Karnataka Minister C T Ravi quits cabinet days after being appointed BJP general secretary
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Kannada, Culture and Tourism C T Ravi has resigned from the cabinet, sources close to him said on Sunday.
Ravi's resignation comes in the backdrop of him being appointed BJP national general secretary on September 26. The sources said the Minister submitted his resignation to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Saturday.
The development was not unexpected in view of his appointment to the party post and Ravi had on Thursday said he has kept his resignation letter ready.
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B.Tech student dies by suicide in hostel room near Bengaluru: Police
Bengaluru, May 17: A first-year B.Tech student died allegedly by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her hostel room at a private engineering college in Heelalige near Bengaluru, police said on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Harshitha (18), they said.
According to the police, on Thursday evening, Harshitha was found hanging in her room which was allegedly locked from inside. A few students who saw her hanging body through the window alerted the college management. They broke open the door and rushed her to the hospital where she was declared brought dead.
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"She died by suicide. However, no suicide note was found from the spot. But we are probing the exact cause that might have led her to take this extreme step," a senior police officer said.
