Jobless youth held for hate-filled Facebook post on Gauri's murder

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September 8, 2017

Bengaluru, Sept 8: Cyber Crime sleuths in Bengaluru have arrested a 22-year-old unemployed youth for posting hate messages regarding the murder of veteran journalist Gauri Lankesh.

According to report by the Deccan chronicle, Mallanagouda Basanagouda Biradar alias Malli from Surapura taluk of Yadgir district was arrested by the Cyber Crime Police on Wednesday.

A diploma holder in civil engineering, he had created a Facebook profile with the alias Malli Arjun.

Just a few hours after Gauri was brutally murdered outside her home in Bengaluru’s Raja Rajeshwarinagar, Mallanagouda put up a post on Facebook in Kannada - ‘Ondu ganji giraakiya hena bitthu, mikka ganji giraakigaligoo ide gati #gauri_lankesh mataash’.

This post roughly translates to “one person with leftist ideology (the words ganji giraaki is a derogatory term used for those with a leftist ideology) is dead, other such people will also meet the same fate’.

After RTI activists raised slogans against those posting hateful messages just when news about the murder spread. Taking their anger into cognisance, the Cyber Crime police had taken up a suo motu case regarding the post as Malli Arjun’s profile had “similar defamatory posts”.

According to a senior officer with the Cyber Crime, the Central Crime Branch was roped in to track down Malli Arjun.

“Just a few minutes after news about Gauri had spread, he had put up the post. A day later, we nabbed him in Nagarabhavi area and arrested him. He confessed to have posted the hate message and said that he had completed Diploma in civil engineering in Lingasagur and had come to Bengaluru in search of job about two months ago,” the officer added.

Mallanagouda was living in Bengaluru with a man whom he had befriended on Facebook. “He was living in Chandra Layout in Vijayanagar. He has confessed to possessing multiple email IDs and Facebook profiles. He also confessed to using fake documents to obtain SIM cards,” he added.

The Cyber Crime Police have seized Mallanagouda’s mobile phone and the SIM card used while he uploaded the post from his phone. Mallanagouda was remanded to seven-day police custody by the First ACCM court. The police are still grilling Mallanagouda to find out if he was in any way involved in Gauri’s murder.

However, the Police did not mention which sections of the IPC or IT ACT he was booked under.

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Covid-19 going out of control in some districts of Karnataka: CM

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July 9,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 9: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday said the Covid-19 situation was “getting out of control a little” in some parts of the state, but assured citizens that authorities were taking necessary steps.

“In some districts, it’s getting out of control a little. But the district administration and police are working day and night,” Yediyurappa said before the Cabinet meeting where the Covid-19 situation will be discussed.

Speculation is rife that the government might consider stricter measures to curb the movement of people to try arresting the rising number of Covid-19 cases.

Later in the day, Yediyurappa is slated to inspect the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre, which has been converted into a Covid Care Centre with 10,000 beds. The chief minister said he had ordered “immediate” arrangement of more ambulances for Bengaluru, where cases are rapidly shooting up.

“A team from the Centre had come. They’ve made some observations and they also appreciated us for some of the things we’ve done,” he added.

On Friday, Yediyurappa has convened a meeting of all Bengaluru ministers, legislators, MPs and councillors to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic in the city.

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Schools expected to reopen in September in Karnataka: Education Minister

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Schools will remain closed and are expected to be opened in the month of August or September in the view of rising COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, said S Suresh Kumar, Minister of Primary and Secondary Education and Sakala of Karnataka on Tuesday.

Speaking on the issue, Kumar said, "Schools would not open for the time being. The children will be taught through media."

"The state is also working on the new schemes to improve the learning process for the students," he added.

As many as 5,536 new COVID-19 cases and 102 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Tuesday, according to the State Health Department.

The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 1,07,001 including 64,434 active cases, 40,504 discharges and 2,055 deaths.

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Congress will return to power in Karnataka: says DK Shivakumar

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March 21,2020

Bengaluru , Mar 21: Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar exuded confidence that the party will return to power in the state and praised former chief minister Siddaramaiah's term.

"I am confident that we will come back to power. Everyone in the past has worked their best to build the party. Siddaramaiah being a full-term chief minister gave the best programs to Karnataka, his government's programs were the best of all time," Shivakumar said at a press conference on Friday.

He further assured his full support to anyone who wanted to work for the betterment of the party.

"Though I have become the state president of the party but I am still the worker of Congress and each of us should work for the party as ground workers. I am ready to give any kind of support to those who want to work for the party. We need to take all caste, communities along for the betterment of the party," he said.

Shivakumar was appointed the state Congress President on March 11, while Eshwar Khandre, Satish Jarkiholi, and Saleem Ahmed have been appointed working presidents of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.

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First Tell your all MP & MLA s that if they wish to join BJP better join from now later after getting elected from the congress they betray the voter, such hiddnen sangis from congress to be kicked out.