Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will release the book 'Neerina Hejje' (Foot Prints of Water) authored by Deputy CM and Water Resource Minister D K Shivakumar on November 14.

The book throws light on history, challenges and opportunities for Karnataka's water resources, the Deputy CM's office said on Thursday.

The event is scheduled to be held at Banquet Hall, Vidhana Soudha.

Ministers H K Patil, M B Patil, N S Boseraju, Senior Advocate of Supreme Court Mohan V Kataraki will be chief guests for the programme, the statement said.

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Banda (UP) (PTI): A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped at a hotel here by two youths and a minor, who then abandoned her under a bridge, police said on Thursday.

The two youths involved in the crime were arrested, and the juvenile was apprehended on Wednesday, they said.

According to Atarra Circle Officer Praveen Yadav, the arrested have been identified as Mahesh Kushwaha (18), Shakti Singh (19), and a 15-year-old boy, all residents of Girwan.

He said the incident took place around 8.30 pm on Tuesday.

The complaint filed by the girl's father stated that his daughter had gone to the market in Atarra town with a friend, when the three accused on a motorcycle made her inhale some intoxicant. They took the semi-conscious teenager to a hotel on Station Road, committed the crime and then abandoned her under the Ken Canal bridge before fleeing, CO Yadav said.

A case was registered on Wednesday, and all the accused were held, the CO said.

He added that one of the arrested accused was a former acquaintance of the victim. RUK