Kasaragod, Sept 5: A court here has acquitted six people accused in the murder of Communist Party of India (Marxist) activist M.B. Balakrishnan at Mangad, near Uduma, here in September 2013.
Pronouncing the verdict on Tuesday, the Principal District Sessions Court acquitted Congress workers A.K. Ranjith, 34; A. Suresh, 29; U. Sreejayan, 43; Shyam Mohan, 23; Majeed; and Shibu, stating that the prosecution had failed to produce enough proof to prove the involvement of the accused in the murder.
The prime accused in the case and Youth Congress activist Prajit drowned in a well earlier this year while he was trying to save a cock.
Balakrishnan was stabbed to death on the night of September 16, 2013, a Thiruvonam day, triggering political tension in the district for a while.
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CPM activist murder: After main accused sacrifices his life to save a cock, court acquits 6 Cong workers
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September 5, 2018
Karnataka sees biggest Covid-19 daily spike with 6,259 new cases
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August 4,2020
Bengaluru, Aug 4: Karnataka on Tuesday reported its biggest single-day spike of 6,259 Covid-19 cases and 110 fresh deaths, taking the total infection count to 1,45,830 and the toll to 2,704, the health department said.
The day also saw a record 6,777 patients getting discharged after recovery, outnumbering the fresh cases. Out of 6,259 fresh cases, a total of 2,035 cases were from Bengaluru Urban district. The previous biggest single-day record was on July 30 when the state added 6,128 cases.
A bulletin from the department said cumulatively 1,45,830 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state and it included 2,704 deaths and 69,272 discharges. Out of the 73,846 active cases, as many as 73,212 patients were stable in isolation at designated hospitals while 634 in the intensive care units.
Among the fresh deaths, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 30 followed by Dakshina Kannada (13) and Mysuru (9).
Most of the people who succumbed either had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI), the bulletin said. Besides Bengaluru Urban, the other districts which reported higher fresh cases on Tuesday are Mysuru 662, Kalaburagi 285, Ballari 284, Belagavi 263, Dakshina Kannada 225, Davangere 191, Dharwad and Hassan 188. Bengaluru Urban district continued to top the list of positive cases with a total of 63,033 infections, followed by Ballari 7,638 and Dakshina Kannada 6,388.
Among discharges too Bengaluru Urban tops the districts with 27,877 discharges, followed by Ballari 3,724 and Kalaburagi 3,470. A total of 14,89,016 samples had been tested so far, out of which 42,458 on Tuesday with 29,488 being rapid antigen tests.
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KCCI appeals to exclude Dakshina Kannada from list of corona hotspot areas
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April 12,2020
Mangaluru, Apr 12: Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has appealed to the Additional Chief Secretary to Karnataka government Jawaid Akhtar to exclude Dakshina Kannada district from hotspot/ red zone area pertaining to coronavirus, saying that the district has not reported any new case since last five days.
KCCI president Isaac Vas said DK district has not reported any new case of COVID-19 in the last five days. Of the 12 cases reported in the district, six are from Kasargod and one from Bhatkal.
None of the patients suffering from coronavirus are in ICU or put on ventilator, he said in a statement.
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SIT questions former underworld don Muthappa Rai over Ravi Poojary
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April 16,2020
Bengaluru, Apr 16: Special Investigating Team (SIT), headed by Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Sandeep Patil, subjected former underworld don turned social activist Muthappa Rai in connection with gangster and underworld don Ravi Poojary's criminal cases.
Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) said that the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Venugopal and police inspector Bulletin have questioned Rai in his house for more than two hours about Ravi Poojary case.
Muthappa Rai was allegedly one of the accused in builder Subbaraju murder case. They both were allegedly close in the initial days and they were like a team, said a senior officer. So Rai was questioned about their connection. Rai, who reformed himself many years ago, is into business and social service at present.
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kill all anti-national RSS And BJP from kerala also from south india...blood is the answer for blood specially for them....in comming century india will be divided based on north people & south people..we have to prepare battle now itself, we dont want to ruler from third class north indian beger people.
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