1. Govt Sees Need to Reorient Farmers on Agri Schedules
Southern Karnataka, including the Cauvery river basin, has been the driest part in the state during this monsoon, prompting the government to scramble for contingency plans such as focused cloud seeding over the arid regions.
While the southwest monsoon has been delayed by a fortnight, parts of northern Karnataka, including Dharwad, Gadag Koppal and Bagalkot, received about 10cm rainfall as against the normal 9cm. But the districts in the Cauvery basin suffered severe deficiency. Normally, cumulative rainfall in the southern districts, including Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu and Hassan, is about 16cm between June 1 and 25, but the region has received only about 8cm. While the sowing plan has gone awry because of the truant rain, experts attribute the vagary to the changing pattern.
(Source: The Times of India)
2. NIA Recovers 2 Bombs in Ramanagara, Day After Terror Accused’s Arrest Near Bengaluru
A day after a Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen operative was arrested near Bengaluru, the police have recovered two bombs in Ramanagara, around 50 km away from the city.
The Ramanagara police, canine squad and fire and emergency services, rushed to Tippu Nagar in Ramanagara district on Wednesday, 26 June to recover the bombs. According to the Ramanagara police, the NIA obtained information regarding these bombs from Habibur Rehman, a Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen operative who was arrested from Doddaballapur on Tuesday.
The bombs were found under a bridge in ward number 23 in Tippu Nagar. The NIA suspects that there may be more devices in the area and is conducting a thorough search.
(Source: The News Minute)
3. HDK Threatens Power Plant Staff
“You vote for Modi (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) but come to me with problems...You don’t deserve any respect. I will order the police to lathicharge you.”
This is how Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday, 26 June thundered at employees of Yermarus Thermal Power Station (YTPS) in Raichur when they stopped his bus to submit a memorandum. The incident happened when Kumaraswamy was travelling from Raichur to submit a memorandum.
The incident happened when Kumaraswamy was travelling from Raichur to Keregudda village for his Grama Vastavya (village stay) programme. The aggrieved employees then staged a protest and shouted slogans against the coalition government. Later speaking to reporters, Kumaraswamy defended himself, and blamed the BJP for conspiring to tarnish his image.
(Source: Deccan Herald)
4. Human Rights Panel Recommends CID Probe Into Under-trial Fairoz’s Death
The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission on Wednesday, 26 June has recommended that the Criminal Investigation Department launch a probe into the alleged police brutality that led to the death of an under-trial prisoner, Fairoz, in January earlier this year. The death of 19-year-old Fairoz had raised suspicion about whether he was tortured inside the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru, where he was lodged.
The KSHRC Chairperson, Justice DH Waghela, has also recommended that the Karnataka government pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to Fairoz's family.
(Source: The News Minute)
5. Trio Rob Indian Army Paramilitary Trooper
A 25-year-old Indian army paramilitary trooper was robbed by three unidentified persons, one an auto driver, in Rajajinagar on 24 June.
Trooper Tsering Wangyal lost his army identity card, driving licence, paramilitary log book, bank passbook, wallet with Rs 3,500 in cash, debit card, clothes, photos and a Tibetan spiritual locket. Wangyal is a native of Bylekuppe in Mysuru district, posted in the Indian Army’s paramilitary in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. Wangyal was on a 45-day leave, visiting his family in Bylekuppe.
He had arrived at the Kempegowda International Airport around 11 am and boarded a bus to Majestic, from where he hired an autorickshaw to a lodge.
(Source: Deccan Herald)
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