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Corruption can't be fought through weaker laws: Kiran Bedi

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February 16, 2011

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Mangalore, February 16: Advocating stringent provisions in the Lokpal Bill, the first woman IPS officer Dr Kiran Bedi on Wednesday said corruption can't be dealt with weak and defective laws.


She was speaking as the chief guest at the valedictory function of an inter-collegiate State-level Management Fest 'Memorabilia 2011' organised by Mangalore Business School at TMA Pai Convention Centre here.


Launching a movement “Mangaloreans Against Corruption (MAC)” Kiran Bedi said, there is a need for stringent Lokpal Bill to create a sense of fear among corrupt people.


Every citizen should be aware of the fact that India is losing 60 billion dollars annually due to corruption, and out of 100 rupees only 16 rupees gets utilised for the public, she said.

“Corruption was on the rise as there was neither fear nor tough punishment for those indulging in it,” Bedi said and pointed out loopholes in the present set of laws.


The Lokpal Bill drafted by the union government must be modified as per the Jan Lokpal Bill prepared by civil society groups, she said adding that the Bill has been drafted by herself, Justice Santosh Hegde, advocate Prashant Bhushan, J M Lyngdoh, Anna Hazare, Swami Agnivesh, Sri Sri Ravishankar Guruji, Baba Ramdev and others.

She called upon the students to gain knowledge about the rights and show their love and respect towards the country through activism.


Secrets and theories of success lie in four D's and three M's i.e. Desire, Discipline, Dedication and Dream. Three M's are Mastery, Member of a community and Meaning in life. She said, “Be a Master at what you are doing, cultivate the excellence, whichever subject you wish to pursue or whatever you do in life, attain mastery on it; Be a member of the community- live an unselfish life and learn to give, be responsible and contribute something of value. Find meaning in life-live with a sense of higher purpose, find out and pursue the higher purpose behind attaining this mastery and membership, and true meaning of your existence”


Tallam Venkatesh, Treasurer, Karnataka State Cricket Association and former President of Federation of Karnataka State Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Laxmi Narayana, Group General Manager, ONGC-MRPL also spoke.


 Dr Kiran Bedi also gave away the prizes for the winning students in various competitions held in the fest. At PG level St Aloysius College emerged as overall championship while SDM College of Business Management bagged the championship in UG level.

Dr Kripa Amar Alva, Chairperson of B Amar Alva Trust and Mangalore Business School welcomed the gathering.


Shwetha Pai, Principal of the Mangalore Business School proposed the vote of thanks.

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August 7,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 7: Following the incessant rain for last few days and subsequent landslides reported at various places along Charmadi Ghat, the movement of vehicles been banned for two days. 

Charmadi Ghat road connects Dakshina Kannada and Chikkamagaluru districts on National Highway-73. The fresh landslides caused cracks on the road and uprooted many trees. 
Officials have closed Charmadi as well as Kottigehara check posts as a precautionary measure.

Belthangady tahsildar Mahesh J confirmed that multiple landslides have hit Charmadi Ghat road.

"The road has been closed for vehicular movement as the officials are at the spot to clear landslide debris. As a precautionary measure, vehicular movement has been banned as there are chances of further landslides," he said.

Hundreds of commuters who were stuck on various stretches of the ghat following a landslide between Maleyamaruta and Alekan falls in Chikkamagaluru district have been rescued.

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All coronavirus positive workers were shifted to a COVID care centre while others were kept in isolation as per the guidelines.

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February 28,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 28: Historian S. Shettar, 85, breathed his last early on February 28 in Bengaluru. He was suffering from respiratory problems and was hospitalised for over a week.

Shettar was known for his multi-disciplinary work, encompassing linguistics, epigraphy, anthropology, the study of religions and art history. He had extensively worked on the Jain practice of ritual death in Karnataka and Asoka edicts. He had studied and compiled early edicts in Kannada and worked extensively on the growth of Kannada language down the ages.

Born in 1935 at Hampasagara, Ballari district, he went on to study at Cambridge University and started his career as a Professor of History at Karnatak University, Dharwad, his alma mater. He later headed the National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology in 1978 and Indian Council for Historical Research in 1996. He was also a visiting professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru.

He was a bilingual historian who wrote in English for most of his career, but started writing in Kannada in later years. In the last two decades, he developed a keen interest in linguistics and wrote multiple books on classical Kannada and Prakrit. His 2007 book “Shangam Tamilagam” is considered a seminal work in the study of the early period of Dravidian languages. It won him Bhasha Samman from Central Sahitya Akademi. He later wrote two works on Halegannada, classical Kannada. His most recent work was “Prakrita Jagadvalaya” in 2018.

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