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Shiv Sena newspaper office attacked after cartoon 'mocks' Maratha protests

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September 27, 2016

Mumbai, Sep 27: The Shiv Sena's mouthpiece Saamna on Tuesday enraged the Maratha community by publishing a cartoon that appears to poke fun at the campaign for Maratha reservations that's being organised in Maharashtra.siv

Samna's office in Navi Mumbai was attacked later in the day, and pro-Maratha social organisation, 'Sambhaji Brigade' claimed responsibility for the incident.

The controversial cartoon shows a man kissing a woman on the cheek. The woman is holding up a placard with the message, 'Mooka Morcha,' or 'kiss' protest. It's a pun on 'Mook Morcha' which means 'silent'protest - the kind that's happening across Maharashtra.

Police said three youths arrived at Saamna's office on Tuesday afternoon, and allegedly pelted the building with stones before fleeing, damaging two or three glasses on the outer wall. They added that an offence had been registered against the vandals and that action would be taken against them.

The spokesperson of the Sambhaji brigade, Shivanand Banuse, told PTI: "We are condemning a cartoon which was published in Saamana. Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray and Saamana's executive editor Sanjay Raut must apologise to the women of Maharashtra. The attack was spontaneous and an expression of emotions of the Maratha community."

The Congress' spokesperson in Maharashtra, Sachin Sawant, has called Saamna's cartoon an insult to the Maratha community. The cartoon has also provoked angry responses on social media.

Maratha protests

In addition to asking for reservations, the protesting Marathas also want to see the Scheduled Castes Schedules Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act amended.

The law was enforced to protect members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from atrocities perpetrated by those belonging to upper castes, but there have been allegations that the legislation has been misused to file false cases against members of the Maratha community.

The protestors also asking that the accused in the Kopardi case - in which a 15-year old Maratha girl from Kopardi was brutally raped and murdered - be given the death penalty.

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Prakash Shetty
 - 
Thursday, 29 Sep 2016

Apart from Maratha / shivaji they know anything else............

shaji
 - 
Wednesday, 28 Sep 2016

you will be respected only if you respect others. These hate mongers have received the treatment which they gave to others. Wait and see for more to come.

Satyameva jayate
 - 
Wednesday, 28 Sep 2016

People will today or tomorrow react against yesterday's trouble makers....lot more to come...one day it will be our good hearted hindus attacking chaddeez

s
 - 
Wednesday, 28 Sep 2016

look at where we are heading? even an extreme party/organisation also has to face extremism. and i am sure this is hailed by the marathas. sad state of affairs in the country.

K K Prabhu
 - 
Tuesday, 27 Sep 2016

Very interesting development. So fare we used to hear about attack by Shiv Sena on offices of media establishments like The Hindu and NDTV. Now their own beloved Maratha's attacking Samna's office.

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June 30,2020

Ballari, June 30: A video clip of dead bodies of covid-19 victims being disgracefully thrown into a pit said to be in Karnataka’s Ballari has gone viral on social media triggering outrage from netizens.

Ballari Deputy Commissioner SS Nakul ordered a probe. He told media persons that the veracity of the video is still under question and that it still needs to be established if the video was taken in Ballari.

In the video, a pit is seen which appears to be disinfected. The video features masked men covered in body suits bringing dead bodies from a black hearse van in black body bags one by one and throwing the dead bodies into the same pit. In all, three dead bodies are thrown into the same pit in the video.

"We have assigned an Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) to enquire and verify the same. We are awaiting reports. We don't know yet if it (the video) is from Ballari or not," Nakul said.

The district which has so far reported around 800 cases in the last three months has also witnessed around two dozen deaths.

Twitterati on Tuesday raised questions about the handling of the bodies. "Even dead have some respect and they deserved a decent burial," said a social activist from Ballari. Similar reactions echoed on social media and some also pointed out on how the family members who have to stay away from burials feel about it.

Covid burial protocol

According to the protocol set by the Union Health Ministry for the burial of Covid-19 patients, the patients' orifices (nose, mouth and ears) have to be sealed and the body has to be wrapped in three layers of personal protective equipment (PPE). Thereafter it should be placed in a body bag. Family members should not be allowed to accompany the body in the hearse van. Covid-19 victims have to be given a deep burial. The grave should be minimum 10-feet deep.

The grave should be disinfected with bleaching powder and the area should be cordoned off so that the general public is not in the vicinity.  The vehicle used to transport the dead body of a Covid-19 victim -- ambulance or a hearse van -- has to be disinfected for 16 hours before being used again. Most Covid-19 victims in the state have had burials in the absence of family members as they are generally in quarantine for being the primary contacts of the patient.

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July 30,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 30: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palika (BBMP) on Wednesday issued a notice restricting the sacrifice of animals during Bakrid or other religious occasions in certain places.

This year Eid al-Adha or Bakra eid will be celebrated on August 1.

"The administration has prohibited the sacrifice of animals in public roads, footpaths, inside or outside the premises of hospitals/nursing homes, schools and colleges, temples mosques, other religious places or public places," the BBMP said in a public notice.

Person or organisation violating the notice is liable to be prosecuted under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, stated BBMP.

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May 8,2020

Bhatkal, May 8: In a shocking development 12 new coronavius positive cases were detected in Bhatkal town of Uttara Kannada district in a single day. 

Around 20 days ago an 18-year-old girl in Bhatkal was tested positive for the covid-19. The source of this infection was the First Neuro hospital located at Padil in Mangaluru where a covid-19 patient from Bantwal had undergone treatment. 

Now, the Bhatkal girl’s family members and neighbours also have tested positive for the deadly virus. Madeena Colony, Usmainya Colony, Nawayath Colony, Tengungundi Cross, Hindu Colony, Kukti Nagar, Jali Cross and Azad Nagar are sealed down by officials after the confirmation of new cases. 

Those infected include a 5-month-old baby, elderly people aged 60, 75, 83 and children aged 3, 11 and 12 years. 

Meanwhile, Kumata-Honnavar MLA Dinakar K Shetty has written to Uttara Kannada DC urging the complete seal down of Bhatkal taluk.

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