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Ecologist Harish Bhat, who had come to give a lecture at Moodbidri college, dies

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November 5, 2017

Moodbidri, Nov 5: Harish R Bhat, an ecologist from Udupi and a researcher at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Benglauru, died following brain haemorrhage.

47-year-old Bhat was invited to deliver a lecture on Saturday at the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district level science exhibition and competition being held at Alva's, Moodbidri.

He breathed his last when the college authorities tried to transport him to Mangaluru for treatment. He is survived by his wife and a 6 year old daughter.

Bhat was the son of Udupi’s Innanje Undar based Ramakrishna Bhat and Sumathi couple. He completed his formal education at Udupi Christian High School, Board High School and MGM College in Udupi. He has been serving as a scientist for the last 20 years at IISc, Bengaluru.

As an Ecologist, he played a significant role during the implementation of various development projects in Karnataka including HPCL pipeline project crossing protected forest zone of Charmadi Ghat.

He also served as a member of various committees formed to prepare syllabus for higher education whereas he presented number of research papers in national and international level seminars, events and others.

Political leaders including Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertiliser Ananth Kumar, Alva’s Education Foundation President Mohan Alva, Kapu MLA Vinay Kumar Sorake, locals, his relatives rushed into his residence in Udupi soon after the news over his death spread across the state on Saturday.

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May 18,2020

Bengaluru, May 18: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Mallikarjuna Kharge on Monday slammed the State Government’s decision to appoint administrative committees to Panchayats, which completes their five-year term, shortly.

Speaking to media persons, the Congress leader described the State Government’s decision on appointing committees as a ‘death knell ‘ to the basic characters of the Panchayat bodies, which were elected on a non-party basis.

Strongly recommending the BJP-led government to desist from its decision, Kharge urged Chief minister B S Yediyurappa to extend the term of the elected bodies of the Panchayats by six months.

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January 3,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 3: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday wrote letters to 11 Chief Ministers including Arvind Kejriwal--Delhi and Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal-- pointing out apprehensions that had arisen among large sections of society consequent to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) - 2019.

In his letter, the Chief Minister said "the need of the hour is unity among all Indians who wish to protect and preserve our cherished values of democracy and secularism."

People from various cross-sections of the society irrespective of any difference they might have, need to stand united in preserving the basic tenets of our polity which form the cornerstone of Indian democracy, he added.

"We are sure that our unity in diversity, which has stood the test of times will ultimately emerge stronger. Kerala has decided to address the apprehensions about NRC and that preparation of NPR will lead to NRC by staying all activities relating to NPR in the State," Mr Vijayan said.

In this regard, the Kerala Legislative Assembly had passed the resolution on December 31, 2019, expressing its concern regarding the impact the CAA will have on the nation's secular credentials, he said.

"The resolution requested the Central Government to repeal the CAA, 2019. States, which have the opinion that CAA should be repealed can also consider similar steps so that it will be an eye-opener to the proponents of the CAA and the NRC," the Chief Minister pointed out.

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July 28,2020

Mangaluru, July 28: A screenshot of a death threat message against IAS officer Sindhu B Rupesh, the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, is now going viral on social media.

The threat comes in the wake of the Deputy Commissioner’s warning against attack on cattle traders by anti-social elements ahead of Eid al-Adha. 

It is learnt that a discussion was held about DC’s warning in a pro-Hindutva WhatsApp group. The death threat was issued in the same group in Tulu language. 

A police officer said that if the deputy commissioner doesn’t lodge a complaint, the police will file a suo motu case in this regard.

Also Read: Sindhu B Rupesh transferred; Dr Rajendra K V is new DC of Dakshina Kannada

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