B'luru techie dies in car accident in Thailand, Centre to assist in bringing back body

Pragya Paliwal, a 29-year-old techie who's originally from Madhya Pradesh, had gone to Thailand on an assignment for her company when the accident occurred.

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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday promised to assist in bringing back the body of a woman techie who was working with a Bengaluru-based software company and passed away in Thailand. She died in a road accident when she was on a professional assignment there. "Our Embassy @IndiainThailand is in touch with the bereaved family and is providing all assistance in this difficult time," Jaishankar tweeted. Pragya Paliwal, a 29-year-old techie who's originally from Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh, had gone to Thailand on an assignment for her company, and she died in a road accident in Phuket. Pragya's family members came to know about the incident only on Wednesday. Unfortunately, none of them have a passport. Deepak Paliwal, Pragya's brother, said that the Indian Embassy had suggested to them that a family member should travel to Thailand to receive the body from the hospital. “But the problem we are facing is none of us has a passport. However, we have got assurance from the Ministry of External Affairs that it would help us and for that we have to reach Delhi,” he said as per Hindustan Times. The family, based in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district, then reached out to their local MLA, Alok Chaturvedi, who informed Chief Minister Kamal Nath. The MLA also reached out to the Centre. "Her (Pragya Paliwal) friend has informed the family about her demise in a car accident. According to her friend, the dead body is kept in Patong Hospital in Phuket City," Alok Chaturvedi said as per NDTV. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has extended his condolences to the family, assuring all possible help.   With IANs inputs  

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Drones, elephants used to track Bandipur tiger that killer farmer

Wildlife

Even a day after a massive manhunt was launched, the tiger remained at large.

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The tiger in Karnataka's Bandipur reserve forest that is believed to have killed two people remained elusive even a day after a massive hunt was launched to trace and capture it alive, an official said on Thursday. "We have resumed the search earlier in the day for the killer tiger which remains at large in its reserve area where it may be hiding. Efforts are on to sight and trap it," state's Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Sanjay Mohan told IANS. Clarifying that there is no written or oral order to shoot the feline for killing two persons, including an octogenarian on Tuesday, Mohan said the hunt was only to trace and capture alive and not shoot it. "There is no order or notice to shoot the tiger but only capture it. We have formed five more teams with a vet each to trap the big cat," he said. The Bandipur tiger reserve, a popular tourist destination in southern India, is an 872 square km dense forest in Chamarajanagar district on the border with Tamil Nadu. It is about 220 km southwest of Bengaluru. The search operation is being conducted by the forest guards as per the guidelines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). "The guidelines mandate the standard operating procedures on how to carry out a tiger capture operation. The search operation is underway in compliance with the NTCA guidelines," Mohan said. On the presence of the Hyderabad-based father-and-son hunter duo Nawab Shafat Ali Khan and Asgar Ali at the search spot, Mohan said they came to the place on their own after hearing about the tiger mauling 80-year-old Shivappa to death when he was returning home after tending to his cattle in the nearby village. "The Hyderabadi hunters came to the Bandipur forest uninvited. As we did not invite them, they left after being asked to leave," claimed Mohan. Noting that the department had expert veterinary doctors to conduct the tiger trapping without the help of hunters, Mohan said three more elephants were engaged in the search with about 200 camera traps. "We are also using a drone to fortify the search in the demarcated area to spot the tiger, which must be of 4-6 years old," said Mohan. The drone, however, was not effective in sighting the tiger, which may be resting under a canopy of trees or in a shadowed place. Shivappa is the second victim of the big cat, which turned a man-eater two months ago when it claimed its first victim, identified as Shivamadaiah, in the same area in mid-September when he was returning to his village with two bullocks from another village. Once the tiger is captured, it will be shifted to the Mysore Rehabilitation Centre, Mohan said.

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Kadri Gopalnath, noted saxophonist and Padma Shri awardee, passes away at 69

Death

Other than Padma Shri, he had won the the Kendra Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award, and Karnataka Kalashree.

