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20.02.2009/News Update

Pub attack: Mental agony for victims...

Mangalore pub attack victims ...

Physically assaulted by the attackers....Undergo Emotional and mental agony with repeat telecast of the video clippings... (channels which bought the clippings for a price, make the "best use" of controversial edited/stage managed video clips...)

ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಮಾನ ಕಾಪಾಡುವುದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಬ್ರೆಕಿಂಗ್ ನ್ಯೂಸ್ ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಯಿತೇ?

ಸಂಜೆ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಘಂಟೆಗೆ ಪಬ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಘಟನೆ...

Mangalore pub episode took place at 4:15 pm!

(talk about night life!)

ಕಾಲೇಜ್ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಕ್ಲಾಸ್ ಚಕ್ಕರ್ ಹೊಡೆದು ಪಬ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ....
College "students"...found in pub in college hours...
ಹಲ್ಲೆ ನಡೆದು ಹತ್ತು ನಿಮಿಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲ್ಲೆಕೊರರ ಸೆರೆ....ಒಟ್ಟು ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತ ಏಳು ಹಲ್ಲೆಕೊರರ ಸೆರೆ...
First attacker of pub arrested within 10 minutes of the incident...
ಇಷ್ಟು ಮಾಡಿಯೂ ....ತಮ್ಮ ಸುದ್ದಿಯ ಫಲ ಶ್ರುತಿ ಎಂದು ಮಾಧಯಮಗಳು ಬೊಂಬಡ ಹೊಡೆಯುವುದರ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
(ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಪಬ್ ಬಾರ್ ರಾತ್ರಿ ಹನ್ನೊಂದು ಘಂಟೆಗೆ ಬಂದ್ ಮಾಡಬೇಕೆಂದು ಇದ್ದ ಕಾನೂನನ್ನು ಜಾರಿಗೊಳಿಸಿದಾಗ ಗಲಾಟೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ...ಈಗ ಕೂಡ ಗಲಾಟೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ...ತನ್ನ ಮಗ ನಡು ರಾತ್ರಿ ಬಾರ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ದಾಂಧಲೆ ಮಾಡಿದಾಗ ಸುಮ್ಮನಿದ್ದ ಮಾಜಿ ಮು ಮ ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ... ತಂದೂರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಒಬ್ಬಳನ್ನು ಜೀವಂತ ಹುರಿದ ಪಕ್ಷದ ಜನ ಈಗ ಏಕೆ ಅರಚುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ?)
ಸುದ್ದಿ ತಿಳಿದೂ ಪೊಲೀಸರಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸದೇ...ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಮೇಲಿನ ಹಲ್ಲೆಯನ್ನು ಪದೇ ಪದೇ ಬಿತ್ತರಿಸಿ ಏನು ಸಾಧಿಸಿದರು? ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಮಾನ ಕಾಪಾಡುವುದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಬ್ರೆಕಿಂಗ್ ನ್ಯೂಸ್ ಮುಖ್ಯವೇ? ಹಲ್ಲೆಯ ಒಂದು ಘಂಟೆಯ ಮುಂಚೆ ಕ್ಯಾಮೆರಾ ತಂದು ಇತ್ತವರು ಯಾರು? ಇಂಟರ್ನೆಟ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲ್ಲೆಯ ವಿಡಿಯೋ ಮಾರಿ ದುಡ್ಡು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡವರು ಯಾರು? ಅಷ್ಟಾಗಿ ಹಲ್ಲೆಗೊಳಗಾದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆ ಏನು? ಇಡಿ ದೇಶಕ್ಕೆ ವರದಿ ಬಿತ್ತರ ಮಾಡಿರುವಾಗ ಪೊಲೀಸರು ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳಿಂದ ವಿವರ ಕೇಳಿದರೆ ಕೆಲ ಕೊಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ಸ್ ನಾಯಕರಿಗೆ ಏಕೆ ಸಿಟ್ಟು ಬರುತ್ತದೆ?
ಉತ್ತರವಿಲ್ಲದ ಈ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳು!
ಇದನ್ನು ಓದಿ...
ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ...ಅತಿ ರಂಜಿತ ವರದಿ ಬೇಕೆ?

Counter point by Charakan
Bangalore pub curfew: when Dr V S Acharya implemented an existing rule of pub/bar closure at 11;30 pm...or when security was provided at the pubs...the so called "page3" crowd and newspapers wrote reams of articles ridiculing the HM`s decision... (writeup by Tejaswini Jayateertha : Bangalore times 7/12/2008: our cops are on nightlife watch...) Very same crowd, now wants cops to provide security!

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ಎಡ ಪಂಥೀಯ ಸಂಘಟನೆಗಳಿಗೂ ಪಬ್ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಗೂ ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಬಂಧ?

ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ ಡಿ ಆರ್ ಡಿ ಓ : ಎಲ್ಲ ಸಹಕಾರ

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ

Karnataka Government headed by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Thursday selected 90 personalities, for Karnataka Rajyothsava Award - 2008 for their outstanding contributions in various fields.

