Riyadh: Indian Social Forum hosts ‘Karunada Sambhrama -2019’

Media Release
November 18, 2019

Riyadh: The Indian Social Forum Karnataka State Riyadh celebrated Kannada Rajyotsava with a Family get-together event ‘Karunada Sambhrama -2019’ at TaqatVue Resort, As-Sulay Riyadh Saudi Arabia on November 14th 2019.

Indian Social Forum Karnataka State Riyadh president Mr. Sabith Hasan presided over the event.

The event was inaugurated with EXPO-2019 which reflected the contribution of Intellectuals, Historic Places and Muslim Rulers Who Fought to free Indian and make it an independent Nation, Slides were also shown on how Fascism is growing in India and its solutions.

The stage program was commenced with Beautiful Qirat recitation by Master Hafiz Adil Hussain,

Mohammed Shareef, General Secretary Indian Social Forum, Riyadh Karnataka state welcomed the gathering and the guests.

Basheer Ingapuzha, Zonal President India Fraternity Forum Saudi Arabia inaugurated the stage program and said coming days in India would not be the same how it used to be in Past and Secular forces in India should be ready for the sacrifices and work towards upholding the diversity, he urged people of India to stay united and face the fascism.

Delivering the keynote speech Mr. Riyaz Farangipete, General secretary SDPI explained about the history and culture of Karnataka and told that the Karunada Sambhrama is a meaningful event.

He said that the essence of co-existence, historical importance, cultural diversity in Karnataka and India has been destroyed by politicians for their political cause which has created an atmosphere of fear and enemity in the society.

The state which has given 8 Jnyanapeeta awards today is being ruled by Anti- Karnataka people who do not endorse the Karnataka flag,he also stressed that the party which could not give a Mayor position of BBMP to a Kannadiga are ruling the state of Karnataka today.

He expressed concern about rising cultural, religious intolerance in India is increasing everyday where fascist forces are destabilizing the core essence of India and its diversity.

GDP level of nation is decreasing, further he said even after 73 years of independence, the common man and marginalized sections of society are still looking for the actual freedom which is freedom from fear, freedom hunger, education, shelter. He condemned revoking of article 370 / 35 (a) in Jammu Kashmir which has destroyed the life of people in J&K.

He explained the conspiracy behind the NRC and told how it is being systematically used to supress the marginalized and minorities of nation, he asked expat Indians to raise their voice against these anti-people policies and act a responsible citizen of India and join hands with Indian Social Form (ISF).

He said Acts Like UAPA, Agencies like NIA, ED are being used to target the people who are speaking against the government and fascist forces which should be opposed and condemned by all Indians.

He explained how the proposed NEP (National education policy), Citizenship amendment bill (CAP) and how it is dangerous for the nations diversity, expressing the concern over recent judgements of Supreme court, he condemned the Babri Masjid judgement and how the Disqualified MLA’s of Karnataka were permitted to contest in elections even after upholding the disqualification.

He also Quoted the statement of Rtd. Judge A.K Ganguly who expressed concerns over recent supreme court judgements and methodology of taking the decision.

He also expressed happiness over the performance of SDPI in recently conducted ULB elections in Karnataka and stressed that SDPI is a real alternative for the better of nation and to uphold the core values of India.

He asked secular ideological people should look forward to join civil services, Judiciary and administration, and contribute the cause of total empowerment and congratulated Indian Social Forum for their efforts in Nation Building and community welfare activities.

Mr. Ismail Yusuf, State President India Fraternity Forum Riyadh applauded Social forum their Social Service and assured that IFF would support all such community welfare activities of Social Forum.

Mr. Yusuf Wallan, President Hidaya Foundation Riyadh urged the expat organization to get united for common cause work with coordination, he also appreciated SDPI for their struggle and congratulated for the performance and said that the fascism will perish very soon.

Basheer Karanthur General Secretary Indian Social Forum Riyadh Central Committee, MohammdIrshad General Secretary Indian Social Forum Karnataka State Eastern Province, HaneefBasrur Social Worker Riyadh also spoke on this occasion.

