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CITY HILIGHTS Vol 1, Issue 204 `.1.00/- www.ibcworldnews.com www.cityhilights.news Thursday, July 28, 2016 English Daily 2 CITY RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT UNATTENDED GARBAGE The locals of Ujire have submitted a written complaint to the Gram Panchayat about the quantity of garbage being dumped at a waste disposal unit. The residents say that the garbage piling up is posing threat to health and that there has been no action taken so far. Waste water from the unit flows directly to the wells and ponds on the low level areas polluting water. The locals have urged the concerned authorities to take note of the issue and solve it at the earliest. JOYLUS D’SOUZA CHO- SEN PRESIDENT OF BJP MINORITY MORCHA Joylus D’Souza from Taccode, Moodbidri has been chosen as the President of Dakshina Kannada district’s BJP minority morcha. BJP district president Sanjeeva Matandur has appointed Joylus as the president of minority morcha for a term of three years. Joylus has served as General Secretary of Mangalore diocese YCS central. He is also the mentor of YCS Taccode unit. Presently, he serves as the political convener of Catholic Sabha Moodbidri deanery. BAJRANG DAL ACTIV- ISTS ATTACK LABOUR- ERS AT ALDUR Bajrang Dal workers attacked a group of labourers at Aldur on Monday, alleging that they were from Bangladesh. The labourers had arrived in a bus to work in coffee plantations. The police have arrested six Bajrang Dal activists. One of the labourers, identified as Hoyeisun, suffered serious injuries and got admitted into local hospital. The policemen, who immediately rushed to the spot, took into custody youngsters from Aldur named Tejas, Shivakumar, Sudarshan, Sharat and Rohit, who are said to be activists of Bajrang Dal. They are being interrogated. Senior citizens get ID’ed Senior Citizens’ Forum, Michaelpalya and Indiranagar, is issuing ID cards to seniors above the age of 60. The seniors who want to apply need to bring documents for authenticating date of birth, blood group, address and two stamp-size photographs. For any help, the forum authorities can be contacted on 9740207450/ 25292497. Whole milk for 39 lakh kids The cabinet on Tuesday decided to provide whole milk to 39 lakh anganwadi children to counter malnutrition at an estimated cost of Rs 42.5 crore. The cabinet also approved a Rs 8.23-crore proposal to provide sanitary kits to students under the Karnataka Residential Educational Institutions Society. The kits will include products like soap, toothpaste and toothbrush for students in 506 residential schools. They will be acquired from Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL), which will get the contract to avoid delays. The government has also sanctioned solar panels atop government warehouses. However, as opposed to the 162 MW of solar power generation, the cabinet approved only 68 MW for now. HC DECLINES TO QUASH MEDKERI’S COURT ORDER ON DYSP GANPATHI SUICIDE The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday declined to stay the order passed by the Madikeri court guiding police to file an FIR against K J George and two senior IPS officers AM Prasad and Pranov Mohanty, investigate and report on DSP MK Ganapathi’s suicide case. The judge, hearing a criminal petition documented by two senior IPS officers AM Prasad and Pranov Mohanty, instructed the public prosecutor to clarify the legal position by July 28 to speed up the process. Counsel for the two senior officers CV Nagesh requested the High court to quash the order passed by Madikeri court. He informed the court that the order of the magistrate reflects non application of use of mind as it was based only on the submission made by counsel of the complainant Nehal Ganapathi, son of the deceased cop. The senior Advocate submitted to the court that the petitioners had not played any role in the above suicide. He said that they are innocent, and are honest senior cops. At that point , the judge asked who was the other accused in the complaint and the court was informed that it was Ex Minister KJ George has been named. “When he (George) stepped down to make the probe easier, why are you asking for it to be quashed? If you are innocent, what is there to fear? “The judge asked the petitioners’ counsel. Concerning the argument RACING DUO FROM KODAGU Youth from Kodagu have a special liking for racing sport. This love along with expertise of driving through sharp curves on the roads with ease has helped two youths to enter the field of racing in both two and four wheeler categories. Kongetira Bopaiah and Konganda Karumbaiah have taken part in both regional and national level racing competitions and are currently undergoing rigorous training on the curvy roads of the district. that the magistrate was required to verify the facts as the objection needed essential fixings, the judge noted when the entire world thought about Ganapathi’s suicide, what was there to check? In reference to the hype created around Ganapathi’s suicide. The youth combo from Kodagu won 2nd and 4th place in the recent leg of Coimbatore 2016 in the Volkswagen polo cup in which 39 participants from various parts of the country had taken part. Their performance is commendable considering the fact