Karnataka woman dies after falling into farm pond while shooting Tik Tok video

Accident

The Kolar Rural police station is investigating a case of unnatural death.

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In a tragic incident, a 20-year-old woman from Karnataka lost her life while filming a clip for Tik Tok. The incident took place in Kolar, 75 km away from Bengaluru, on Friday evening. According to media reports, 20-year-old Mala, a final year BA student, died after falling into a farm pond while trying to enact a scene from a movie in Kolar district’s Vedagiri. Her father told the police that the incident occurred when she went out to get cattle fodder. The Times of India reported that Mala was known for her love for selfies. Her college principal told the newspaper that she had recently received a Rs 10,000 scholarship for doing well in her studies. Mala is survived by her father, mother and siblings. Following her death, her family buried her body late on Friday night. Upon learning about the incident, the police exhumed the body and conducted an autopsy. They are yet to trace the mobile phone used to shoot the video. The Kolar Rural police station is investigating a case of unnatural death.  This incident is not the first time that people have been injured attempting to perform stunts for social media. Several deaths have earlier been reported as the result of people attempting to recreate various stunts or photos to post on social media. In one of the most recent cases, a Tumakuru man broke his neck while trying to do a backflip for a TikTok clip. In a widely shared video, he was seen landing on his head while trying to the backflip. He was admitted to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries a week later. 

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Yeddyurappa presses Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy to move trust vote on Monday

Politics

Kumaraswamy on Friday told Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar that he was ready to seek a trust vote or face a no-confidence motion.

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An upbeat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday dared beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to move a confidence motion in the state Assembly on Monday to prove that his shaky coalition government has a majority. "Since Kumaraswamy himself offered to seek a trust vote and no business could be conducted in the House without proving he has a majority, he should request the Speaker to allow him to move it on Monday when the session resumes," opposition BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa told reporters here. To clear the air of uncertainty and end the political crisis gripping the southern state since 16 rebel legislators of the ruling Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S) allies resigned from their Assembly seats, Kumaraswamy on Friday told Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar that he was ready to seek a trust vote or face a no-confidence motion if the BJP moves it against him during the 10-day monsoon session till July 26. "As the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Speaker to maintain status quo on the resignations of 10 rebel lawmakers till Tuesday (July 16) when it resumes hearing in the case, let Kumaraswamy hold the floor test on Monday and prove he has the majority in the House, as the 16 rebels have decided not to attend the session as evident from their absence on Friday," said Yeddyurappa. In the 225-member Assembly, including one nominated without voting rights, the combined strength of the ruling allies is 116, with the support of one BSP legislator, which is three more than the halfway mark of 113 to win the trust vote against 107 of the BJP, including the support of two independents. "If the 16 legislators, including 13 of the Congress and three of the JD-S are not present in the House when the confidence motion is put to vote, the government will be defeated with its strength reduced to 100 (65+34+1), including the BSP but excluding the Speaker as against 107 of ours," BJP spokesman G. Madhusudana told IANS here. Even as the beleaguered ruling allies wooed the rebels through the day to withdraw their resignations and attend the session, five of them from the Congress filed petitions in the apex court, seeking its direction to the Speaker to accept their resignations too forthwith along with that of 10 other rebels whose joint writs are being heard by it since Thursday. The five Congress rebels are Anand Singh, Munirathna Naidu, .Roshan Baig, MTB Nagaraj and K.Sudhakar who submitted their resignations to the Speaker in the prescribed format. "As the opposition leader, I will advise the Speaker at the Business Advisory Committee meeting on Monday to allow the Chief Minister to move the trust vote and conduct the floor test on the same day to ascertain if he has the majority in the House," asserted Yeddyurappa.

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5 more rebel MLAs in Karnataka to move SC asking Speaker to accept resignations

Politics

Seven-time Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddy is the only rebel legislator who is not filing a petition in the Supreme Court asking the Speaker to accept his resignation.

