Sunday, November 30, 2008

News Scan 29/30 Nov 2008




UDUPI November 29, 2008: In the wake of the increase in crime rate, Karnataka’s Home Minister Dr. V.S. Acharya said policemen of the State would be given training in the Scotland Yard in Great Britain & Israel.
Addressing presspersons after the conclusion of the two-day workshop on “Protection of scene of crime” organised by the Udupi District Police, he said that the BJP Government led by the Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa would send a batch of policemen to Israel for commando training. He said as organized crimes had taken a new dimension with the use of sophisticated weapons the state police need to be well equipped and trained to meet these new challenges.
He said his Ministry has also decided to send another team of police to Scotland for training in maintaining law and order and to deal with conventional crimes in the state more efficiently. To tackle infrastructure bottlenecks in the State Capital, he said 31 traffic policemen from the State, including 19 from Bangalore will be sent to Singapore for studying effective traffic management.
After the training, services of 19 out of the 31 trained personnel would be utilised in Bangalore, while the remaining would be deputed to train other policemen on traffic duty in the state.
Dr. Acharya said that Mr Yedddyurappa would inaugurate the crime prevention drive in Bangalore on Monday.
He said a competition has been organized for police constables at the district level. For police personnel of the rank of SI and above, state-level competitions will he held, the Minister said.
A meeting of the Coastal Security Police and the police of the three districts was held in Mangalore a couple of days ago. The meeting discussed various steps to improve security measures in three coastal districts.









Udupi, Nov 30: State home minister Dr V S Acharya laid the foundation stone for the Rs 41 lac Jomlu Thirtha drinking water project, at Kalathur Santhekatte, on Saturday November 29. Addressing the gathering, he said the project would be complete within four months. Roads, drinking water, and electricity, are the first priority of the state government and people have to co-operate, urged Dr Acharya, who is also the district-in-charge minister. Meanwhile, Dr Acharya also laid the foundation stone for the playground at Zilla Panchayat Higher Primary school. He said that a branch of Syndicate Bank would be set up in Kalathur village. Prasanna Kumar, chief executive officer, zilla panchayat, members B N Shankar Poojary, Upendra Nayak, Dr Sunitha Shetty, member, taluk panchayat, philanthropist Albetta Vamana Kamth, and Vasanth Shetty, block education officer, Brahmavar, were present on the occasion.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆ ನಿಗ್ರಹಕ್ಕೆ ಜನರ ಸಹಕಾರ ಅಗತ್ಯ



State to have a functional anti-terrorist squad State police establish hotline with Defence and paramilitary forces
BANGALORE: After terrorists held Mumbai for ransom, the KarnatakaGovernment woke up from the slumber and said this time it is seriousin having a fully functional anti-terrorist squad (ATS).After a meeting with Director-General and Inspector-General of PoliceR. Sri Kumar and other senior police officers at the PoliceHeadquarters on Friday, Home Minister V.S. Acharya told presspersonsthat the Cabinet would immediately decide the framework of ATS. The squad would be headed by a Director-General of Police, he said. Call 100 or Toll Free 1800 4250 in case of any info on suspicious activities(The Hindu)

ಇವರು ಉಗ್ರರ ಪ್ರಚಾರಕರೆ?

ಕನ್ನಡಪ್ರಭದ ಅಪ್ರಬುದ್ಧ ನಡವಳಿಕೆ...

ನೂರಾರು ಜನರ ಸಾವು
"ಕನ್ನಡಪ್ರಭ"ಕ್ಕೆ ಜೋಕಂತೆ

ಉಗ್ರವಾದಿಗಳು ಅತ್ತ ಮುಂಬೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೂರಾರು ಜನರನ್ನು ಕೊಲ್ಲುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೆ, ಇತ್ತ ನಮ್ಮ ಕೆಲ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಮಿತ್ರರು ಸರಕಾರದ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಜನರನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿಕಟ್ಟುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಸೋಜಿಗದ ಸಂಗತಿ.
ಇಡೀ ದೇಶವೇ ಯಾಕೆ, ಪ್ರಪಂಚವೇ ಇಂತಹ Urban ಮತ್ತು Economic ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಥಮ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ನೋಡುತ್ತಿರುವಾಗ, "ಕನ್ನಡಪ್ರಭ"ದ ನವಂಬರ್ ೨೮ರ ಮುಖಪುಟದಲ್ಲೇ ಪೊಲೀಸರನ್ನು, ಗೃಹಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳ ಹೇಳಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು "ಮಾಮೂಲಿ ಜೋಕ್ಸ್" ಎಂದು ಹೀಯಾಳಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.
ಹೀಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಸರಕಾರದ ವಿರುದ್ದ ಉದ್ರೇಕಕಾರಿ ವರದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸುವುದರ ಮೂಲಕ ದೇಶ ದ್ರೋಹಿ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕರ "ಪ್ರೊಪಗಾಂಡಾ"ವೆಂಬ ಹೊಂಡಕ್ಕೆ ಬೀಳುತ್ತಿರುವ ಅರಿವು ಇವರಿಗೆ ಇದ್ದಂತಿಲ್ಲ. ಜನರು ಮತ್ತು ಸರಕಾರದ ನಡುವೆ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಕಂದಕ ತೋಡಿ ಪರೋಕ್ಷವಾಗಿ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕರ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು ಇಂತಹ ಗಂಭೀರ ಪರಿಸ್ಠಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಬೇಸರದ ಸಂಗತಿ.
ಸರಕಾರದ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಜನರನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿ ಕಟ್ಟಿ ಸಂಶಯದ ವಾತಾರಣವನ್ನುಂಟು ಮಾಡುವುದು ಆಧುನಿಕ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆಯ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಮುಖ - ಇಂತಹ ಪರಿಸ್ಠಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಖಾದ್ರಿ ಶಾಮಣ್ಣನಂತವರ ಧೀಮಂತರ ಸಂಪಾದಕತ್ವ ಹೊಂದಿ, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ನಂಬರ್ ೧ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯಾಗಿ ಮರೆದಿದ್ದ "ಕನ್ನಡಪ್ರಭ"ಕ್ಕೆ, ಈಗ ಸರ್ಕ್ಯುಲೇಶನ್ನಿಗಾಗಿ ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನೇ ಮರೆಯುವ ಸನ್ನಿವೇಶ ಬಂದಿರುವುದು ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ಕನಿಕರದ ಸಂಗತಿ.
ಇಡೀ ಗೃಹ ಮತ್ತು ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಇಲಾಖೆಗಳು ಮುಂಬೈ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆ ಕುರಿತು ಸಮಾಲೋಚನೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವಾಗ ಯಾವುದೋ ಆಧಾರವಿಲ್ಲದ ವರದಿ ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿ, ಹಿಂದಿನ ದಿನ "ಜೋಕರ್"ಯೆಂದು ತಾವೇ ಹೀಯಾಳಿಸಿದ್ದವರಿಗೆ ಫೋನ್ ಮಾಡಿ ಅಸಂಬದ್ಧ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಕೇಳಿದರೇನು ಮಾಡಬೇಕು ಸ್ವಾಮಿ?
ಪೋಲಿಸ್ ಬಳಿ ಯಾವ ಉಪಕರಣ ಶಸ್ತ್ರ ಇಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಬರೆಯುವ ಇವರು...ಉಪಕರಣ/ ಶಸ್ತ್ರ ಕಂಪೆನಿಗಳ ದಲ್ಲಾಳಿಗಳೇ? ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಬಳಿ ಯಾವ್ಯಾವ ಶಸ್ತ್ರ / ತಂತ್ರಗಳು ಇವೆ ಎಂದು ನಾವೇಕೆ ಬಾಯಿ ಬಿಡಬೇಕು? (ಉಗ್ರರಿಗೆ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ರವಾನೆ ಏಕೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು?)

