Case registered after young couple alleges assault while traveling on cab in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A case has been registered at the Banasawadi police station following an alleged attack on a young man and woman who were traveling in a cab.
As per police reports, the case has been filed based on a complaint lodged by a youth from Nagaland. Authorities are currently conducting a search operation to locate the suspect involved in the incident.
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On the night of August 17, at approximately 11:30 PM, the young couple was reportedly returning home in a cab after dining out. The assailant, riding a two-wheeler, reportedly blocked the cab on Ramaswamipallya road, forcing it to stop. The miscreant then attempted to intimidate the couple with a gun and tried to loot them. Police sources have confirmed that efforts are underway to nab the suspect in connection with the incident.
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Water crisis hits Ballari’s jeans industry as over 100 units shut temporarily, hundreds left jobless
Ballari: A severe water shortage in Karnataka's Ballari is crippling the region’s jeans industry, leading to the temporary closure of over 100 jeans units and leaving hundreds of workers unemployed. The crisis, which has been ongoing for over a month, has reportedly left the industry in turmoil as many units that are still running are using tanker water, which is expensive.
Ballari, often referred to as the "Jeans Capital" of India, is home to 732 jeans production units, which rely heavily on water-intensive washing processes. The industry association has requested the administration to provide sufficient water to run the units, as reported by The New Indian Express on Tuesday.
All the 732 jeans factories in Ballari depend on fifteen washing units to finish their products. Although water shortages have been a recurring issue every summer for the past decade, no permanent solution has been found, the report added.
The situation has reached a critical point, with many units halting production due to the skyrocketing cost of water. Industry associations have appealed to the local administration for a more reliable water supply, but their repeated requests have largely been ignored by both officials and political leaders.
An owner of one of the units noted that summer started 15 days early this year which exacerbated the situation. “Instead of waiting and paying more money to wash jeans products, some owners have shut their units for four to five months. This has left a large number of people unemployed,” TNIE quoted the owner as saying.
Meanwhile, owners of the jeans washing units are pinning their hopes on the apparel park planned by the Karnataka state government, which is expected to provide a dedicated water pipeline from the Tungabhadra Dam to address the ongoing water shortage.
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