Residents intensify protest against MSEZ mud

April 27, 2012

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Mangalore, April 27: Residents of Melukoppalu and Athrebail along with the activists of the Democratic Youth Federation of India, SFI and various other organisations staged a stir outside Deputy Commissioner's office, on Friday, opposing the move of Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ) of reclaiming river bank to lay corridor road.

Addressing the protesters DYFI District President Muneer Katipalla said that in the name of development, common man's right to life is being hijacked. Even the ecological system is being disturbed by the Corporates and at this juncture of time the District Administration should come into picture and try to keep the Corporates under control.

“Despite two notices served to the MSEZ by the Environment and Forest Ministry , the Company has not taken it seriously. District Administration too seems to be taking a soft stand on the Company,” he said adding that struggle will continue till the Company takes steps to clear off all the mud dumped in the area.

He hinted that since the local MLA and MP have distanced themselves from the protest, in future stir will be staged outside their residences.

Thinker T R Bhat said that Dakshina Kannada is heading on the way of Mumbai. “In 2005 Mumbai witness massive flood where several houses in Santacruz area were inundated.

It is said that encroachment of the water drains resulted in unprecedented floods,” he said.

DYFI District Secretary Dayananda Shetty said that District Administration is hand in gloves with the MSEZ and the two together are conning the people. “We will not let this happen. The Company will have to remove the mud dumped in the area and till then our protests will be consistent,” he said.Men, women, elderly along with little children took part in the protest seeking district administration to protect them from impending threat of artificial floods.

The protest started at 10.30 am and went on till 1.30 pm. The protesters later handed over a memorandum to the DC but on his absence the letter was handed over to Additional DC Dayananda.

The protesters, apart from demanding clearance of mud dumped on Gurupura river belt, said that the District Administration should come forth to take stock of the situation of the residents living at Melukoppa-Anthrebailu area. They said that the district administration should hold discussion with Company and the residents and strive to solve the problem.

Ramachandra Nakshathri, a saint from Harihwar took part in the protest. Hailing from Udupi, he had taken to sainthood after his marriage that lasted only for a month.

Nakshathri had completed his primary education in Surathkal and later on he moved on to Mumbai with his family. Dejected over failed marriage he decided to renounce the materialistic world and took Sanyas. Since last seven years he has been living in Haridhwar and since then he has been visiting various places in India. With a backpack, this 37-year old Sanyasi speaks Tulu, Kannada, Hindi and Marati fluently.

With lucid palmistry knowledge, he ekes out money for his travel through 'dakshina' for reading palms and predicting future.

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Several MLAs at Bengaluru resort were emotionally pressurised to leave Cong: Patwari

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March 13,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 13: Several ministers staying at the Bengaluru resort had been emotionally pressurised to leave the Congress party, said Congress leader Jitu Patwari on Thursday after he was rescued by party leader DK Shivakumar from getting arrested due to the scuffle that had broken out at Embassy Boulevard here.

"We had received information that one of the MLAs, Manoj Chaudhary, staying at the Boulevard wanted his father to bring him back home," Patwari told reporters.

He said, "We had accompanied Manoj's father to the resort but the moment we entered the restaurant at the resort, some miscreants took away Manoj to some other unknown place," Patwari told reporters.

"Meanwhile, we (Lakhan Singh and Jitu Patwari) were manhandled and taken to the police station," he added.

Patwari said that the police had started the process of arresting them but Shivakumar came to their rescue and stopped their arrest.

He further said, "The police manhandled us even though we tried to talk to them in a very calm manner."

"If the MLAs giving resignation was their decision then why is the BJP not allowing them to contact their families," the MP said.

He further said that Jyotiraditya Scindia would soon become a minister but "why are the other ministers being made scapegoats."

Earlier in the day, a Congress leader in Madhya Pradesh had said that if action on the assaulters of its two leaders is not taken then the matter will be taken to the court.

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No doubt, desh drohi criminal rss goons might threaten to kill their beloveds aor they may be kdnapped to go against present ruling party. Public must stand up and oppose such authority and rss police group.

Indians never lose faith on constitution but unite and kick out the person who misusing the costitituion. For expample recent transfer of Delhi High Court Judge by rss backing shah sponsored groups .

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Kasaragod becomes covid-19 free district as the last of 178 patients tests negative

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May 10,2020

Kanhangad, May 10: Kasaragod district has become free from COVID-19 on Sunday.

The last remaining patient has been tested negative for coronavirus, said district medical officer Dr. A. V. Ramdas.

He added that the officials are proud to have been able to cure all 178 COVID-19 patients in the district.

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Karnataka drops chapter on Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from Class 7 textbook

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: After the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) reduced the syllabi for Classes 9 to 12 due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Karnataka government has followed the suit. The Department of Public Instruction has omitted the chapters on legendary south Indian rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from the textbooks of Class 7 in their attempt to reduce syllabus for state board schools by 30 per cent.

The department, however, has decided to retain similar chapters on Tipu Sultan in 6th and 10th Classes, though the syllabus in text books for all classes from 1 to 10th has been trimmed.

The trimmed textbooks uploaded on the website of the Department of State Education Research and Training (DSERT) by Karnataka state Textbook Society revealed removal of chapters on Tipu Sultan for the seventh grade.

Justifying the decision, officials said, "students study similar chapters in Class 6 and more in the 10th grade." Yet another senior official from the Text Book Society said, "Trimming does not mean we have removed half of the syllabus from textbooks. It is only keeping in mind the repetition we have condensed the chapters. In case students study about a particular dynasty in higher grades, then the same had been removed from lower grades."

A few months ago, there was an uproar over dropping of content on Tipu Sultan and MLAs from the ruling BJP also demanded the same and petitioned to the Chief Minister. Even an expert committee led by Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa suggested to not drop any content on the historic figure. However, the department still decided to drop lessons from one of the classes while keeping the syllabus short for the next 120 active academic days.

Earlier this month, a controversy had erupted over the CBSE's decision to omit topics like federalism, secularism, citizenship, etc while reducing the syllabus for Classes 9 to 12. The education board had issued a detailed clarification later, stating that topics claimed to be dropped "are either being covered by the rationalised syllabus or in the Alternative Academic Calendar of NCERT".

"The rationalisation of syllabus up to 30 per cent has been undertaken by the Board for nearly 190 subjects of class 9 to 12 for the academic session 2020-21 as a one-time measure only. The objective is to reduce the exam stress of students due to the prevailing health emergency situation and prevent learning gaps," it said.

Last week, the Congress in Uttar Pradesh expressed its concern over 'deliberate and systematic' deletions of chapters related to the freedom struggle and the party's role in it from the Class 10-12 syllabi of the Secondary Education Board.

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