1. Police Ban Processions on Tipu Jayanti
Bengaluru Police Commissioner T Sunil Kumar has restricted all kinds of public processions on Friday to prevent untoward incidents on the occasion of Tipu Jayanti. Kumar said: "To make Tipu Jayanti peaceful, a circular has been issued restricting all kinds of public processions on Friday. All security arrangements will be made to maintain the law and order in the city."
As many as 13,000 policemen, along with personnel of the Garud Commando Force, 30 platoons of the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) and 20 platoons of the City Armed Reserve (CAR), will be deployed in sensitive and hypersensitive areas, he added.
"Tipu Jayanti should be celebrated indoors. Action will be taken against organisers if there are processions on the roads. Those opposing Tipu Jayanti must do so only at designated places," Kumar said.
(Source: Deccan Herald)
2. Transport Department Resumes Registration of 100cc Bikes With Pillion Seats
The transport department on Wednesday directed regional transport offices (RTOs) across the state to continue registration of two-wheelers less than 100cc with pillion seats.
The move came after Karnataka high court on Friday stayed the transport department's order to ban registration and use of 100cc two-wheelers with pillion seats. "We have instructed all RTOs to continue registration of two-wheelers below 100cc till further notice," said a senior transport department official.
(Source: The Times of India)
3. WhatsApp Group Helps Police Crack Murder
The police have cracked the murder of a 22-year-old youth from Raichur using the WhatsApp group of beat policemen.
On 13 November, the Kamakshipalya police found the body of an unidentified youth near a park in Sunkadakatte. As part of the standard operating procedure, they collected footage from CCTV cameras in and around the area. They learnt that the deceased was in a bar with another person hours before the murder. The police questioned the staff who revealed that the deceased had conversed in a north Karnataka accent.
Inspector Ravikumar RG circulated the picture of the deceased among inspectors of all police stations in north Karnataka seeking help in identifying the man. The inspectors, in turn, shared the picture with the beat policemen, who then shared the picture in their area Suraksha Mitra WhatsApp groups. Their efforts paid dividends.
(Source: The Hindu)
4. Move Over Long Addresses, BBMP Ready With Digital Door Numbers
AK00CA05 could be a neater, simpler address instead of No 10, 4th Cross, 8th Main, near Malleswaram Club, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560 002. In a city with 23.7 lakh households, finding an address is often a nightmare as roads criss-cross, and citizens rely on landmarks to get to their destinations.
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) wants to put an end to the confusion. Since February this year, the civic body has been working on a project to provide a Digital Identification Number (DIN), or a simple alphanumeric code, for every property in the city.
The DINs are embedded with GPS coordinates to make addresses easier to find. "The project will be finalised this month," BBMP commissioner N Manjunath Prasad said. "It will help locate an address to its exact point as the code is attached with latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates."
(Source: Deccan Herald)
5. Male Nurse Sentenced to 25 Years in Jail for Molesting US Student
In a landmark judgment, a city court sending a strong message to molesters of foreign nationals has sentenced a male nurse to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment in jail for abusing a foreign student who was on a study tour in 2015, on Wednesday.
This is the harshest punishment given by a court in Mysuru, and perhaps in Karnataka, for an offence of rape. Minimum punishment under Section 376 (2)(d) of IPC was ten years, but the court considering the gravity of the offence and its widespread consequences at the international level, has sentenced convict Sumith (26) to 25 in jail and fined him Rs 10000.
The VII additional district and Sessions court also sentenced him for two years in jail for disrobing the victim and fined Rs 5,000. Both prison sentences will run concurrently, stated public prosecutor Mahanthappa.
(Source: Times of India)
6. Protests Over Demonetisation Lead to Traffic Jam in Many CBD Areas
Multiple protests by political parties including the Congress, the CPI and the AAP in the city’s Central Business District on Wednesday affected traffic and led to a huge pile-up of vehicles on many stretches.
Traffic snarls were observed on JC Road, KG Road, Nrupatunga Road, Mysore Bank Circle, Palace Road, Majestic, Anand Rao Circle, Sheshadri Road and other areas.
While the Congress is taking out a rally from Gandhi Statue in Maurya Circle to Freedom Park, AAP is taking a rally from RBI premises on Nrupatunga Road to Kandaya Bhavan on KG Road. The CPI is holding a protest at Mysore Bank Circle. The three protests are happening almost simultaneously.
(Source: The Hindu)
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