Bengaluru, Nov 27: Four-time legislator and Janata Dal-S senior leader H S Prakash died at a private hospital here on Tuesday after prolonged illness.
He was 67 and survived by wife, two son and a daughter.
Mr Prakash was represented four times 1994, 2004, 2008 and 2018 from Hassan city segment. He was close associate of former prime minister and JD-S national president H D Deve Gowda.
Mangaluru: A seemingly harmless YouTube advertisement has cost a Mangaluru man his life savings, after he fell victim to an elaborate investment scam and lost a staggering ₹55 lakh.
According to the police complaint, the victim was lured in by a man named Shardul Jani, who claimed that a trading app called Abans Pro would deliver high returns. On February 11, the man made an initial investment of ₹15,000. A trading account was created for him, which soon began displaying encouraging profits.
Buoyed by these promising numbers and under constant persuasion from the accused, the man was convinced to invest more. Reassured that the money could be withdrawn at any time, he not only continued investing himself but also involved his relatives, who collectively transferred ₹39 lakh into his account for further investments.
Between February 11 and March 27, the victim transferred a total of ₹55 lakh to multiple bank accounts provided by the accused. But when he finally attempted to withdraw the funds, nothing came back. The profits were a mirage—his money had vanished.
Realising he had been conned, the man approached the Bajpe police, who have registered a case and begun an investigation into the fraudulent scheme.
Mangaluru: Starting April 22, 2025, the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) will strictly enforce separate disposal of sanitary waste, along with existing waste segregation norms. This decision was formally announced by MCC Commissioner Ravichandra Naik on Tuesday (April 15) during a training session at the Town Hall for civic workers.
What’s Changing?
All households and establishments must now segregate waste into the following four categories:
Categories of Waste (Effective April 22)
1. Wet Waste
– Food scraps, vegetable peels, garden waste, etc.
2. Dry Waste
– Paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, glass, metal, etc.
3. Sanitary Waste (Now mandatory to separate)
– Sanitary pads, baby napkins, adult diapers, medical dressings, etc.
4. Rejected Waste / Non-Recyclables
– Broken glass, ceramics, unusable plastics, thermocol, etc.
Rules and Penalties
• Sanitary waste must be placed in a separate bin and must not be mixed with any other waste.
• Violators will be fined ₹500 for the first offense, with higher fines for repeat violations.
• Mixing plastic items like tubs and bottles with wet waste will also attract penalties.
“Improper segregation is a serious issue. MCC areas generate 5 to 10 tonnes of sanitary waste daily,” said Commissioner Naik.
MCC’s Awareness Campaign
To help the public understand the new system:
• MCC will distribute pamphlets and notices this week.
• These materials will explain the four waste categories and penalty clauses in detail.
QR Code Monitoring Returns
The MCC is also relaunching its QR code-based tracking system to monitor waste collection and staff attendance.
How it works:
• QR codes are installed at buildings.
• Civic workers will scan them using a new mobile app.
• The app will send real-time updates to the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC).
Current Status:
• MCC manages 2.37 lakh properties.
• 90,000 properties in 60 wards already have QR codes installed.
“The new system will help us track both garbage pickup and civic worker attendance more accurately,” said Naik.
Bengaluru: The leaked contents of Karnataka’s long-awaited caste census suggest a significant policy shift—extending the creamy layer rule to Category 1 castes under the backward classes reservation list. This category includes some of the most disadvantaged nomadic and microscopic communities.
The commission, headed by Jayaprakash Hegde, has reportedly recommended that the creamy layer policy—already applied to categories 2A, 2B, 3A, and 3B—be extended to Category 1. The report notes that some groups within Category 1 have achieved considerable progress socially, economically, educationally, and politically, thus justifying the introduction of a filtering mechanism.
The panel emphasized the growing inequality within Category 1 itself, stating that children from impoverished farming and labourer families are unable to compete with the children of wealthier households in the same category.
“The competition is stiff here and there is a threat that this category may become one populated by the rich in due course if the creamy layer policy is not implemented,” the report reportedly states.
It further underlines that to fulfil the constitutional goal of equitable opportunities, the policy must be introduced across all categories of backward classes, including Category 1.
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