Ph.D. student commits suicide; holds boyfriend, guide responsible

April 16, 2017

Kalaburgi, May 16: With the suicide of a BBA student in Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, still fresh in the minds of the people, another student of Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi, committed suicide here on Saturday.

Shreedeve, 31, a Ph.D. student in the Economics Department, killed herself by throwing herself before a moving train near Old Jevargi Road. In her two-page death declaration, the girl has held Tippanna Kalmani, another research student and B. Siddappa, her Ph.D guide, responsible for her death.

In her death note, the girl claimed that Kalmani and she were in love for the last five years, but the former betrayed her by breaking his promise to marry her.

She also accused Kalmani of harassing her on a daily basis by using filthy language.

The girl has also accused Siddappa of harassing her by unnecessarily demanding money and rejecting whatever she submitted for her thesis preparation. She claimed that she had already given Rs. 2,90,000 so far to Siddappa.

“While Siddappa is demanding money, Tippanna Kalmani is harassing me. Among such people, I have suffered a lot mentally...,” he death note reads. The Railway police have registered a case.

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DK in-charge minister presents CM’s MSP plea to Prime Minister in Mangaluru

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November 28,2025

Mangaluru, Nov 28: Karnataka Health Minister and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday handed over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the severe distress faced by farmers due to crashing crop prices.

PM Modi arrived at the Mangaluru International Airport en route to Udupi, where Gundu Rao welcomed him and submitted the letter. The chief minister’s message stressed that farmers are suffering heavy losses because maize and green gram are being bought far below the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The state urged the Centre to immediately begin procurement at MSP.

According to the letter, Karnataka has a bumper harvest this year—over 54.74 lakh metric tons of maize and 1.98 lakh metric tons of green gram—yet farmers are unable to secure fair prices. Against the MSP of ₹2,400/MT for maize and ₹8,768/MT for green gram, market rates have plunged to ₹1,600–₹1,800 and ₹5,400 respectively.

The chief minister has requested the Centre to:

• Direct NAFED, FCI and NCCF to start MSP procurement immediately.
• Ensure ethanol units purchase maize directly from farmers or FPOs.
• Increase Karnataka’s ethanol allocation, citing high production capacity.
• Stop maize imports, which have depressed domestic prices.
• Relax quality norms for green gram, allowing up to 10% discoloration due to rains.

The letter stresses that MSP is crucial for farmer dignity and income stability and calls for swift central intervention to prevent a deepening crisis.

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