POLL DAY PEACEFUL IN LANKA, TURNOUT ESTIMATED TO BE 75% SHIVAMOGGA SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 `12.00 PAGES 26 CITY EDITION Anura Kumara Dissanayake Voting concluded at 4 pm in Sri Lanka on Saturday in the island nations’ first presidential poll since its worst economic meltdown in 2022. The voter turnout is estimated to be around 75%, an election official said in the evening. Polling concluded with no violence or security breaches reported from any of the 22 electoral districts. Counting began shortly after the polls closed at 4 pm. Final results are expected by Sunday morning. The economy was on top of the mind of voters | P10 CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Guv seeks another report, tiff with CM may escalate DEVA RA J B H IR EH ALLI @ Bengaluru THE existing friction between G ove r nor T haawarchand Gehlot and the Congress government led by CM Siddaramaiah may escalate further as the former has sought the Justice HS Kempanna commission report on denotification of the Arkavathy Layout (known as re-do case). This could mean more trouble for Siddaramaiah, who is already facing allegations in the MUDA site allotment se. After the governor’s letter to Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, the Urban Development Department submitted four volumes of the original report, running into 1,861 pages, to Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development minister DK Shivakumar on September 11. The DCM’s office confirmed it and the Urban Development Department too filed a note on September 20 confirming the handing over of the document. It is to be seen whether the government will table the report before the cabinet or during the legislature session as opposition BJP has been demanding it for a long time. It was in 2014 when Siddaramaih was CM for the first term that large tracts of land (541 acres), acquired by the Bangalore Development Authority P4 (BDA), was denotified. Chopped woman’s body found in fridge EX PRESS N EWS SERVICE @ Bengaluru IN one of the most-chilling murders, Bengaluru has witnessed in the recent past, which resembles Shraddha Walkar’s murder in New Delhi, the body of a 29-year-old woman was found chopped into over 40 pieces and stuffed inside the refrigerator of her house house in the Vyalikaval police l i m i t s o n S at u rd ay afternoon. The single-bedroom house is located on the first floor of a three-storeyed building on 6th Cross, Pipe Line Road near Veeranna Bhavan in Vyalikaval. The victim, Mahalakshmi -- who hailed from Nepal, had married Hemanth Das five years ago, but had estranged from him early this year. Her four-year-old daughter was staying with Das. Every fortnight, Das, who works at a mobile accessory shop in Nelamangala, would come to her house with his daughter to allow Mahalakshmi to spend some time with the child. Das stays with his parents in the city . On Saturday afternoon, Mahalakshmi’s mother and sister, who stays in the same building, came to her house as she was not answering her mobile phone. Using a spare key, they opened the locked house only to find the floor sticky and the entire house filled with a foul smell. As blood and other body fluids were seen flowing out of the fridge -- which is a singledoor, 165-litre model -- the two opened it only to see Mahalakshmi’s body parts stuffed inside. Mahalakshmi’s mother screamed in horror and ran out of the house, while t h e p o l i c e we r e a l e r t e d immediately . The police said, “Mahalakshmi’s phone had been switched off since September 2. As she was not reachable, her mother and sister were worried and P5 came to the house.” US hosts Sikh leaders hours before Modi visit PM lands in US for Quad summit, to have one-on-one with President Joe Biden sions will contribute in making our planet better and address PRIME Minister Narendra global challenges,” he said. Modi arrived in the US on SatModi is to have a one-on-one urday evening for a three-day with Biden before the Quad visit. Modi has a packed sched- meet. According to sources, sevule in the US; he will have a bi- eral key agreements are likely lateral meeting with to be signed. Also on US President Joe Bithe cards is a multiden, attend the fourth billion dollar deal to Quad Leaders’ Sumbuy 31 predator mit in Biden’s home drones from the US. town Delaware, enMeanwhile, the US gage in high-level is also likely to rake meetings on the sideup the alleged assaslines of the summit, PANNUN MAY sination bid on Khaand take part in dis- BE DISCUSSED listani se paratist cussions at the UN. leader Gurpatwant Senior White House The PM’s other en- officials on Singh Pannun, a dual gagements include Thursday met Sikh US-Canada citizen. joining an Indian di- leaders sympathetic On Thursday, senior aspora event at Long to Khalistani leader White House and US Island and partici- Gurpatwant Singh intelligence officials pating in a roundta- Pannun, who was met a group of Sikh ble with the CEOs of allegedly targeted leaders sympathetic US companies work- by Indian agents to Pannun. Held ining on new technoloside the White House, gies such as AI, the meeting was atquantum computing, and semi- tended by Pritpal Singh of the conductors. Soon after landing American Sikh Caucus Comin Philadelphia, Modi said his mittee and representatives meeting with Biden, Austral- from the Sikh Coalition and ian Prime Minister Anthony Sikh American Legal Defence Albanese, and Japanese pre- and Education Fund. The US mier Fumio Kishida at the officials reportedly assured the Quad Summit would contrib- Sikh delegates that they will ute to the betterment of the not allow any transnational agworld. “I am sure the discus- gression on its soil. Y ES HI SEL I @ New Delhi JAYWALKING JUMBOS Dasara elephant Dhananjay chases Kanjan, as they fight on the Mysuru Palace premises on Friday evening | P5 EXPRESS READ Atishi takes oath as Delhi CM, slams BJP NEW DELHI: Delhi CM Atishi took the oath of office on Saturday and requested people to ensure that her predecessor, Arvind Kejriwal, returns to the post again. Atishi also hit out at the BJP for allegedly hatching a “conspiracy” against Kejriwal | P7 PRESS INTAKE K’taka BJP files plaint against Rahul over his remarks in US | P4 Quality test of prasadams of all temples soon: AP CM | P5 J&K polls: Shah says Pak scared of PM, raps three families | P7 Must build real capacity in engg colleges: DRDO chief | P8 WITH THIS ISSUE THE PARTITION OF PAKISTAN PLUS 12 PAGES Odisha Patnaik non-comittal on ‘One Nation, One Poll’ The former CM, addressing the Odisha Literary Festival, adopted a non-committal approach on ‘one nation, one poll’ proposal of the Centre, and said details will have to be studied first | P5
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