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The Hindu
30-07-2025
- The Hindu
Karnataka: Shivamogga police recover 110 stolen cellphones, return them to owners
The Shivamogga police have recovered 110 cellphones that were reported lost in the last three months and handed them over to the complainants in a programme in the city on Tuesday. At the programme, Shivamogga Superintendent of Police G.K. Mithun Kumar handed over the mobile phones to its respective owners. The police recovered the phones with the help of the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR), a portal launched by the Central government in association with the Department of Telecommunications. The total worth of the recovered mobile phones is estimated to be around ₹16.35 lakh. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Kumar said that since the CEIR was launched, the district police have recovered more than 1,000 mobile phones. 'Those who lose their mobile phones need not visit police stations to file complaints. They can file a complaint through the e-Lost application of the Karnataka State Police. Later, they can enter the details of the lost mobile phone by visiting and filling in the required form,' Mr. Kumar said. If the complainant filled the form with all the required details, the mobile would be blocked within 24 hours, and nobody would be able to misuse it, the Superintendent of Police said. Besides that, the system would trace the people who tried to misuse it, he added. Additional Superintendents of Police Anil Kumar Bhoomareddy and A.M. Cariappa, Deputy Superintendent of Police K. Krishnamurthy, Police Inspector Manjunath and others were present.
India Today
23-07-2025
- India Today
5 states, 12 cities: What Kanwar Yatra 2025 tells us about modern bhakti
The curtain falls on this year's Kanwar Yatra, one of India's most popular pilgrimages. While faith drives the journey, of course, rising incidents of violence and vandalism beg the question: what's behind the burdened shoulders of those who embark on the long, strenuous journey?Outside the yatra, they are bike mechanics, AC technicians, small business owners, street vendors, homemakers, retired workers and even engineers. But during the pilgrimage, they are showered with rose petals and flanked by police some walk to promote and preserve their culture, the health and well-being of their families, some walk for unity, peace, and the betterment of the country. India Today spoke to hundreds of these devotees across Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, and Jharkhand to understand what drives them. Mithun Kumar, a 19-year-old fisherman from Supaul village, embarked on the Kanwar Yatra with no planning - just faith. Budhan, all of 15 and unlettered, completed his yatra without a pause because he felt a calling two years Sikandar Sah, 55, who has been walking in the yatra for over four decades, and Shivendra Poddar, 39, who helped start a local yatra in Bihar's Balwahat, the drive was both faith and inner joy. They were all, in other words, united by a pull toward Lord they don't come from equal places. While some yatris are lawyers, professors, students, and even politicians, most are low-income gig workers, mechanics, drivers, street vendors, or hawkers. Most of the pilgrims India Today spoke to are not the ones who feel empowered on a daily basis - they struggle to be heard. But during the yatra, they are revered, abided by, and sometimes feared. The Kanwar Yatra is reflective of India's changing spiritual GALORESonu Prajapati, 30, who works in a Ghaziabad law firm, earning around Rs 2.5 lakh a year, walks to inspire people to quit consuming meat and eggs, and promote Sanatan Dharma. Meanwhile, 18-year-old Amit from Haridwar walks to get "Gau Mata" the status of "Mother of the Nation".But Prince, 30, from Delhi's Jaffarpur, walks to bathe his mother with Kanwar water. Lalit, a tile worker from Delhi educated till class 10, walks for the health of his parents. Earning less than Rs 20,000 a month, faith is likely his only currency to earn a healthy and long life for his parents. And Ankush, a Delhi teen pursuing his Bachelor of Arts, is walking to fulfil his dream of becoming an engineer - and resolve some family OR DESIRE?advertisementAnkit Bhardwaj from Faridabad used to go on the yatra on his bike. But the desire for a son made him take up the journey on foot. After he was blessed with twin sons, he set forth on foot again this year in gratitude. Santosh, 40, from Rajasthan, owns a hardware shop and earns a decent living. He participates in the yatra because he feels god has always had his Golu from Ghaziabad, who works in a furniture company and earns Rs 16,000 a month, walks out of a "deep personal feeling". Manas Kumar, from Bihar's Khagaria, who makes Rs 15,000 a month from his business, says he is driven by the "invisible power of Lord Shiva".Vijay Kumar Singh was motivated by his family who joined the yatra for generations, and by his devotion to Lord Shiva. And Sohan Chaudhary walks because he "enjoys going on the Kanwar Yatra with his family members".Similarly, Dharmdev Solanki from Rajasthan's Dausa, who owns a ration shop, says he has been going on the yatra without any expectation since he was a the blazing sun or toughing out heavy rain and storms, they walk. And some people go the extra mile. Forty-year-old Munna Bhagar from Khagaria wanted to do something special for his village temple and that's why he embarked on this spiritual journey in 1997 for the first the time, he travelled by train to Khagaria, then took a jeep to Munger ghat to collect the holy water and covered 80 km on foot without stopping. On his first yatra, four people accompanied him. Now, thousands follow him every year. While some yatris are lawyers, professors, most are low-income gig workers (PTI) A GIANT CANOPYMany