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Five more Karnataka Congress rebel legislators are set to move the Supreme Court seeking a direction to Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar to accept their resignations. The petitions of MTB Nagaraj (Hoskote) and Roshan Baig (Shivajinagar) were prepared by Bengaluru-based advocate HH Nagaraj and will be filed in the apex court on Monday. The petitions of three other rebel MLAs - Anand Singh (Vijayanagara), Munirathna (RR Nagar) and K.Sudhakar (Chikkaballapura) were prepared by another advocate.  This will mean that seven-time Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddy is the only rebel MLA who is not filing a petition in the Supreme Court asking the Speaker to accept his resignation. The development comes even as MTB Nagaraj held discussions with Congress leaders DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah on Saturday. Speaking to reporters, Nagaraj hinted that he might reconsider his decision to resign from the Assembly. Anand Singh resigned on July 1, Munirathna on July 6, Roshan Baig on July 9 and Nagaraj and Sudhakar on July 10. Following Sudhakar's resignation, he was mobbed by Congress leaders including Priyank Kharge and Dinesh Gundu Rao, when he was leaving the Vidhana Soudha. Sudhakar held a two-hour long meeting inside the office of KJ George as chaos erupted in the state secretariat building. Nagaraj, meanwhile was the Housing Minister in the 13-month-old Congress-Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) coalition government. He was made a minister on December 22 when the Cabinet was reshuffled and expanded. Ten rebel legislators, including seven from the Congress and three from the JD(S), had earlier petitioned the top court on July 10 for its intervention in expediting the acceptance of their resignations by the Speaker. Though a three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, directed the Speaker to allow the 10 rebels to resubmit their resignations and decide on them on Thursday, it ordered the latter on Friday to maintain status quo till Tuesday when the case will be taken up for further hearing. The Speaker sought more time from the apex court in deciding on the resignations as the ruling allies have petitioned him to disqualify two of the MLAs - Ramesh Jarkiholi and Mahesh Kumathalli - for defying their whip and alleged anti-party activities. The ten rebel MLAs are currently in Shirdi visiting a temple. In a related development, Independent MLAs R Shankar and H Nagesh, who resigned as ministers on July 8 and withdrew their support to the coalition government, wrote to the Speaker to arrange their seats in the Opposition benches in the Assembly when they attend its Monsoon Session from Monday. Shankar was elected as a contestant of the Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janata Party (KPJP) and was asked in June to merge his party with the Congress. However, sources in the Speaker's office told TNM that Shankar is still an independent and not a part of the Congress as the party is yet to submit paperwork to complete the merger. (With IANS inputs)

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DK Shivakumar effect? Rebel MLA Nagaraj may withdraw resignation

Politics

Karnataka Minister and Congress troubleshooter DK Shivakumar had visited Nagaraj’s residence to try and convince him to reconsider his decision.

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In a partial relief to the crisis-hit Congress in Karnataka, rebel MLA MTB Nagaraj, who submitted his resignation to the Speaker, has hinted that he may withdraw his resignation. Nagaraj, one of the richest MLAs in the country, was elected as the MLA of Hoskote constituency. He, along with Chikkaballapura MLA K Sudhakar had submitted their resignations to the Speaker on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, flanked by senior Congress leaders, including DK Shivakumar, Nagaraj said, "The situation was such that we submitted our resignations but now DK Shivakumar and others came and requested us to withdraw resignations. I will speak to K Sudhakar Rao and then see what is to be done. After all, I have spent decades in Congress." Nagaraj spoke to the media hours after Karnataka Minister and Congress leader DK Shivakumar visited his residence to try and convince him to reconsider his decision. Speaking to reporters, DK Shivakumar said, “At midnight we met our senior leader MTB Nagaraj. He is a loyal, sincere Congressman who has been with the party for 30 years and has stood by his party in all crises. We are happy he has said he will be with us and convince others to rejoin us.” Nagaraj had submitted his resignation on Wednesday and was one of the few MLAs who were not rushed to a resort. Since the political crisis hit the state of Karnataka, DK Shivakumar has been shuffling between Mumbai and Bengaluru and has been holding discussions with the rebel MLAs to try and convince them to withdraw their resignations.  Also read: Why politicians in Karnataka are afraid of – and admire – DK Shivakumar’s ‘persuasion’ The Supreme Court on Friday gave the coalition government in Karnataka a much-needed breather as it ordered that status quo pertaining to the resignation and disqualification of 10 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly remain in place till the next hearing scheduled for Tuesday. Shortly after the apex court’s decision, Karnataka Chief Minister asked the Speaker to set a date for a floor test in the Assembly. Sixteen MLAs of the coalition – including three JD(S) MLAs and 13 Congress MLAs – have so far submitted their resignation letters to the Speaker. Most of the MLAs in the state are lodged in various resorts across cities – The Congress MLAs are put up in Taj Vivanta Yeshwanthpur, JD(S) leaders are at Prestige Golfshire and the BJP MLAs are at Ramada hotel in Yelahanka and Sai Leela hotel in Rajanakunte.

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Another round of resort politics in Karnataka as JD(S)-Cong coalition faces crisis

Politics

This is the third instance in the past one year where Karnataka MLAs have been lodged in various resorts and hotels in the light of a political crisis.

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With a trust vote in offing in the coming week in the Karnataka Assembly amidst the political crisis, the legislators of both the ruling coalition and the opposition are set for yet another cosy weekend in luxury hotels and resorts. While the Congress MLAs are put up in Taj Vivanta Yeshwanthpur, JD(S) leaders are already in Prestige Golfshire and the BJP MLAs will be staying in Ramada hotel in Yelahanka and Sai Leela hotel in Rajanakunte. Five of the Congress rebel MLAs – Roshan Baig, Anand SIngh, Ramalinga Reddy, Sudhakar and Munirathna Naidu – are not in any of these resorts. The 10 MLAs – Pratap Gouda Patil, Ramesh Jarkhiholi, Byrati Basavaraj, BC Patil, ST Somashekar, Arbail Sivaram Hebbar, Mahesh Kumathalli, K Gopalaiah, HD Vishwanath and Narayan Gowda – who have been holed up in a hotel in Mumbai since July 6, continue to stay there. The political crisis in the state triggered panic in the JD(S) ranks and they have been staying at Golfshire resort on the outskirts of Bengaluru since their reservation at a Kodagu resort was cancelled. Incidentally, this is not the first time in recent history that the state has witnessed MLAs shepherded to resorts. In May 2018, soon after the fractured mandate of the 2018 Assembly elections, the state of Karnataka saw similar resort politics. The Congress-JD(S) legislators had then gone to stay at a hotel in Hyderabad after being locked up in different resorts in Bengaluru. The same was true for the BJP, whose MLAs were initially taken to Gurgaon.  In January earlier this year, the Congress CLP party was holed up at the Eagleton resort after rumours that some MLAs were being lured by the BJP. Also read: Karnataka MLAs are insulting people’s mandate right now, and voters must punish them  

