Karnataka is bringing in new telecom policy to set up towers: Minister Khader
First time in country
Mangaluru, November 20: Housing and Urban Development Minister UT Khader said that for the first time in the country, the state government is bringing in new telecom policy to set up telecom tower in Karnataka.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, the Minister said that the companies have to get the permission from the government compulsorily and follow certain norms to set up telecom towers in the state. As per the policy, tower should not be constructed within 50 meters radius of schools and colleges, worshipping centres and hospitals.
The companies have to pay certain taxes to the BBMP, city corporations, city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats and gram panchayats to get the licences. The government has fixed Rs 1 lakh tax in BBMP limits, Rs 30,000 in city corporation limits, Rs 25,000 in city corporation, and Rs 15,000 in gram panchayat limits to get the licences. For the existing towers, the companies or owners were given three months time to get licence from the concerned authorities, the Minister said.
Rs 198 cr funds for drinking water project in Mangaluru constituency
The Cabinet has approved the sanction of Rs 198 crore for the drinking water project from the Thumbe vented dam to the Mangaluru Assembly constituency, he said.
Barrage, bridge across Nethravathi river at Harekala
The government has approved Rs 178 crore project to construct barrage and a bridge across Nethravathi river at Adyar Harekala. The project would be implemented to avoid sea water entering into the river and helpful to drinking water. The KUIDFC and the city corporation would construct a market and a commercial complex at Kankanady in the city at a cost of Rs 41 crore. It was planned to open a division of Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology in Mangaluru, he said.
Centre fixed price for sugarcane, not CM
The central government held a discussion with the sugarcane farmers and fixed the price. But the BJP and the people have been accusing about the Chief Minister. It was the central government which fixed the price and not the state government, he said.
Mayor Bhaskar, former mayor Shashidhar Hegde, Congress leader Mamatha Gatti, Sadashiva Ullala and others were present.
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
