22nd August 2010. Respected Yediyurappaji: Sub: Horrifying and Inhuman conditions at the Beggars Colony, Magadi Road, Bengaluru NEVER IN THE DARKEST DAYS OF NAZI GERMANY DID THE WORLD EXPERIENCE MORE HORRIFYING CONDITIONS AT THE DEATH CAMPS THAN WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN BANGALORE. The entire nation and for that matter, the whole world has been horrified [...]
The Hon’ble Mr. V.S. Acharya, Home Minister of Karnataka, Vidhana Soudha, BANGALORE. Hon’ble Home Minister, On 26th January 2010, I undertook the painful duty of recording that during the short tenure of under two years of the BJP Government in this State, that 500 attacks on the Christian community had taken place. The State Government [...]
State Human Rights Commission Chairman Justice SR Nayak has
informed that the Commission has written a letter to the state government questioning
why it had until now not made adequate rehabilitation arrangements for the over 63,020
families that had lost their houses and properties in the worst floods that hit north
Karnataka last year.
Karavali Ale Group Chief BV Seetaram and his wife Rohini S,
Managing Director of Chitra Publications Pvt Ltd, will be felicitated during the All
India Janavadi Mahila Sanghatane conference to be held in Bangalore from August 28
to 30. The theme of the conference is ‘For an oppression-free and self-reliant life
Former Dakshina Kannada SP Satish Kumar who was serving the
district when the church attacks took place, while deposing before the Justice BK
Somasekhara Commission probing into the church attack case has said “ It was true that
the Bhajrangdal had a role to play in the church attacks.”
Former minister and CM’s confidante Shobha Karandlaje who was
successful in persuading Yeddyurappa to announce pension scheme for the transgenders
just last week, has now been successful in getting the CM’s nod for the renovation of the
ancient Alasur Someshwara Temple in Bangalore.
State Governor Hamsaraj Bharadwaj has returned the file forwarded to
him by the state government with a proposal to release as many as 593 prisons who are
undergoing life imprisonment.
State Governor Hamsaraj Bharadwaj who has expressed his
displeasure over the state government proposal to release 593 prisoners undergoing life
imprisonment in various jails in the state, has sought a comprehensive report from the
DGP on every under trial whose name finds a mention in the list. The Governor’s order
has only made the Department of Prisons stand on its toes.
Transparency International (Karnataka Chapter) President and former
High Court judge Justice MF Saldanha who has objected to the state government’s
moves to release 594 prisoners lodged in various jails, even before they completed their
sentences, has written a letter to State Governor seeking a probe into the case. Justice
Saldanha in his letter has also suspected some foul play behind this.
SV Ranganath, Chief Secretary of the State Government has said that
the state government has ordered demolition of all places of worship that have been
constructed unauthorisedly in public places and that the task has to be completed by
December 31.