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Padma Shri awardee and noted saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath breathed his last in the early hours of Friday, days after he was admitted to a Mangaluru private hospital. He was 69 and was hospitalised for suffering from age-related issues. His last rites are slated to be held later in the day as one of his sons is in the Middle East. Among other awards and accolades, he had won the Kendra Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award, Karnataka Kalashree and had played at the Jazz Festival in Prague, the Berlin Jazz Festival, the International Cervantino Festival in Mexico, the Music Hall Festival in Paris, the BBC Promenade concert in 1994 at London, among others.  Following his death, senior journalist Madhavan Narayan recalled, “He turned a jazz instrument into a Carnatic staple, retaining sensitive roots in a global exploration. And worked with AR Rahman in duet to give us a popular tune. Shraddhanjali to the man who played Anjali, Anjali Pushpanjali.”  He turned a jazz instrument into a Carnatic staple, retaining sensitive roots in a global exploration. And worked with @arrahman in Duet to give us a popular tune. Shraddhanjali to the man who played Anjali, Anjali Pushpanjali. RIP. #KADRIGopalnathhttps://t.co/GzGs91nTxj — Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) October 11, 2019 Top hindustani classical musician and flute player Pravin Godkhindi remembered him as his “guru” and called this a sad day for music. My jugalbandi partner the saxophone legend padmashri dr kadri gopalnath ji is no more, a sad day for music.. he was a like a guru to me.. RIP maestro #kadri #gopalnath #icm #jugalbandi pic.twitter.com/qdr1yyuMWj — pravin godkhindi (@flutepravin) October 11, 2019 According to a report in The Hindu, the musical genius had taken to the saxophone when he first visited Mysuru at the age of 8. He had heard the music played by the “Mysore Band” which was patronised by the Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, the then Maharaja of the erstwhile Mysore kingdom. Gopalnath's cinematic fame in later years came from the blockbuster hit of the soundtrack for the movie Duet. AR Rahman centred the music of the K Balachander film around the saxophone. Starring Prabhu and Ramesh Aravind, the movie was a hit for its Anjali Anjali Pushpanjali song. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004 and received an honorary doctorate from Bangalore University the same year. He is among the few Carnatic musicians to have performed at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London. The musical maestro is survived by his wife and two sons. His eldest son Manikanth is also an acclaimed music director. 

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To play an instrument that was decidedly not suited for Carnatic, and still be good at it is what made Kadri Gopalnath special. Sax is now a robust music instrument played at weddings and even temple fests is because of Kadri. You opened the doors for many. Go well, sir!

— K Balakumar (@kbalakumar) October 11, 2019

 

Sri Kadri Gopalnath - Om Shanti.

A song I play every single day on my way to office - for so many years now.

The magician is no more.https://t.co/x3dKZMeVjS

— Pranasutra (@pranasutra) October 11, 2019

 

If I love classical music it is because of this one person, whose live performance blew me away as a teenager. https://t.co/FRyroD3dfL

— Nandagopal Rajan (@nandu79) October 11, 2019

 

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‘If you have prejudice, can’t call yourself a scientist’: Sri Sri to detractors at IISc

Controversy

: Some students and staff members had opposed the event and felt that endorsing Sri Sri’s methods “unscientific” methods would hurt the institute’s reputation.

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Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar has hit back at his detractors at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru by calling them “prejudiced”. Referring to a section of students who had petitioned the IISc director to intervene and denounce the event as they felt endorsing Sri Sri’s “unscientific” methods will hurt the reputation of the premier institute, he said that prejudice was detrimental to science.  He was addressing a talk titled ‘Excellence Through Inner Peace’ on Thursday afternoon at the JN Tata Auditorium on the IISc campus. According to Edex Live, to a room full of applause, he said, "I heard some people opposed my talk at IISc today. People who opposed me don't know me. Even to oppose something or someone, one needs to study and know it in detail. You study something properly and then you discard it." Read:'Sri Sri's mental health solutions unscientific': IISc staff, students oppose event "In this mode of scientific temperament and learning, a factor called prejudice is detrimental to science. If you have prejudice towards anything then you can't call yourself a scientist. Because it won't allow you to perceive things properly. One's mind should be full of spirit, enthusiasm, energy and interest to learn from anyone in any part of the world,” he added.  TNM had earlier reported how some students and professors said that if such an event is organised by a group of students and/or faculty members — it should be clearly mentioned that the event has not organised been by IISc, and the names of the organisers should be clearly mentioned (as opposed to the ambiguous ‘a group of IISc faculty across all disciplines’). Opposing students asked that the administration organise lectures by practitioners and researchers from NIMHANS to discuss ways to achieve a relatively stress-free academic life as opposed to Sri Sri’s “unscientific therapeutic” solutions. In their petition, they claimed, “Our campus is currently struggling with widespread and varied issues of mental health. His organisation offers a blanket therapeutic solution to multiple mental health ailments. Such a blanket solution is medically baseless, and can be dangerous.”

