Salumarada Thimakka conferred with Dr Shivaram Karanth Huttura award

October 13, 2011

Kota, October 13: Noted environmentalist Salumarada Thimakka was on Wednesday conferred with prestigious 'Dr Shivaram Karanth Huttura award' for her service.

The programme was organised by Kotathattu Gram Panchayat at Sri Shambhavi Vidyadayini School, Giliyaru near here.

Conferring the award, Minister for Rural Development Jagdish Shettar said that the award is first of its kind that is given away by a Gram Panchayath across the state.

Administrative decentralisation proves to be significant only when the bodies of the three tier local governance are strengthened. Zilla Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat and Gram Panchayat should be given additional powers. The recommendations made by the III Finance Commission should be implemented. The fund allocations for Gram Panchayat should be based on the population. However, the financial support by the government for both Taluk Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat is hiked to Rs one crore. The sanctioned fund should be utilised effectively, he added.

He also said there is a need to study the ideologies of late litterateur Jnanpith awardee Dr Shivram Karanth with a broader approach. His works inspired by his multi-faceted personality need to be studied in depth.

Speaking after inaugurating Karanth Kalabhavan, Higher Education Minister Dr V S Acharya said the Karanth Kalabhavan is constructed at the cost of Rs 2 crore.

He said Udupi district administration will be directed to take up recreational activities at the Kalabhavan. A full-fledged library will be opened besides an Anganavadi.

Awareness programmes on various issues will be held. The Karantha Kalagrama at Manipal will be completed shortly and all necessary art related activities will be introduced for children, he added.

Salumarada Thimakka said that she is really ignorant about the greatness of the legendry litterateur. However, she is aware that he was also an environmentalist who struggled for the cause of environment like her. She said she is happy with the award and the felicitation ceremony. The statue of Dr Shivram Karanth was unveiled by III Finance Commission Implementation Task Force Committee Chairman A G Kodgi.

Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda who could not take part in the programme had sent a recorded speech and said that a hospital at Salumarada Thimmakka's village at Mavudi near Bangalore will be sanctioned at the earliest. She will be given a house by the government and free medical facilities. A sum of Rs 5 lakh will be deposited in her name.

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Bengaluru: Man kills porcupine, makes video; held

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March 2,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 2: Killing an Indian porcupine and inviting his TikTok followers to view it proved costly for a 25-year-old man from Kalaburagi. Forest department officials tracked him down and arrested him on Sunday morning.

Manjunath Biryalhissa, a resident of Jewargi taluk, was famous for his various TikTok videos and for lifting heavy stones in his village and neighbouring areas.

According to forest officials, on Friday, Manjunath and his friends caught a porcupine in Sindagi range, Vijayapura and stoned it to death. Later, they fried and cooked it. Manjunath then made an 18-second video, where he spoke about the porcupine hunt and slaughter, besides inviting his followers to like the video and join him in the feast.

The video was on TikTok and Facebook. Wildlife activists who found the video alerted forest department officials.

“Porcupine comes under schedule four of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Keeping this video as evidence we were able to trace him through his Facebook account, where he had shared details of his hometown,” said forest officials.

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DKS plans political ‘ghar wapsi’ to bring leaders back to Congress

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June 5,2020

Bengaluru, June 5: Under the leadership of trouble-shooter D K Shivakumar, the Karnataka Congress is planning a political ‘ghar wapsi’ to bring back leaders who quit the party and also rope in those from other parties.

Shivakumar, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president, has constituted a 12-member committee headed by former minister Allum Veerabhadrappa to liaise to anchor this effort to bring back people into the party fold.

The committee comprises of former legislators B A Hasanabba, Ajaykumar Sarnaik, Abhaychandra Jain, Satish Sail, Prafulla Madhukar, former MPs R Dhruvanarayan and BN Chandrappa, MLA V Muniyappa, former mayor Sampath Raj, Mahila Congress leader Kripa Alva and former KPCC general secretary V Y Ghorpade.

This move comes more than a year after over a dozen Congress MLAs defected and joined the BJP, leading to the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government. Also, several influential leaders quit the party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections last year.

The constitution of this committee also coincides with disgruntlement brewing within the ruling BJP.

“Many people who left the party and others have applied (to join Congress). Many have met me also. I felt it wouldn't be right for me to make a decision. So, this committee has been constituted,” Shivakumar said. “They will process all applications and send it to the KPCC.”

According to Shivakumar, any person wanting to join the Congress should accept the party’s leadership and its ideology. “Importantly, they should be first accepted by the cadre. If there's no acceptance from the cadre, then what's the point?” he said.

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should not vote them even if they return to congress. They are backstabbers of voters.

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Section 144 near Karnataka Vidhana Soudha from March 2 ahead of Budget session

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February 29,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 28: Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao on Friday said that Section 144 will be imposed near Vidhana Soudha for Budget session starting from March 2.

"Section 144 of the CrPC (prohibits assembly of more than 4 people in an area) will be imposed in the area around Vidhana Soudha from March 2 to March 31 ahead of the Budget session,"Bhaskar Rao said.

The police said that they have intelligence inputs of protests near Vidhana Soudha.

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