ಇದೇ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕರಾದ ನಕ್ಸಲರನ್ನೂ ಪರೋಕ್ಷವಾಗಿ ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸುವಂತಹ ವರದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಪಡೆಗಳ ಧೈರ್ಯ ಕುಂದಿಸುವ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನೂ ಮಾಡಿರುವುದು ಜನರು ಗಮನಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

Friday, November 28, 2008

Lessons to be learnt...

ಈ ವೀರಮರಣ ಹೊಂದಿದ ಪೊಲೀಸರ / ಯೋಧರ ತ್ಯಾಗ ವ್ಯರ್ಥವಾಗದಿರಲಿ!
ನಮ್ಮ ನಾಳೆಯ ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಗಾಗಿ ಅವರಿಂದು ಬಲಿದಾನ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ...
ಇಂತಹ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಪೊಲೀಸರು ಅಥವಾ ಯೋಧರಲ್ಲದೆ ಬೇರೆ ಯಾರು ನಮಗೆ ದಿಕ್ಕು?
ಭ ಯೋತ್ಪಾದನಾ ಕೃತ್ಯ ನಡೆವ ಮೊದಲುಪೊಲೀಸರು ಉಗ್ರರನ್ನು ಬಂಧಿಸಿದರೆ...ಬುದ್ದಿಜೀವಿ/ ಸ್ವಘೋಷಿತಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕು ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಕರು ಅವರ ಬೆಂಬಲಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದುಪೋಲೀಸರನ್ನು ತರಾಟೆಗೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆಂದು ಗ್ಯಾರಂಟಿ !
ಎಲ್ಲಾದರೂ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕ ಕೃತ್ಯ ನಡೆದು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಜನ ಸತ್ತರೆಜನರು ಪೋಲೀಸರನ್ನು "ಗುಪ್ತ ಚರ ವೈಫಲ್ಯ" ಕ್ಕೆ ತರಾಟೆಗೆತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು ಖಚಿತ ! ಒಟ್ಟಾರೆ, ಪೊಲೀಸರ/ ಆಡಳಿತದ ಮೇಲೆ ಜನರ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸ ಕಡಿಮೆಮಾಡುವುದು ಉಗ್ರರ ಉದ್ದೇಶ. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಬಲಿ ಬೀಳದೆ ಇರುವುದುಬುದ್ದಿವಂತಿಕೆ!
(ನಮ್ಮ ಸ್ವಘೋಷಿತ ಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕು/ ಅತಿಸೆಕ್ಯುಲರ್ ವಾದಿಗಳು ಯಾರೆಂದು ಅರಿತರೆ ಉತ್ತಮ)
Terrorism presents a challenge to law enforcement since it requires police/agencies to act proactively against crimes (terrorist acts) that in many cases have not yet been committed.
(with the risk of facing charges by Human rights activists, in the usual lines of "arrest of the innocent" "encounter" "diversionary tactics" etc.,)If the police wait, as they do traditionally, to react to terrorist crimes after they are committed, then the role of the police is that of a first responder, and an investigator. (again the Police/ forces would be in the receiving end for "intelligence failure" "tactical incoordination" "lack of competence to save lives" "inaction" etc.,) As such, the public demands that the police act to prevent terrorism before it becomes a criminal reality.
So, the message is: please let the investigating agencies do their job, too much curiosity on the part of media, hampers the investigations/ outcome.
Terrorists in our midst...
ಒಂದೋ ಎರಡೋ "ಶಂಕಿತ" ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕರು ಪೋಲಿಸರಿಂದ ಹತರಾದರೆ ಭೂಮಿ ಆಕಾಶ ಒಂದಾಗುವಂತೆ ಗಲಾಟೆ ಎಬ್ಬಿಸುವ ಬುದ್ದಿ ಜೀವಿಗಳು, ಚಿಂತಕರು, ಸ್ವಘೋಷಿತ ಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕು ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಕರು ಮುಂಬಯಿಯಲ್ಲಿ 130 ಅಮಾಯಕರು ಉಗ್ರರ ಗುಂಡಿಗೆ ಬಲಿಯಾಗುವಾಗ ಏಕೆ ನಿದ್ರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ?
ಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕು ಉಲ್ಲಂಘನೆ ನೆವನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಪಡೆಗಳ ಸ್ತೈರ್ಯ ಕುಂದಿಸಿ, ಹೈರಾಣ ಮಾಡುವ ಇವರು ಒಂಥರಾ ಉಗ್ರರೇ!

Photo courtesy: mangalorean/ daijiworld

ದೇಶದ ಮೇಲಣ ಆಕ್ರಮಣ: ಒಟ್ಟಾಗಿ ಎದುರಿಸಲು ಮೋದಿ ಕರೆ







ಉಗ್ರರ ಮೇಲಿನ ಸಿಟ್ಟು...


ಮುಂಬಯಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸತ್ತವರಾರೂ ಮಾನವರಲ್ಲವೇ?

