Nadda pushes for research on mental health edu, geriatrics

Union health minister JP Nadda on Tuesday encouraged students to explore fields like mental health education and geriatrics, saying while significant research is already underway, more efforts are needed to support those in need.

- Yohan P Honaddi

BIDAR: Three staff members of the Yadgir and Shahapur municipalities have been arrested on Monday for allegedly creating forged documents to illegally transfer government land to a private individual, an officer said.

The three accused have been identified as Manappa Badiger, a 45-year-old revenue inspector employed with the Yadgir municipality, Mainoddin Mohammad Hazrat, 41, who was serving as the in-charge revenue inspector at the same office, and Hanamantappa Ashanal, a 44-year-old supervisor employed within the water supply department of Shahapur municipality, added the police.

"A complaint was filed on Monday by Yadgir municipal commissioner Umesh Chavan stating that three staff members of the Yadgir and Shahapur municipalities were involved in the illegal registration of plot number 42 in survey number 151/1 on the border of Yadgir in the name of a woman named Mallamma Ramanna," superintendent of police Pruthvik Shankar said.

"The plot is part of a larger set of residential sites under the Ashraya housing plots, which includes a total of 96 plots. While some of these plots were officially allotted through the municipal council, others had not yet been formally registered," he said.