SC/ST work progress review meeting dithered

August 24, 2011

Mangalore, August 24: The progress review meeting of development works under schemes meant for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Mangalore taluk was postponed for the second time in a row due to an uproar caused by the delay of officials at the Mangalore Panchayat Hall here on Wednesday.

Monthly developmental review meet was also postponed last month making this the second consecutive deferment of the meeting.

Representatives of SC/ST community had gathered in numbers but were saddened by the delay and absence of officials. Assistant Commissioner of Mangalore Sub Division, the president of the Taluk level committee, officials from the police department were absent. Irritated by the unexplained absence of officials the SC/ST representatives boycotted the meeting raising slogans against “irresponsible officials”.

Manjunath, Tahsildar of Mangalore arrived 45 after minutes and tried to console the members of SC/ST community. “We are not dogs to run behind officials”, was a reply he got from the group.

When questioned by the journalists about his delay to attend the meeting Mr Manjunath said it was due to “prior commitments”. He also claimed that the delay was not his mistake.

The members of SC/ST community in conversation with the journalists said that there was no point in organising a meeting if the concerned officials were not present.

One Manjunath, who was among the 26 families displaced for having a house near the railway track recently, had attended the meeting requesting that the make-shift facilities allotted to them near Mudipu has to be vacated as they are supposed to live there for only a month.

“There are around 250 people living in the region and we don't know where to go”, he said.

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Women’s satyagrah, human chain mark Martyrs’ Day in Mangaluru

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January 30,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 30: A day-long ‘satyagrah’ by women followed by formation of human chain marked the Martyrs’ Day, the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, in Mangaluru.

The organisers were ‘We, the People of India’, whose sole intention was to safeguard constitution of India and raise voice against those to attack the constitution.

Amidst nationwide agitation by ‘We, the People of India’ against contentious CAA, NRC, the women of Manglauru have decided to hold satyagrah and form a human chain in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner in the heart of the city on January 30.

The Satyagrah commenced at 10 a.m. At 4:30 p.m. a human chain will be formed. At 5.17p.m. when the father of the nation was gunned down 72 years ago during his evening prayer at Birla House by Godse, the demonstrators raised the slogan of unity to defeat the ideology of Godse.

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A Salute to all these Magalorean courageous women's unity and patriotism.

Long Live India Jai Hind!

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Priest from Udupi kills self in Mumbai after learning about coronavirus lockdown extension

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April 15,2020

Mumbai, Apr 15: A 35-year-old man, who worked as a priest in suburban Kandivali, allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday afternoon, hours after learning that lockdown to contain coronavirus has been extended.

The deceased was identified as Krishna Pujari, native of Udupi in Karnataka, who was attached to Durga Mata temple in Iraniwadi area of Sanjay Nagar.

Pujari, who lived with three other priests, was waiting for the lockdown to end as he wanted to go back to his hometown, a police official said.

When he learnt that the lockdown has been extended till May 3, he was terribly depressed and allegedly hanged himself in kitchen, the official added.

No suicide note has been found, he said.

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397 new coronavirus cases in Karnataka, tally crosses 10,000

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June 24,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 24: Karnataka on Wednesday reported 397 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the total number of positive cases to 10,118.

According to the State Health Department, with 14 more deaths today, the state's toll has reached 164. While, 6,151 people have been discharged so far.

Hundred per cent of Community Health Centres, 50 per cent of Primary Health Centres and Urban Primary Health Centres will be converted as exclusive 'fever clinics' to screen fever cases for influenza-like illness (ILI)/severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), Karnataka Health Department said.

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