Mangaluru: Activist Vidya Dinker bags Lawrence Pinto Human Rights Award

January 6, 2016

Mangaluru, Jan 6: Social activist Vidya Dinker, who spearheaded many struggles in coastal Karnataka, has been chosen for Lawrence Pinto Human Rights Award 2016.

vidyadinker The awards selection committee has unanimously selected 'firebrand human rights activist' Vidya Dinker to receive the award, noted Eric Ozario, secretary of the organization in an official statement on Wednesday.

The organization has considered Vidya's selfless fight for people's rights for the past many years, for taking on the might of the state against the displacement of locals, especially the poor in the SEZ project, her fight for ecology and in defense of hapless trees being felled in the name of development and progress, for standing up bravely against 'the terrorism of the saffron brigade', and doing all this, almost single handedly, in selecting her for the award, Eric said.

Lawrence Pinto, in whose name the award is instituted, lived all his life in the service of the working class and the downtrodden, and 'Friends of Lawry' instituted the award to perpetuate his memory.

Vidya will receive the award at a function to be held at Kalaangann, Shaktinagar here on January 24 and M I Savadatti, former vice-chancellor, Mangalore University will present the award.

The award announcement comes a few days after she was threatened with rape and murder by dozens of online abusers after she took on saffron fringe groups that tried to prevent screening of Shah Rukh Khan starrer Dilwale in Mangaluru.

Mangaluru-based rationalist Narendra Nayak, who travels across the country and abroad exposing 'miracles' and bringing awareness of the need to develop a scientific temper, was the first recipient of the award last year.

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This lady dearly wanted some Award.. you know why? she wanted to RETURN it for next intolerance incident..lol

welcome back naren after serving jail sentence in thailand jail... hope your bones are in good condition ,,,, kuch toota tho nahi hai na??????

First of all, Congrats to this courageous lady , my brother Mr.Kotian still not able to digest her great work, Mr.Kotian poisons words and thinking clearly proves his mentality,

Vidya....you deserve this award. We are with you....

Naren, don't criticise women...if you have guts stand for good deed...tell your bajrangy chelas shut-up...mind their own business...

Congrats Vidya Akka

Congratulations!

Well deserved and nice timing too!

Raise your voice against all wrong things. Congrats vidya

Brave lady.. Congrats

Congrats.. Keep on doing good things

Do you know any single good word naren.. You knew only one thing, ie blaming others.

Happy to hear that. Congrats vidya mam

She desrves. Congrats

Naren returns.. with his cheddi comments

Great.. congrats vidya

This woman reinvented herself by making cheap allegations against nationalist groups who protested against anti-national actor Shah Rukh Khan's film.

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Go for quarantine or face legal action under Epidemic Diseases Act: DK top cop

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May 15,2020

Mangaluru, May 15: Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police on Friday warned those who are opposing quarantine to either go for it or face legal action under Epidemic Diseases Act.

In a release here on Friday, Mr B M Laxmi Prasad said that schools and hostels have been identified for quarantining those who arrive from other states. Those, who return, will be quarantined in the respective Gram Panchayat/local bodies’ jurisdiction. The public should not panic over the quarantine facility.

The quarantine facility has been introduced in the interest of the general public. If anyone opposes or protests against such facility, then legal action will be initiated against them, he warned.

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Frustrated CA kills wife in Bengaluru, then flies Kolkata, kills mother-in-law, commits suicide

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June 23,2020

Bengaluru, June 23: A frustrated chartered accountant has committed suicide after killing his wife and mother-in-law in two different cities of India.

The murder-murder-suicide came amid acrimonious divorce proceedings that might have also involved a property dispute, police said.

Amit flew to Bengaluru last weekend to kill his estranged wife at her Whitefield residence before returning to Kolkata, where he shot dead his mother-in-law and then killed himself at an upscale residential complex in North Kolkata on Monday evening.

Amit and his wife Shilpi Agarwal, who is also a CA, had been living separately since last the two years after their marriage turned sour.

Amit took his 10-year-old son from Bengaluru with him on Monday and dropped him at his uncle’s house before heading to his in-laws’ place Phoolbagan, police said.

Neighbours told cops they heard arguments “appeared to be” over some property documents that Amit wanted his in-laws — 70-year-old Subhas and 62-year-old Lalita Dhandhania — to sign.

The first gunshot was heard a little before 6.30pm, following which Subhas ran out of his flat, bolted the door from outside and took refuge inside his next-door neighbour’s apartment. Police arrived a few minutes later to find Amit and his mother-in-law dead. Police found a suicide note from the flat.

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