walk despite the everyday hardships of middle- and lower-class existence. But some also temporarily shed their luxuries to do so. Amit Kumar and Yashwant Rawat, engineers who earn more than Rs 15 lakh annually, leave behind plush MNC offices to walk barefoot in devotion. Suresh Kumar, a Delhi bank manager, says Lord Shiva's calling cannot go teachers, housewives, and even civil construction workers like Kiran and Archana from Odisha, all echoed a recurring theme: a spiritual instinct beyond logic, class, or convenience.A POLITICAL MARCH?Not everyone walks with a personal desire; some quietly want to bring about a collective change. Ravi Jirati, 36, from Indore, with a Class 12 education, walks to promote 'Hindutva and for the prosperity of the nation'. Saurabh from Panipat wishes to see unity among Hindus - and for "gau mata".advertisementMeanwhile, 20-year-old Abhishek was jolted by the deadly terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam this year. He said, "I have a strong desire for unity among Hindus in our nation. The incident in Pahalgam deeply affected me. That pain remains in my heart. I have taken up the Kanwar to promote unity among Hindus."On the other hand, senior journalist Manikant Jha from Darbhanga, walks to promote and preserve the Maithili culture. He has been doing the Kanwar Yatra for the past 50 years. He says the yatra is deeply rooted in Mithila's culture -- the belief that the first water offering to Lord Shiva was made by the people of Mithila on Basant recent incidents of violence and vandalism have cast a shadow on the yatra's spiritual ethos. Visuals of Kanwariyas clashing with citizens, and recently with a Central Reserve Police Force jawan in UP's Mirzapur, have sparked people we spoke to said it was only faith and yearning to be one with God that motivated them to walk, growing instances of disruption have raised some uncomfortable questions about the evolving character of the is faith merely a private refuge, or has it become a performance for visibility, empowerment, and belonging? For many, this journey may not be about arriving at the temple at all, but more about being witnessed along the way, an endeavour they have succeeded at.(Edited by Pathikrit Sanyal)- EndsTrending Reel
Time of India
20-07-2025
- Time of India
6 armed men seen prowling in S'mogga residential area at night
Shivamogga: Following the Karnataka police's initiation of the Mane Manege police (Door to Door) programme and Shivamogga police's community outreach efforts, six armed people were observed prowling in a residential area during the night. The incident was recorded by surveillance cameras on Saturday night, causing distress among local inhabitants of Shivamogga's Oddinakopp area near Puttappa camp. At approximately 1am, six individuals were observed moving near residential properties. The surveillance footage, spanning two-and-a-half-minutes, shows them walking in a single line on the streets. They were dressed in jeans and vests, with weapons visible in their waistbands. Their faces were covered with cloth. Many of them carried torches, one wore gloves, and another carried a bag. The group moved across the streets in Puttappa Camp Layout, which has created anxiety among residents. Tunga Town police station has launched a probe into the incident and asked residents to be aware. Shivamogga SP GK Mithun Kumar confirmed establishing a team for the identification and pursuit of these individuals.
The Hindu
11-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Shivamogga DC directs probe on SC/ST atrocity cases
Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner (DC) Gurudatta Hegde has instructed the district officers of the Social Welfare Department to collect data about the atrocity cases against people belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) communities in which police have not filed the charge sheet within 60 days of registering them. In a review meeting of the district awareness and monitoring committee for SC/ST atrocities in Shivamogga on Friday, the DC took exception to the delay in filing charge sheets in cases related to atrocities committed on people belonging to the SC/ST communities. He directed the Social Welfare Department officials to collect details of such cases and present the status in the next meeting. The DC instructed the officials to send a proposal to the government seeking funds to provide compensation for the victims in the atrocity cases. Further, taking note of teenage pregnancies among SC-ST communities, the DC said that the district-level officers had been entrusted with the responsibility to stop child marriages. Along with the officers, leaders of the community need to spread awareness among the people to stop child marriages. Shivamogga SP G.K. Mithun Kumar stated that the police would take measures to file charge sheets in atrocity cases within the stipulated time. The conviction rate is only 3% in atrocity cases. A majority of the cases failed to be proved in court due to lack of evidence. Deputy Director of the Social Welfare Department Malleshappa, members of the committee, and district-level officers were present at the meeting.
The Hindu
17-06-2025
- The Hindu
Four suspected illegal Bangladeshi immigrants held in Pune
Four suspected illegal Bangladeshi immigrants were held in the Khondwa area of Pune in a joint operation of the police and the Military Intelligence last week, according to defence sources. It is learnt that acting on a tip-off from the Southern Command of Military Intelligence, the police on June 13 apprehended the four suspects at a labour camp when they were trying to flee. On verification, they were purportedly found to be Bangladeshi citizens named Swapan Mandal, Mithun Kumar, Ranodhir Mandal, and Dilip Mondal. They will be subjected to joint interrogation, said the sources.
