Manipal, Sep 07: "Our coalition government is stable. Instability is only in the media reports. All that is impossible get discussed in the media. Write and discuss as per your pleasure. I will not stop anyone. How much media discusses about the fall of the government, our coalition gets that much stronger, said Chief Minister H.D Kumaraswamy.

The Chief Minister stated this when media persons asked various questions about the state government at a press conference which was called after the review meeting held at ZP auditorium during his first visit to Udupi district after taking charge as the Chief Minister.

When asked if he was worried about Belagavi’s issue, he said, "I never took tension regarding Belagavi’s issue. If I had a tension about Belagavi issue, I would not have come here today. I would have managed politics from Bengaluru. I would not have called a meeting of officials in Udupi,” he said.

The Belagavi PLD Bank election controversy is only debated in the media. There was no issue in that. That was a Congress Party’s internal issue. Everything is going on smoothly. Hence, my government is secured, Kumaraswamy reiterated.

When asked about Siddaramaiah's foreign trip, Kumaraswamy asked “what is wrong in Siddaramaiah going abroad. Has he gone alone? Didn’t the ministers and MLAs go with him? Besides, can I stop them going?” he asked.

Overall, the coalition government led by him is secure, and all ministers are united. Only the opposition parties and the media are looking for insecurity, he added.

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Somaladoddi (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 23 (PTI): A 16-year-old boy jumped to death from the third floor of his junior college on Thursday here in Anantapur district, said a police official.

Anantapur Rural sub-divisional police officer T Vekateshulu said the boy just returned to college from Sankranti holidays on Thursday morning and died by suicide at 11:55 am.

"After the holidays, this boy came to the college around 9:30 am on Thursday. While the class was going on, around 11:55 am, he suddenly came out from the classroom and jumped from the third floor," Venkateshulu told PTI.

Immediately, the college management shifted the injured boy to a local hospital where doctors examined him and declared that he was dead. Police said the intermediate student hailed from Ramapuram village of Batthenapalli mandal in Sri Sathyasai District.

The suicide of the boy pursuing intermediate first year at Narayana Junior College was captured on CCTV cameras. The recording shows him rising from his bench and straightaway proceeding to jump from the third floor unperturbed, police said.

Meanwhile, police are taking a complaint from the boy's parents to register a case and investigate further.