Mangaluru, Mar 31: A 21-year-old girl lost her life in a road accident when she was crossing the road at Marakada Junction in the city.
The deceased has been identified as Pavitra, a college student. She was a resident of Jyotinagara.
The speeding bus bearing the name ‘Navadurga’, which was plying from Kinnigoli to Mangaluru knocked the girl down. She was crushed to death under the wheels of the bus
A case has been registered at Mangaluru North traffic police station.
The genocidal war on Gaza launched by Israel on October 7 last year, with the support of the US and its other Western allies, completes 200 days on Tuesday, leaving behind a trail of death, destruction, displacement and starvation.
These 200 days – between October 7, 2023, and April 23, 2024 – have been marked by unprecedented crimes against the people of Gaza, especially children and women, the bombardment of hospitals and schools, abuse and torture of women and abduction of young boys.
Human rights groups and international bodies have described the harrowing events unfolding in the besieged Palestinian territory as a textbook case of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Israeli regime’s key international allies – Washington, London, Paris and Berlin – have also been at the receiving end of massive public backlash for their continued military support for the regime.
The death toll in the apartheid regime’s genocidal campaign has already topped 34,150 since October 7, more than 75 percent of them being women and children, according to the Gaza government office.
The 2.3 million people in the besieged territory continue to deal with a catastrophic humanitarian crisis amid relentless bombings and crippling siege imposed by the Israeli regime with the backing of the US.
Following are the statistics related to 200 days of war waged by the Israeli occupation on Gaza.
200 – the number of days of the latest Israeli genocidal war on Gaza
41,183 – the total number of those killed and missing in Gaza since Oct. 7
34,183 – the total number of fatalities in Gaza since Oct. 7 (confirmed dead)
7,000 – the number of people still under the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza (presumed dead)
77,183 – the number of wounded persons in Gaza since Oct. 7
3,025 – the number of massacres committed by the regime since Oct. 7
14,778 – the number of children killed since Oct. 7
30 – the number of children who died due to starvation and famine
9,752 – the number of women killed since Oct. 7
485 – the number of doctors and paramedics killed since Oct. 7
67 – the number of civil defense personnel killed since Oct. 7
140 – the number of Palestinian journalists killed since Oct. 7
72 – the percentage of children and women killed since Oct. 7
17,000 – the number of children who have lost one or both parents since Oct. 7
11,000 – the number of injured people who need to travel for treatment
10,000 – the number of cancer patients who face the risk of death
1,090,000 – the number of people with infectious diseases due to displacement
8,000 – the number of cases of viral hepatitis due to displacement
60,000 – the number of pregnant women at risk due to lack of healthcare
350,000 – the number of chronically ill patients suffering due to lack of medicine
5,000 – the number of people arbitrarily detained in Gaza since Oct. 7
310 – the number of health practitioners who have been arrested
20 – the number of known journalists arbitrarily detained since Oct. 7
2 million – the number of displaced people in the Gaza Strip
181 – the number of government buildings destroyed since Oct. 7
103 – the number of schools and universities completely destroyed since Oct. 7
317 – the number of schools and universities partially destroyed by the occupation
239 – the number of mosques completely destroyed since Oct. 7
317 – the number of mosques partially destroyed since Oct. 7
3 – the number of churches targeted and destroyed since Oct. 7
86,000 – the number of housing units completely destroyed since Oct. 7
294,000 – the number of housing units partially destroyed since Oct. 7
75,000 – tons of explosives dropped by the occupation on Gaza since Oct. 7
32 – the number of hospitals taken out of service by the occupation since Oct. 7
53 – the number of health centers that have become non-functional since Oct. 7
160 – the number of health institutions partially or fully destroyed since Oct. 7
126 – the number of ambulances destroyed by the occupation army since Oct. 7
206 – the number of archaeological and heritage sites destroyed since Oct. 7
$30 – billions in preliminary direct losses as a result of the genocidal war on Gaza
Campaigning for 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka going to polls in the first phase on April 26 will come to an end on Wednesday evening.
