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Puttur court quasheshate speech' case against PFI leaders, Rajashekhar

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February 8, 2017

Mangaluru, Feb 8: In a relief to Popular Front of India leader Ilyas Mohammed Thumbay and four others, a local court in Puttur has quashed an eight year oldhate speech' case against them.

SDPIRAJ1The other four persons acquitted by the Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Puttur, are: writer and critic G Rajashekhar, Dalit leader Mahalinga, PFI leaders Abdul Latheef Puttur and Abdul Hameed Haji.

The case was registered in 2009 wherein the above five had been accused of promoting enmity between different communities of people.

The case was based on a complaint lodged by Rohitaksha, then Uppinangady unit president of Hindu Jagarana Vedike, at Uppinangady police station.

The complainant had accused them of delivering communally provocative speeches at a programme organised by PFI in Uppinangady in 2009. Mr Thumbay was then the Karnataka state president of PFI.

Ruling in favour of the speakers, the judge dismissed charges which alleged that their speeches offended certain communities.

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shaji
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Wednesday, 8 Feb 2017

Its unfortunate that innocent persons are being charged of hate speech whereas real hate mongers like prabhakar bhaat, purohit, Mutalik etc etc are let free by police to give any speech. No action is being taken against these hate speakers. Law enforcing authorities are soft for real hate speakers of sangh parivar and filing cases agaisnt common speakers of other orgaisation. .

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February 4,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 4: The CBI has booked Karnataka cadre senior IPS officers Hemant Nimbalkar and Ajay Hilori along with eight others in connection with Rs 4,000-crore I-Monetary Advisory (IMA) scam in which gullible investors were allegedly cheated in the name of Islamic banking, officials said on Tuesday.

The move came after the CBI received an approval from the Karnataka government to proceed with investigation into alleged role of 1998-batch IPS officer Nimbalkar and 2008-batch IPS officer Hilori, they said.

Along with the two officers, the agency has also named the company IMA, its founder Mansoor Khan and others in the case.

The CBI had approached the state government seeking permission to proceed against the two officers who are in senior positions in the Karnataka Police and allegedly helped IMA founder Masoor Khan, they said.

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June 6,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 6: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Saturday said hotels and restaurants would be allowed to re-open, but the precautionary measures laid down by the Centre against coronavirus were mandatory.

The Chief Minister on Friday held a meeting with the tourism and transport department, also stakeholders, regarding revival of tourism in the state.

Hotels associations and transport companies have said they would follow the guidelines issued by the government, an official press release said here.

The Karnataka government had said it would go by the Centre's direction on opening religious places of worship, shopping malls, hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services on June 8.

Buses, hotels and taxi owners association placed some demands at the meeting, the release said, adding that Yediyurappa informed them that he would examine their demands and take appropriate decisions.

The Chief Minister also released a handout regarding the guidelines that need to be followed as the tourism department is opening hotels, guest houses and tourist destinations.

Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, Tourism Minister C T Ravi and senior officials of the department participated in the meeting.

The government had, on Thursday, said safaris, trekking, jungle lodges and resorts in areas that fall outside the COVID-19 containment zones can re-open provided they adhere to social distancing, hygiene as issued by the governments.

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April 15,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 15: Karnataka government will explore Ayurveda for fighting the deadly COVID-19, Ayurveda practitioner Dr Giridhar Kaje said here on Wednesday.

After meeting the Chief Minister, Dr Kaje informed media that on a trial basis, ten Coronavirus patients will be administered Ayurvedic treatment in a designated hospital.

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has consulted senior doctors on the issue, he said.

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