Reddy campaigning for Sriramulu only as a friend, not for BJP: Yeddyurappa

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April 30, 2018

Kalaburagi, Apr 30: Amid criticism over mining baron G Janardhana Reddy taking part in electioneering in poll-bound Karnataka, state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa today said the former minister was campaigning for his friend B Sriramulu and not for the party.

He also asserted BJP would win the assembly elections and he would take oath as Chief Minister with the blessings of Prime minister Narendra Modi on May 17 or 18. "Janardhan Reddy has not been included in the electioneering list of the BJP.

He is campaigning not for the party, but for his friend Sriramulu," he told reporters here. Lok Sabha member Sriramulu has been fielded by BJP against chief minister Siddaramaiah in Badami. Ruling Congress has attacked BJP over Reddy, out on bail in illegal mining case, campaigning for the saffron party, which is going all out to win the May 12 elections and capture power in the southern state for a second time.

The BJP, which ruled the state from 2008-13, has fielded Reddy's brothers -- G Somashekhara Reddy in Ballari city and his elder brother and former Ballari Lok Sabha member G Karunakara Reddy in Harappanahalli in Davanagere district. Yeddyurappa, who is the chief ministerial candidate of BJP, also sought to put an end to the issue over denial of ticket to his son B Y Vijayendra for the polls, saying it was a closed chapter and he was not disappointed with his party.

"BJP leaders and workers will adhere to the decision of the Central leadership," he added. Vijayendra's supporters had staged angry protests over denial of ticket for him to contest from Varuna constituency in Mysuru. Earlier, addressing a public meeting, Yeddyurappa claimed people of the state have decided to reject Siddaramaiah government and pave way for building a new Karnataka.

"I will take Oath as Chief Minister on May 17 or 18 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's blessings. More than 4 lakh people will participate in the oath-taking ceremony," he said exuding the confidence of victory.

He said the "Shaadi Bhagya" scheme, which is now limited to Muslim women, would be extended to all sections belonging to below poverty line once the BJP came to power. Yeddyurappa said BJP's electoral campaign would get a major fillip once Modi begins his electioneering later this week. During his press briefing, he said Siddaramaia was "scared" of facing elections in Chamundeshwari constituency and hence had filed papers from Badami seat also. "

"He knows he is losing in Chamundeshwari," Yeddyurappa said.

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'10,349 suicides in farming sector in 2018'

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January 9,2020

New Delhi, Jan 9: A total of 10,349 people involved in the farming sector, including 5,763 farmers or cultivators, committed suicide in 2018, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)'s report on 'Crime in India-2018' reveals.

The annual data was released around three months after the government released the NCRB report on 'Crime in India-2017'.

As per the latest data, of the 10,349 persons, who committed suicide in 2018, 4,586 were agricultural labourers.

The number of suicides in the farming sector in 2018 accounted for 7.7 per cent of the total suicide-victims (1,34,516) in the country, the NCRB data said.

Suicides in the country in 2018 rose to 1,34,516 from 1,29,887 in 2017.

The rate of suicides was up from 9.9 per cent in 2017 to 10.2 per cent in 2018. In 2017, a total of 10,655 farming sector-suicides were reported.

West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Goa, Chandigarh, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep and Puducherry reported zero suicides of farmers or cultivators and agricultural labourers during 2018, said the report.

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Thief breaks into house in Uppinangady, falls asleep on sofa, caught

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February 27,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 27: An utterly unprofessional thief, who fell asleep after breaking into a house, was caught by the house owner and handed over to the police in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada.

The hilarious incident took place on Wednesday in the one-storey, tiled-roof house owned by Sudarshan at Ullas Junction under the limits of Uppinangady police station.

The thief, who gained entry into the house by removing the roof-tiles, has been identified as Anil Sahani, a native of Bihar’s Majipur district. He was snoring on the sofa with a set of keys clutched in his hand when the house owner woke up in the morning.

The house owner, who was sure that the thief was drunk, woke him up by hitting him with a stick and then handed him over to the police.

According to police, the thief was tired after removing the tiles on Tuesday night and hence he decided to take a nap soon after entering the house.

He grabbed a bunch of keys kept near the TV stand and then lied down on the sofa. He woke up only when the house owner hit him with a stick the next morning.

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Quarantine breacher 'Drone Prathap' apprehended finally

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July 20,2020

Mysuru, Jul 20: Police and the Bengaluru City Quarantine Squad apprehended quarantine breacher “Drone Boy” Prathap N M in Mysuru on Monday afternoon.

Police sources said that the 23-year-old youth agreed to surrender following negotiations with officers.

“He agreed to turn himself in after realizing that he had no other alternative,” said an officer, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

A team of officers from the Quarantine Squad under Dr Prayag H S and police from the Talaghattapura Police Station under Inspector Ramappa Guttedar said they apprehended Prathap who was staying at a hotel in the Mandi Mohalla area at around 3 pm.

Prathap’s father accompanied the team to convince his son to surrender. Police said Prathap will be returned to the city to be placed into 14 days of institutional quarantine.

With two cell phones at his disposal Prathap, who is accused of twice breaching home quarantine regulations, fled the city on Saturday.

Police, who were initially aware of only one cell phone, lost track of the youth as he drove out of the city, turning his phone off near Kengeri.

However, after quizzing the fugitive’s family, police learned that Prathap had a second phone and sim card. “His whereabouts were established on Sunday evening by tracking this second phone,” an official source said.

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