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  • AAP releases third list of candidates in Karnataka

    AAP releases third list of candidates in Karnataka

    Bengaluru (IANS) | The Karnataka unit of the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday released the third list of candidates for the May 10 assembly elections. There are 28 names in this list. All the candidates are contesting for the first time.

    In a statement, the party claimed that not only has it announced the names of candidates for the highest number of seats so far, it has also provided an honest choice to the people in 168 out of 224 assembly constituencies.

    It said that AAP has given tickets to maximum number of farmers, youth, women and educated professionals.

    Aam Aadmi Party said, the yardstick to decide the winnability of our candidates is their honesty and sense of service and not muscle power. The people of Karnataka are fed up with all the three traditional parties. That’s why, giving you the real challenge.

    The party said the average age of its candidates is 47 years. We have given tickets to 16 farmers, 13 women, 18 advocates, 10 doctors and 10 engineers. Five candidates have doctorate degree. Apart from these, 41 post graduate and 82 graduate pass out.

    He said, we will fight the elections on the strength of our candidates and our work done in Delhi and Punjab. We want a chance to give administration to the people. We are confident that the people of Karnataka will bless us with their support and votes.

    AAP’s state media coordinator Jagdish V. Sadam said, Congress, the oldest party and BJP, the world’s largest party, are definitely nervous about AAP’s entry in Karnataka. They are afraid that their politics of loot will end. They are trying to harm your campaign by threatening and luring the candidates with their money power and muscle power.

    –IANS

  • Drunk flyer on Delhi-Bengaluru IndiGo flight tries to open emergency door flap

    Drunk flyer on Delhi-Bengaluru IndiGo flight tries to open emergency door flap

    In another incident of unruly behavior by an air passenger, a drunk flyer on board an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Bengaluru on Friday tried to open the flap of an emergency door.

    “The passenger travelling on flight 6E 308 from Delhi to Bengaluru tried opening the flap of the emergency exit in an inebriated state. On noticing this, the crew on board alerted the captain and the passenger was appropriately cautioned,” an airline spokesperson said.

    “There was no compromise on the safe operation of the said flight and the unruly passenger was handed over to CISF upon arrival in Bengaluru,” the spokesperson added.

    In end March, two passengers on a Indigo flight from Dubai to Mumbai continued consuming alcohol onboard despite multiple warnings from the crew, and then verbally abused the crew and co-passengers.

    In order to deal with unruly behaviour on-board, aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued CAR, Section 3- Air Transport, Series M, and Part VI titled “Handling of unruly/ disruptive passengers”.

    As per the procedure defined in the CAR, airlines are required to follow a prescribed procedure for holding passengers accountable before they are placed in the ‘No Fly List’ by the airline. Based on the information provided by the airlines, ‘No Fly List’ is maintained by the DGCA.

  • PM Modi inaugurates the much-awaited Whitefield Metro Line in Bengaluru

    PM Modi inaugurates the much-awaited Whitefield Metro Line in Bengaluru

    Bengaluru (IANS) | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the much-awaited Whitefield (Kadugodi) to Krishnarajapuram (KR Puram) Metro line in Bengaluru built at a cost of Rs 4,249 crore. After inaugurating the 13.71 km long metro line with 12 stations, the Prime Minister took a ride with school children, Bengaluru Metropolitan Railway Corporation Limited (BMRCL) employees and construction workers.

    This construction will be helpful in reducing the traffic congestion in the city.

    PM Modi stood in the metro to interact with the students. During this, the children also looked very excited.

    He also interacted with women drivers of Metro and sat with BMRCL employees, construction workers during the visit. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and others accompanied him in the metro journey.

    Prime Minister Modi will also address the public meeting of BJP Maha Sangam in Davanagere city of Karnataka.

    Prime Minister Modi will reach Shivamogga airport from Davangere and fly back to New Delhi.

    –IANS

  • PM arrives in Karnataka, will inaugurate metro line in Bengaluru

    PM arrives in Karnataka, will inaugurate metro line in Bengaluru

    Bengaluru (IANS) | Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Karnataka on Saturday to participate in various inaugural programs in the state’s Bengaluru and Chikkaballapur districts. On his arrival at the HAL airport here, the Prime Minister was received by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot. Housing Minister V. Somanna was also present on the occasion. After this the PM left for Chikkaballapur in a special helicopter.

