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Thousands converge in Mangaluru demanding justice for Kavya

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August 9, 2017

Mangaluru, Aug 9: Several thousand people from across the district including students of various institutions on Wednesday staged a massive protest in the heart of the coastal city demanding justice for Kayva Poojary, the Class 10 student of Alva’s High School, who was found dead in her hostel room in Moodbidri last month.

More than three dozen organisations had extended support to today’s protest meet. The protesters took out a massive rally from Dr B R Ambedkar Circle before converging in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner.

Kavya's mother Baby Poojary, who was several times collapsed in the protest meet, exhorted all the people to join her fight to seek justice for her daughter. She alleged that the institution heads are trying to hush up the case. "Kavya is my daughter and at the same time, she is your sister. Support us in our fight for justice," she made an emotional appeal to the mammoth gathering.

Mayor Kavitha Sanil who took part in the protest rally, said she had come as a common citizen seeking justice to Kavya and not as the first citizen of the city. "During my visit to her (Kavya) house, I realised that Kavya's parents have several unanswered questions about her daughter's death. The investigating agencies need to find an answer to these questions," Kavitha said.

Requesting political parties not to interfere in the issue, she said: "This protest is a fight for justice. I am also a national sportsperson. I know that sportspersons are not weak-hearted to commit suicide. Only a thorough investigation will bring out the truth. I also support the demand for compensation to Kavya's family and I will do my best in this regard."

Dinakar Shetty, president, Justice for Kavya Forum, warned authorities not take the issue lightly. "There was a sea of change when the student community took to street after Nirbhaya incident in Delhi and it forced the government to amend the law. Kavya's case is as similar to Nirbhaya and that's the reason why students have come out on the streets," Shetty said.

He alleged there is a conspiracy behind Kavya's murder and it needs to be investigated. The police too are in favour of the management, he said, alleging police were trying to hide the facts of the case.

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Thursday, 10 Aug 2017

Thinking KAVYA is our own child, all communities regardless of race,caste, religion get united fight for the justice.

Culprits should be brought into justice.

 

God bless the departed soul.

 

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January 5,2020

Madikeri, Jan 5: Frequent attacks by Tigers on their cattle in South Kodagu region has left the dairy farmers a worried lot and causing concern for their life.

Several farmers have been rearing cows to supplement their income when low prices of pepper and coffee affect their earnings. At least 13 cows have fallen prey to Tigers in the months of November and December last year.

The Forest Department provides a compensation of Rs 10,000 if a cattle is killed by a tiger or in the attack. The compensation amount is meagre when it comes to the loss incurred by the farmers.

Though the Forest Department has submitted a proposal to increase the compensation amount to the government, no action has been initiated in this regard.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: The Karnataka government on Wednesday put on hold a controversial proposal to drop certain chapters, including on Islam, Christianity, Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali, from social science textbooks to reduce the 2020-21 syllabi for students in classes 1-10.

Citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption caused to the academic calendar of the year, the government had earlier dropped the chapter on Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali from the Class 7 social science textbook, saying chapters on Tipu Sultan have been retained in the Class 6 and 10 textbooks.

The move did not go down well with the opposition, which saw certain ulterior motives behind the decision.

Apparently under sharp criticism, the Department of Public Instruction issued a new notification on Wednesday "on the directions of the Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar".

There is a delay in opening the schools during the academic year 2020-21 due to COVID-19 pandemic, said the latest order.

In this context, the order said, chapters were dropped to fit in 120 days of the academic year for classes 1 to 10 and the same was published in the department's website.

"However, on the directions of the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, the decision to drop certain chapters has been put on hold. A review will be done following which the deleted chapters will be uploaded in the website," the order read.

Earlier in the day, Mr Kumar had issued a statement, saying that the decision to truncate the syllabus has not been finalised yet. He also made it clear that his department would not remove chapters unnecessarily.

Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah had attacked the government on the issue.

"The government, which has failed to control the spread of coronavirus, is using it as an opportunity to push its clandestine agenda of saffronising the textbooks," Siddaramaiah tweeted.

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January 24,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 24: Middle East based prestigious LuLu Group has come forward to invest $300 million in Karnataka in the retail, logistics and hospitality sectors.

As part of this, the first LuLu mall will commence operations in Bengaluru’s Rajajinagar area by August.

LuLu’s first mall in India, in Cochin, is seen as a huge success. It’s not clear how that mall is doing financially, but it became so popular that it had an adverse effect on almost every other mall in the city.

Lulu’s investment plan for Karnataka was communicated during a discussion between chief minister BS Yediyurappa and Yusuff Ali MA, chairman and managing director of Lulu Group, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The company will also set up two five-star hotels in Bengaluru through Twenty14 Holdings, its hospitality arm, and a modern logistics centre in the Uttara Kannada region.

Lulu Group’s retail initiative Tablez brought Toys `R’ Us, one of the world’s largest toy store chains, to Bengaluru in 2017. Started in the Phoenix Mall in Whitefield, it competes with Reliance-owned Hamleys.

Tablez has also brought in other international brands such as American ice cream parlour chain Cold Stone Creamery, South Africa based flame-grilled chicken concept Galito’s, and Tablez’ own brand Bloomsbury’s, a boutique cafe and bakery. It has also launched Spanish fashion brands Springfield and Women ’secret.

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