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Witness 'tutored' in Ishrat files case

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June 17, 2016

New Delhi, Jun 17: A fresh controversy erupted in the Ishrat Jehan case on Thursday. It is claimed that a senior Ministry of Home Affairs official, probing the missing files on Ishrat, had tutored a key witness about the questions likely to be asked.

IshratWhile Home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi "hotly denied" the incident, the Congress seized the opportunity to target the NDA government and demanded that the Supreme Court take suo motu action in the case.

Trouble started when a national daily published a report saying MHA additional secretary B K Prakash, who was conducting the probe, had told former ministry official Ashok Kumar about questions he would be asked.

Prakash also asked Kumar, presently joint secretary (Parliament, Hindi Division), to say he had not seen the missing documents. The missing files related to the Ishrat Jehan fake encounter case had triggered a political storm earlier, with the government accusing the then Home minister P Chidambaram of changing an affidavit submitted in the Supreme Court. The files related to the change in stand were missing, according to the government.

Following this, Home Minister Rajnath Singh had ordered a single-member panel?to look into the missing files and Prakash had summoned eight officers from the Internal Security Division. On Wednesday, he submitted a report, saying some files are still missing.

Prakash said there was no evidence to establish that the officer (Kumar) testified to being tutored'. “I have conducted a free and fair inquiry, and my report will reveal this," he said.

In a statement, Chidambaram accused the Centre of creating a "fake controversy" over two affidavits filed in the Ishrat case and preparing a "doctored" report on the missing files.

“The moral of the story is that even a doctored report cannot hide the truth,” he claimed, adding, “The issue is whether Ishrat and three others were killed in a genuine or fake encounter in 2004. Only the trial, pending since July 2013, will reveal the truth.”

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satyameva jayate
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Saturday, 18 Jun 2016

A case related with Gujarat Govt.....either will be waved off.....or will never end.........

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July 21,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 20: The Karnataka Congress on Monday slammed the State government's decision to distribute beds used by COVID-19 patients to Government-run hostels and called it as a "ridiculous" decision.

"It's ridiculous that the Govt plans to distribute beds used by COVID patients to Govt run hostels," read a tweet from the Karnataka Congress president DK Shivkumar.

He further said that the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa should give these beds to his ministers, MLAs and officials.

He further went on to urge parents and students to speak "against this move" by the State government.

"Let CM @BSYBJP give these beds to his Ministers, MLAs & Officials! We are launching a movement against this Govt & appeal to parents, students & youths to speak against this move," Shivkumar's tweet read further.

Along with the tweet he also shared a video as well.

Karnataka reported 3,648 COVID-19 cases and 72 deaths on Monday, taking active cases to 42,216 and death toll to 1,403. Bengaluru recorded the highest number of cases and deaths today at 1,452 & 31, respectively, said the State Health Department.

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April 19,2020

Belagavi, Apr 19: Veteran writer and Translator Chandrakanth Kusnoor passed away in his house on Sunday due to age-related disease.

He was 90.

He was survived by wife, four sons and one daughter.

According to family sources, the last rites were held in the wee hours of Sunday.

Mr Kushnoor, a multi-faceted personality, maybe the one of the few who had won the Karnataka Nataka Academy, Karnataka Lalitha Kala Academy and Karnataka Sahitya Academy awards for his works as writer, translator, novelist, poet, playwright, painter, art critic and institution builder.

He had translated many books from Kannada (late U R Ananthmurthy and Srikrishna Alanahalli) into Hindi, and other books into Marathi and Urdu.

He was among the pioneering abstract writers in Kannada. His plays like Dindi, Vidushaka, Ratto Ratto Rayara Magale and Ani Bantu Ondu Ani, were widely performed.

His biographical novel Gohar Jan chronicles the growth of professional theatre music tradition.

He had converted his home in Channamma Nagar into a mini art gallery and used to paint till recently. He hailed from Kalaburagi where he worked as a college professor for some years. He had settled in Belagavi after his retirement as the Deputy Director of Kannada and culture.

He had won the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: BJP leader CP Yogeshwar has slammed Yediyurappa supporters and said the JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy is supporting BJP.

Speaking to the reporters, Yogeshwar said, "Congress president DK Shivakumar and Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former CM HD Kumaraswamy, both are Yediyurappa supporters."

"His words seem to support the BJP. All that Kumaraswamy had said, during our government's rule, are happening including the officers they mentioned are being transferred. He has come forward to support BJP from the back door," Yogeshwar.

While reacting to allegations made by CP Yogeshwar, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president DK Shivakumar has said that earlier Yogeshwar requested for State Legislative Council (MLC) member ticket and now such people are blaming me without any evidence. This shows his dishonesty to his party and the kind of person he is." 

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