The controversial Kannada film ‘Katariveera Surasundarangi’ continues to be screened to packed houses in its original form itself without censoring any of its seven objectionable scenes wherein it was alleged Hindu Gods and Goddesses had been offended.
Several residents of Kinnigoli area staged a protest outside the Srinivas Hospital at Mukka on May 18, Friday protesting against the alleged medical negligence of the hospital which led to the death of a hotelier of Kinnigoli who had received treatment there for Malaria.
Villagers of Ira gram panchayat were recently witness to two interesting protests. If the villagers staged a protest against the sitting GP Chief Razak accusing him of resorting to irregularities in the panchayat, later there was another protest led by the GP chief Razak demanding action against the former chief Sudhaker Shetty against whom a criminal case has been filed.
It has been gathered that the Kankanady police who did not want any case to be registered in connection with the recent gas pipeline explosion at Sahyadri College, had forged the signatures of four of the injured workers.
A CBI raid is said to be likely even on the Charvaka residence of state energy minister Shobha Karandlaje, close on the heels of the CBI raids on Yeddy and his sons’ houses in Bangalore and Shimoga.
The District Committee of the DYFI has come down heavily on Mangalore University Vice Chancellor TC Shivashankeramurthi for writing to the court that Vittal who has been arrested on charges of Naxal links cannot appear for his annual exams due to attendance shortage, even before the court could ask for any information.
The Kankanady police are facing the allegation of favouring the management of the Sahyadri Engineering College management which is standing as an accused in the case of the recent gas pipeline blast in the college which left six of the canteen staff seriously injured.
The Belthangady JMFC Court which took cognizance of a letter from the vice chancellor of Mangalore University stating Vittal Malekudiya faced attendance shortage and cannot appear for his second semester examination, has denied Vittal, arrested on the charges of Naxal links, permission to write his annual exams.
The Mangalore University Vice Chancellor TC Shivashankera Murthi in a letter to the Belthangady First Class Magistrate’s Court has said that Vittal Malekudiya, a journalism student who has been arrested on charges of Naxal Links cannot appear for the second semester exams beginning on May 21 as he is facing attendance shortage.
A meeting of various likeminded individuals and organizations held at Bangalore recently, has formed a committee to fight for the release of Vittal Malekudiya, a post graduate student of Mangalore University and his father Ninganna, who have been arrested on charges of Naxal links. The committee is headed by noted thinker and rationalist GK Govinda Rao.