This post is dedicated to the brave men who laid their lives protecting us...
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ಉಗ್ರರಿಗಿಂತ ನೀಚರು...
ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನಾ ಕೃತ್ಯ ನಡೆವ ಮೊದಲುಪೊಲೀಸರು ಉಗ್ರರನ್ನು ಬಂಧಿಸಿದರೆ...ಬುದ್ದಿಜೀವಿ/ ಸ್ವಘೋಷಿತಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕು ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಕರು ಅವರ ಬೆಂಬಲಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದುಪೋಲೀಸರನ್ನು ತರಾಟೆಗೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆಂದು ಗ್ಯಾರಂಟಿ !
ಎಲ್ಲಾದರೂ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕ ಕೃತ್ಯ ನಡೆದು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಜನ ಸತ್ತರೆಜನರು ಪೋಲೀಸರನ್ನು "ಗುಪ್ತ ಚರ ವೈಫಲ್ಯ" ಕ್ಕೆ ತರಾಟೆಗೆತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು ಖಚಿತ ! ಒಟ್ಟಾರೆ, ಪೊಲೀಸರ/ ಆಡಳಿತದ ಮೇಲೆ ಜನರ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸ ಕಡಿಮೆಮಾಡುವುದು ಉಗ್ರರ ಉದ್ದೇಶ. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಬಲಿ ಬೀಳದೆ ಇರುವುದುಬುದ್ದಿವಂತಿಕೆ! (ನಮ್ಮ ಸ್ವಘೋಷಿತ ಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕು/ ಅತಿಸೆಕ್ಯುಲರ್ ವಾದಿಗಳು ಯಾರೆಂದು ಅರಿತರೆ ಉತ್ತಮ)
Terrorism presents a challenge to law enforcement since it requires police/agencies to act proactively against crimes (terrorist acts) that in many cases have not yet been committed. (with the risk of facing charges by Human rights activists, in the usual lines of "arrest of the innocent" "encounter" "diversionary tactics" etc.,)If the police wait, as they do traditionally, to react to terrorist crimes after they are committed, then the role of the police is that of a first responder, and an investigator. (again the Police/ forces would be in the receiving end for "intelligence failure" "tactical incoordination" "lack of competence to save lives" "inaction" etc.,) The public, however, expects police to deal with terrorism differently.This is mainly because crimes such as rape, theft, robbery and even murder target the individual while terrorism targets the public. As such, the public demands that the police act to prevent terrorism before it becomes a criminal reality.
So, the message is: please let the investigating agencies do their job, too much curiosity on the part of media, hampers the investigations/ outcome.
Terrorists in our midst...

ಒಂದೋ ಎರಡೋ "ಶಂಕಿತ" ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕರು ಪೋಲಿಸರಿಂದ ಹತರಾದರೆ ಭೂಮಿ ಆಕಾಶ ಒಂದಾಗುವಂತೆ ಗಲಾಟೆ ಎಬ್ಬಿಸುವ ಬುದ್ದಿ ಜೀವಿಗಳು, ಚಿಂತಕರು, ಸ್ವಘೋಷಿತ ಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕು ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಕರು ಮುಂಬಯಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೂರಕ್ಕೂ ಮಿಕ್ಕಿ ಅಮಾಯಕರು ಉಗ್ರರ ಗುಂಡಿಗೆ ಬಲಿಯಾಗುವಾಗ ಏಕೆ ನಿದ್ರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ?

ಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕು ಉಲ್ಲಂಘನೆ ನೆವನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಪಡೆಗಳ ಸ್ತೈರ್ಯ ಕುಂದಿಸಿ, ಹೈರಾಣ ಮಾಡುವ ಇವರು ಒಂಥರಾ ಉಗ್ರರೇ!

Thursday, November 27, 2008

When terror strikes...what not to do!

there are lessons to be learnt...

  • Agencies involved in investigations should never be seen/ heard (in contrast everyone in this country was exposed to ATS team- thanks to the "intrusive media")
  • Identity of team of investigators/forensic experts should never be revealed- as they can be harmed/ pressurized by terro groups...
  • These teams not to lose primary focus-mitigation of threats...



In July 2008, this blog had this post...


Terrorists/ anti social elements don't require sophisticated weapons or even successful execution of their plots to cause panic, fuel media frenzy, and effect massive deployment of law enforcement - well beyond the location of their attack. This has been the case in many terrorist events over the past years, especially in those places where terrorism is not a daily occurrence.
When we react broadly to a narrow event, we are reacting just as the terrorists would hope...


Let's stop a moment to rethink our response, because that's where the terrorists thrive:
Five different communities respond and are influenced, each in its own way, by a terrorist attack:·



  • The Terrorists - whose agenda is to create maximum physical damage, financial disruption and overall panic.·


  • The Public - genuinely terrorized by the event, wants the government to do everything possible to stop the terrorist, no holds barred.·


  • Politicians and Public Officials - are pressured to make a response that usually involves a lot of spending, and putting in place hasty strategies.·


  • Law enforcement and security professionals - attentive to the will of the public they protect, spare no resources or effort to catch the terrorists.·


  • The Media – who let's face it, sometimes benefit from and even effect news coverage that is dramatic- thus providing publicity for an event...precisely what the terrorists want!
    A few things are important to bear in mind as we try to define a logical and effective reaction.
Each of the five communities has a role to play here.
The Media have the responsibility for accurately and objectively reporting a terrorist event, as exaggeration would only serve to increase the terrorist effect.
Law enforcement must remain both sensitive and sensible, in other words, not letting their emotions cloud their judgment when investigating terrorism or protecting the public from it.
Politicians are responsible for not leveraging terrorist attacks as a platform for pushing other agendas or justifying irrational expenditures.


  • They should also refrain from making hasty comments/ statements which might hamper investigations.

  • They should also avoid useless exercises like visiting the victims of terror attacks in the hospital/ visiting the dead, which will not only hamper the medical management but also burdens the local administration and the police – who otherwise should be involved in relief measures/ investigations. (It is a well known fact that, the terrorists target hospitals for secondary attack, as they know that victims of primary attack would be rushed to hospitals along with curious onlookers/ security agencies/ politicians and media!)· It is sad to note that three senior police officers died near a hospital today.

