Mangaluru: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister, Janardhan Poojary on Tuesday slammed former Karnataka CM and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly adding that he will finish the party and that high command has erred in handing more powers to him.

“Siddaramaiah is a curse to Congress party. He will finish the party off. The high command has erred in vesting more powers in him” Poojary said in a press conference on Tuesday in the city.

He also added that he will not attend the Congress’ manifesto release ceremony on November 6 for MCC election as Siddaramaiah will be releasing the manifesto of the party.

Vijay Kumar Shetty, Kallige Tharanath Shetty, Karunakar and Shashiraj were present in during the press conference.

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New Delhi (PTI): A 32-year-old barber was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly beating a man to death following an altercation over a 'bidi' in east Delhi's Pandav Nagar area, police said.

A call regarding the incident that occurred near the bus stand road in Shashi Garden was received at 1.24 am, they said.

The victim was identified as Deepak (28), while the accused was Manoj, he added.

According to the police, during an argument, the accused picked up a wooden stick lying nearby and struck the victim repeatedly on the head. Multiple injuries and bruise marks were also found on the victim's forehead.

"Deepak was taken to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, but doctors declared him brought dead," an officer said.

An FIR has been registered and further investigation is underway, the officer added.