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Newlywed woman found dead in well; two arrested in Chitradurga

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Chitradurga : Police have arrested two persons in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a newlywed woman whose body was found in a deserted well near Mahadevapura in Chitradurga district on Wednesday, August 19. The deceased, identified as Sumalatha, had gone missing from her house in Chikka Ullarthi village of Challakere taluk on August 13. She had married Gajendra in a love marriage. According to police, the couple had been staying on a farm to avoid the attention of their families. Police said Gajendra’s friend Borayya allegedly followed the couple to the farm. When Sumalatha was changing clothes, Borayya allegedly sexually assaulted her and strangled her to death. He then allegedly called his brother Karayya and, with his assistance, disposed of the body by throwing it into a deserted well near Mahadevapura. After Sumalatha’s family identified the body, they initially suspected Gajendra’s involvement and lodged a complaint against him. Acting on the complain...
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Hyderabad residents arrested for deer hunting in Bidar

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Bidar: Three people were arrested for allegedly hunting a deer near Chondi village in Bidar taluk, days after a controversial encounter involving suspected poachers in Chamarajanagar district. According to forest officers the incident occurred in the areas surrounding Chondi village under the jurisdiction of Janwada forest range. Local residents reportedly noticed the suspicious movement in the area and alerted the police about suspected hunting activity. Acting on the information, a forest team reached the spot and attempted to intercept the group. The suspects allegedly tried to flee after noticing the officials. However, officers managed to catch three of them, while two others escaped from the spot. The arrested persons have been identified as Soheb Mallik, a native of Chincholi in Kalaburagi district, and Hyderabad residents Abdul Sahid and Hameed. Police said another suspect, identified as Naseer from Hyderabad, and one other person managed to escape. Search oper...
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Fake medicine manufacturing, repackaging racket busted near Bidadi

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Ramanagara : Karnataka’s Food Safety and Drugs Administration Department has busted a major illegal fake medicine manufacturing and repackaging operation at Hejjala near Bidadi in Ramanagara district on Tuesday, August 18, seizing counterfeit medicines and related materials worth more than Rs 5 crore. The operation was carried out under the direction of Food Safety Commissioner K. Srinivas and Additional Drugs Controller Dr Umesh. Officials raided a premises where counterfeit medicines were allegedly being manufactured and repackaged without the mandatory government licences and permissions. According to officials, the operators were allegedly using fake labels carrying the names of reputed multinational pharmaceutical companies and established brands before repackaging the medicines for distribution in the market. The activity was reportedly being carried out secretly at the premises. During the raid , officials recovered a large quantity of suspected counterfeit tabl...
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BJP team to visit Hanur encounter site, report in a week

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka BJP on Tuesday, August 18, formed a five-member fact-finding committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Hanur encounter in Chamarajanagar district, where three suspected poachers were killed in an exchange of fire with forest personnel. The committee will visit the spot, gather information from local residents and officials, examine the circumstances leading to the firing and submit a comprehensive report to the party within a week. The team comprises BJP state vice-president N. Mahesh, state secretary Lakshmi Ashwin Gowda, Minority Morcha state president Anil Thomas, former MLA C.S. Niranjan Kumar and party leader Hanur Venkatesh. Incident happened on August 15 The committee was constituted following questions raised by the BJP over the circumstances surrounding the deaths. The incident took place around 5 am on August 15 in the Holemuradatti forest area near Shagya in the Hanur Wildlife Range of the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary....
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SIR: 46L Bengaluru voters to be deleted, 27L in BJP-held seats

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Bengaluru: As many as 46.88 lakh voters in Bengaluru have been identified under the absent, shifted, dead, duplicate and others (ASDDO) category as part of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka. The figure represents around 45 per cent of the city’s 1.03 crore voters enrolled before the SIR exercise. Across Karnataka, more than 1.07 crore electors have been placed in the ASDDO category, accounting for 19.47 per cent of the state’s 5.54 crore voters. The data assumes political significance in Bengaluru, where the 28 Assembly constituencies are divided between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. Fifteen constituencies are currently represented by BJP MLAs, while the Congress holds 12 seats. Yeshwanthpur MLA ST Somashekhar, who was expelled from the BJP, is presently unattached. 16 lakh voters to be deleted in Congress-held seats The 15 BJP-held constituencies together account for 27.69 lakh voters in ...
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SC grants bail to accused in Valmiki Corporation Money Diversion Case

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, August 17, granted bail to Kaki Srinivas Rao, an accused in the multi-crore Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation money diversion case, in which more than Rs 89 crore was allegedly siphoned off through forged documents and fictitious bank accounts. A bench comprising Justices Manoj Misra and Vijay Bishnoi allowed the special leave petition filed by advocate Anil Chandrashekhar Nishani, challenging the Karnataka High Court’s December 19, 2024 order rejecting Rao’s bail plea. Senior advocate Madhavi Divan appeared for the petitioner. According to the chargesheet, Rao, who was running a share-trading firm, was not accused of playing a central role in the alleged diversion of funds. The prosecution has alleged that he assisted in converting the allegedly diverted cash into gold and helped facilitate the creation of 18 fictitious bank accounts . The Supreme Court took into consideration Rao’s age, health con...
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Bengaluru: Over 200 vehicles seized for alleged road tax evasion

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Bengaluru: Bengaluru RTO officials have intensified action against vehicles registered outside Karnataka and allegedly being used in the city without payment of the required road tax. In a major enforcement drive on Monday, August 17, officials seized more than 200 vehicles and recovered about Rs 3 crore in fines. The operation was carried out following strict directions from the Transport Department Commissioner. Ten separate teams were deployed to inspect vehicles at different locations across Bengaluru and identify those violating tax and registration norms. Vehicles bearing registrations from Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, and Haryana were among those seized. The enforcement teams found several luxury vehicles, including Audi and Mercedes models, along with Tata Harrier and Mahindra Scorpio cars. Over 30 cars seized from one location More than 30 vehicles were reportedly seized from a single location under t...
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