Youth kills girl, dies after consuming poison
The Hindu
The 21-year-old also died on August 27
A 21-year-old who consumed poison on August 25 allegedly after murdering a nursing student at Hosakere near Ripponpet in Hosanagar taluk of Shivamogga district in Karnataka, died on August 27. Shivamurthy of Talale village in Hosanagar taluk was undergoing treatment at Mc Gann Hospital in Shivamogga. Shivamurthy was acquainted with the 21-year-old nursing student for over six years. He had allegedly forcibly taken her to Hosakere and strangulated her to death. According to the girl’s father, she was not interested in Shivamurthy.The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok were engaged in war of words over the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, with the former calling the latter “ignorant and entertaining people”. In response, Mr. Ashok said the Chief Minister “sometimes wakes up from deep slumber to exhibit his arrogance and anger”.
Makineni Jishnu Sai from Guntur secured the first position in the engineering stream while Yellu Srishant Reddy from Nizampet in Telangana bagged the first place in the Agriculture and Pharmacy (Bi.P.C. stream) in the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET)-2024.