Siddaramaiah inaugurates Bengaluru International Film Festival
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday inaugurated the 17th Bengaluru International Film Festival here.
The inaugural programme held in front of Vidhana Soudha here featured a "World Music Celebration" led by violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, followed by the formal event.
Actors Prakash Raj, the festival's ambassador, and Rukmini Vasanth were among the special guests who were part of the event.
According to officials, the Netherlands film Fort Baggage will be screened as the opening film.
This year's festival is being held with the theme "Women's Sensibility, the Voice of Equality," inspired by a famous line from prominent late Kannada poet G S Shivarudrappa.
The festival, to be held till February 6, will showcase around 225 films from 65 countries across multiple sections, including Asian Cinema Competition, Indian and Kannada cinema competitions, contemporary world cinema and retrospectives, they said.
Screenings will take place at Cinepolis at Lulu Mall in Rajajinagar, Suchitra Film Society in Banashankari and the Karnataka Film Artists' Association premises, officials added.
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UP: Police official shunted after killing of two senior employees of biogas plant in Budaun
Budaun (UP) (PTI): The Uttar Pradesh government has shunted the Circle Officer of the area in connection with the recent killing of two senior officials at an HPCL compressed biogas plant in the district, officials said on Sunday.
Superintendent of Police (Rural) Hirdesh Katheriya said that Ujhani Circle Officer Devendra Singh has been attached to the Police headquarters in Lucknow, and Rahul Pandey of UP-112 emergency response service has been posted to Budaun in his place.
The action comes a day after the state government transferred Senior Superintendent of Police Brijesh Kumar Singh following the double murder at the plant in Sejni village in the Musajhag area.
Meanwhile, under the directions of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted under the chairmanship of the Bareilly divisional commissioner to conduct a detailed probe into the incident.
The incident took place on Thursday when Sudhir Kumar Gupta, 58, deputy general manager at the facility, and Harshit Sharma, 34, an assistant manager, were shot dead by Ajay Pratap Singh, who was earlier a vendor at the plant here in the district.
The main accused has been arrested, and authorities have also pasted notices on six shops allegedly owned by him in Sejni village that were reportedly constructed over government land, they said, adding that the demolition may be carried out after due procedure.
In view of the incident, authorities have also decided to establish a police outpost inside the plant premises with the deployment of two sub-inspectors and eight police personnel to enhance security.
