opening 14 or 15<br />
such centers in Bengaluru in<br />
the coming years.<br />
Muthoot Gold Point has<br />
the eighth centres in the<br />
country, after Coimbatore,<br />
Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,<br />
Ahmedabad and Vijayawada.<br />
The company has claimed<br />
that the scheme has helped<br />
the government cut down the<br />
import of gold, by garnering<br />
and channelising domestic<br />
unused gold to productive<br />
use.<br />
According to estimates, it<br />
said, gold recycling has not<br />
been tapped to its fullest in<br />
India and it mostly happens<br />
in the unorganised sector.<br />
The company through<br />
its centres will buy old and<br />
used gold items directly from<br />
customers, reprocess, refine<br />
and supply refined bars for<br />
domestic consumption, with<br />
the objective of reducing dependence<br />
on gold imports, it<br />
added.<br />
After the initiative was<br />
launched in November 2015,<br />
the company was able to recycle<br />
140 kg of used gold.<br />
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ARIAL VIEW OF RTC BUS STAND AT MAJESTIC<br />
first day of strike on Monday.<br />
The strike was called<br />
by unions demanding a<br />
30-35 per cent revision of<br />
salaries as against the 10<br />
per cent that the State is<br />
prepared to offer. In any<br />
case, with the administration<br />
adhering to its stand<br />
that anything above 10 per<br />
cent would not be plausible,<br />
Union leaders say that<br />
they have no other alternative<br />
but to go on strike.<br />
In places like Mysuru,<br />
Hassan, Belagavi, Mangaluru<br />
and Bengaluru, suburbanites<br />
could be seen<br />
struggling to find alternative<br />
transport. In Hassan,<br />
private buses saw a chance<br />
to profit and were extracting<br />
up to Rs.100 additional<br />
than the cost charged by<br />
the KSRTC.<br />
NAMMA METRO<br />
RECORDS HIGHEST<br />
NUMBER OF PASSENGERS<br />
METRO FREQUENCY TO BE INCREASED<br />
Due to the BMTC’s strike,<br />
the Bangalore Metro Rail<br />
Corporation Ltd. has decided<br />
to increase the number<br />
of trips between the destinations<br />
for the convenience of<br />
the commuters in the Garden<br />
City.<br />
“We will run a train, which<br />
SUPPORT POURS IN FOR MISSING IAF OFFICER’S FAMILY<br />
Grief continues to grip<br />
Eknath Shetty’s family, the<br />
Indian Air Force personnel<br />
who disappeared in the<br />
Russian-made IAF air ship<br />
A 32 over Bay of Bengal.<br />
Dakshina Kannada Superintendent<br />
of Police Bhushan<br />
Borase met Shetty’s<br />
family on Sunday and guaranteed<br />
all possible support<br />
from the department. The<br />
SP spoke to Jayanthi (Shetty’s<br />
wife) and tolf her that<br />
they were in constant touch<br />
with the Coastal Guard DIG<br />
Suresh and Chennai Control<br />
Room and are collecting<br />
information.<br />
Apart from the SP Borase,<br />
Airforce Wing Commander<br />
from Mysuru R G<br />
Hegde visited the grieving<br />
all mail and express trains<br />
would stop at Baiyappanahalli,<br />
Whitefield, Carmelaram,<br />
Channasandra<br />
stations in both bearings<br />
other than trains from Bengaluru<br />
and Mysuru stopping<br />
at the Nayandahalli<br />
station.<br />
CITY STUDENTS<br />
ENJOY HOLIDAY<br />
The Chief Minister had<br />
on Sunday announced a<br />
holiday for schools and<br />
colleges across the state<br />
on Monday and Tuesday ,<br />
but left the final decision<br />
to the Deputy Commissioners.<br />
While schools in Bengaluru<br />
Urban district will<br />
remain closed on tuesday,<br />
in Bengaluru Rural, it was<br />
decided that they would<br />
be closed only on Monday<br />
. Dakshina Kannada<br />
and Udupi administration<br />
has decided not to declare<br />
is able to carry about 950<br />
commuters, for every six<br />
minutes to accommodate<br />
the increasing passenger<br />
strength on a continuous basis.<br />
If there is a need, there<br />
would also be extension of<br />
services upto 11 pm on the<br />
purple line while green line<br />
family on behalf of the Indian<br />
Army and guaranteed all<br />
possible help.<br />
Earlier on Saturday, Captain<br />
Ganesh Karnik had met<br />
missing officer’s wife and<br />
gave condolences to her.<br />
