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Police officer attacked after road rage in Chikkamagaluru; 6 held

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February 28, 2017

Chikkamagaluru, Feb 28: Six persons were arrested by the police at Mugtihalli on the outskirts of Chikkamagaluru town on Tuesday morning after a mob assaulted a sub-inspector and his two subordinates following a road rage.

copsSuperintendent of police K Annamalai said that SI Gaviraj and two of his sub ordinates, all in mufti, and a police informer were travelling back to station after seizing copper wire when the incident took place.

“They were in a private car. As they reached Mugtihalli village in Chikkamagaluru taluk their car hit an SUV from behind which led to altercation between the passengers of the two vehicles that ended in assaulting our men,” he said.

SI Gaviraj is injured in his eye and is being treated at a local hospital.

The villagers claim that the group got enraged after the SI allegedly misbehaved with them after hitting their SUV from behind and later pulled out his service gun to threaten them while police argue the SI took out the gun in self-defence after four of them supported by host of villagers manhandled and slapped the SI during the argument.

According to eyewitnesses, Gaviraj identified him as a police official. However, the group of people supporting the SUV driver continued to assault him. The officer took his service revolver from his pocket and that angered them further. The SI called up senior officers over the phone and informed them about the incident.

Within a few minutes, the local people stopped vehicles on the road connecting Chikkamagaluru-Mudigere, forcing senior police officers to reach the spot. The police brought the situation under control and took six people into custody.

Mr. Gaviraj told presspersons that he was returning after an investigation into a theft case reported in his station limits around 9 a.m. when the incident happened. “The SUV in front of me stopped suddenly, forcing me to apply brakes. It was a minor accident with no major damage to the vehicle. The SUV driver picked up an argument and assaulted me. I had to take my service revolver in my hand as it is my duty to safeguard it. I did not threaten anybody of opening fire,” he said.

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shaji
 - 
Thursday, 2 Mar 2017

We expect stern action on these goondas by SP Annamali for beating and threatening police personnel on duty. These goondas should also be fined heavily and undertaking should be taken that they will not do such thing again and more action will be taken in case of repeating such anti social activity.

Skazi
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Wednesday, 1 Mar 2017

SP Annamalai is the right person, to teach a lesson to the saffron goondas of coastal districts .... In this case also, all the goondas will be in jail for atleast one year.......in a previous case, the SP made the goondas to clean the road, filled with firecracker papers .... If we have officers like him in coastal districts, then the GOONDAS will be permanently in rat holes ....

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August 1,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 1: Former member of Karnataka Legislative Council Ivan D’Souza has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. 

The Congress leader took to social media to break the news. “I and my wife Dr Kavitha have been tested positive covid-19 positive. There are no symptoms. We had voluntarily given our throat swabs for testing,” he said in a Facebook post.

He also requested his friends and well-wishers not to visit him until he recovers. 

Mr D’Souza had participated in a party meeting at Congress Bhavan when KPCC chief DK Shivakumar visited city yesterday. He was seen meeting several Congress leaders including U T Khader.

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July 10,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Alarmed by the surging COVID-19 cases across the state, especially in Bengaluru, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday urged the state capital’s residents not to visit their villages to prevent the infection’s spread.

“I urge the people of Bengaluru not to travel to their villages and prevent the infection from spreading in rural areas,” Yediurappa told reporters.

Admitting that the battle against the virus would be long, he said that the fight against COVID-19 could be won only through persistent efforts and with people’s cooperation with the frontline ‘warriors’.

“Combating the pandemic through preventive measures, providing treatment to the infected and saving lives are our priority,” he said.

With a record 2,228 positive cases on Thursday, the southern state’s COVID-19 tally shot up to 31,105, including 17,782 active cases, while 457 people have died of the infection till date, 17 just in the last 24 hours.

Of the new cases in the state, Bengaluru accounted for 1,373, taking its tally to 13,882, including 10,870 active, while 177 have succumbed to the virus since March 9.

No deaths were, however, reported in the city on Thursday.

Of the 457 patients in intensive care units (ICU) across the state, 292 are in Bengaluru hospitals.

Since unlock began on June 1, COVID-19 cases shot up to 15,242 on June 30 from 3,221 on May 31 and to 31,105 in 9 days since July 1.

Similarly, in Bengaluru, positive cases shot up to 4,555 on June 30 from 358 on May 31 and rose to 13,882 in 9 days since July 1.

The Chief Minister also appealed to all legislators of the ruling and opposition parties to give priority to contain the disease in their Assembly segments.

“Visit the COVID-19 designated hospitals and inspect if the required facilities are in place and bring any shortcomings to our notice,” the CM said

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February 22,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 22: Karnataka legislative assembly speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has issued a notification banning entry of journalists in the Legislators House.

"Electronic media and print media cannot enter the Legislators House any time," the notification issued by the Speaker's office read.

The notification which was issued on February 18 said, "The legislators come to Legislators House from their constituencies during the assembly session. It is their private time when they stay there. When journalists come to Legislators House to meet them, it's an invasion of their privacy."

"Arrangements will be made for journalists to speak to MLAs outside the gate. No journalist or camera person will be allowed inside the gate," the notification added.

The Legislators House is located near the Vidhan Soudha, the state legislative assembly.

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