    PM Modi dedicated the Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research of the Sathya Sai Ashram at Muddenahalli in Chikkaballapur taluk.

    He is expected to inaugurate the Whitefield (Kadugodi) to KR Puram Metro line in Bengaluru. The 13.71 km stretch with 12 stations has been built at a cost of Rs 4,249 crore.

    Whitefield (Kadugodi) station has been decorated for this. The stretch would provide much needed help to the technical population, who complained of traffic jams.

    PM Modi will ride the metro after the inauguration.

    He will also address the BJP Maha Sangam public rally in central Karnataka’s Davangere city. The whole city is colored with saffron flags.

    PM Modi will reach Shivamogga airport from Davangere and fly back to New Delhi.

    –IANS

  • Constable suspended for molestation, misbehavior with woman complainant

    Constable suspended for molestation, misbehavior with woman complainant

    Bengaluru, (IANS) | A police inspector attached to Kodigehalli police station in Bengaluru has been suspended for allegedly molesting and misbehaving with a woman complainant. Officials gave this information on Wednesday. Sources have said that the Karnataka Police Department will also file an FIR against the accused Rajanna. The Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of Yelahanka sub-division had submitted a report in this regard to South-East DCP Lakshmi Prasad.

    The accused had allegedly repeatedly sent unwanted messages to the woman on WhatsApp. The woman has claimed in her complaint that when she was called to the police station, the accused inspector gave her a cover full of dry fruits and a room key.

    He claimed in his complaint that when he was called to the police station, the accused inspector gave him a cover containing dry fruits and a room key.

    The victim had approached the Kodigehalli police last month about being duped of Rs 15 lakh. Inspector took his mobile number and after a few days started chatting with him. Unable to tolerate the torture of the inspector, the woman complained to the jurisdictional DCP in this regard.

    After this the DCP ordered an inquiry into the incident and asked the ACP to investigate and submit a report. Police sources said the action was taken as per the directions of Bengaluru Police Commissioner Prathap Reddy.

    –IANS

  • Couple duped of Rs 3.7 lakh using Bescom bill

    Couple duped of Rs 3.7 lakh using Bescom bill

    BENGALURU: A famous city restaurateur and his wife were cheated of Rs 3.7lakh by online fraudsters claiming to be from Bescom. Diana D’Souza, the wife of Blaise D’Souza, said the fraudsters removed the money from their joint account in Yes Bank, and attempted to hack their Axis Bank account, but failed.

    It started with a message on February 28, saying their Bescom bill payment had not been updated. “Dear customer, your electricity will be disconnected tonight at 9.30 pm as the previous month’s bill has not been updated,” read the message.

    Diana then got a call from a person who introduced himself as Sharma. “He claimed to be a Bescom officer, and first asked for my number. He gave me the correct RR number of the bill and bank details. Then he hacked our joint account in Yes Bank and withdrew money,” she said.

    “He then attempted to hack Blaise’s Axis Bank account. He withdrew Rs 11, and attempted to withdraw Rs 20,000, and again Rs 40,000, but was not successful because an alert manager blocked the transactions.”
    Diana is surprised that despite reporting the case to cybercops, the conman’s mobile number 9046830414 is still in operation. ‘’Also, a second message came from another number, 8987904318,’’ she said.

    The fraud is the latest in a string of similar cases in which conmen pose as Bescom officers and gain access to people’s accounts.

    “The fraudster appears to have done complete homework on our account details and has the RR number of our domestic power connection. He also asked me which phone I use. Since I have an iPhone, he cut the call and called my husband Blaise D’Souza.’’ When Diana got suspicious, she tried to cut the calls but Sharma persisted and asked why she was cutting the calls.

  • Illegal mining: ED attaches assets worth Rs 5.21 crore

    Illegal mining: ED attaches assets worth Rs 5.21 crore

    BENGALURU: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has provisionally attached assets — six immovable properties owned by the accused persons — worth Rs. 5.21 crore in a case related to illegal mining under the provisions of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act (PMLA). 

