It is no surprise that Mangalore that had attained notoriety at international level due to the several moral policing acts, the most important being the pub attack and attack on churches, is now heaving a sigh of relief, thanks to the concerted efforts of the four senior police officials whose efficient and daring style of functioning has yielded result.
Sri Rama Sene activists trapped an autorickshaw driver who was making merry with a college student in the bushes behind the Hiranya Finance in the town on Wednesday. The pair was later handed over to the police.
The last minute efforts of the State BJP Chief DV Sadananda Gowda to do some patch-work in the Puttur BJP which is rocked by dissidence, has failed. It is learnt, the dissident Bhami Ashok Shenoy faction had adopted a ‘Don’t care’ attitude to all the patch-up efforts.
Renowned Kannada actor Dr Vishnuvardhan is no more. But his fans and admirers will remember him for long and cherish the superb acting of the highly talented actor.
Karnataka Rakshana Vedike activists raided the Adlabs Cinema at Bharath Mall, Bejai in the city on Wednesday which was screening the film ‘3 idiots’ despite a decision by the Film Chamber to shut theatres on Wednesday following the demise of the renowned Kannada actor Vishnuvardhan.
It has been learnt that an aged person died of heart attack when District Crime Investigation Bureau Inspector Venkatesh Prasanna raided the former’s residence to arrest a person in connection with a cheque bounce case.
The Mangalore City Corporation meeting held on Wednesday witnessed heated exchange of words between the ruling and opposition members when independent member Mariamma Thomas demanded disciplinary action against those officials who fail to adhere to the resolutions taken at the corporation meetings.
The State High Court has served a notice to Mohammad, a father of three, who has been accused of forcibly converting Ramya Shetty, a young woman hailing from Naringana in Bantwal, to Islam.
A fracas was reported between a group of competitors as well as the organizers of the state level Yuvajana Mela that concluded at Vittal recently after the organizers announced and even presented a prize for a team that had in reality not participated in a particular event.
“The state government was fixing innocents in false cases through the police machinery. The state has seen as many as 874 cases of attacks on Muslims in one year period. This is the heights of injustice,” said MF Saldanha, Human Rights activist and former High Court judge.