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Leaders across party lines come together to fight communalism

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August 22, 2012

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Mangalore, August 22: In order to carry out a combined fight against the Sangh Parivar in the backdrop of Morning Mist Homestay attacks, leaders cutting across party lines have come together under the banner of 'Karavali Souharda Sangharsha Samithi'.

Addressing media persons at a press meet in Mangalore on Wednesday, B Ramanath Rai, President, District Congress, who has been chosen as the President of the Committee, said that the platform is apolitical and aims at bringing back peace in the coastal region. The Committee is not confined to homestay attacks alone and will oppose any untoward incident on communal lines by any group in the future, he said.

B Madhava, District Secretary, CPI(M), and Chief Secretary of the Committee, said that a special legal cell has been formed by the Committee consisting of Yashwanth Maroli, T C M Sharif, B Ibrahim, Ivan D'Souza, and Satish Kumar Bantwal, to take up matters of moral policing and communal disharmony in the region legally. Attempts to create awareness among people against communal forces would also be made by the Committee he said.

M G Hegde, JDS leader and member of the Committee said that Mangalore's image has taken a beating in sectors such as finance, education and tourism greatly because of the incident. The Committee has been formed with an aim to provide a permanent platform to oppose and check communal disturbances in the region, he said.

Responding to a query on why no members from the BJP have been included in the committee, Mr. Hegde said: “We have neither approached BJP, nor have we included KFD”.

M B Sadashiva, JDS leader, also expressed concerns over the communalization of coastal region and said that the true culture of the peaceful Dakshina Kannada is in danger.

As part of its anti-homestay attack campaign, the Committee will hold a protest rally on September 4 in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office at 11 am.

Amarnath Shetty, former minister, Ivan D'Souza, K R Shriyan, M B Sadashiva, and P Sanjeeva have been named Vice Presidents of the Committee. PV Mohan, Shashiraj Shetty, H V Rao, Rita Noronha, Chandrakala Nadavara and Sushil Noronha have been named Secretaries. K Yadav Shetty has been chosen as the Treasurer.


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July 31,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 31: Muslims across coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada today observed Eid al Adha following the safety guidelines issued by the government amidst covid-19 pandemic. 

While coastal Karnataka is celebrating the festival of sacrifice today, it will be observed in other parts of Karnataka and country tomorrow. 

Congregational Eid prayers were held in many mosques while ensuring physical distancing norms. Only 50 devotees were allowed in mosques. Children below 10 years of age and elders above 60 years of age weren’t allowed. 

Eidgahs in the region wore a deserted look as the government has temporarily prohibited prayers in the open grounds. The Eidgah at Lighthouse Hill in Mangaluru, which usually witnessed huge crowd during Eid celebrations, was also closed this time. 

As expected, the celebration this time was a low key thanks to the restrictions placed in tune with the threat of coronavirus infection.

Prayers were held in Kudroli’s Nadupalli and Bundar’s Zeenat Bakhsh Central mosque. All those who entered mosque were wearing masks. 

In Udupi city, Eid prayers were held at Jamia Masjid and other mosques with limited number of devotees. In Bhatkal took some of the mosques hosted Eid prayers with all precautionary measures.

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April 25,2020

Udupi, Apr 25: Senior RSS leader H Somashekhar Bhatt received a call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday enquiring about his health.

Bhatt got emotional hearing the Prime Minister's voice at the other end, family sources said.

The Prime Minister called at 8.30 AM and began the conversation with 'Somashekharji' and spoke for about six minutes.

The 85-year-old veteran recalled how the Jana Sangh came to power in Udupi municipality under the leadership of V S Acharya in 1968 and about his association with the Sangh Parivar through the decades and his imprisonment during the Emergency.

Bhatt, former Udupi municipality president, later said it was a rare honour for him.

"I am very glad that PM Modi called and spoke to me. I shared the experience of meeting him at the Jaipur session.

Asked to take care of health and expressed concern," he said.

The Prime Minister has been calling senior functionaries of the party who worked for the Sangh Parivar in the time of adversities to build up the BJP in its present form and seeking advice from them.

He had also called in recent days former MLA Ram Bhat who was elected from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada and D H Shankar Murthy, who was former chairman of the state legislative council, BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel tweeted.

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March 5,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 5: As many as 29 police officers and personnel were examined by Udupi Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesha, head of the magisterial enquiry into the police firing in the city in December 2019 which killed two anti- Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protesters.

A total of 176 police personnel have been directed to present their evidence before the magistrate for the enquiry.

ACPs K U Belliappa and Kodandarama presented his evidence on Wednesday, while ACP (central sub division) M Jagdish and ACP (traffic) M Manjunatha Shetty submitted their evidencein writing.

The next hearing is slated to be held on March 9 when statements of 41 officers including DCP (law and order) Arunangshu Giri will be recorded.

City police commissioner P S Harsha has been asked to submit his evidence on March 12, Jagadeesha said.

The enquiry report is to be submitted to the government on March 23.

Jagadeesha said he will seek an extension in the case of any delay in the recording of evidences.

Two people - Nausheen and Jaleel - were killed in the firing on December 19, 2019 during the protests here against the CAA.

The Karnataka government had decided to hold a CID probe and a magisterial enquiry into the incident.

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