that they bagged the top 2 positions in the first five. The Kodagu youth are trying to reach the top by taking up training in the racing tracks that have been established in Noida, UP and at three other places in Tamil Nadu. PROFESSOR ALLEGES SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY CIIL DIRECTOR A lady professor from West Bengal lodged a complaint of sexual harassment by the Director of Central Institute of Indian language (CIIL) situated in Mysuru. In her written complaint, Dr.Sangeetha Saikia, Assistant Professor at language foundation, Vishwa Bharathi in Assam, has accused the CIIL Director Professor Avdesh Kumar Mishra of emotionally harassing her by forcing her to get into sexual relationship with him and using foul and vulgar language over calls. She lodged the complaint with the National Womens Commission (NCW) requesting them to take action against the Director. The NCW had diverted the complaint to Mysuru city police commissioner for further action. Jayalakshmi Puram police had registered an FIR on July 25 against the director (CIIL falls under Jayalakshmi puram police headquarters) and read out the complaint before the jurisdictional court judge on July 26. In view of her objection, the Jayalakshmipuram police station registered a FIR against Prof. Mishra on Monday. He has been booked under Section 354 A of IPC, other than Section 354 D of IPC for stalking, a police official said to media. SEARCH FOR AN-32 CONTINUES WITH NO HOPE Five days have gone since Indian Air Force’s AN-32 flying machine carrying 29 people disappeared over the Bay of Bengal. Search operations have not yielded any results yet. Leading RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat went to Eknath Shtetty’s residence to comfort to the family. As no information is known about the missing air plane, it has turned out to be very difficult to draw any conclusion. The coast guard too said that it has not found any debris or survivors. In the wake of getting the satellite imagery, combined efforts of finding the aircraft have been in vain. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah spoke to Eknath Shetty’s wife Jayanthi over telephone to comfort the family on Tuesday. ANNUL FEAST OF ST ANNA’S CHURCH CELEBRATED AT THOTTAM The feast of St Anna’s Church, Thottam was celebrated on Tuesday. A ceremonial mass was conducted as part of the feast. This feast was dedicated to all the grandparents in the Catholic Church. St Joachim and St. Anna are AIR MARSHAL KHANDEKAR VISITS AIR FORCE TECHNICAL COLLEGE Air Marshal PP Khandekar, Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance, Air Headquarters and Commodore Commandant of AFTC visited Air Force Technical College, Bengaluru recently. He was accompanied by his wife Manisha Khandekar. During his visit, the the parents of Mother Mary and grandparents of Jesus Christ. The gathering was welcomed by Fr Francis Cornelio, parish priest of Thottam. On the occasion of the feast, new website for the parish was launched www.stannathottam.com. The chief celebrant of the Mass, Fr Louis D’Sa, parish priest of Mukamar, Air Marshal inspected various Faculties and interacted with Senior Officers, Directing Staff, Trainee Officers and Air warriors of the College. In his address he expressed his nostalgia towards the College which is the alma mater of all Aeronautical Engineers of the Indian Air Force. He emphasized that engineers of Indian Air Force play a vital role in the field of aviation and are pillars of aerospace in his homily said “The life led by these saints is an example to be followed in our life. The family life should be holy and valuable. It should be counted as a blessing from God. At the end of the day, a man should come back to his family to gain peace of mind from the earthly disturbances. It is every individual’s duty to love, lead and to protect safety. He called upon the young officers to keep on upgrading their knowledge and skills as per ever changing technological environment, lead from the front, build strong team, exhibit highest degree of professionalism and maintain impeccable integrity with unwavering commitment towards the service and the nation. their family.” The feast was to stress on the importance of loving and taking care of their Grandparents in their old age. 14 priests took part in the Eucharistic celebrations. The Air Marshal was also the Chief Guest for ‘Samanvaya’ a TFG (Technology Focus Groups) colloquium on propulsion system. ‘Samanvaya’ is an outreach programme with academia, Defence Research & Development and Defence Public Sector Undertaking to give an impetus to the institutional knowledge and research work in Indian Air Force technologies. The formation of the Technology Focus Groups will also enhance the standard of academics environment at Air Force Technical College by providing increased awareness of the current and emerging trends in these technologies. It will also generate interest for self learning in the officers undergoing training as well as to those engaged in instruction. CHAMUNDESHWARI VARDHANTI MA- HOTSAVA Chamundeshwari Vardhanti Mahotsava was held at Chamundi Hills temple in Mysuru on Tuesday. Thousands of people including the newly married royal couple Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wodeyar