    The case pertains to the trading of illegally mined iron ore by various traders. ED initiated an investigation under PMLA based on an FIR registered by the Special Investigation Team, Karnataka Lokayukta against Mineral Enterprises Ltd, unknown government employees and other unknown persons under various sections of the Mines & Minerals Development Regulation Act, 1957 and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, following directives of the Supreme Court.

    “During investigation under PMLA, it has been noticed that iron ore have been illegally mined, transported and traded without valid permits which caused loss to the exchequer. It has also been noticed that the source of such illegal iron ore are two mines owned by SB Minerals having partners – BP Anand Kumar, Panduranga Singh and Gopal Singh, one mine owned by Shanthlakshmi and J Mithyleswar and another mine owned by Bharat Mines and Minerals having partners – BMM Ispat Ltd and Dinesh Kumar Singhi,” an official release read. 

    Earlier, the Supreme Court-appointed Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC), during its survey of mining leases in Karnataka, found gross illegalities/encroachment with respect to these four mines and kept them in C Category and on the recommendation of the CEC, the Supreme Court cancelled their licenses. “Investigation under PMLA has established that the accused persons have caused wrongful loss to the Government exchequer and corresponding wrongful gain to themselves. Further investigation is under progress,” the release added.

  • Piped gas accident due to compromised safety

    Piped gas accident due to compromised safety

    BENGALURU: The supply of piped gas to homes for cooking in the absence of strict adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure safety has made houses vulnerable to fire accidents. 

    The Thursday gas leak in HSR Layout, which injured two women, is an incident that has opened the eyes to this vulnerability — especially when cracks in the pipes are sealed without proper protocols being followed, as has been revealed to be the cause of this fire accident.

    Although Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) has filed a complaint against Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board (BWSSB) engineers over the incident, the latter said it will be asking GAIL for a list of locations where gas pipelines are passing through BWSSB manholes.

    While GAIL has blamed BWSSB for not following SOPs, BWSSB officials said it was the first time such an incident had come to light wherein a gas pipeline passed through a manhole. Officials in the Infrastructure Development Department (IDD) and Urban Development Department (UDD) have said this raised concerns about the SOPs to be followed. “Using piped natural gas is the future and the government is working on this.

    But such incidents do raise safety concerns. It is thus important that not just the citizens, but also the agencies and the contractors follow due safety procedures listed out,” said a UDD official. 

    ‘Pipeline passing through manhole is dangerous’

    “In this case, both the agencies (BWSSB and GAIL) are at equal fault and a detailed report will be sought from both,” the UDD official added. GAIL has been operating in Bengaluru since last eight years. They have laid around 2000 km of gas pipelines in the city connected to around 1.5 lakh homes, of which 67,000 are already using piped gas.

    In 2019, when a major blast occurred inside a home in Agrahara due to a gas leak, the government had directed setting up SOPs to be followed, holding all civic agencies and GAIL responsible and parties to it. As per the SOPs, every digging work is to be undertaken, if there is a gas pipeline around it, GAIL has to be informed and involved in the work.

    “In this case, we were not informed. This was the first mistake. The other was when a crack occurred in the gas pipeline, we should have been informed and let the crack be left open. The contractor should not have covered it with soil. This shifted the pressure of around 2-3 kg gas from one location to the nearest opening and that’s why the blast occurred. To avoid such incidents, citizens can also help by informing GAIL immediately, when they see any digging happening around any gas pipeline,” said a GAIL official.

    Meanwhile, BWSSB Chief Engineer (South), Venkatesh SV, said they will be asking GAIL to give a detailed list and points of where their gas pipelines pass through manholes, or near manholes. “I have never come across a gas pipeline passing inside a manhole. This is dangerous. Both the parties are at fault,” he said.

    The IDD official said the government was also writing to GAIL to undertake safety awareness campaigns. GAIL has also been directed to increase its staff strength for patrolling teams to immediately reach sites and take up self checks in the areas where digging and repair works are taking place.