Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy meets PM Modi
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and congratulated him on being elected as the Prime Minister for the second consecutive term.
During the meeting Kumaraswamy discussed issues like drought situation in the state, releasing of remaining funds under NREGA scheme for the state and loan waiver with the prime minister.
Kumaraswamy further requested the Prime Minister that the central government should come forward to the aid of the state as this year only 45% rainfall is expected in the state.
Briefing the PM about the NREGA scheme the CM informed that the scheme has been successfully implemented in the state and that 1200 crore Rs. have been released to the state government while the release of another 1500 crore Rs. is still pending. He urged the PM to release the pending funds at the earliest.
Kumaraswamy also informed the PM that the state government has also successfully implemented the loan waiver in the state and that a total of 12,830 crore Rs. loans have been waived by the government so far of 9 lakh commercial bank’s beneficiaries and about 14 lakh government bank’s beneficiaries.
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Body of Bihar Police personnel found hanging in barracks in Patna
Patna (PTI): The body of a Bihar Police personnel was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in his barracks here, a senior officer said on Sunday.
Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Kartikeya Sharma said a havildar with Bihar State Armed Police-1, popularly known as "Gorkha battalion", died allegedly by suicide as he had been suffering from some ailment.
The deceased left behind "two suicide notes", one in Hindi and the other in his native language Nepali.
"From the suicide notes, it appears that Navraj Sunar, the deceased havildar, had been suffering from some ailment which had caused him much mental anguish and may have driven him to take the extreme step," the SSP said.
The body was being sent to the native village of the deceased in Nepal after a post-mortem examination, while further investigations were on, with forensic experts inspecting the site of the incident.