and Trishika Kumari were present to have a darshan of Goddess Chamundeshwari. The special puja rituals began at 3.30 am with Abhyanjana, Panchamruta abhisheka and Ekadashavara Rudrabhisheka followed by Sahasranama archane and Mahamangalarati. Pramoda Devi Wodeyar, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and his wife Trishikha Kumari Wadiyar offered puja. The procession was started by pulling the silver palanquin (pallaki). The deity was then placed on a decorated palanquin and taken in a procession around the temple. Speaking on the occasion, Pramoda Devi Wodeyar said it was their regular custom to offer puja on this auspicious day every year as Chamundeshwari is the family deity of the ‘Yadu’ Dynasty. Among others who performed the puja were Labour Minister Santosh Lad and MLA G.T. Devegowda The crowd at the Chamundi hill temple was uncontrollable. Even though there were no KSRTC buses to commute, people travelled to the place by the private vehicles to take part in the ceremony. The district administration had arranged 25 private buses to the temple from Lalitha Mahal helipad. There was tight security at the temple. Some of the devotees reached the temple by climbing all the 1000 steps. TWO UNIVERSITIES CONTINUE TO FIGHT OVER JNANA JYOTI AUDITORIUM Both Bangalore University and Bengaluru Central University are fighting over prestigious ‘Jnana Jyoti Auditorium.’ They are trying to acquire ownership of the Jnana Jyoti Auditorium which is one of the major sources of income. The auditorium is now with the central college campus falling under Bengaluru Central University and it was part of Bangalore University some time ago. It is being used as a common property as of now. It is in a building that houses a boardroom and a seminar hall. The auditorium was established in 1999 and has a seating capacity of 1,100 and is presently used for academic and cultural programmes. Various departments of the universities use this auditorium for their academic seminars and conferences. While students opine that it would better if both the universities were allowed to access the auditorium, K.N. Ninge Gowda, Bangalore University Registrar said “At present, we charge Rs. 1.2 lakh per day if outsiders want to use the auditorium. We do not charge any fees when our departments want to use it.” There is still no clarity on which university will get to possess the auditorium. The officials from Higher Education Department would convene a meeting to sort out this issue. INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY CELEBRATION ‘Heritage Foundation of Art and Culture’ organised a programme for children called “Tiger, My Friend” as part of International Tiger Day observation. The programme, which was organised at Venkatappa Art Gallery on Tuesday, saw the participation of enthusiastic children from different schools in the city. A painting exhibition and story-telling competition with ‘Tiger’ as a theme were conducted as the part of the programme. The closing ceremony was packed with tiger dance and a musical drama on Tiger. ‘International Tiger Day’ also known as ‘Global Tiger Day’ which is held annually on July 29 to create awareness on tiger conservation. DISQUALIFICATION OF CORPORATOR MADESH IN PROGRESS days’ time. Regional Commissioner of Mysuru, A. M. Kunjappa has begun the prcedure of disqualification of Corporator C Madesh who is serving life imprisonment at Hindalga jail. He was convicted in connection with Hunsur double murder case. According to sources, the disqualification process is expected to be completed in another 15 Regional Commissioner has served notice to corporator Madesh based on the provision of Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act of 1976 through Mysuru Central Jail Superintendent and is seeking his reply. Madesh has been given time till August 4 to file his reply. A report will be sent based on his reply to state election commission who will decide whether he can go ahead with the by-elections or not. On February 26, Corporator Madesh and his brother Manjunath along with six others had been given life term by the District Court, in connection to an eight-yearold double murder case. TAZANIAN STUDENT ACCUSED OF THEFT AND BURGLARY The city police have arrested two foreign students on charges of thieft and burglary. Among the arrested, one is from Tanzania, named Paul, a student at a private college in the city. Police have recovered 45-50 lakh worth gold, wrist watch and cash from the Tanzanian. The investigating team also found fake passports and skimming machine among the others. Another accused is believed to be a Brazilian whos original name is still unknown. Both the accused who, police believe, came to Bengaluru in 2015, worked separetly but communicated over phones. The travel papers of the arrested duo have been sent for confirmation.