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'MLAs in Mumbai will not come back for trust vote at any cost': BJP MLA CT Ravi to TNM

Politics

Speaking to TNM, CT Ravi claimed BJP is confident of two more MLAs resigning.

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With Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy speaking of seeking a trust vote, the BJP in Karnataka is confident that the rebel MLAs who have submitted their resignations will not vote in favuor of the current regime.   “There is no chance that the rebel MLAs of the JD(S)-Congress coalition who are residing in the Mumbai hotel will come to the House to vote when the trust vote takes place. Leave the issues with regards to resignation or disqualification, we are sure they are not going to come here,” senior BJP MLA CT Ravi told TNM on Friday. “Even if the trust vote does not take place, we will have three more MLAs on our side,” he added. The statement from Ravi came soon after the CM raised eyebrows talking about the trust vote himself minutes after the Supreme Court giving him a breather of sorts ordering status quo till Tuesday in the matter concerning the resignation of 10 rebel MLAs. Speaking to the media, Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar said that he had received Chief Minister Kumaraswamy’s official petition to move a trust vote in the Assembly. Ramesh Kumar said that he would consult with the Leader of Opposition BS Yeddyurappa on Monday and fix a date for the trust vote. Incidentally, speaking to reporters on Thursday, Minister Krishna Byre Gowda had also claimed the government was ready to prove majority on the flood of the House on Friday itself. The crisis began after 13 MLAs - 10 Congress and 3 JD(S) - with the coalition submitted their resignations to the Speaker's office last Saturday. The disgruntled legislators met with the Governor and informed him of their decision to resign. Many of the MLAs were flown out to Sofitel Hotel in Mumbai. On July 8, Independent MLA H Nagesh withdrew support from the coalition and KPJP MLA R Shankar also withdrew support. Earlier this month, MLA Anand Singh had also resigned. On Wednesday, MLAs Dr K Sudhankar and MTB Nagaraj also regined, taking the number of rebelling legislators to 18.  

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Despite mother's desperate chase, Mangaluru baby abducted and killed

Crime

Udupi police recovered the lifeless body of the infant stuck to a low-lying branch over the Kubja river.

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A day after an intensive search operation was started for a kidnapped 15-month old girl, Udupi police recovered the lifeless body of the infant stuck to a low-lying branch over the Kubja river on Friday.  According to the police, the body was first noticed by few locals who informed the authorities. The suspect is still at large. Baby Sanvika Naik was abducted by an unidentified suspect in the early hours of Thursday from her home at Kumtiberu at Yadamogge village in Kundapur. In her statement to the police, Rekha, mother of Sanvika said that at around 4 am on July 11, an unidentified suspect had gained entry into her home.  “I woke up hearing the footsteps and noticed that he had already taken Sanvika who was sleeping next to me and my 5-year-old son Sathvik. I begged the masked man to give my child back, but he ran away through the back-door,” she said. Rekha added that along with her son, she chased the kidnapper; however he jumped into the Kubja river with Sanvika and started wading through the stream. “I tried to cross the river myself but the strong currents stopped my movement. Meanwhile the villagers who had gathered pulled me and my son out of the river,” Rekha said. Rekha’s husband Santhosh, who worked as a night-watchman at Hosangadi at Kundapur during the time of the incident (about 5 km from Yedamogge), said he came to know of the incident only from his wife when he returned home. “I do not have enmity with anyone, I don’t know why someone would take my child,” he said. Following the complaint by Rekha, a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged at Shankarnarayana police station under section Indian Penal Code (IPC) 448 (trespassing), IPC 363 (kidnapping). The Udupi Superintendent of Police Nisha James, who was apprised of the case on Thursday morning, personally oversaw the case and had constituted a special team under the leadership of Kundapur DySP Dinesh Kumar to probe the whereabouts of the abducted child. Besides pressing dog squads into service, Udupi police had carried out a wide campaign and issued control room numbers to the public to report any information on the abducted child. Speaking to the media on Friday afternoon, a police official said that the body of Sanvika was found a kilometre down the stream stuck to a low-lying tree branch over the Kubja river from where she was kidnapped.  Meanwhile, the officials admitted that a suspect has not been identified yet. The probe is underway to identify the miscreant, who now carries the charge of the murder of an innocent child on his head.  Content provider https://ift.tt/2DX7vnh and Scribes Media Ventures.)  

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