Suspected Bajarang Dal activists attack auto driver and his Dalit friend

February 6, 2011

Vittal, February 6: Two youth belonging to different faiths have been attacked by a group of six suspected activists of Bajarang Dal at Serkala near here in the night of Saturday, February 5.

The victims have been identified as Abdul Khader (22), an auto-rickshaw driver and his Dalit friend Yogish (19), a house driver- both residents of Salethur.

The incident occurred when Yogish was returning to a programme after dropping his three cousin sisters to their house in Khader's rickshaw in Serkala.

Background:

At around 10 pm on Saturday, when both the victims were together in a programme at Salethur, someone hired Khader's auto-rickshaw to Serkala to attend a Yakshagana programme.

Yogish too accompanied Khader to Serkala along with the passenger. Coincidentally, Yogish met his three cousin sisters, who were watching Yakshagana there. When they requested him to drop them to their house, Yogish asked Khader to start his rickshaw.

When Khader and Yogish were returning back to the programme after dropping the girls to their house, a group of miscreants stopped their vehicle and attacked them after abusing them, sources said.

According to Yogish, the reason for miscreants' anger was that he dropped his cousin sisters' to their house by an auto-rickshaw belonging to a Muslim man.

“There were six people and they were looking like goons of Bajaranga Dal. They beat me and Khader brutally. When, I tried to convince them that the girls were my cousin sisters and we dropped them to their house as per their request, they continued to assault us asking me why I hired a rickshaw belonging to a Muslim driver”, said an injured Yogish.

Khader, who identified five of the assailants as Karna, Sujeer, Suresh, Mahabala and Bhaskar, said when he requested the miscreants repeatedly not to assault but they turned more violent and damaged his vehicle also.

Khader has sustained injuries on his head and back. Both the victims have been admitted to Government Hospital in Vittal.

According to the sources, the assailants are planning to cover up the issue by pushing for a compromise formula with the victims.

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NITK-ISRO signs MoU for space research

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January 4,2020

Surathkal, Jan 4: The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have signed agreementsfor joint research and development of technology for application in space, a statement said here on Friday.

As part of the agreement, which was signed by P Venkatakrishnan, Director of ISRO CBPO Division and Prof Umamaheswar Rao, Director, NITK, ISRO will establish the Regional Academic Center for Space (RACS) at NITK.

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DVS urges MEA to add more flights from Gulf to Mangaluru, Bengaluru in existing schedule

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May 25,2020

Mangaluru, May 25: D V Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister for Chemical and Fertilizer, has once again written to the Ministry of External Affairs urging to take steps to operate more repatriation flights from Gulf countries to Karnataka.

In his second letter in 10 days addressed to Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Union Minister for External Affairs, expressed regret over not giving due priority for the repatriation of Kannadigas in the middle east during the extended second phase of Vande Bharat Mission.

"I shall be grateful if you could personally intervene and instuct the concerned in arranging flights to Mangaluru and Bengaluru from Gulf countries in existing schedule itself," Mr Gowda urged Mr Jayashankar.

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Long awaited Pumpwell Flyover inaugurated, finally!

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January 31,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 31: The Pumpwell flyover, part of the four-laning of Talapady-Kundapura stretch of National Highway 66, was finally inaugurated today.

Work on four-laning NH 66 between Talapady-Kundapur, excluding the Nanthoor-NITK Surathkal stretch, started in September 2010 and Pumpwell (Mahaveera Circle) flyover was a part of the project. Concessionnaire M/s Navayuga Udupi Tollway Pvt., Ltd., failed to execute many flyovers on the stretch within the prescribed time, including Thokkottu and Pumpwell in Mangaluru, Karavali Circle in Udupi, and Shasri Circle in Kundapur.

Thokkottu and Karavali Circle flyovers are complete now while Shastri Circle flyover as well as the four-lane road within Kundapur town are still incomplete. Similarly, a small bridge and portion of the road in Padubidri too is yet to be completed.

District in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Pojjary and MP Nalin Kumar Kateel inaugurated the long-pending Flyover

MLA Vedavayas Kamath, MLA Bharath Shetty were also present on the occasion.