It is crystal clear that the recent statements of the over-enthusiastic Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar which tries to convey the message that the DCC chief Ramanatha Rai and Mulki-Moodbidri Legislator Abhayachandra Jain were responsible for his win, has created confusion not only in the Congress camp but also in the Sangh Parivar circles. Moreover, [...]
A World Bank report had last year cautioned that a situation may arise in the coming decade when people may end up dying in their fight for water. An incident reported from a town in Madhya Pradesh recently wherein two persons died in a clash for water among people who had been waiting for water for days together, is only pinpointing the fact that the situation which the World Bank report predicted is already prevailing in India. But this incident somehow did not make big news for our media which are clinging to the page three culture.
The DK District Bus Operators’ Association had recently informed that city bus fares had been reduced with effect from April 28. But the complaint of many a bus passenger is that the revision has not yet been implemented in some buses.
Reports say while the crew of some of the buses have implemented the revision in fares, there are some other bus crew who charge the earlier fare itself.
The case of the suspicious death of Noojadi Nityananda Shetty, the real estate businessman hailing from Kundapur, is getting murkier with the passing of each day. It may be mentioned here that Shetty who was on a Malaysia tour with his family on the Star Cruise, met an accidental death on April 13 when he reportedly fell off the Star Cruise into the sea. His wife Kasturi Shetty too had reportedly jumped into the sea in order to save her husband but was eventually saved.
Chief minister BS Yaddyurappa has spent a staggering Rs 11,17,259 for his pilgrim tours during just five months of his taking charge as chief minister.
The twelve tours to pilgrim centres went off in the name of official government programmes and during some of the tours, helicopter and aircraft services too were used at government expense.
Interestingly, Yaddyurappa during the first five months of his office had only visited Hindu religious places and not to any Muslim or Christian religious place.
Though the chief minister had visited the city in the aftermath of the attacks on churches, he had not visited any church. Even when he had visited one of the temples, he had not visited a church located close by.
Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt recently observed a day’s fast in support of his demand to secure justice to the poor Kudubi tribals who have been rendered destitutes following the forcible acquisition of their land for the proposed SEZ at Kudubipadavu in Permude and also to demand return of the land to their original inhabitants.
BV Seetaram, Chief of Karavali Ale and The Canara Times has requested the State Human Rights Commission to recommend to the chief minister to drop home minister VS Acharya from the cabinet in the wake of the High Court verdict which proved that the home minister by overstepping his authority had got him arrested .Seetaram further said this was a clear-cut violation of the oath of office taken while assuming office as minister.
Vijaykumar Hegde, working president of the anti- Nagarjuna Action Committee has demanded that the government immediately drop the 1015 mw Udupi power corporation project coming up at Ellur in Udupi district, considering the grave environmental consequences which it would pose once it goes on stream.
With admissions for I PUC courses in various colleges in the district on in full swing, complaints are also coming in of violation of the Pre-University Education Board directive by most of the colleges while providing application forms and prospectus to the students. Similar complaints were even heard last year.
This time however the government seems not that interested in strictly enforcing the guidelines.