A total of 247 candidates -- 226 men and 21 women -- are in the fray for this round of voting in most of the southern and coastal districts.
It is a straight electoral contest between the ruling Congress and the BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) combine in the State.
While the Congress is contesting in all 14 seats, BJP has fielded nominees in 11, and its alliance partner JD(S) in three -- Hassan, Mandya and Kolar.
Besides the three, the segments where elections will be held on Friday are: Udupi-Chikmagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South and Chikkballapur.
The intense campaigning for the past about a month saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah leading from the front for the BJP, holding rallies and roadshows. BJP President J P Nadda, some Union Ministers and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant too pitched in.
Veteran BJP leader and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and the party's state president B Y Vijayendra also campaigned extensively.
Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge, senior leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy were among the prominent names who led the charge for the party.
And for the JD(S), it was the 90-year-old party patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who led the campaign.
Chikkaballapur has a maximum number of 29 candidates, followed by 24 in Bangalore Central and Dakshina Kannada has the least number - nine.
Kumaraswamy from Mandya, his brother-in-law and noted cardiologist C N Manjunath from Bangalore Rural on a BJP ticket, erstwhile Mysuru royal family scion Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar from Mysore, also from the BJP, and state Congress President Shivakumar's brother and MP D K Suresh from Bangalore Rural, are among the prominent candidates in the fray in the first phase.
The state has a total of 28 Lok Sabha segments. The remaining 14 constituencies, mostly in the northern districts, will go to polls on May seven.
Bengaluru, Apr 12: The two men who allegedly plotted and executed the blast that rocked Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru last month have been arrested from Kanthi in Bengal's East Midnapore district, the National Investigation Agency said Friday morning.
Mussavir Hussain Shazeb and Abdul Matheen Taha were caught after a joint operation by central intelligence agencies and police from Bengal, Karnataka, Telangana, and Kerala, and are en route to Kolkata, the anti-terror agency said in a statement.
The available evidence indicates Shazeb planted the explosive device, placed inside a backpack, at the popular eatery. Taha was responsible for planning the attack and for their disappearance.
These are the second and third arrests in this case; last month Muzammil Shareef, who extended logistical support to the Shazeb and Taha, was taken into custody.
Residents of Karnataka's Shivamogga district, Shazeb and Taha were traced to Kanthi after officials conducted searches at 18 locations across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and even Uttar Pradesh.
The blast at Bengaluru's Rameshwaram Cafe on March 1 injured 10 people, customers and staff.
Fortunately there were no deaths; the bag containing the explosives was placed in a relatively less crowded area and against a large pillar that absorbed the brunt of the explosion.
After the blast, the NIA released photos and videos of the accused, as seen on CCTV cameras across Bengaluru. In one such clip, the accused - wearing a face mask - was seen boarding a bus.
The agency had declared a reward of ₹ 10 lakh for information leading to the arrest of each accused. The agency had also questioned their acquaintances, including college and school friends.
The Rameshwaram Cafe, which suffered extensive damage after the blast, reopened eight days later, with enhanced security measures including metal detectors.
BJP’s reaction
The Karnataka BJP on Friday attacked the Siddaramaiah government after the arrest of two men by the NIA in the Bengaluru cafe blast case, saying that the terrorists were 'brothers' of the Congress.
Taking to social media, Karnataka BJP stated, “National Investigation Agency (NIA) detains ‘Brothers’ of Congress in Rameshwaram Blast case. Ever since Jihadi Tipu Sultan’s admirers came to power in Karnataka, terrorists have got a free ride.”
“Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s ‘Ease of Doing Terror’ Policies have prompted ISIS to now set up its shop in Karnataka. The only guarantee that CM Siddaramaiah has fulfilled is converting prosperous Karnataka into a terror hub,” the BJP stated.
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