Murder of colleague at High Court: Lawyer gets life imprisonment
Bengaluru, October 28: The city civil court has convicted an advocate for life imprisonment for killing his colleague at Karnataka High Court eight years ago.
The convicted has been identified as Rajappa. The convicted had stabbed his colleague J.S. Naveena (25) on the court premises and later he had also tried to commit suicide. The incident happened at No. 4 of the HC on July 8, 2010 at 1.45 pm. After killing Naveena, Rajappa had gone to the toilet and tried to commit suicide. But later survived after treatment.
Rajappa and Naveena from Kolar were practicing in the high court. Both of them have decided to marry. But Rajappa quarrelled with Naveena as she was close with another advocate. On July 8, Rajappa came to the court with a knife and attacked her on neck and stomach killing her on the Spot. After threatening the advocates on the spot, he ran to toilet and tried to commit suicide by consuming poison and stabbing himself. But the advocates and Vidhana Soudha police saved him.
After hearing the case, the city civil court awarded life imprisonment to Rajappa and slapped a penalty of Rs 5,000 which should be given to the parents of Naveena.
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KSRTC to run 1000 special services to clear Christmas rush
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.
In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.
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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.
The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.
In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.
