K'taka government notifies renaming Ramanagara district as Bengaluru South
Bengaluru, May 23 (PTI): A day after the cabinet decision, the Karnataka government on Friday issued a notification regarding changing the name of Ramanagara district as Bengaluru South district.
"As per the provisions of Section 4(4A) of Karnataka Land Revenue Act 1964, name of Ramanagara District is renamed as Bengaluru South District of Karnataka State, by declaring Ramanagara as District Head Quarter," the notification read.
Ramanagara, about 50 kms from here, will remain as the headquarters of the renamed district, which will also consist of Magadi, Kanakapura, Channapatna and Harohalli Taluks.
Ramanagara, which has now been renamed, is the home district of Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, also the state Congress chief.
He represents Kanakapura Assembly constituency in the district, and had first mooted the proposal to rename the district as Bengaluru South.
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IIT Bombay student jumps to death from hostel terrace
Mumbai (PTI): A 21-year-old male student of IIT Bombay allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the hostel terrace in the wee hours of Wednesday, police said.
The incident occurred at around 1 am at the hostel located in Mumbai's Powai area.
Naman Agarwal, a second-year engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, allegedly jumped from the terrace of hostel no. 4. The reason behind the extreme step is yet to be ascertained, a Powai police official said.
The student was a native of Pilani in Rajasthan.
Based on the primary information, the police registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR) and were conducting a probe into the incident, the official added.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