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Mysuru king Jayachamaraja was monarch-democrat: President Kovind

Speech

The President highlighted that the ruler of the Myusuru state was one of the first kings to join the Indian union through the Instrument of Accession, soon after India achieved independence.

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Mysore Maharaja Jayachamaraja could be best described as the most eminent monarch-democrat, President Ram Nath Kovind said at his centenary celebrations on Thursday. The President gloriously invoked Jayachamaraja as an exceptional ruler and an able administrator at the illuminated and decked up Amba Vilas Palace in Mysore, located 150 km from Bengaluru. Soon after being crowned the Yuvaraja on September 8, 1940, Jayachamaraja enforced a reformed constitution in the Mysuru state and proclaimed that "The torch of constitutional progress has been handed down to me as a family heritage. It is my ambition, as I am sure it is yours, to ensure that its light does not grow dim but will burn ever brighter with the passage of time... " The President highlighted that the ruler of the Myusuru state was one of the first kings to join the Indian union through the Instrument of Accession, soon after India achieved independence. "He should be thus regarded as the icon of India's transition to democracy," the President said. After merging with India, Jayachamaraja was appointed Rajpramukh till November 1956. Later, owing to his fame, he was made the Governor of the newly carved out Mysore state, to hold that position till May 4, 1964. "Can we think as to what is unique about this land that nourishes the best of social values and impulses? That was exactly what drove a Maharaja to put his people first," lauded Kovind pointing out to the democratic ethos deeply rooted in Karnataka. Further talking about Jayachamaraja, the President praised him for incorporating the local traditions and also adopting the good attributes of Western civilisation. Kovind compared Jayachamaraja to Mahatma Gandhi, who also similarly married tradition with modernity The 25th Wadiyar king of the Mysore princely state during the British rule was born on July 18, 1919 and died on September 23, 1974. Jayachamaraja's father Narasimharaja Wadiyar passed away when he was only 21, who soon faced another tragedy in the death of his uncle Maharaja Krishna Raja Wadiyar. Mysuru titular king Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja, queen mother Pramoda Devi, princess Trishika Kumari and royal members of the Wadiyar clan graced the occasion. The city of palaces and the cultural capital of the southern state just hosted the world famous 10-day Dasara festival on Tuesday, with a victory parade from the palace to the Bannimantap grounds across the city.

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Money laundering case: ED questions DK Shivakumar's brother

Money Laundering

The questioning comes as Shivakumar remains in jail for a month after being arrested by the central probe agency on September 3 in the case.

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday questioned Congress MP D.K. Suresh, the brother of former Karnataka Minister D.K. Shivakumar, on the second consecutive day in connection with the money laundering case against the Congress leader. The questioning comes as Shivakumar remains in jail for a month after being arrested by the central probe agency on September 3 in the case. Sources said that Suresh, the MP from Bengaluru Rural, was asked to appear before the agency with some specific documents sought by the ED which is probing the alleged hawala transactions to the Congress high command and also about the meteoric rise of his personal wealth.  In his election affidavit before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Suresh had declared that his assets have grown close to four times in the last five years. While his assets were valued at over Rs 85 crore in 2014, his affidavit for the election this year stated that his wealth is now approximately Rs 338 crore.  The ED has also questioned D.K. Shivakumar's daughter Aisshwarya and Belagavi Rural MLA Lakshmi Hebbalkar in connection with the case. Shivakumar, now in judicial custody, has been on the radar of the Income Tax Department and the ED since demonetisation in 2016. An Income Tax search at his New Delhi flat on August 2, 2017, led to the seizure of unaccounted cash amounting to Rs 8.83 crore. Thereafter, the Tax Department lodged cases against the Congress leader and his four associates under Sections 277 and 278 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and Sections 120(B) (criminal conspiracy), 193 (Punishment for false evidence) and 199 (False statements made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Incidentally, according to Shivakumar's affidavit submitted to the Election Commission ahead of the Assembly elections in 2018, his daughter Aisshwarya owned assets of Rs 108 crore compared to only Rs 1.09 crore in 2013. Shivakumar, however, clarified that Aisshwarya was not dependent on his income and that he was still declaring her assets as per the Representation of Peoples Act. 

