Archive for ‘November, 2009’

No radiation emission from Kaiga ; workers on duty : NPCL chief clarifies

No radiation emission from Kaiga ; workers on duty : NPCL chief clarifies

Dr SK Jain, Chief of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India has clarified that there has been no nuclear radiation leakage from the Kaiga nuclear power plant.

Shoot-out case : Bantwal jeweller granted bail

Shoot-out case : Bantwal jeweller granted bail

The Mangalore Principal Sessions Court has granted interim bail to Suresh V Baliga, jeweller of Bantwal in connection with the case of firing at Bantwal’s senior councillor A Govind Prabhu.

Indefinite strike by Kerala bus operators from Dec 1

Indefinite strike by Kerala bus operators from Dec 1

The bus operators of Kerala have decided to go on an indefinite strike from December 1 following failure of their talks with the state transport minister.

“Is it wrong to marry a Muslim ?”

“Is it wrong to marry a Muslim ?”

“There is no much difference between Hinduism and Islam. Still an eveninger named Jayakirana in one of its reports has tried to argue that my marrying a Muslim itself was wrong,” regretted Ramya, the wife of the Ayyappa Vrithadhari Muslim youth Shameer who is in much news after he has been threatened by some Muslim organisations.

Tombattu’s Lakshmi is now ‘Naxal Gangamma’

Tombattu’s Lakshmi is now  ‘Naxal Gangamma’

: It has come to light of late that the three Naxals recently arrested by the Andhra Pradesh Police in Bangalore, included Lakshmi Poojarti of Irkigadde near Tombattu in Amasebail. It is learnt she had joined the Naxals in March 2006 after she abandoned home.

Brahmavar sugar factory watchman attacked : Ex-Udupi ZP chief among 6 accused

Brahmavar sugar factory watchman attacked : Ex-Udupi ZP chief among 6 accused

The watchman of the Brahmavar Sugar Factory was grievously attacked on Sunday by a gang of six persons including a former president of the Udupi Zilla Panchayat who is also a sitting member and two of his family members. The injured watchman has been identified as Chudappa Suvarna (46), a resident of Uppoor Uggelbettu.

Financier arrested for bid to cheat

Financier arrested for bid to cheat

Kadri police have arrested Raj Kalyani (30), owner of Kalyani Finance Company of Mallikatte for making a vain bid to draw nearly Rs 2 lakhs using a blank cheque which was signed by a person who stood as a guarantor for the loan availed by him.

“It’s not right to object inter-caste weddings”

“It’s not right to object inter-caste weddings”

” More and more inter-caste and inter-community marriages should take place. I read a good report in this regard in a daily recently which threw light on the act of a few forces that came in the way of inter-community weddings and religious tolerance.

CHRI workshop on Police Reforms in Karnataka a great success ………………….

CHRI workshop on Police Reforms in Karnataka a great success ………………….

A workshop on reforms in police department, held in the city on November 29 under the aegis of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Delhi, DK Unit of PUCL and the Karavali Ale media group, made a strong point for the setting up of a Complaints Authority on a priority basis in order to facilitate public to lodge complaints against police personnel so that an impartial probe could be undertaken into the same.

Social worker accused of conversion bid ; attacked by Hindu activists

Social worker accused of conversion bid ; attacked by Hindu activists

An incident in which Bhajrangdal activists raided a government hospital in Karkala and attacked a social worker who was enquiring the health of the patients, has been reported on Saturday.

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