Mother throws children into lake, then commits suicide
BENGALURU: A threw off two children into a lake, before commiting suicide by jumping into the water body near Kalkere, Magadi on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as 30-year-old Sujata Anjanamurthy.
Sujata had left her house in Tavarekere with her sons A Nakula(4), and A Vishal (3), to visit a relative’s house. After visiting there, she then took part in ‘Oora Habba’, a festival in the locality, on Saturday night and Sunday morning. After lunch, she took her sons and walked towards the lake in Kalkere,” Magadi police said.
When the three did not return home, relatives initiated a search. “When a search party reached the lake, they found slippers belonging to the three and suspected the trio might have drowned,” police said.
However, Sujata’s parents told police that Anjanayamurthy, Sujatha's husband was responsible for the incident. “The reason behind the extreme step is not known,” police said.
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Indigo crisis: Shivakumar urges Centre to act immediately, bring situation under control
Bengaluru (PTI): With large scale flight cancellations by Indigo airlines leaving passengers stranded, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday urged the Centre to act immediately and bring the situation under control.
He called the IndiGo fiasco a the direct result of the govt's monopoly model.
Taking to social media platform 'X', Shivakumar said India is witnessing the worst aviation meltdown in its history. "Thousands of flights cancelled - leaving our people stranded everywhere".
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"The IndiGo fiasco is the direct result of the govt's monopoly model. And as always, it is ordinary Indians who are paying the price," he said.
Shivakumar said that the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, which is India's 3rd busiest airport with nearly 40 million travellers a year, is in complete chaos.
"This is hurting families, businesses and our national reputation. I urge the Union Government to act immediately and bring this situation under control. Our people deserve better," he added.
Domestic carrier IndiGo cancelled over 800 flights on Saturday, the fifth day of the ongoing crisis, even as the government imposed a cap on airfares and directed the airline to process all refunds by Sunday evening.