Eknath Shetty (48)<br />
joined armed force as<br />
a Subedar in 1985 and<br />
moved to Madras regiment<br />
later. He had served in Jammu<br />
and Kashmir, Arunachal<br />
Pradesh and Punjab with a<br />
brief stretch in Sri Lanka. In<br />
spite of the fact that his service<br />
in armed force finished<br />
in 2009, he got a call from<br />
the aviation based armed<br />
forces to join its safeguard<br />
security wing. In this unit,<br />
he had served at places like<br />
YESWANTHPUR BUS STAND WEARS DESERTED LOOK<br />
Yeddyurappa once again<br />
seized the opportunity<br />
to criticize the government<br />
saying, “The bane of<br />
this government is that it<br />
makes every issue a matter<br />
of prestige and approaches<br />
the problem with ego. This<br />
further vitiates the atmosphere<br />
and complicates the<br />
matter”.<br />
Stating that the ‘interest<br />
of the common man’ is<br />
of paramount importance,<br />
the BJP President said that<br />
the strike has led untold<br />
hardship to daily wage<br />
workers, students who<br />
solely depended on RTC<br />
buses.<br />
Charging the state government<br />
of being flippant<br />
on this issue, Yeddyurappa<br />
added, “The workers had<br />
given notice of their proposed<br />
strike about 20 days<br />
ago. The government ought<br />
to have plunged into action<br />
and taken steps to prevent<br />
the strike. This shows that<br />
is already operation till 11<br />
pm”, BMRCL Managing Director<br />
Pradeep Singh Kharola<br />
said.<br />
“BMRCL will not be able<br />
to provide alternative arrangement<br />
for BMTC feeder<br />
services. However, we have<br />
asked Wicked Ride which<br />
Kannur, Goa and Kanpur<br />
before getting posted at<br />
Port Blair.<br />
The Indian Air Force<br />
plane conveying 29 individuals<br />
disappeared on Friday<br />
on a flight to Port Blair<br />
in the Bay of Bengal. The<br />
Russian-made A 32 was en<br />
route to Port Blair, the capital<br />
of Andaman and Nicobar<br />
islands, from Chennai when<br />
it vanished from the radar.<br />
There were 21 military personnel<br />
on board including<br />
six group individuals. The<br />
other individuals on board<br />
were regular people, some<br />
relatives of fighters sent on<br />
the islands.<br />
In 1968, the aircraft carrying<br />
98 defence personnel<br />
NEKRTC buses were damaged<br />
incurring a loss of<br />
about Rs 8,97,300.<br />
Keeping in view the<br />
damage the protestors<br />
could cause to public property,<br />
3000 police men were<br />
deployed to guarantee law<br />
and order in the state.<br />
A Kalaburgi-Bhalki –Udgir<br />
bus was stoned in Bhalki<br />
bus stand in the early<br />
morning hours on Monday.<br />
While another Bhalki<br />
and Bidar bus was stoned.<br />
NEKRTC authorities suspect<br />
protesters damaged<br />
them.<br />
According to NEKRTC<br />
sources, a bus at Aurad<br />
stop was stoned close to<br />
Ballari. The Aurad-Bengaluru<br />
bus was halted by<br />
protestor wee hours in the<br />
morning who threw stones<br />
at it.<br />
Bidar bus stand was<br />
empty in the morning excepting<br />
a couple of travelers.<br />
runs Metro bike services<br />
at five stations, to provide<br />
more number of vehicles<br />
at the station for the next<br />
two days”, U A Vasanth Rao,<br />
BMRCL spokesperson said.<br />
There would be about 80 extra<br />
bikes at Baiyappanahalli<br />
Metro station.<br />
was just about to land at its<br />
destination when orders<br />
were given out to the pilot<br />
from ground control to turn<br />
back due to bad weather<br />
conditions. On its way back<br />
to Chandigarh, the flight<br />
suddenly lost all contact<br />
with the ground control<br />
while flying over Rohtang<br />
pass.<br />
An extensive search was<br />
carried out hours after the<br />
ground control lost touch<br />
with the aircraft personnel.<br />
The search went on for<br />
months,but did not lead to<br />
any success. The fact that<br />
no remains had been found<br />
of such a big plane made<br />
the prospect of a crash<br />
seem unlikely.<br />
The Karnataka State team that won the 25th National Junior Swimming Championship<br />
was congratulated and felicitated by the Chief Minister at Krishna on Monday. Also<br />
present at the ceremony with the winning team were Karnataka Swimming Association<br />
