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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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May 10,2020

Bengaluru, May 10: Karnataka on Sunday reported 59 new cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of cases in the state to 848, informed state health department.
Out of the total number of cases, 422 people have been discharged and 31 have died due to the infection in the state.
The health department further informed that six COVID-19 patients are currently in the Intensive Care Unit.

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May 27,2020

Bengaluru, May 27: Aimed at giving a boost to affordable housing, the Karnataka government on Tuesday decided to slash the stamp duty on new apartments costing up to ₹35 lakh.

The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to review the progress of the Stamps & Registration department.

The Chief Minister directed that the stamp duty be cut from the existing five per cent to two per cent on apartments costing less than ₹20 lakh, getting registered for the first time, his office said in a statement.

Further, the stamp duty on apartments costing between ₹21 lakh - ₹35 lakh will be down from five per cent to three per cent, it said. It is estimated that in 2020-21 due to COVID-19 induced lockdown, Stamps and Registration department might fall short of its revenue target by ₹3,524 crore. The revenue target for 2020-21 is ₹12,655 crore.

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February 29,2020

Kochi, Feb 29: A 36-year-old man admitted to a government hospital here died early on Saturday due to high fever, health officials said.

The test results of blood samples of the man admitted to the isolation ward of the Coronavirus patients at Kalamassery Medical College hospital had confirmed that he was not infected with the deadly virus, doctors said.

He had been suffering from pneumonia for last five days, they said.

He was a diabetic too. His end came at 12.30 am due to multi organ failure, they said.

Medical authorities said his samples have been sent for detailed examination at the NiV lab at Alappuzha and awaiting the results.

The man from Kannur district had returned from Malaysia on Friday with high fever and breathing problem.

He was referred to the hospital after he was diagnosed with serious health issues during a thermal screening for Coronavirus at the international airport here upon his arrival from Malaysia, they said.

Doctors had said the health condition of the patient was not satisfactory.

Ernakulam District Collector S Suhas had visited the patient at the hospital on Friday, officials said.

Kerala had reported India's three Coronavirus cases but all three had been discharged from the hospitals marking their recovery of all three cases of infection in India reported from Kerala.

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