Odisha govt to accord state honour to deceased minister
Bhubaneswar (PTI): The Odisha government said state honour would be accorded to Naba Kishore Das, the health and family welfare minister who died in hospital hours after being shot by a policeman.
A government release said on Sunday evening there will be no official entertainment for three days from January 29-31 throughout the state.
"It has been decided by the Government of Odisha that as a mark of respect, state honour would be accorded to the departed dignitary. The national flag will be flown at half-mast on the day of death in the state capital and on the day of funeral at the place where it takes place," the release said.
The minister, 60, was shot at Brajrajnagar town around 1 pm by Assistant Sub-inspector of Police (ASI) Gopal Das, who is believed to be suffering from mental disorder.
A team of doctors at Apollo Hospital operated on the minister after he was airlifted from Jharsugada to Bhubaneshwar, but he eventually succumbed to injuries.
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Bengaluru resembles Venice, not Singapore, says JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy as rain batters city
Bengaluru, Oct 22: Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday took a dig at the Congress government in Karnataka for its handling of the rain situation, saying Bengaluru resembled Venice and not Singapore, which they had promised to transform it into.
As rains battered the country's IT hub for the third day, the the JD(S) second-in-command told reporters, “They (Congress) had said they would make turn Bengaluru into Singapore, but we are seeing Venice like situation where people move around in boats.”
He claimed that the issue is not just about water-logging in some parts of Bengaluru. For the past three years, people are forced to leave their homes and stay in hotels during rains.
Kumaraswamy alleged that no state minister has made a field visit. Also, no one in the government including Chief Minister Siddramaiah showed the courtesy to speak about the huge crop loss in various parts of Karnataka.
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The opposition BJP too slammed the state government for the potholes in the city.
“People are cursing the Congress government for not handling the potholes. Killer potholes rule in DCM D K Shivakumar’s Brand Bengaluru. Dear Bengaluru Development Minister Shivakumar, first you please solve the problem of Bengaluru,” the BJP Karnataka unit said in a post on ‘X’.
ರಸ್ತೆ ಗುಂಡಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚಲು "ಕೈ"ಲಾಗದ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಿಂದ ಹಿಡಿಶಾಪ.
— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) October 22, 2024
ಡಿಕೆಶಿ ಅವರ ಬ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಯಮರೂಪಿ ಗುಂಡಿಗಳದ್ದೇ ದರ್ಬಾರ್!
ನಗರಾಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಸಚಿವ @DKShivakumar ಅವರೇ, ಮೊದಲು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗರ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಬಗೆಹರಿಸಿ ಕೃತಾರ್ಥರಾಗಿ. #CongressFailsKarnataka pic.twitter.com/F5b9HhoGR1
•ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರವನ್ನು ಬ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮಾಡುವೆ ಎಂದಿದ್ದ ಗಿರಾಕಿ @DKShivakumar
— Janata Dal Secular (@JanataDal_S) October 22, 2024
ನಮ್ಮ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ ನಗರವನ್ನು ಇಟಲಿಯ ವೆನಿಸ್ ಮಾಡಿ ಕೃತಾರ್ಥರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
•ಭಾರತದ ಸಿಲಿಕಾನ್ ವ್ಯಾಲಿ, ಉದ್ಯಾನನಗರಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಕೆರೆಗಳನ್ನು ಒಂದಾದ ಮೇಲೆ ಒಂದರಂತೆ ನುಂಗಿದ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರೇ ಕೆರೆಯಾಗಿಬಿಟ್ಟಿದೆ!!… pic.twitter.com/XTg0BRRVVA