CITY HILIGHTS Vol 1, Issue 204 `.1.00/- Thursday, July 28, 2016 www.ibcworldnews.com www.cityhilights.news English Daily 3 CITY TEENAGE BOY FALLS INTO POND, DIES A teenage boy fell into a temple pond by accident and died on Tuesday at Gangolli. The deceased has been identified as Sarfraz (13), son of Abdul Razak. It is believed that Sarfraz must slipped and fallen into the pond while walking near the pond which belongs to a temple. When Sarfraz did not come home, the family panicked and started searching for him. Later, a neighbour spotted the body of Sarfraz floating in the pond. The body has been sent to Kundapur government hospital. A case has been registered at Gangolli police station. One dead, five injured in an accident In a serial accident that took place on National Highway near Bandyodu on July 26, one girl lost her life and ten others suffered injuries. The deceased has been identified as Fathimath Nihal (4), she is the daughter of Mogral Kadvath. The accident involved one Innova car, two auto-rikshaws and another car. The tragic accident occurred when the Innova car hit an auto coming from Uppala. Meanwhile, another car and an auto hit in the rear side of the Innova car. The injured girl who was rushed to a hospital in Mangaluru did not survive. The rest of them were shifted to hospitals in Uppala and Mangaluru. Among the injured are Ashraf, Abdul Khadar, Samira and Bathisha are residents of Paivalike Kayarkatte. Five among the injured are said to be serious. Kodagu army doctor appointed as honorary surgeon to Prez Lt Gen BNBM Prasad, an Army doctor from Kodagu, has been appointed as the honorary surgeon to the President of India Pranab Mukherjee. (Dr)Lt.Gen Prasad hails from Biligeri in Kodagu district and is the sixth Lt-General from the district. Lt Gen Prasad was serving as the DG of Army Hospital Services, New Delhi and is one of the renowned surgeons in treating Lung disorders in super specialty hospitals. He was awarded the Sena Medal for his service during the Kargil conflict. He had served Field Marshal Manekshaw and has submitted Medical thesis at various conferences in India and abroad. Lt Gen Prasad joined the Army in 1977 as a medical officer. Horrific Tuesday morning on outer ring road It was a horrific Tuesday morning for motorists on Outer Ring Road (ORR) and KR Puram, east Bengaluru. Waterlogging under the railway bridge near Rainbow Hospital brought traffic to a standstill. The situation eased only at 2pm, after two fire tenders pumped out the stagnant water. Trouble began at 8am when vehicle users started taking the service road on both sides of ORR. “The road beneath the railway bridge was clogged with rainwater and office-goers used the service roads, leading to a bottleneck,” traffic police said to media. Dear Readers... City Hilights invites you to send in your suggestions, articles, photos, stories and ideas. We will publish them for you. This is your platform. Voice your opinion. Showcase your talent. Your suggestions are valuable to us. info@ibcworldnews.com MAHADAYI ROW: VERDICT GOES AGAINST STATE, BANDH CALL ECHOS ACROSS STATE Even as commuters heaved a sigh of relief after transport corporation workers called off their strike, farmers’ associations have called for a bandh over Mahadayi row on Thursday. Protests broke out in North Karnataka region BUSES BACK ON ROADS AS STRIKE CALLED OFF Karnataka’s three-day transport strike has been called off after the joint advisory group of workers’ unions reached to an amicable agreement with the state government on Wednesday evening. The government has agreed to give 12.5% hike in the basic pay. Public got a sigh of relieve as Buses over the verdict of Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal’s verdict on Wednesday which rejected Karnataka’s request seeking that Goa discharge 7.5 tmc of water. The Tribunal, headed by JN Panchal heard arguments by counsels for the two states started to ply on the roads. The normal life was affected to the strike for past three days. Despite the fact that the transport strike has called off, different unions have called a bandh on the Mahadayi water issue. Schools and universities over the state are likely to be closed on Thursday due to bandh. . KARNATAKA STATE PRE-UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION A state level academic felicitation programme was held at SJRC Auditorium. The programme was organised to congratulate and felicitate the academic thinkers. The programme was inaugurated by Tanveer Seth, Minister of Primary and Higher education. Felicitation was done by B. Shanker Murthy, MLC and Ramachandrappa MLC. The chief guests for the occasion were Captain Ganesh Karmik, MLC along with Sharanappa Mattur, MLC. KILLER ROADS OF BENGALURU WHO IS TO BE BLAMED FOR THE PATHETIC STATE OF ROADS IN THE COSMOPOLITAN CITY? DEADLY STORM WATER DRAIN AT THIMMAIAH CIRCLE BATTERED ROAD AT KEMPEGOWDA BUS STATION on Tuesday, and saved its verdict for Wednesday. Karnataka had filed an interim application with the Tribunal for 7.5tmc water to be discharged from the Mahadayi in Goa for the Malaprabha Lift Irrigation venture. Wednesday’s decision is just the interim order not the final verdict. The verdict did not go down will with people of Gadag, Belagavi, and Dharwad who face acute shortage of water during the recent drought in the state. Pro Karnataka groups and farmers’s associations took to streets, burning down effigies and shouting slogans. Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha President Kodihalli Chandrashekar has called for a statewide bandh on Thursday while Vatal Nagaraj has called for a bandh on July 30. Holding a press conference in Bengaluru, he said that Kannada organizations would start protest from Thursday onwards. President of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce and the film industry too have extended their support to the protests. Call for bandh resounded in Betageri and Bailhongal in Belagavi district, Gajendragadh in Gadag region too. Few universities and schools have officially declared holiday in lieu of bandh. MODI HOSPITAL ROAD GANGADHAR CHETTI ROAD ANNAMALAI TO BE THE NEXT CHIKKA- MAGALURU SP After the DySP Kallappa Handibhag case that caught the attention of the state, Chikkamagaluru SP Santhosh Babu has been trasferred to Gadag and SP of Udupi, Annamalai will take charge as the next Chikkamagaluru SP. Kallappa Handibhag ended his life after his name sprung up in a kidnapping and extortion case in Chikkamagaluru. It is said 3 KILLED AND 9 INJURED AS PRIVATE BUS CATCHES FIRE Three passengers dies and atleast Nine passengers were injured as a private bus travelling between Bengaluru and Hubballi was caught in flames all of a sudden on Wednesday morning. The bus had left Bengaluru the previous evening carrying 15 travelers and was supposed to reach Hubballi at 6 am. However, an hour prior to reaching the destination, the flames spread in the bus all of a sudden at Varur where the sleeping passengers had little time to escape. Short circuit is said to be the reason for the mishap. The air conditioned MAN SELLING ILLEGAL ARMS ARRESTED The city police arrested a man who was dealing with illegal arms business near Outer Ring Road in Bengaluru. The police arrested him BENGALURU WITNESSES HIGHEST RAINFALL IN THREE YEARS that Chikkamagaluru SP Santhosh Babu too was in light as Kallappa’s family accused the SP being responsible for Kallappa’s death. In the mean time, Annamalai, an upright and no non-sense officer who has won the hearts of the general public as an SP is going to take the responsibility of Chikkamagaluru SP. He was in charge of transformation of Karkala police station into model station when he was the ASP. The SP brought methods to boost the morale of the police force. Annamalai’s bus belonged to Durgamba Travels. Primary reports said that after shooting him on his left leg. The man identified as Amir Hussain, 33, had came from Utrapradesh to sell his home made pistol to the customers in Bengaluru. After getting a tip off, police in civil cloaths followed the suspect. Hussain soon sensed that police had followed him and opened fire and seriously injured at the two policemen when they approached The city witnessed its highest rainfall in the last three years on Monday evening. With a rainfall of 32.6 mm on Monday evening, the city has received an average background Annamalai is a native of karur district of Tamil Nadu. He completed his schooling in Coimbatore. He pursued Mechanical engineering and later completed his MBA at IIM-Lucknow. While studying MBA, Annamalai decided to become a government servant. Annamalai belong to 2011 batch of IPS and was posted for the first time to karkalla sub division in 2013. He was incharge of four police stations under the karkala sub-division- Karkala town, Karkala rural, kaup and Padubidri- he was posted as Superintendent of Police of Udupi district and took charge on January 1st 2015. the transport contained a few chemicals utilized for agriculture. More details are awaited. MINISTER INAUGURATES JANA SPANDANA PROGRAMME AT UDUPI JANA SPANDANA, the Udupi district level programme was inaugurated by District-incharge Minister Pramod Madhwaraj on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, Madhwaraj said “As per the chief minister Siddaramaiah’s instructions, district authorities have to conduct Jana Samparka Sabha and Jana Spandana before organizing KDP meeting in the district. There are nine Hoblis in the districts and the district authorities will organize hobli-level Jana Spandana programme to hear the grievances of public in days to come.” He said during the public grievance meeting, he said that they have instructed the officers to respond to the complaints immediately and solve the problems of the public on the spot. Promising corruption-free governance, Madhwaraj said government officials will also have to make strong resolution of providing good service. Zilla panchayat CEO, Priyanka Mary Francis, CMC president, SP Annamalai and others were present. him. In defense, HAL inspector Sadiq Pasha who lead the team had to open fire and shoot him in the left leg. Hussain has been arrested and police have confiscated a country-made pistol and 13 bullets from him. A police officer said, “Amir has been supplying arms to many people in the city for a long time. There is a dealer in the city. We will arrest him too as soon as possible.” of 92 mm rainfall in this July. The rainfall on Monday was the highest rainfall recorded since 2013. According to the Indian Meteorological Department, Bengaluru has received around 284 mm rainfall since June 1 which is higher than the expected rainfall in this season. The weather forecast reveals that the weather will be similar to what city has witnessed in the past two days. The days are expected to be warm – with maximum temperatures of around 29{+o} C – while, rain and thundershowers will hit the city in the evenings.
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