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Unable to repay debts, journalist kills wife, two kids, hangs himself

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June 22, 2018

Siddapet, Jun 22: A debt-laden journalist in Telangana’s Siddipet district committed suicide by hanging himself after smothering his two children to death and strangulating his wife at his residence in the early hours of Thursday.

According to ACP Rajeswar, journalist S Hanumantha Rao, 35, working for a Telugu daily at Kondapaka mandal smothered to death his two children Deekhsa Sri (5) and Shine Sri (3) and later strangulated his wife Harika.

Before hanging himself, Hanumantha had called his relatives over phone and asked them to reach home. The relatives who reached the house in Siddipet found Rao hanging and the children dead. As Harika, 32, was found breathing, she was rushed to a nearby hospital where she died in the evening.

According to the police, Hanumantha who was also running a business had suffered huge loss. Unable to bear the pressure mounted by people who had extended loan to him, he decided to commit suicide, the police said.

Hanumantha left behind a suicide note in which he said that two persons — Mamatha and Prabhakar — working in his shop cheated him to the tune of Rs 7.8 lakh. He also alleged that one Kanakaiah of Siddipet, from whom he had taken the loan even threatened to kidnap his children for not repaying the loan. The bodies were shifted to Arepally village.

Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao expressed shock over the incident and extended a financial assistance of Rs. 25,000 to the family.

Cases under section 302 and 307 of the IPC and 174 of CrPC were registered by the police.

Telangana State Media Academy Chairman Allam Narayana, expressing his shock over the death of Hanumantha Rao and his family, said the incident exposed the sad plight of rural reporters and an average journalist.

Mr. Narayana said journalists were capable of understanding all issues and faced with adverse situations, they should not take such extreme decisions and handle the situation bravely.

Conveying his condolences to the members of the bereaved family, Mr. Allam Narayana said the Media Academy would extend its help and support to the family.

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Agencies
July 30,2020

New Delhi, Jul 30: India's gold demand in 2020 is expected to fall to the lowest level in 26 years with domestic bullion prices hitting a record high and as falling disposable incomes could curtail retail purchases, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Thursday.

Lower demand by the world's second-biggest bullion consumer could limit a rally in global prices, which hit a record high earlier this month, although it could also reduce India's trade deficit and support the ailing rupee.

"Fast rising gold prices could act as headwinds," said Somasundaram PR, the managing director of WGC's Indian operations.

Local gold futures have jumped 35% so far this year after rising a quarter in 2019.

India's gold consumption in the first half of 2020 plunged 56% on-year to 165.6 tonnes. Meanwhile, the coronavirus-triggered lockdown also slashed demand by 70% in the June quarter to 63.7 tonnes, the lowest in more than a decade, the WGC said in a report published on Thursday.

Millions of Indians have lost their jobs or taken a pay cut after the country imposed a lockdown on its 1.3 billion people to curb the spread of the virus that has infected more than 1.5 million Indians.

Consumption is generally high during the June quarter due to weddings and key festivals such as Akshaya Tritiya, but lockdown restrictions kept shoppers indoors this year.

The weak demand in the first half could drag down India's gold consumption in 2020 to the lowest since 1994, when demand stood at 415 tonnes, Somasundaram said, adding that it is still difficult to provide an estimate for full-year demand as the coronavirus crisis is still unfolding.

"Indian demand has previously jumped as much as 300 tonnes in a quarter. Latent demand could come out in the second half," Somasundaram said.

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News Network
May 28,2020

New Delhi, May 28: The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police will file 12 chargesheets against 536 Tablighi Jamaat members from three countries, officials said on Thursday.

Till now, the police has already filed chargesheets against 374 foreigners from 32 countries.

The officials said the charges against the Tablighi Jamaat members pertain to violation of visa rules, government guidelines regarding the Epidemic Disease Act and acting negligently in a way that was likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.

The Tablighi Jamaat, a religious organisation in Nizamuddin in South Delhi, had allegedly organised a congregation in March in violation of mass gatherings.

The Tablighi Jamaat’s Nizamuddin Markaz (centre) had become a coroavirus hotspot in the national capital.

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Agencies
August 5,2020

Mumbai, Aug 5: A day after the Bihar government requested for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, the Centre has accepted the state’s request. 

The CBI, which falls under the Union Home Ministry, will now take over the probe. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Wednesday stated in the apex court that the Centre has accepted the request floated by the Nitish Kumar government recommending a CBI inquiry.

A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy observed that truth behind the 34-year-old Rajput's death should come out. "Truth should come out so far as actor's death is concerned," the SC bench said as reported by news agency.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is also hearing a petition filed by model-actress Rhea Chakraborty who was in a relationship with the deceased actor. In her plea, she sought the transfer of an FIR lodged in Patna by Rajput's father, K K Singh, who had accused her of abetting his suicide.

The 34-year-old actor was found hanging from the ceiling of his apartment in suburban Bandra in Mumbai on June 14.

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