Chikkaballapur: Former Congress MLA from Devanahalli K Venkataswamy died late Friday night due to heart attack. He was 54.
Venkataswamy had complained of chest pain three times over the past one month. He was undergoing treatment at the Narayana Health hospital in Bengaluru, but the former legislator died at around 2 am as he failed to respond to the treatment.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
Venkataswamy’s mortal remains have been placed at his house in his native village Sadahalli, for people to pay their respects to the deceased leader.
The former legislator had been elected as Congress MLA in 2008; and is said to have been aspiring to get the party ticket for the polls this year too.
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New Delhi (PTI): "I will look into it," Chief Justice of India B R Gavai assured on Wednesday when a plea relating to stray dogs was mentioned for urgent hearing in the Supreme Court.
The plea by the Conference for Human Rights (India) was mentioned before a bench of the chief justice and Justice K Vinod Chandran by a lawyer.
Another bench has already passed an order in relation to stray dogs, the CJI pointed out.
On August 11, a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan observed that instances of dog bites had given rise to an "extremely grim" situation and ordered the permanent relocation of all strays in Delhi-NCR "at the earliest".
On Wednesday, the lawyer referred to a May 2024 order passed by a bench led by Justice J K Maheshwari relegating petitions relating to the stray dog issue to respective high courts.
The CJI then assured that he will look into it.
The plea by Conference for Human Rights (India) claims the Animal Birth Control (Dog) Rules, 2001 mandating regular sterilisation and immunisation programmes for stray dogs to curtail their growing population are not being complied with.
In its August 11 ruling, the apex court also said dog shelters will have to be augmented over time and directed Delhi authorities to start with creating shelters of around 5,000 canines within six to eight weeks.
Besides, the bench warned of strict action against an individual or organisation in case of any kind of obstruction in the relocation drive that might also prompt the court to initiate contempt proceedings.