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Ballari: BJP leader who faced several criminal cases hacked to death

DHNS
June 23, 2017

Ballari, Jun 23: District BJP ST Morcha vice-president Bandi Ramesh, a criminal facing several charges, was killed at Guggarahatti on the outskirts of Ballari city on Thursday afternoon.bandiramesh

Ramesh, 42, and resident of Karimaramma Temple, Indiranagar, Cantonment, Ballari, was a close aide of B Sriramulu, Member of Parliament, Ballari. Police said he had gone on Thursday to Rampura with his followers to the neighbouring town in Chitradurga district.

When they were returning to Ballari, around 3.30pm, they stopped for lunch at Pavan Dhaba. When Ramesh and his supporters were busy ordering food, several people with lethal weapons rushed in and attacked them. They murdered Ramesh and fled in a four-wheeler.

Bandi Ramesh's brother Nagaraj, also involved in criminal activities, had been murdered by their enemies. After Nagaraj's death, Bandi Ramesh took over and had political ambitions. He often spoke about contesting any ST reserved constituency with the support of BJP leaders.

Recently, he was released from Ballari Central Jail on bail, with regard to an attempt to murder case, was in judicial custody for some days. While in jail, he chalked out his political future with his confidants.

S Murugan, IGP, Ballari Range, went to the murder spot. Police were deployed in Indiranagar, Devinagar, SP Circle, Kurihatti and other sensitive areas. After the postmortem, Ramesh's body was handed over to his family.

On Wednesday, he had been actively involved in the birthday celebrations of G Somashaker Reddy, former MLA and ex-chairman, KMF.

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Friday, 23 Jun 2017

Criminal Party member, Criminal count down to the public

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April 9,2020

Mysuru, Apr 9: The Administrative Training Institute (ATI) here was all set to impart training through online to Taluk Panchayat and the Gram Panchayat officials on tackling the deadly virus COVID-19, which was spreading like wildfire.

The Disaster Management Centre of ATI would conduct the training through Zoom application. Taluk Panchayat Executive officers and officials of the Gram Panchayats were invited to undergo training sessions.

District Vector-borne Diseases Control officer S Chidambar and World Health Organization representative Dr Sudhir Nayak would conduct sessions on handling the situation in rural region. The officials from 102 TP/GP Panchayats from 16 districts will attend the programme, on Thursday.

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June 15,2020

The Centre’s step-motherly attitude towards Kannadigas stranded in the Gulf countries in general and Saudi Arabia in particular has prompted the Kannadigas to resort social media campaign once again.

A couple of weeks ago, Twitterati had launched a campaigned to bring back Kannadidags stranded in Saudi Arabia. A variation of the hashtag #SaudiKannadigasNeedFlights trended today. 

Trend Setters India, which has taken the twitter campaign initiative, had urged the Kannadigas around the world to join the twitter storm at 4 p.m. IST on June 15, to exert pressure on the authorities concerned. Around 7 p.m. the hashtag began trending with thousands of tweets.

Millions of Kannadigas are working in Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. They contribute greatly to the Indian economy.

Even though government of India has launched Vande Bharat Mission for the repatriation of Indians stranded across the world, it has operated only a few flights from Saudi Arabia to Karnataka so far. Thousands of Kannadigas including pregnant women, elderly people, those who have lost jobs and those who need emergency medical care are still waiting for repatriation flights from Saudi Arabia to Mangaluru and Bengaluru.
 

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May 13,2020

Mangaluru, May 13: Dakshina Kannada today recorded its fourth death due to novel coronavirus.

The victim, identified by number P-536, is a 58-year-old woman from Boloor area of Manglauru. She was tested covid-19 positive on April 30. 

A patient with TB meningitis, the woman had been treated and discharged from Mangaluru’s First Neuro Hospital, which has emerged as covid-19 hub of coastal Karnataka.

In hospital she had reportedly come in contact with patient No 501 who worked as a sweeper in the same hospital. 

With this death, the number of active covid-19 cases reduced to 16 in Dakshina Kannada. The district has so far reported 34 covid-19 cases including four deaths. 14 have been discharged.

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