  • The Public has the responsibility to look at terrorist events in perspective, and has an important role in balancing the response of the media, law enforcement and politicians, by trying to learn as much as they can about terrorist methods of operation, to understand what the real threat is to them, and identify the appropriate measures to stop them. Ignorance of these methods reduces the public's ability to act as a check and balance to the policies and activities of the other sectors who represent and serve them. Public should also minimize use of cellular network at the time of such terror attacks to prevent network jam (remember that by doing so, you may save lot of lives!)·

If all of us (media, public, law enforcement) were to temper our reaction and response to terrorist events, we would lessen our attractiveness as a terrorist target and reduce the overall impact of the attack.



SHRINIDHI HANDE writes :

BAN LIVE COVERAGE OF HOSTAGE RESCUE

News channels have an objective—to fetch the latest news and share them with viewers, much before a competitor channel does that. But I feel this habit of indiscriminate live reporting, while a combat operation is in progress, can be catastrophic for the success of the military operations against terror.
Let us just think for a while. Do we really need to know everything on a ‘as soon as it happens’ basis? I feel not. Whether NSG commandos have just arrived at airport, or have entered the hotel or are on the first floor or second at this moment, is not necessary to be revealed to the general public on a realtime basis.
Showing such news live, will be immensely useful only to terrorists and their supporters outside.
Consider this. The commandos only know that the militants are somewhere inside the hotel, but the militants know everything about the movements and positions of their pursuers through TV.
Like:
# Who is on their trail (Army/ NSG/ local police, etc)
# What is their ETA (estimated time of arrival), which tells them, how much time they have before a gun battle would begin)
# Where they are right now, at the main entrance/ just entered their floor
# How is the world responding? Is there pressure mounting on the government to succumb to the demands of terrorists to get the hostages freed (so that they can act tough during negotiation)?
# How many of their friends are alive or dead (so that they can assess their strength)?
# What has been the impact of their strike-how many police and civilian dead, the current morale of police, who all as been detained/suspected?
# Live visuals of the street-to assess a possible escape strategy
# What information about them the outside world has (which floor they are in, their head count etc. And much more…
In my view, all this information, while useful to viewers and relatives of victims, also helps the terrorists/ militants to consolidate their position and pose a greater challenge to commandos trying to hunt them down and/ or rescue the hostages.
Why is our media helping them by airing live all the sensitive information about the anti terror operations?
The common man does not need to know them on a live basis.
Can’t the information & broadcasting ministry think of banning live reporting during a hostage crisis? Let the channels air the news with a delay of few hours, so that the police and security agencies will have a lead time of few hours, wherein terrorists would be as equally uninformed as they are.
Please note that I am not advocating censorship. I am all for free speech and expression. What I am proposing, is that security agencies should have the power to impose a delay of say three to six hours w.r.t live reporting of anti terror operations.
Let the TV channels record whatever they want, but they should be aired only after a gap of few hours. I do not think anyone loses anything with this.
The movie A Wednesday also shares same opinion. I feel the good old days of oncein a day news bulletin was far better.
What do you think?

Mumbai under Terror attack: ಮುಂಬೈ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆ...


ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹೋರಾಡಿ ಪ್ರಾಣ ತೆತ್ತ ನಮ್ಮ ರಕ್ಷಕ ಪಡೆಗಳ ಸಿಬಂದಿಗೆ ನಮನ ...

Let us salute the heroes who laid their lives fighting terror...

ವಿವರಗಳಿಗೆ ಚಿತ್ರ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ/ click on image for details

ಚಿತ್ರ ಕೃಪೆ: Mangalorean

ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಏಳಿಗೆ ಸಹಿಸದ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕರು/ನಕ್ಸಲರು

ಬರಿಯ ಭರವಸೆಯಲ್ಲ...ಘೋಷಣೆಯಲ್ಲ...,
ನಕ್ಸಲರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕಾದಾಡಿ ವೀರ ಮರಣ ಹೊಂದಿದ ಗುರುಪ್ರಸಾದ್ ಕುಟುಂಬಕ್ಕೆ ಪರಿಹಾರ
ಗುರುಪ್ರಸಾದ್ ಹೆತ್ತವರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪರಿಹಾರ ಚೆಕ್ ನೀಡಿದ ಗೃಹ ಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳು
The Karnataka government was willing to hold talks with naxalites if they come to the negotiating table laying down arms, Home Minister Dr V S Acharya said today. Addressing presspersons at Kodagu after handing over Rs 5 lakhs cheque on behalf of the government to the bereaved family members of KSRP constable Guruprasad, who was killed by naxals recently during an encounter, he said Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa had already announced his willingness to discuss the problems of the ultras if they shun violence and armed struggle.

Stating that his ministry has information that naxals were not targeting Karnataka, Dr Acharya said that the government was capable of putting an end to stray incidents being reported since 2002. He said ATF would be equipped with sophisticated weapons to "tackle naxal situations". They would be provided better training also.
Dr Acharya alleged that "a systematic racket" was behind the naxal problem in the state and it would disclosed at an appropriate time. He said the state government would pay Rs 25,000, as incentive to each of the 18 police personnel who fought naxals during a recent encounter in Chikamagalur District in which three ultras and constable Guruprasad were killed. The Home Minister declared that the slain Guruprasad's parents will be given the salary of Guruprasad each month, calculating his service years. His sister who is working in CRPF in New Delhi will also be called back and the Centre would be requested to post her in Karnataka Police Department. The family would also be given another Rs three lakh through Group Insurance












Terror attacks...ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕ ಕೃತ್ಯಗಳು

Some forces kept Mumbai ATS/ anti terror cell busy in the past month, over some irrelavent case...
all this when the terror groups were planning an attack on the financial capital of our country...
there are lessons to be learnt...
  • Agencies involved in investigations should never be seen/ heard (in contrast everyone in this country was exposed to ATS team- thanks to the "intrusive media")
  • Identity of team of investigators/forensic experts should never be revealed- as they can be harmed/ pressurized by terro groups...
  • These teams not to lose primary focus-mitigation of threats...

ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಲ ಕಳೆದ ಎ ಟಿ ಎಸ್...ಪ್ರಚಾರ ಪ್ರಿಯತೆಗೆ ಬಲಿಪಶು ?

