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Monday, 31 August 2009 |
 The laying water pipeline inside the drainage chamber or very close beside the drainage lines in some parts of Bellary city has come under severe criticism from the public.
The mindless acts of the city corporation as part of its road widening project is against all norms and may prove to be a big health hazard in the long run, say the citizens.
Road widening and other developmental works are being carried out in the city under the Rs 100-crore special package. The corporation, like in many areas, has demolished encroachments and felled a number of trees in Cowl Bazaar area for road widening work.
The road is being widened from TB Sanitorium to First Railway Gate via Cowl Bazaar.
The authorities have taken up the work of laying new under-ground drainage (UGD) and new water supply pipelines.
The pipeline laying work has raised health concern, since the water supply pipes have gone through drainage chamber at some places.
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Monday, 31 August 2009 |
In a decision that is bound to send ripples across the state, the Karnataka government has banned the use of mobile phones in all government and aided first grade colleges under the Department of Collegiate Education (DCE).
The ban, according to a circular issued recently, applies to students, teachers and the non-teaching staff.
The department had already prohibited students, teachers and other staff members from using cellphones in schools.
The decision to prohibit the use of mobile phones in educational institutions of the state comes in the backdrop of New Delhi banning cellphones in schools and colleges in the wake of the MMS scandal in which a clip of a sexual act between students was sent to several people and even posted online.
DCE director KV Kodandaramaiah, told The New Indian Express that the ban on carrying mobile phones was imposed because they were misused by students during college hours. “This is spoiling the academic atmosphere of the campuses,” he said.
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Friday, 28 August 2009 |
After finding that a pregnant cow had been brutally killed inside the compound of their college, students of Kebttu Sri Manjunath Pai Memorial first grade college in the town, staged protests in front of the taluk office and police station here on Thursday August 27, urging for the arrest of the culprits involved, immediately.
The cow was found lying in a pool of blood inside the compound of the students. The students boycotted their classes, went in a procession, holding placards in hand and submitted memorandums to the concerned officials. |
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Thursday, 27 August 2009 |
 Pressure on Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa seems to have mounted, on Wednesday, with regard to the seeking of resignations of ministers V Somanna and D Sudhakar, following a majority opinion among the party’s office- bearers that the duo should not be allowed to continue in the Cabinet.
At the office-bearers meeting held in Bangalore in the absence of the chief minister and party National General Secretary Ananth Kumar there was a consensus that both the ministers should tender their resignation on moral grounds.
After consultation
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, party State President D V Sadananda Gowda said a final decision would be taken after consulting the party high command within the next two days. Four-time legislator Somanna, who quit his Assembly seat to join the BJP, suffered defeat at the hands of young-turk Priya Krishna in the Govindrajnagar bypolls. Social Welfare Minister Sudhakar is in the dock following CBI filing charge sheet against him in a bank housing loan fraud case. |
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Wednesday, 26 August 2009 |
 In a tragic accident that occurred on national highway 48 near Poorlapady- Kudrebettu near Kalladka on Wednesday August 26, a person died and four others were seriously injured.
The driver of the car, Balasubrahmanya, resident of Konthuru near Uppinangady, breathed his last in the accident. The accident involved a Maruti Swift car and Eicher lorry carrying iron rods, that were involved with a head-on collision. A newly-wed bride was among the passengers of the car. Sandhya, who had married just three days back and three others were seriously injured and two were admitted into a private hospital in Bantwal, while two others were rushed to Mangalore because of the gravity of their injuries. Priliminary information is that those in the car are residents of Uppinangady. |
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Tuesday, 25 August 2009 |
 The special intelligence squad of the superintendent of police of Dakshina Kannada district has unearthed a case of murder that had been committed two years ago. Siddappa (36), a labourer of Bagalkot origin, who had come to the city seeking work, was murdered and his body was buried by his killers. The wife of the murdered man is one among the six accused in the case.
Mohammed Anwar (27) from Ballurgudde in Kannur village, Mohammed Naufal (20) from Ballurgudde, presently living in Valachil Padav, Abdul Basheer (34), Mohammed Salim (23), Mohammed Naushad (29) and Renuka alias Kasturi (26), wife of the late Siddappa from Hosa Gudri Katram Kuntimane of Kadlimatti village of Bagalkot district, have been arrested by the policemen, relating to this case.
The theory of the policemen is that Kasturi had illicit relationship with Mohammed Anwar from Ballurgudde. The two, with the help of four other accused, had killed Siddappa on December 6, 2007, the policemen have claimed. It is learnt, Kasturi had been married to Hanumant, brother of her mother, when she was very young. As she did not like Hanumant, she later married Siddappa and lived in Mangalore with husband and a six-year old son. After she was involved with an affair with Mohammed Anwar, at the advice of Anwar, who thought that Siddappa can become a stumbling block in their affair, a plan to kill her husband was hatched. At their advice, Kasturi brought Siddappa near the railway track in Ballurgudde, where four men held Siddappa, while Anwar tightened a nylon rope around Siddappa's neck and killed him. Thereafter, they buried the body of Siddappa near this spot. The policemen, upon digging the spot of the murder, recovered pieces of bone, a nylon rope, pieces of clothes and a belt reportedly worn by Siddappa at the time of murder. |
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Saturday, 22 August 2009 |
The Anti-naxal Squad was engaged in an exchange of fire with the naxals at Yadadalli Dindodi near Nemmar near here, for about an hour on the morning of Friday August 21. Although none of the naxals could be caught, the policemen believe that a few of them would have sustained injuries.
The police team had launched a thorough search on Friday morning, after getting reliable information that a gang of naxals had found shelter at Valkigudda in Dindodi. As the policemen neared the spot where the naxals were hiding, a naxal woman on sentry duty there, fired at the policemen, thereby alerting the gang. The policemen retaliated, and the exchange of fire continued for about an hour.
After the naxals fled, the policemen found that one of the steel plates the naxals had used for having food, had been hit by a bullet. Blood was found splattered near the plate, which is supposed to be that of a naxal. The policemen immediately launched a combing operation in nearby villages like Sunkadamakki, Yadadalli, Harebeelalu etc., but in vain. Western range inspector general of police Gopal Hosur, superintendent of police Nagaraj and other senior officials visited the spot and guided the investigations. |
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Friday, 21 August 2009 |
 The BJP has sprung a surprise by winning the Chittapur seat. Its candidate, Valmiki Naik, snatched victory by defeating Congress candidate Priyanka Kharge, son of union minister Mallikarjun Kharge, by a margin 1,600 votes. This constituency was earlier held by Mallikarjun Kharge, former KPCC president and opposition leader in the assembly.
The Channapatna seat went to the JDS. Its candidate, M C Ashwath, defeated the BJP candidate and former Congress MLA, C P Yogeshwar. Yogeshwar, who also happens to be a cine actor, was considered to be the strongest contender here.
The JDS has also annexeed the Ramanagar seat with a margin of 20,284 votes. Its candidate K Raju came out victorious from this constituency.
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