1. Elephant Shot Dead in Kodagu Village, Shooter Absconding
An elephant carcass was found by forest officials in Palamangala village of Kodagu district on Thursday, 4 April after it was shot dead by unknown persons.
The officials from the Virajpet range forest office in the district believe that the elephant was shot dead on Wednesday using a single-barrel gun. "We received information from local residents that an elephant's body had been found. When we checked the body, there was a visible bullet wound and we tried to retrace the steps of the elephant by following the blood trail, we found that it led to a house nearby but the person accused of shooting the elephant was not there. He is absconding," said Gopal, a forest officer in the Virajpet range.
(Source: The News Minute)
2. Two Labourers Killed After Under-construction Parking lot in Bengaluru Collapses
Two migrant labourers were killed in the wee hours of Friday, 5 April after a portion of an under-construction multi-level car parking facility collapsed in Bengaluru’s northern suburb of Yeshwantpur. Both the deceased were labourers engaged in the construction project within the APMC premises. Others who were trapped have been rescued and are being treated.
The deceased have been identified as Rahul Kumar from West Bengal and Rajesh from Bihar. Police said the two dead were among the 12 who were sleeping in one of the floors of the parking facility. The other 10 suffered injuries and are being treated at a hospital.
Mohamed Mukarram, Inspector at the RMC Yard Police Station, told TNM, “We have detained one site engineer for interrogation. It is a government building that was being constructed by a private contractor within the APMC premises.”
(Source: The News Minute)
3. Over 20 Candidates Clear UPSC Exam From Karnataka
Over 20 candidates from Karnataka have cleared the prestigious civil service final examination of the year 2018.
According to results announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) here on Friday, 5 April, Rahul Sharanappa Sankanur from Hubballi, who secured 17th rank, is top rank holder among the candidates selected from the state.
Apart from Rahul other three candidates Lakshmi N (45), Akash S (78) and Kruthika (100) from the state secured within 100 ranks.
(Source: Deccan Herald)
4. BJP’s ‘Massive Victory’ Will Trigger Collapse of Coalition Government: Yeddyurappa
Expressing confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party would be able to win 22 of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the State, party State unit president B.S. Yeddyurappa on Friday predicted that the “massive victory” would trigger squalling within the Janata Dal (S)–Congress government, leading to its collapse.
“The coalition government will not survive after the Lok Sabha polls. The actual timing of the collapse will depend on the stand to be taken by Congress MLAs after the elections,” Yeddyurappa said at a meet-the-press programme jointly organised by the Press Club of Bangalore and Bangalore Reporters’ Guild here.
(Source: The Hindu)
5. Rift Widens, JD(S) Workers Now Raise pro-Modi Slogans
Fissures between the Congress and JD(S) — never the best of friends in Old Mysore region — were out in the open after some JD(S) workers shouted pro-Modi slogans at a meeting in Mysuru on Friday when urged to work for the Congress.
The meeting was convened by JD(S) minister GT Devegowda, who wanted party workers to campaign for the Congress candidate CH Vijayshankar in Mysuru. In return, the JD(S) wanted a commitment from the Congress it would support to their candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy in Mandya.
Although Devegowda tried to pacify the workers, they walked out of the meeting. The open demonstration of defiance and anger comes a day after JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda claimed that Congress leaders in Mandya were working to defeat his grandson Nikhil.
(Source: The Times of India)
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