Siddaramaiah visits Vartha Bharati Head office in Mangaluru
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Saturday visited the head office of Vartha Bharati in Mangaluru.
Speaking to the team of Vartha Bharati, Siddaramaiah lauded the efforts of the team and added that Vartha Bharati was carrying out objective and people-friendly journalism.
“Over the last two decades, Vartha Bharati has fulfilled its duties as a responsible and people-friendly media house. It has been the voice of the people and has been doing what a media house should ideally be doing,” he said.
Chief Editor Abdussalam Puthige gave a tour of Vartha Bharati’s office and later briefed him about the reach and performances of online and print editions of Vartha Bharati .
The Community Media Trust’s Trustee Yaseen Malpe presented a memento to Siddaramaiah while Mangaluru Bureau Chief B N Pushparaj welcomed him with a bouquet.
Deputy Leader of Opposition UT Khader, former ministers Ramanath Rai, Abhaychandra Jain, former MLA Vasant Bangera, JR Lobo, former Mayor Shashidhar Hegde, Congress DK Minority Wing’s Chairman Shahul Hameed, Corporator Abdul Rawoof, Abdul Latif, Congress leaders GA Bava, Luqman Bantwal, Pratibha Kulai, Kavita Sanil and others were present during Siddaramaiah visit to Vartha Bharati office.
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Ranchi: Temple guard bludgeoned to death during robbery attempt, 3 held
Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.
"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.
"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.
Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.
An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.