ಮುಂಬೈ ಆತಂಕವಾದಿ ಕೃತ್ಯಗಳು...ನಾವೇನು ಮಾಡಬೇಕು? ಚಿತ್ರ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ...
Our response to terror...click on image
Re- Published in the wake of Mumbai Serial Blasts 27.11.2008
(more on Mumbai blasts/ events)
photo: rons/ daijiworld
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Technology and Security
Security technology has until lately been believed to represent the ultimate solution for threat. It is, however, prudent to identify and accept the limitations of technology to function only as a tool for the detection (not determination or deployment) of suspicion. For example, an explosive trace detection machine can detect traces of explosives, however, these traces might be a result of gun powder residue from a law abiding citizen who went to a shooting range a day prior to his belongings being checked. In another example, explosive “sniffers” are very sensitive to glycerin, which is a common ingredient of both explosive material and cosmetic creams. The task of discerning whether the detection is a result of the presence of a bomb versus a makeup case is strictly up to the human operator. Technology is a good tool for streamlining security operations and to assist human operators with their tasks, but it cannot be relied upon independently and applied without a threat-oriented and human procedure to support it.
The problem associated with any automated system or algorithm is the security or screening routine that it presents. Terrorists can patiently and successfully learn the system and craft methods to circumvent this security obstacle. Technology therefore has to offer an ever-changing security environment for the terrorist. Since technology has a defined boundary to its capability, the only things that can change in the security system are the “wet” processes (human) and “hard” algorithms (automated) that apply it in the context of a given environment or threat. Applying technology with an evolving and ever-changing mitigation procedure will add contingencies and unknowns for the terrorist and will subsequently harden the target.

(chamelion)

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

ಹಾಸನ ವರದಿ: ಹೆಲಿಕಾಪ್ಟರ್ ಮರು ಇಂಧನಕ್ಕೆ ನಿಂತಲ್ಲೇ ಪತ್ರಿಕಾಗೋಷ್ಠಿ!

ಹಾಸನದ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರು ಬಲು ಚುರುಕು!
ಗೃಹ ಸಚಿವರು ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಹೆಲಿಕಾಪ್ಟರ್ ಇಂದನ ತುಂಬಿಸಲು ಹಾಸನದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಳಿದಾಗ ಅಲ್ಲೇ ಒಂದು ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ಗೋಷ್ಠಿ ನಡೆಸೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟರು! ಹೀಗಿವೆ ಹೆಲಿಪ್ಯಾಡ್ ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ವರದಿಗಳು...

(ಚಿತ್ರ ವರದಿ: ಜನತಾ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ಹಾಸನ)

(photo- news: The Hindu)
State competent enough to combat naxal activities: Acharya
Hassan: Karnataka Government is competent enough to combat naxalactivities in the State and for the purpose Anti-Naxal Force hasalready been formed, said Home Minister V.S. Acharya in Hassan onTuesday.Addressing presspersons at Hassan helipad, Mr. Acharya said that naxalactivities were limited to Chikmagalur, Mangalore, Udupi and Shimogadistricts, where the literacy rate is high and there is economicgrowth due to which there is no unemployment problem. However, heagreed that there is lack of infrastructure in the interior parts ofthese districts and that the State had sought funds from the Centre sothat the tribal people living in the interiors could be provided withthe basic infrastructure.Mr. Acharya alluded to the recent statement of the former Minister andSamajwadi Party leader B.T. Lalitha Naik that the police had killedtheir own personnel in the recent encounter in Horanadu in Chikmagalurdistrict. He said that Ms. Naik's statement was baseless.

Kageri speaks of better qualities in Education: ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ಭಾಷೆ ಇರಲಿ, ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಬೇಡ: ಕಾಗೇರಿ







Udupi, November 25, 2008: State Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri today stated that the government will make all the arrangements to bring about an all round change in the quality of primary education in the state, particularly in government schools. Mr.Kageri inaugurated the new building of the Vishnumurthy Hayavadana Swamy English Medium High School at Innanje near here.
Mr. Kageri said it was wrong that the aided and private educational institutions were better than the government school, infact the best of the teachers were serving in the government schools.
He said no other organizations except the government schools were offering mid-day meal scheme to its students. This has brought up the level of attendance in the government schools he added. In addition the government was also giving free books, uniforms and other stationary to the students to encourage to study in the government schools. Free bicycles were also given to the students in government schools. The Minister who struck a chord of love for Kannada said the government had no objection to the students learning whichever language they wanted to but the medium of instruction should be in Kannada. He infact said children should be encouraged to learn many languages including English. He said the parents should also encourage their children to learn Kannada exclusively.
Home minister of Karnataka Dr. V.S. Acharya on this occasion stated that in a globalised society it was necessary to learn English language, it would help the students to excel in the fields like information technology and other new generation knowledge bases.
P. Srinivas Tantri welcomed the gathering. Ratna Kumar delivered the introductory remarks. K. Damodar Aithal proposed a vote of thanks. Vishwavallabha Tirtha Swamiji of Sode Vadiraja Math, MLA K. Raghupati Bhat wer also present.



