14 calves die while transportation, 115 cattle seized; one held

April 20, 2016

Hassan, Apr 20: Acting on a tip off, the police intercepted four vehicles and rescued 115 cattle that were being transported to slaughter houses at Baraguru handpost near Channarayapatna in Hassan on Tuesday. However, 14 calves died of asphyxiation, it is said.

cattle Police seized the vehicles and the driver of one of them (from Yasin Nagar in Holenarsipur) has been taken into custody. The other three drivers fled the scene, abandoning the vehicles.

The police were checking the vehicles when they received the tip-off. Upon seeing the police, the drivers stopped the vehicles and took to their heels. The police were successful in nabbing one person.

The vehicles and the cattle were brought to the police station. There were eight buffaloes, seven cows and the remaining were calves. The mouth and legs of the animals were tied with ropes. Fourteen calves died due to asphyxiation.

The local residents fed the rescued animals with water and milk. The animals were later shifted to Pinjrapole care centre in Mysuru.

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Bajranghes and RSS must be behind this, now they don't get money for their booze

Very sad news. The culprits should be punished.

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Rahul Gandhi asks govt to bring back Indian workers stuck in Middle East

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April 15,2020

New Delhi, Apr 15: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday urged the government to organise flights to bring back Indian workers stuck in the Middle East and desperate to return.

He said the workers are in deep distress there due to shutting of businesses in the Middle East due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The Covid19 crisis and shutting of businesses in the Middle East have left thousands of Indian workers in deep distress and desperate to return home.

"The Government must organise flights to bring home our brothers and sisters most in need of assistance, with quarantine plans in place," he said on Twitter.

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Two brothers from Karnataka drown in sea after offering puja in temple

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January 12,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 12: Two pilgrims from Bengaluru, who were siblings, drowned in sea off Auro Beach in Puducherry today.

The deceased have been identified as V Gauthman, 22, and his brother Vivek, 20.

Gauthman and Vivek were among a group of around 150 devotees from Bengaluru to the Adhiparasakhi temple at Melmaruvathur in Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu. They started their journey from Bengaluru in three buses on Friday.

After offering special puja at Adhiparasakthi temple and worshipping at a few other temples, they reached Auro Beach on Sunday afternoon.

While they were having lunch on the beach, Gauthman entered the sea. He was caught in a huge wave.

Vivek, who tried to rescue his brother, too was caught in the wave.

Other pilgrims and fishermen began to search for them in fishing boats.

After an hour, their bodies were washed ashore, around two km from the spot.

The Auroville police retrieved the bodies and sent them for postmortem.

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