Junaid President Malnad Gulf Association, SulaimanKatipalla Chairman Katipalla Muslim Youth Association, MustaqKasimi social worker, FazrulrrahmanKolkar Vice- President DKMO Riyadh, Abdul Salam Moulana President Khidma Foundation Riyadh, Shamsuddin President MCA were also present on this occasion.

Siraj Presented the vote of thanks, Thajuddin was Master of ceremony.

Cultural events like, Singing, Traditional Duff, Drama were also the center of attraction which won the hearts of people Gathered.

Various Sports and games like Cricket, Tug of war were conducted for men and children and games were conducted for ladies also.

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News Network
July 20,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 20: Karnataka on Monday reported 3,648 COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 67,420, informed the state health department.

According to a bulletin issued by the department, the state recorded 72 more deaths due to COVID-19 with the toll at 1,403 while six patients who tested positive for the infection have died due to non-COVID causes, as of Monday.

There are 42,216 active cases in the state.
As many as 730 patients were discharged today, taking the total discharged patients to 23,795.
Bengaluru recorded the highest number of cases and deaths today at 1,452 and 31, respectively, informed the state health department.

India's COVID-19 case tally crossed the 11-lakh mark with the highest single-day spike of 40,425 new cases and 681 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Monday.

The total cases in the country now stand at 1,118,043 while the death toll is 27,497.

The ministry said the total number of cases include 390,459 active cases and 700,087 cured/discharged/migrated.

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March 3,2020

Kalaburagi, Mar 3: Former Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday in a letter requested Karnataka Assembly Speaker Sri Vishveshvaraya Hegade Kageri that the restricted media coverage in Assembly Budget session was not the right thing and it will be danger of for healthy democracy.

The letter written by Mr. Kharge to the Karnataka Assembly speaker which available to the press said that the fourth pillar of democracy 'Media' ban from covering assembly proceedings was not a healthy move and requested to immediately withdraw the government order in this regards, he said.

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January 2,2020

Jan 2: A year after 12,000 acres of forests in Bandipur went up in smoke, the Karnataka Forest Department is gearing up for the summer even as the Forest Survey of India (FSI) has cautioned that 22.78 lakh acres (9,222 sq km) or about 20% of the green cover spread across three districts in the central part of the state is fire-prone.

The FSI studied forest fire incidents across the country between 2004-05 and 2017 before coming up with state-specific inputs.

According to the 13-year observation, Karnataka has 7,352 “fire points” or areas measuring 5 km X 5 km with frequent fire incidents.

Though the number is lower compared to states like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha with over 20,000 points, the sheer spread of the fire-prone area itself is a challenge for the Karnataka Forest Department.

According to data, about three lakh acres (1,199.9 sq km) of forest area is very highly fire prone with 26 to 52 fire incidents in 13 years. This is followed by 7.6 lakh acres (3,067 sq km) of “highly fire prone” areas with an average of one to two incidents every year.

Almost all of the “red alert” areas are concentrated in Uttara Kannada, Chikkmagaluru, Shivamogga and Chamarajanagar districts. As temperature rises at the end of January, so does the risk of forest fires, requiring officials to be on vigil till the end of summer.

After an investigation into the Bandipur blaze revealed that faulty fire lines and poor supervision were the reason for the spread of the fire, the department has come up with a multi-pronged approach to prevent similar incidents this year.

“After the Bandipur incident, we have created a fire cell and a standard operating procedure (SOP) which everyone has to follow. Firstly, a fire management plan is prepared and approved by a competent authority.

The SOP has well defined firelines which have to be executed by December-end and burning must be completed by January 15,”  Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Force) Punati Sridhar told DH.

He said that to ensure its strict implementation, GPS readings of firelines are to be submitted for random verification.

“All the required equipment from fire jackets to shoes, gloves, backpack sprayers and tractors mounted with 2,000-5,000 litre tanks with high pressure pumps will be deployed at vantage points,” he said.

In addition, the department’s fire cell works in collaboration with the Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre (KSRSAC) to give fire alerts within half and hour of an area catching fire and detected by satellites.

“Earlier, the gap used to be four hours by when the fire would have spread beyond control. Now, with reduced time gap, it would be easier to control fire early,” he added.

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