DSS sets 15-day deadline to arrest culprits in tax driver murder

September 23, 2011

Mangalore, September 23: Hundreds of people under the banner of Karnataka Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (Krishnappa) on Friday staged a demonstration in the city demanding the immediate arrest of those behind the killings of city based taxi driver Govardhana.

The protesters, who took out a rally from Jyothi Circle, gathered in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner raising slogans against the failure of cops in solving the murder case.

The protesters set a 15 day deadline for the police to arrest the culprits. They also demanded the government to provide a government job to one of the family members of the victim.

Addressing the protesters DSS State Secretary Satya Bhadravati said that the unsolved case of a Dalit driver is another example for the failure of policing in coastal Karnataka.

Reminding that the incident has taken place in the home district of Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, he said his group would not allow the CM to participate in any programme, if he continued to ignore this brutal murder.

“If the police failed solve this case within 15 days, the DSS will stage a broom showing protest at the office of the Commissioner of Police”, he warned and added that state level office bearers will decide on future course of the struggle in a meeting to be held on October 8 in the city.

DSS state organising convenor M Devadas, divisional convenor Shekhar Hejamady, state committee member Shrinivas, Corporators Shashidhar Hegde, Harinath, Amithakala, Congress leaders Ivan D'Souza, Suresh Ballal and Christian leader Dennis D'Silva were present among the protesters.

Govardhan, son of S Narayan, a resident of Bejai Kapikad and a taxi owner-cum-driver by profession, vanished after he dropped four strangers, who hired his car to Karkala on the night of August 25.

It is said that four strangers had hired Govardhan's car from KSRTC bus stand in the city to reach Karkala. At around 7: 15 pm the strangers had approached Govardhan saying that their car had developed snags in Karkala and they wanted to bring it back. At around 9:30 pm Govardhan had called his family and informed that he was in Karkala and would be returning soon.

When Govardhan did not return home till next day morning his family members tried contact him over phone. However both of his cells were switched off. Later they lodged a complaint with Urwa police station.

Govardhana's car was traced near Padubidri very next day. His body was found on Belman-Mundkur Road on August 29.

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Coronavirus created to scare us, create tensions on border: Suresh Angadi

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June 25,2020

Belagavi, Jun 25: Union Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi on Wednesday said that coronavirus was created to "scare us" and to create tensions on the border, in an apparent reference to China.

He said that everyone should learn to live with the virus and follow all norms needed to combat the disease.

"We all know who created the coronavirus. It was created to scare us and to create tensions on the border, we know who did it. We have to learn to live with the coronavirus. We do not need to be scared of it. We must maintain social distancing and follow all the sanitation norms," Angadi told reporters here.

Karnataka on Wednesday reported 397 new COVID-19 positive cases, taking the total count in the state to 10,118.

According to the state health department, the state's death toll has reached 164 after 14 fatalities were reported. As many as 6,151 people have been discharged so far.

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Man arrested under Wildlife Protection Act for biting snake to death in Karnataka

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May 7,2020

Kolar, May 7: A 38-year-old man has been arrested for biting a snake and peeling off its skin at Mustur village in Kolar district of Karnataka.

Mulbagal range forest officer KN Ravikeerthi said forest officials nabbed Kumar, a construction worker, at Mustur on Wednesday and booked him under the Wildlife Protection Act. He was under the influence of alcohol.

Ravikeerthi said Kumar's offence is non-bailable and attracts a jail term of up to three years. The remains of the snake were collected and sent to a lab to ascertain its species. Forest officials said the snake Kumar bit was not a viper as was reported earlier but a rat snake.

On Tuesday, Kumar was riding back home after buying liquor when the snake ca me under his bike's wheels. He tossed the injured snake around his neck, bit it and peeled off its skin. Kumar said the snake had troubled him in the past.

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Siddi community gets its first lawmaker in Karnataka

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July 23,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 23: The Siddi community in Karnataka got its first lawmaker as Governor Vajubhai Vala nominated five persons, including Shantharama Budna Siddi, to the Karnataka Legislative Council on Wednesday.

Shantharama Siddi had been working as a social worker and was a post holder at the Vanavasi Kalyan Prakalpa, a tribal welfare initiative of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

The Siddis, an ethnic group in India, are said to have descended from the people of the East African region. They are included in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Karnataka.

Apart from the Shantharama, the inclusion of CP Yogishwar, who had left Congress to join BJP in 2017 but failed to retain his seat in the 2018 Assembly polls, is also considered as a big decision.

Adagur H Vishwanath, another former JDS leader, who had quit his party and joined BJP but failed to retain his seat has also caught the attention of the people.

Further, Governor Vala has nominated Talwar Sabanna and Bharathi Shetty to the Upper House in the state.

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