One arrested in connection with Forest Fire in Bandipur National Park

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March 1, 2019

Chamarajanagara, Mar 1: One person was arrested by Karnataka forest department in connection with the wildfire in Gopalaswamy Betta range of forests under Bandipur National Park and Tiger Reserve.

Forest officials said on Friday that the accused has been identified as Arun Kumar, a resident of Kallipura, on the fringes of the forest. The people of the village said that he was absconding after the fire was noticed in Gopalaswamy Betta ranges. Range Forest Officer Puttaswamy and staffer Naveen arrested the accused.

In the devastating fire that lasted for five days had perished thousands of acres of forest land under the reserve, especially under Bandipur, Moolehole and Gopalaswamy Betta ranges and Army was pressed into action to extinguish the fire.

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He should be jailed, his property (If any) should be seized and compensation be taken from him for the entire damage.

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Coronavirus forces Modi govt to defer NPR, first phase of Census

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March 25,2020

New Delhi, Mar 25: The exercise to update the National Population Register (NPR) and the first phase of the Census 2021 will not be held as scheduled due to the 21-day lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said on Tuesday.

Both the exercises were supposed to be carried out from April 1 to September 30.
Due to the prevailing situation, the NPR and Census exercises have been deferred till further orders, a senior home ministry official said.
The Prime Minister has announced a 21-day lockdown across the country from Tuesday night due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.

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1 dead, 12 students injured as bus fell into gorge in Honnavar

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January 4,2020

Karwar, Jan 4: One student died and twelve others were seriously injured when a school bus in which they were travelling from Anantapur district fell into a gorge near Gerusoppa Soolemarki Cross in Honnavar taluk of Uttar Kannada district last night, police said on Saturday.

The deceased student has been identified as T Basha Fakruddin (14).

Police said on that on Friday students of a government school from Anantapur district were on a trip to Jog, Murdeshwar and other places. There were 44 children, nine teachers and four cooking staff in the bus, police said.

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Thousands of letters lying undelivered in Dakshina Kannada post offices due to lockdown

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March 27,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 27: Thousands of letters are pending at various Post offices in Dakshina Kannada for delivery since declaration of lockdown due to Corona virus which is spreading like wildfire in the country.

Of the 542 offices in the district, only eight are functioning and the only post office opened in the district facilitates only withdrawal of funds by the customers, district senior official said here on Friday.

There are in all 53 departmental offices and 96 branch offices in Mangaluru Taluk and about 4,000 general postcards and 1,000 Registered and Speed Posts are pending for delivery. Also, there are a total of 393 post offices in the Puttur division and only a few are opened. About 48 postal bags are pending and there are about 200-300 postcards in each bag.

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