Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to visit Dakshina Kannada on August 31
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Congress President Harish Kumar on Monday informed that former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah will visit the District on August 31 to meet flood victims and to take stock of flood relief and rehabilitation work in the District.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday at the District Congress Office in the city Harish Kumar added that the former CM will arrive in the city at 10.am on August 31 and will head towards Pacchanadi Mandara village and meet people there. He will later visit Belthangady Taluk and will take stock of things.
Former Minister B Ramanath Rai who also addressed the press conference added that the people of the state did not receive aide and assistance from both state and centre as much as they would’ve wanted. He also recalled how UPA Government in the centre led by PM Manmohan Singh had come to the rescue of flood victims immediately when the state was hit by heavy rain and floods.
Rai further added that according to the reports the Centre’s team which has arrived in the state to study the situation in the state in the wake of recent floods was not visiting Dakshina Kannada, and called it a failure of Dakshina Kannada MP and state government.
Moideen Bava, Ibrahim Kondijal, Mithun Rai, Shashidhar Rai, Naveen D’Souza, Santhosh Shetty, Vishwas Kumar Das, Baby Kundar, Khalid Ujire and others were present during the press conference.
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Manipur: Mortal remains of children killed in bomb attack handed over to family
Imphal (PTI): The mortal remains of two children, who were killed in a bomb attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district in April, were handed over to family members on Saturday, officials said.
The bodies of the five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister were kept in the morgue for 25 days, as the family members had refused to accept the mortal remains, demanding that the perpetrators be brought to book at the earliest.
On April 25, Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh had appealed to the family members of the children to accept the bodies. Singh had also said that all efforts were underway to find the culprits.
The two children were killed in a bomb attack at Tronglaobi in Bishnupur district on April 7. Their bodies were kept in the morgue at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal.
The incident had triggered widespread violent protests in the five valley districts of Manipur, and the case was subsequently handed over to the NIA.
Hundreds of people lined up along the way to Tronglaobi to offer floral tributes, as the mortal remains were taken for the last rites in an open vehicle earlier in the day.