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Bengaluru FC club will continue to play home games at Kanteerava Stadium

Sports

The club was forced to enlist Pune's Balewadi Stadium as its home venue due to an ongoing court case regarding the use of the Kanteerava Stadium.

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Indian Super League (ISL) champions JSW Bengaluru Football Club will continue to play their home games at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru, the club confirmed in a social media post.   STATEMENT: We can confirm that Bengaluru FC will be playing its home games for the 2019-20 season out of the Sree Kanteerava Stadium. #WeAreBFC #RoomForMore pic.twitter.com/n8dOEGEyzS — Bengaluru FC (@bengalurufc) October 10, 2019 Ever since the club shifted from the I-League to the ISL in 2017, attendances for matches at the Kanteerava Stadium have increased, crossing 20,000 people on some occasions. The club stated that it has received permission from the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES) to use the facilities at the stadium for the upcoming ISL season.  The DYES has has issued a letter of consent to Bengaluru FC to hold its matches at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium. The club will pay around Rs 78 lakh to reserve the stadium, which will be used for 20-30 days in the upcoming ISL season, a DYES official confirmed. The letter was issued following an order passed by the Karnataka High Court while hearing a petition filed by JSW (owners of BFC). "We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the Government of Karnataka, the Sports Ministry, the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports, the Karnataka Athletic Association and all other stakeholders and associations for their support in making this happen," according to a statement by the club. The club was forced to enlist Pune's Balewadi Stadium as its home venue due to an ongoing court case regarding the use of the Kanteerava Stadium, which is shared by athletes of the Karnataka Athletics Association for practice and events.  This case is different from the club's petition being heard by the High Court which prompted the court order allowing the use of the stadium by the club.  A group of 49 athletes including former India sprinter Ashwini Nachappa and former Indian shot-putter SD Eashan had petitioned the Karnataka High Court questioning the use of the stadium’s track and field area for football activities. The athletes contended that the presence of advertising boards and technical equipment, including wires, hindered track and field athletes who simultaneously use the facilities at the stadium. The case is still being heard in the Karnataka High Court and a probe was ordered to look into the manner in which the Kanteerava stadium was allowed to be used by Bengaluru FC for the past three years. "We are not against football being played in the stadium but there was a point when the football club took over the use of the stadium. We appealed to the officials in 2017 that the football activities is killing the activities of all other sports. The track area was being impeded by advertising hoardings and wires in the days leading up to matches. This affected the training of athletes belonging to many other sports. Where should the athletes go in this situation?" SD Eashan, one of the petitioners, told TNM.  Bengaluru FC, formed in 2013, has played its home matches at the Kanteerava Stadium since 2014. The club played its home matches at the Bengaluru Football Stadium located in McGrath Road in the city for its first season. The club now uses this ground for training and only plays matches at the Kanteerava Stadium. The club has also restricted its use of the stadium to match-days.  The petitioners also argued that the football club extended the lease period to use the facilities at the Kanteerava Stadium in 2017 without following due process. The initial lease period which began in 2014 ended in 2017. During this period, the football club planned to gear up facilities at the stadium as it was one of the stadiums listed as a venue to host games at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Eventually, Bengaluru was dropped as one of the host cities after a delay in infrastructure works at the stadium. The counsel appearing for Bengaluru FC informed the Karnataka High Court that the club upgraded the facilities at the stadium by spending an amount of Rs 5 crore. This included replacing the natural grass at the stadium with artificial grass. "The lease was extended in 2017 without following due process. A public notice should have been given followed by a bidding process in allowing Bengaluru FC to use the stadium," said SD Eashan.  The stadium is beloved by fans of the football club since it has also played host to memorable fixtures like the 3-1 win against Johor Darul Ta'zim that sent Bengaluru FC to the AFC Cup final in 2016. The 2018 ISL final was also played at the Kanteerava stadium in which Bengaluru was beaten 3-2 by Chennaiyin FC. The 2019-20 ISL season is set to begin this month with Bengaluru FC playing its first home game against Northeast United FC on October 21

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