members.<br />
PSI ROOPA BOOKED UNDER SECTION 309<br />
A day after she was<br />
discharge from hospital,<br />
Vijayanagar police sub-inspector<br />
Roopa Tambad has<br />
been booked for attempting<br />
suicide.<br />
A senior cop said on Sunday<br />
that Roopa is yet to be<br />
questioned as she is taking<br />
rest at her quarters in Vijayanagar.<br />
In spite of the fact that<br />
her relatives said that Roopa<br />
has been advised by<br />
doctors to take rest for one<br />
week before coming back<br />
to work, the office could be<br />
transferred and also will be<br />
held under suspension as<br />
she has been booked under<br />
KARNATAKA MILK REGULATORY<br />
COMMISSION TO BE FORMED<br />
The state government<br />
is all set to form the Karnataka<br />
Milk Regulatory<br />
Commission which will be<br />
on the lines of Karnataka<br />
Electricity Regulatory Commission<br />
(KERC).<br />
Milk consumers and<br />
dairy farmers will be regulated<br />
to ensure fair deal<br />
is made to customers and<br />
producers. The governing<br />
body will keep a check in<br />
order to protect the interest<br />
of the milk consumers.<br />
A Manju, Animal husbandry<br />
Minister said ,<br />
“There is no mechanism<br />
to seek the views of consumers.<br />
In contrast, KERC<br />
conducts public hearing<br />
to seek the opinion of the<br />
electricity consumers before<br />
taking any decision on<br />
the request for power tariff<br />
hike by ESCOMS. The milk<br />
regulatory commission will<br />
ensure level playing field<br />
for consumers and producers”.<br />
This commission has<br />
been in-force in eight states<br />
- Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,<br />
a criminal case, Section 309<br />
of the Indian Penal Code.<br />
Thirty-two-year-old<br />
Roopa had overdosed on<br />
tablets after a heated contention<br />
with the station Inspector<br />
over a row.<br />
Roopa, had told Assistant<br />
Commissioner of Police<br />
that provocation and<br />
mortification by inspector<br />
Sanjeev Gowda had provoked<br />
her to attempt suicide.<br />
Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Bihar,<br />
Rajasthan, Punjab, Maharashtra.<br />
Officials of the<br />
Animal Husbandry department<br />
have been instructed<br />
to study the functioning of<br />
the body in these states and<br />
submit a report.<br />
The state which has a<br />
daily production of around<br />
70 lakh liters of milk with<br />
around 23 lakh dairy<br />
ranchers, has chosen to act<br />
in the light of regular hikes<br />
in milk cost by Karnataka<br />
Milk Federation (KMF),<br />
which, as a rule, draws protests<br />
from buyers. KMF has<br />
milk co-agents in around<br />
22,000 towns in the state<br />
associated to it.<br />
WATER SUPPLY TO BE AFFECTED FOR TWO DAYS<br />
Water supply will be<br />
affected in a few areas on<br />
Tuesday and Wednesday<br />
as BWSSB is taking up<br />
maintenance work at Gubbalala<br />
and Hegganahalli<br />
ground-level repository<br />
close Ideal Homes, Rajarajeshwarinagar<br />
on Tuesday.<br />
Pumping of water from<br />
Cauvery IV Stage Phase I<br />
will be ceased for 12 hours<br />
from 8 a.m. on Tuesday.<br />
As indicated by a BWSSB<br />
discharge, water supply will<br />
be affected in Nagarabhavi,<br />
Hosahalli, Vijayanagar,<br />
RPC Layout, Chandra Layout,<br />
Govindarajanagar,<br />
Moodalapalya, Rajarajeshwarinagar,<br />
Ideal Homes,<br />
Kengeri and encompassing<br />
zones of the west division;<br />
J.P. Nagar, fourth, fifth, sixth,<br />
seventh and ninth stages,<br />
Jaraganahalli, Kottanur<br />
Dinne, Konanakunte, BEL<br />
Layout, Bannerghatta I and<br />
II arranges and encompassing<br />
territories, HSR Layout<br />
first to fourth and sixth and<br />
seventh areas, Parangipalya,<br />
Agara, Rajeev Gandhi<br />
Nagar, Mangammanapalya,<br />
Madinanagar, Somasundarapalya,<br />
Hosapalya, Bandepalya,<br />
Koramangala first<br />
to fourth squares, Chikkasandra,<br />
Kuduremukha<br />
Colony, KSRP Colony, Venkatapura,<br />
Bellanduru, and<br />
Ibluru of southeast division,<br />
and Okalipura first<br />
and second stages.<br />
Water supply will be<br />
influenced in part in Subramanyanagar,<br />
Mallasandara,<br />
Dasarahalli, and<br />
Bagalgunte.