ಉಡುಪಿ: ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ ಶಾಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದನೆ ತರಗತಿಯಿಂದ ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನು ಕಲಿಸುವುದು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಭವಿಷ್ಯದ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು. ಅದರೆ ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯನ್ನು ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಕಲಿಯದಂತೆ ಪಾಲಕರು ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆ ವಹಿಸಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ ಹಾಗೂ ಪ್ರೌಢ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸಚಿವ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರ ಹೆಗಡೆ ಕಾಗೇರಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಸಮೀಪದ ಇನ್ನಂಜೆಯ ಶ್ರೀವಿಷ್ಣುಮೂರ್ತಿ ಹಯವದನ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅಂಗ್ಲಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ಪ್ರೌಢಶಾಲೆಯ ನೂತನ ಕಟ್ಟಡವನ್ನು ಉದ್ಘಾಟಿಸಿದ ಬಳಿಕ ನಡೆದ ಸಭಾ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರಕಾರ ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮವಾಗುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಒತ್ತ ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಅದರೆ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್‌ನ್ನು ಒಂದು ಭಾಷೆಯಾಗಿ ಒಂದನೆ ತರಗತಿಯಿಂದ ಕಲಿಸಲು ಬದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ. ಭಾಷಾ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮದ ಕುರಿತಂತೆ ಹೈಕೋರ್ಟ್‌ನ ತೀರ್ಪಿನ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರಕರ ಸುಪ್ರೀಂ ಕೋರ್ಟಿಗೆ ಎಸ್‌ಎಲ್‌ಪಿ ಹಾಕಿದೆ ಎಂದವರು ಹೇಳಿದರು. ಅನುದಾನಿತ ಶಾಲೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಶಾಲೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಿಗುವ ಎಲ್ಲ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯ ಸಿಗಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಬೇಡಿಕೆ ಇದೆ ಎಂದ ಕಾಗೇರಿ ಅವರು, ಸರಕಾರಿ ಶಾಲೆಗಳು ಅನುದಾನಿತ ಶಾಲೆಗಳ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟವನ್ನು ತಲುಪುವಂತೆ ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾ‌ರಿಯು ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ಮೇಲಿದೆ ಎಂದರು. ಸಮಾರಂಭದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷತೆ ವಹಿಸಿದ್ದ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಗೃಹ ಸಚಿವ ಹಾಗೂ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಉಸ್ತುವಾರಿ ಸಚಿವ ಡಾ.ವಿ.ಎಸ್. ಆಚಾರ್ಯ ಅವರು ಮಾತನಾಡಿ, ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಸರಕಾ‌ಋ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಭಾರಿ ಮಹತ್ವ ನೀಡಿದ್ದು, ಈ ಬಾರಿ ಬಜೆಟ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಒಟ್ಟು 8950 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ.ಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡಿದೆ ಎಂದರು. ಸಮಾರಂಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಶೀರ್ವಚನ ನೀಡಿದ ಉಡುಪಿ ಸೋದೆ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ಮಠದ ಶ್ರೀವಿಶ್ವವಲ್ಲಭ ತೀರ್ಥ ಸ್ವಾಮೀಜಿಯವರು 65 ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ ಸೋದೆ ಮಠದ ವತಿಯಿಂದ ಇನ್ನಂಜೆಯಂಥ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಅರಂಭಗೊಂಡ ಮೊತ್ತಮೊದಲ ವಸತಿ ಪ್ರೌಢಶಾಲೆ ಇಂದು ಬೆಳೆದಿದ್ದು, ಮುಂದಿನ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಪದವಿ ಕಾಲೇಜು, ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಕಾಲೇಜು, ಐಟಿ‌ಐ, ಪಾಲಿಟೆಕ್ನಿಕ್ ಅರಂಭಿಸುವ ಕುರಿತು ಚಿಂತನೆ ನಡೆದಿದೆ ಎಂದರು. ಎಸ್‌ವಿ‌ಎಚ್ ವಿದ್ಯಾಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳ ಸಂಚಾಲಕರಾದ ಪಿ.ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ತಂತ್ರಿ ಅತಿಥಿಗಳನ್ನು ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸಿದರೆ, ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿ ರತ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಪ್ರಾಸ್ತಾವಿಕ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನಾಡಿದರು. ಆಡಳಿತ ಮಂಡಳಿಯ ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ಸಲಹೆಗಾರ ಕೆ. ದಾಮೋದರ ಐತಾಳ್ ವಂದಿಸಿದರು. ಆಂಗ್ಲ ಭಾಷಾ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕ ಪುಂಡರೀಕ್ಷಾಕ ಕೊಡಂಚ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ನಿರೂಪಿಸಿದರು.



Courtesy: Mangalorean/ Gulfkannadiga/ Janardan Kodavoor

Monday, November 24, 2008

ಎಚ್ಚರ! ಕಾಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಶಸ್ತ್ರ ಪುಂಡರು : ನಾಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರ ಬೆಂಬಲಕ್ಕೆ ನಾಡ ನಕ್ಸಲರು!


ನಕ್ಸಲ್ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆ: ತನಿಖೆಗೆ ಆಗ್ರಹ
ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಮಲೆನಾಡ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ನಕ್ಸಲ್ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಕೋಮು ಸೌಹಾರ್ದ ವೇದಿಕೆ ಕೈಜೋಡಿಸಿರುವುದು ದೃಢಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ಈ ಸಂಘಟ ನೆಯ ನಾಯಕರನ್ನು ತನಿಖೆಗೆ ಒಳಪಡಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಶಾಸಕ ಸಿ.ಟಿ.ರವಿ ಆಗ್ರಹಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಸುದ್ದಿಗಾರರ ಜೊತೆ ಮಾತನಾಡಿ ಕೋಮು ಸೌಹಾರ್ದ ವೇದಿಕೆ ನಕ್ಸಲರಿಗೆ ಕುಮ್ಮಕ್ಕು ನೀಡುತ್ತಿ ರುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಎರಡು ವರ್ಷದ ಹಿಂದೆಯೇ ತಾವು ಆರೋಪ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು ಹೊರನಾಡು ಬಳಿ ನಡೆದ ಎನ್‌ಕೌಂಟರಿನಿಂದ ಇದು ಖಚಿತವಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದರು.
ಮೃತಪಟ್ಟವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಸಂಘಟನೆ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಕರ್ತರು ಎಂದು ಒಪ್ಪಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ವೇದಿಕೆಯ ಮುಖಂಡರನ್ನು ತನಿಖೆಗೆ ಒಳ ಪಡಿಸಿದಾಗ ಮತ್ತಷ್ಟು ಸತ್ಯ ಹೊರಬರುತ್ತದೆ. ನಕ್ಸಲರನ್ನು ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸುವವರ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಕಠಿನ ಕ್ರಮಕ್ಕೆ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ನೀಡಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದರು.
Lay down arms and come for talks: Karnataka to naxals Bangalore (PTI): Karnataka government on Monday said the drive against naxals would continue but at the same time it was ready for talks if the ultras lay down their weapons.
"We will continue with the exercise against Naxals. However, the government is ready for talks, provided they give up arms," state Home Minister V S Acharya told reporters in Bangalore.
The police and Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) have stepped up combing operations in Chikmagalur forest area, after an encounter between police and naxals near Horanadu on November 19 killed three outlaws and a constable.
Acharya alleged that certain vested interests were behind the growth of naxal movement in the state in an attempt to disturb the investment climate.
Refusing to elaborate on his charge, he said "I will tell you (media) all. We are collecting information."
Parts of Shimoga, Chikmagalur, Udupi and Mangalore faced naxal menace.
Differing with Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, he said the coming by-election to seven Assembly seats on December 27 in the State was a "referendum" on the performance of the BJP government.
"Every election for that matter is a referendum on the government", Acharya said, even as Yeddyurappa declared that the outcome will not be a referendum on his government.
Acharya, however, said BJP will win all the seven seats going to the polls
BANAGALORE: Home Minister Dr V S Acharya has defended the recent shootout with naxals in Shimoga district.
Dr Acharya alleged that several vested interests in the guise of naxalism were hampering development of a few districts, including the most literate Udupi and Dakshina Kannada.
Dr Acharya said that the government was willing to talk to them if they (naxals) dropped arms.



