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Statewide boycott of courts: 5,000 lawyers stay away from work in DK

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March 5, 2012
Mangalore, March 5: Legal services across Karnataka including in the coastal city of Mangalore were affected on Monday as lawyers responded positively to the boycott call given by the Advocates Association of Bangalore.

The call for boycott of courts across state was given to protest alleged “police excesses” against some of its members at the civil court complex in Bangalore last week. An emergency meeting of AAB, convened to discuss the violent incidents and police action on Friday and also media reports against lawyers, blamed police “failure” for the ugly events that unfolded.

As part of a slew of counter-attack measures adopted by the advocates following the unsavoury attacks on the media and the police nearly 5,000-odd lawyers stayed away from court work in Dakshina Kannada district.

AAB president KN Subba Reddy said had the police initiated timely action, the attacks would not have occurred.

The state media has rejected the judicial probe into the attack as an "eyewash" and demanded that guilty advocates be brought to book immediately.

He said the meeting passed a resolution seeking the transfer of DGP and IGP Shankar Bidari and Bangalore city police commissioner BG Jyoti Prakash Mirji from their posts.

“We have also decided not to take up cases of media houses as they have portrayed lawyers badly”, Reddy said.

Reddy said the association suspected an outside hand in the attack on media persons and claimed he had information that some 100 black coats were purchased from the association by unidentified persons.

Police have arrested four advocates ans are looking for other suspects. A senior police officer, refusing to be identified, said the police were questioning several advocates but no fresh arrests were made.

The four arrested lawyers were remanded to judicial custody till 16 March by the sixth additional chief metropolitan magistrate Churi Khan on late Saturday night.

The arrests came after the media in the state rejected the judicial probe into the attack as an “eyewash” and demanded that guilty advocates be brought to book immediately.

Sixty-five persons, including 52 police personnel, were injured when lawyers went on a rampage protesting media presence at the hearing of former minister and mining baron Janardhan Reddy in a mining case in the civil court complex on Friday.

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January 1,2020

Mangalore, Jan 1: Under the aegis of the Dakshina Kannada District Jatyateeya Paksha Sanghatanegala Janti Vedik, Members of Congress, Communist Party of India, CPI (M), Janata Dal (Secular) and other secular organisations will stage a dharna on January 2 here demanding a judicial inquiry into the firing on December 19.

Talking to reporters on Tuesday evening, former Bantwal MLA B Ramanath Rai said the dharna will be held before the statue of B R Ambedkar, near the Town hall, from 1000 hrs to 1600 hrs.

Mr Rai said allegations are being made that the trouble in the city on December 19 was orchestrated by certain political parties and leaders. The city police are also being accused of acting under the influence of the ruling government in invoking prohibitory orders to quell the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and later firing at the protesters that led to two deaths.

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March 16,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 16: As a precaution against the spread of Covid-19, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on Monday decided to cut down its premium, non-AC sleeper, Rajahamsa and express bus services from Mangaluru to Bengaluru and Kasaragod following poor patronage.

The cut down in services is as per the direction of KSRTC's Central office that wants bus services to be operated on priority.

KSRTC Mangaluru Divisional Controller S N Arun said that the corporation has decided to cut down 40 trips to Bengaluru. Concerning Kasaragod, it has reduced the number of trips from 40 to 35. "These include a reduction in services to Mysuru and Dharmasthala also," he added.

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March 14,2020

Hyderabad, Mar 14: Telangana Public Health Director Dr Srinivas on Friday said that 34 people, who came in contact with the 76-year-old Karnataka man who died of coronavirus, have been identified in the state.

"So far, 34 people who came in contact with him have been traced and are kept under strict home isolation by the Telangana health authorities. As of now, all the contacts are stable and under active surveillance by the health teams of the Telangana government," Srinivas said.

He added that the rapid response team of the state is further searching for the persons who might have come in contact with the person who died of COVID-19.

"Telangana health authorities were alerted by the Karnataka government after the 76-year-old man's samples tested positive for coronavirus after his death. The man has visited two hospitals in Hyderabad before he died in Karnataka," Srinivas further said.

The Karnataka man, who had died a few days ago, was confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19.

Meanwhile, Telangana Health Minister's office said that the lone coronavirus patient from the state has recovered and is going to be discharged from the hospital soon.

The development comes after 82 confirmed cases of coronavirus and two deaths related to the lethal infection have been reported in the country.

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