Bantwala, Dec 9: Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader on Sunday inaugurated Indira Canteen, the much ambitious programme of the state government, near Mini Vidhana Soudha on BC Road.

After inaugurating the programme held on the premises of the taluk office, Khader distributed title deeds under 94C and 94CC.

Later he said that in the first phase, hobli level Indira Canteen was set up at Ullala and in coming days, Indira Canteen would be set up in each hobli.

Taluk Panchayat president Chandrahasa Karkera, vice president Abbas Ali, zp members MS Mohammad, Chandraprakash Shetty Thumbay, Mamatha Gatti, Manjula Mave, Padmashekhar Jain, APMC president Padmanabha Rai, Taluk Panchayat standing committee president Dhanalakshmi C Bangera were present.

Bantwala tahsildar Purandara Hegde welcomed, Rama Katipalla proposed vote of thanks and Manju Vittla compared the programme. Town municipal chief officer Rekha J Shetty was present while distributing title deeds. Total 651 beneficiaries were given the title deeds on the occasion.




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Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.

The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.

"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.

"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.

Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.

An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.