The State Human Rights Commission has directed the state government to provide a compensation of Rs 2 lakhs to the parents of a seventh standard girl who had lost her life after an old iron cupboard in the Government Higher Primary School at Golithottu in Puttur taluk fell over her about three years ago.
The issue of Vittal Malekudiya, a post graduate student of Mangalore University arrested for alleged Naxal links, being handcuffed even while he wrote his annual examinations as per the court orders, was raised in the Parliament.
SR Hiremutt who was instrumental in subjecting the former CM Yeddyurappa corruption case in illegal mining imbroglio to a CEC probe by filing an appeal before the Supreme Court, has now demanded the suspension of a total of 700 officials including former Bellary SP and sitting Mangalore Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh and former DC BC Shivappa who have been named accused in the Lokayukta report.
State Wakf Minister Dr Mumtaz Ali Khan has accused Minorities Commission Chairman Anwar Manippady of leveling false allegations against sincere officials and politicians.
The North West KSRTC authorities have served a show cause notice to the
manager of the Karwar depot of the KSRTC in connection with the recent incident wherein
the state minister for fisheries, science and technology Anand Asnotikar caused an accident by
driving a new KSRTC bus, without a driving license.
Transparency International Karnataka Chapter President and former High
Court judge Justice MF Saldanha has urged Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda to initiate
stern action against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhaker Bhat who had delivered a highly provocative
speech at Uppinangady recently.
Reports in the national media have indicated the fact that the former DK
minister Krishna Palemar who is facing charges of involvement in the assembly porn clip
scandal, was not only unwanted for the Sangh Parivar but also for the former and the present
CMs.
Karnataka Chapter President of Transparency International and former High
Court judge Justice MF Saldanha has urged retired Justice Chandrashekharaiah who has been
recently appointed Upa Lokayukta to tender his resignation in the wake of the land
Former Kadri police station inspector MK Ganapathi who has earned enough
notoriety while serving in Mangalore for assaulting women and children during the church
attacks and for caning people who were protesting against hike in water rates,
Reports of late reveal that there were possibilities of the state government
superseding the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board which is under the control of Krishna
Palemar who holds the Environment portfolio, for not adhering to the CAG guidelines.