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(ವರದಿ: ವಿಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ)

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Physically challenged...


Association for the physically challeged, was inaugurated in Udupi today.
photos by Janardan Kodavoor
ಉಡುಪಿ: ಅಂಗವಿಕಲರಿಗೆ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಕಲ್ಪಿಸುವಾಗ ಅವರ ಕೌಟುಂಬಿಕ ಆದಾಯದ ಮಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಅರಂಭದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಗಧಿಪಡಿಸಲಾಗಿದ್ದ ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ ೬೦೦೦ ರೂ. ಅದಾಯವನ್ನೇ ಈಗಲೂ ಮುಂದುವರೆಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಅಂಗವಿಕಲರು ಯಾವುದೇ ವರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದರೂ ಅದರ ಪರಿಣಾಮವನ್ನು ಅವರೇ ನೇರವಾಗಿ ಅನುಭವಿಸುವದರಿಂದ ಈ ಅದಾಯ ಮಿತಿಯನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದು ಹಾಕಲು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರಕಾರ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಿದೆ ಎಂದು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಗೃಹ ಸಚಿವ ಡಾ. ವಿ. ಎಸ್. ಆಚಾರ್ಯ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಉಡುಪಿ ಅಜ್ಜರಕಾಡು ಪುರಭವನದಲ್ಲಿ ರವಿವಾರ ನಡೆದ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಅಂಗವಿಕಲರ ಮಹಾಸಂಘಗಳ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟದ ಉಡುಪಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಘಟಕದ ಉದ್ಘಾಟನಾ ಸಮಾರಂಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿ ಅವರು ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಅಂಗವಿಕಲರಿಗೆ ಮಾಸಿಕ ೪೦೦ ರೂ. ಹಾಗೂ ಶೇ. ೭೫ಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಅಧಿಕ ಅಂಗವೈಕಲ್ಯತೆ ಹೊಂದಿರುವವರಿಗೆ ಮಾಸಿಕ ಒಂದು ಸಾವಿರ ರೂ. ಗೌರವಧನ ನೀಡುವ ಯೋಜನೆಯನ್ನು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರಕಾರ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು, ಇದು ದೇಶದಲ್ಲೇ ಪ್ರಥಮವಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದರು.
ರಾಜ್ಯ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಪ್ರೊ. ಸಿ.ಕೆ. ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನಾರಾಯಣ ಗುಪ್ತ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷತೆ ವಹಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಉಡುಪಿ ಶಾಸಕ ರಘುಪತಿ ಭಟ್, ವಿಧಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್ ಸದಸ್ಯ ಕೋಟ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಪೂಜಾರಿ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅತಿಥಿಗಳಾಗಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಒಕ್ಕೂಟದ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ವಿಲ್ಪ್ರೆಡ್ ವಿ. ಗೋಮ್ಜ್ ಪ್ರಾಸ್ತಾವಿಕವಾಗಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದರು. ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಗೌರವಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಬಿ. ಪುಂಡಲೀಕ ಮರಾಠೆ ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸಿದರು. ಸಾಧನಾ ಕಿಣಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ನಿರೂಪಿಸಿದರು.
(ವರದಿ:ವಾರ್ತಾ ಭಾರತಿ)
Udupi Nov 24: Home Minister V.S. Acharya on Sunday urged the physically challenged people to take advantage of various schemes launched by the Government.
He was speaking at the inaugural function of the Udupi unit of the Federation of Physically Handicapped Associations, here.
Dr. Acharya said that there were nearly 30 lakh physically challenged people in the country. Both the Union and the State governments had launched various schemes to help them. However, focussed attention was required in this regard. The physically challenged should fight for their rights, he said.
The State Government had decided to do away with the requirement of income limit to provide facilities to physically challenged people. It had decided to give Rs. 1,000 as monthly allowance to physically challenged people with over 75 per cent disability.
The Government was committed to filling the backlog vacancies reserved for physically challenged in various departments. It would do periodic evaluation of the implementation of schemes meant for physically challenged. Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa would be urged to convene a meeting soon to discuss the problems faced by the physically challenged, Dr. Acharya said.
Dinakar Kenjur welcomed the gathering. President of the district unit of the federation Wilfred Gomes delivered the introductory remarks.
MLA K. Raghupati Bhat, MLC Kota Srinivas Poojary, president of the State unit of the federation C.K. Lakshminarayana Gupta and Vishwallabha Tirtha Swamiji of Kaniyur Math, were present, among others.
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ತೋನ್ಸೆ ಕಂಬಳದ ಕೆಲ ರೋಚಕ ಕ್ಷಣಗಳು...
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Udupi: Dr Acahrya Inaugurates Tonse Padumane Kambala
Udupi, Nov 23: Earlier, information on buffalo races (Kambala) was included in school text books. The knowledge gained through reading in childhood was remembered for many years, said Dr V S Acharya, state home minister.
He was recalling childhood rhymes after inaugurating the Tonse Padumane Kambala, and recited part of the poem ‘Ambalapady Kambala Mangalavara Barpundu’ on Saturday November 22 .
The tradition of celebrating Kambala is continued even in the modern age. The government is supporting such Kambalas and this will further evoke mutual love and brotherhood, he said.Tonse Jayakrishna Shetty, businessman, Mumbai, presided over the function.
MLA Raghupathy Bhat, Vijay Kumar Shetty, Kala Jagattu, Mumbai, Janardhana Tonse, president, zilla panchayat stand-by committee, Venkatesh G, president, gram panchayat, S S Tonse, Bykady Suprasad Shetty, Satish Shetty, Ganapati, Service Co-operative Bank, Franky Fernandes, Mumbai, Felix D’Souza, Dayanand Hegde, president, Kambala committee, Raghuram Hegde, and Dinesh Shetty, office-bearers, were present on the occasion.
Vasanti Shetty welcomed the gathering while Shekar Gujjarabettu proposed the vote of thanks. Jayaprakash Shetty compered the programme.
(Daijiworld Media Network—Udupi (SN/CN)


