Veteran Kannada Writer, Dalit's rights activist KB Siddhaiah no more
Bengaluru: Veteran Kannada writer KB Siddhaiah passed away on Friday morning at Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru following brain hemorrhage that he suffered after getting injured in a road mishap recently.
Siddaiah sustained severe injuries while his driver died on the spot when their car crashed while heading towards his farm near Suganahalli-Kenkere.
A Dalit’s rights activists, Siddaiah was a close aide of former Karnataka CM and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramaiah. The former CM had also visited him in the hospital.
Siddhaiah is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son.
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Four passengers arrested at BLR airport with hydroponic ganja worth over Rs 21.5 crore
Bengaluru (PTI): Four passengers who arrived from Bangkok at Kempegowda International Airport here were arrested with hydroponic ganja valued at over Rs 21.5 crore in two separate cases, officials said on Saturday.
They were intercepted at Terminal 2 of the airport on May 1, they added.
In the first case, Bengaluru Customs said in a post on ‘X’ that three passengers arriving from Bangkok were intercepted, and 52.68 kg of hydroponic ganja, valued at Rs 18.43 crore, was seized from their baggage.
In a separate case on the same day, another passenger arriving from Bangkok was intercepted, and 9 kg of hydroponic ganja, valued at Rs 3.15 crore, was seized from his baggage.
In both cases, the accused, whose identities have not been disclosed, were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, officials added.
