High Court stays sanction given to prosecute Kalladka Bhat in hate speech case

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July 14, 2017

Mangaluru, Jul 14: In what can be termed as a legal victory for RSS veteran Prabhakar Bhat Kalladka, the Karnataka High Court of Karnataka on Thursday stayed the sanction granted by the State government for prosecuting him in a case of delivering a communally provocative speech in 2015.

bhatkalladka The High Court also stayed the summons issued to him by a local court in Puttur which had taken cognisance of offence based on a charge sheet. Justice Aravind Kumar passed the interim order on a petition filed by Dr Bhat.

Puttur Town police had registered a case on January 23, 20015 against the petitioner based on a complaint given by a member of Popular Front of India’s (PFI) district committee.

The Puttur court had issued summons to him on June 24, 2017 based on the charge sheet filed by the police after the State government on March 18, 2017 granted sanction for prosecuting him based on a request made by the police on March 8, 2017.

Terming the allegations as false, it has been claimed in the petition that the Forensic Sciences Laboratory’s report given in January 2016 had stated that the “electronic evidence collected by the police during the course of the investigation is not original and the same is tampered and edited one ...”

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Hope Siddaramayya's order will be followed by ACB ....

this shows that Shaheed Mustafa kavoor was hacked to death with support of inmate and officers

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Congress leader Ivan D’Souza tests positive for covid-19

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August 1,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 1: Former member of Karnataka Legislative Council Ivan D’Souza has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

The Congress leader took to social media to break the news. “I and my wife Dr Kavitha have been tested positive covid-19 positive. There are no symptoms. We had voluntarily given our throat swabs for testing,” he said in a Facebook post.

He also requested his friends and well-wishers not to visit him until he recovers.

Mr D’Souza had participated in a party meeting at Congress Bhavan when KPCC chief DK Shivakumar visited city yesterday. He was seen meeting several Congress leaders including U T Khader.

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Karnataka govt takes a U-turn, says yet to decide on extension of online class ban till Class 7

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June 11,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 11: Within hours after claiming that it has decided to prohibit schools from schools from conducting online classes till Class 7, the Karnataka government has taken a U-turn and said that currently than ban is only till Class 5.

“Karnataka Govt has decided to stop all online classes for LKG, UKG & classes up to 5th std. To extend this up to 7th std is only a suggestion from few cabinet ministers as expressed in an informal discussion and NOT a decision,” tweeted Prime and Secondary Minister Suresh Kumar.

Law Minister J C Madhuswamy earlier today had stated that the decision to ban online classes till 7th standard was taken by the government. "All of us were of the opinion that there were challenges faced by students studying in rural areas. Hence, we urged the government to extend the ban on online classes till 7 standard," he said

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Mangaluru | Covid safety norms flouted during new Gurupura bridge inauguration

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June 12,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 12: A huge crowd gathered for the grand opening of the newly built 175-metre-long two-lane bridge across Phalguni River on National Highway 169 near Gurupura on the outskirts of the city today.

Even as the photos of the bridge inauguration ceremony went viral on social media, netizens took the elected representatives and the district administration to task for flouting safety norms at a time when the coronavirus cases are continuing to mount in coastal Karnataka.

The bridge was completed in a record time of 15 months. Dakshina Kannada MP and State BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel and district in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojari inaugurated the bridge in the presence of Mangaluru City North MLA Y. Bharath Shetty and others.

The bridge has come as a breather to thousands of travellers between Mangaluru-Moodbidri-Karkala on the busy NH. The age-old steel bridge had become dilapidated and was a cause for concern for road users. The highway is also under the process of getting widened to four lanes.

The bridge was constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 30 crore by contractor Sudhakar Shetty of Mugrodi Construction. Work started in February last and the contractor had time till February next.

While the two-lane carriageway is 16 metres wide, the bridge has 2.5-metre-wide pedestrian paths on both the sides. New approach roads of 500 metres each were also part of the project.