Photos by Janardan Kodavoor

ಗೋಡಂಬಿ ಉದ್ಯಮದಿಂದ ಉದ್ಯೋಗವಕಾಶ ಹೆಚ್ಚಳ


ಗೋಡಂಬಿ ಉದ್ಯಮಕ್ಕೊಂದು ದಿಕ್ಕು ತೋರಿಸುವ ವಿಶನ್ 2020

ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಗೃಹ ಸಚಿವ ಡಾ. ವಿ. ಎಸ್. ಆಚಾರ್ಯ ಮಾತನಾಡಿ, ಬಡವರ ಅಂಗಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಳೆದು ಶ್ರೀಮಂತರ ತಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ವಸ್ತುವಾದ ಗೋಡಂಬಿ ಅತಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮಹಿಳೆಯರಿಗೆ ಉದ್ಯೋಗವಕಾಶ ಕಲ್ಪಿಸಿರುವ, ರಫ್ತು ಮಾಡಲು ಅರ್ಹವಾದ ಉದ್ಯಮವಾಗಿದೆ. ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರಕಾರದಿಂದ ತೆರಿಗೆ ಪಾಲಿಸಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಡಿಲಿಕೆ ಮುಂತಾದ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದ್ಯ ಗಮನ ನೀಡಲಾಗುವುದು. ಈ ಉದ್ಯಮ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಉದ್ಯಮಗಳ ಸಾಲಿಗೆ ಸೇರಲಿ ಎಂದು ಶುಭ ಹಾರೈಸಿದರು. ಗೋಡಂಬಿ ಉದ್ಯಮದಿಂದ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಹಾಗೂ ನಗರ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಉದ್ಯೋಗವಕಾಶ ಹೆಚ್ಚಳವಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಉದ್ಯಮಕ್ಕೆ ಭಾರತ ಸರಕಾರ ಉತ್ತೇಜನ ನೀಡಲಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕ ಸಚಿವ ಅಸ್ಕರ್ ಫೆರ್ನಾಂಡಿಸ್ ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.
ಅವರು ಶನಿವಾರ ನಗರದ ಕಾಪಿಕಾಡ್‌ನ ಸುಪ್ರಭಾತದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಗೋಡಂಬಿ ಉತ್ಪಾದಕರ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ, ಭಾರತೀಯ ರಫ್ತು ಉತ್ತೇಜನ ಮಂಡಳಿಯ ವಿಷನ್-೨೦೨೦ ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ ಚಾಲನೆ ನೀಡಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದರು.

The project hopes to increase cashew kernel production from the present 1.15-lakh MT to 2.75-lakh MT a year, raw nut production to 19-lakh MT, widening the overseas market to 125 countries from the current 65, achieving 50 per cent compounded average growth rate in exports in the case of 20 focus-counties, ensure 20 per cent of the cashew exported is value-added. Former chairman of CEPCI Walter D’Souza said Vietnam was an emerging market and it threatened to overtake India as the leading exporter of cashew. An attempt was on to float "Global Cashew Alliance" with Vietnam and Brazil, which was the other major exporter of cashew. (report from Mangalorean)

ಕೊಳಂಬೆ ಶಾಂತಿ ನಗರ ಮದೀನ ಮಸೀದಿಯಲ್ಲೊಂದು ಆತ್ಮೀಯ ಸಮ್ಮಾನ




ಉಡುಪಿ: ರಾಜ್ಯ ಗೃಹ ಸಚಿವ ವಿ.ಎಸ್. ಆಚಾರ್ಯ ಅವರನ್ನು ಬೈಲೂರು ಕೊಳಂಬೆ ಮದೀನ ಮಸೀದಿಯ ವತಿಯಿಂದ ಶನಿವಾರ ಸನ್ಮಾನಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ಮಸೀದಿಯ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಅಬ್ದುಲ್ ಗಫೂರ್ ಅವರು ಸಚಿವರನ್ನುಶಾಲು ಹೊದಿಸಿ ಸ್ಮರಣಿಕೆ ನೀಡಿ ಅಭಿನಂದಿಸಿದರು. ಸಮಾರಂಭದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷತೆಯನ್ನು ಉಡುಪಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ವಕ್ಫ್ ಸಲಹಾ ಮಂಡಳಿಯ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಹಾಜಿ ಟಿ. ಎಸ್. ಬುಡಾನ್ ಭಾಷಾ ವಹಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅತಿಥಿಗಳಾಗಿ ಉಡುಪಿ ನಗರಾಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಸುಧಾಕರ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ, ಪೌರಾಯುಕ್ತ, ಗೋಕುಲದಾಸ್ ನಾಯಕ್, ಉಡುಪಿ ಜಾಮೀಯ ಮಸೀದಿಯ ಅಡಳಿತಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಮುಹಮ್ಮದ್ ಸಲೀಂ, ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಅಲ್ಪಸಂಖ್ಯಾತ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸಮಿತಿ ಸದಸ್ಯ ಕರಾಮತ್ ಅಲಿ, ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ರೈತ ಮೋರ್ಚಾದ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥ ಮಾಡ, ನಗರಸಭಾ ಸದಸ್ಯ ನಿತ್ಯಾನಂದ ಒಳಕಾಡು ಉಪಸ್ತಿತರಿದ್ದರು. ಮಸೀದಿಯ ಮೌಲಾನ ಶೌಕತ್ ಅಲಿ ರಝ್ವಿ ಕುರಾನ್ ಪಠಿಸಿದರು. ಉಸ್ಮಾನ್ ಅಲಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ನಿರೂಪಿಸಿದರು
(ವರದಿ ವಾರ್ತಾ ಭಾರತಿ/ ಗಲ್ಫ್ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ+ ಚಿತ್ರ: ಜನಾರ್ದನ್ ಕೊದವೂರ್)

Friday, November 21, 2008

ಚಿಣ್ಣರ ಹಬ್ಬ : Chinnara Habba


Bangalore, Nov 21: The Palace Grounds was abuzz with the activities of thousands of children on Thursday as students from over 250 schools in the city participated in the Chinnara Habba, organised by National Minority Development Corporation and the Karnataka Minority Development Corporation, in association with Rotary Club of Bangalore.
Inauguration
Minister for Home V S Acharya flagged off the Oneness Run that marked the launch of Chinnara Habba at Basaveshwara Circle.
Over 3,000 children representing 250 schools who ran from the circle to Palace Ground drew public attention with cheers.
The Habba is on at the Palace Grounds between 10 am and 8 pm and will draw to a close on November 23.