Coastal districts:
In the field of literature Ambatanaya Mudradi (Udupi) has been selected for the award while Mohan Das Pai of Infosys (Dakshina Kannada) bagged the coveted prize in the filed of Information Technology.
Other award winners from coastal districts are: educationist V.B. Kuthino (Uttara Kannada) and Kuranji Venkataramana Gowda (Dakshina Kananada); agricultural scientist P. Shetty (Udupi), Freedom Fighter – Hammanna Mani Naik (Uttara Kannada), Yakshgagana- K. Govinda Bhat, Sannakki Banglegudde, Patala Venkataramana Bhat (Dkashina Kannada), Fine Arts- B.G. Mohamad (Dakshina Kannada); Sculpture- Gunavantheshwar Bhat (Udupi); Social services and others- N. R. Narayana Rao ( Hotel- Udupi)

Minister for Home Dr. V. S. Acharya announced the list of award winners and said the Government had received 2500 applications from award seekers. The list was selected for the award on the basis of merit and regional representation, he said.
The Government has decided to increase the cash prize each award from the existing Rs. 10, 000 to Rs. One lakh and a gold medal weighing 20 gms from this year. Besides each award carry a memento, citation and shawl. The award will be presented at the Sri Kanteerava Indoor Stadium on the Rajyotsva Day (November 1), he added.
Other award winners: S.K. Shivakumar and M. Annadorai, senior scientists with the ISRO who have played an instrumental role in the Chandrayan Mission, writers S.G. Siddaramaiah and Vijaya Dabbe, film producer Basanthkumar Patil, playback singer S.P. Balasubramanyam and director S. K. Bhagavan, and artist Chandranatha Acharya for the Rajyotsava award for 2008 in 24 categories.
HoranadaKannadigas
The award has been given to Horanadu Kannadigas and they are Uday B.S. Prakash (science- US), Niraj Patil ( medicine- England), M.B. Udoshi ( medicine and social services- US), Uma Mysorekar ( medicine-US), Vijaykumar Shetty ( social service- Mumbai) and Upendra Bhat ( Hindustani music – Pune).
The winners in other fields are:
Ayurveda- Dr.T. L Devaraj (Bangalore) and Veterinary- Dr. Jayadevappa (Mayakonda- Davanagere). Science- P. Balaram ( IISC). Literature- Veeranna Rajura( Dharwad), R. Ramaswamy (Bangalore), Farida Rahamattullah (Bangalore), Sannarama Naik ( Shimoga).
Agriculture- Mirataayi Koppikar (Dharwad), Papamma Papanna (Kurubarahalli-Kolar).
Information Technology- Anantha Koppara (Gadag).
Classical Music- Venkataraghavan (Carnatic vocal - Mysore), Sangeshwaraswamy Hiremath (Hindustani vocal- Bagalkot), Hanumanthkumar Mudhol (flute- Koppal), Shivappa Yellappa Bhajantri (Shahani- Haveri), and B.Shankara Rao (flute- Bangalore).
Light Music- T.V. Raju (Tumkur), Yeshawantha Halabandi (Dharwad) and Shantha Anand (Shimoga). Gamaka – K.L. Narayanaswamy (Hassan). Theatre- V. Ramamurthy and Malathi Sudhir (Bangalore), Vani Saraswathi Naidu, B.M. Krishne Gowda (Chikkaballapur), Byregowda Marisiddaiah (Ramnagar). Dance- Gitabali (Bangalore). Folk- Ambalike Hiriyanna (Shimoga), Erabadappa (Chitradurga), Shivalingappa Hagaluveshagaara (Raichur), Chudike Uchhangamma ( Davanagere), Bhovi Jayamma ( Chitradurga) and Lingadaveeraru Mahadevappa ( Mandya).
Yakshagana - Aralukuppe Nanjappa (Tumkur).
Fine Arts- V.M. Sulapurkar (Bijapur), Yeshwanth Hibare (Bidar).
Sculpture- Jayannachar (Chikmagalur), K. Narayana Rao (Shimoga).
Cinema- Saikumar, Pramila Joshai, Srinivasa Kadavikere (television). Medical- Dr.H.V. Kotresh (Shimoga), Dr.D. Nagaraj, Dr. Subrayappa, Dr. Venkataramana Neelam (Bangalore) and Dr. B.K. Srinivasamurthy (Bellary). Journalism- Padmaraja Dandavathi (Bijapur), Krishnamurthy Hegde ( Dharwad), Ravi Belegere ( Bellary), K.B. Ganapathi (Kodagu), , Chandrakanth (Shimoga), Madan Gopal (Dharwad)Be.Su. Na. Malya and Imran Qureshi (Bangalore). Your browser may not support display of this image.
Education- K.S. Narayanacharya (Dharwad) and Basavaraja Patil Sedam (Gulbarga). Handicraft- Puttaraju (Chamarajanagar) and Naryanappa (Bangalore). Sports- J.J. Shobha (Dharwad) and Shikha Tondon (Bangalore).
Social services and others- S.S. Patil (Gulbarga), P. Vali ( Bellary), S.C. Burman ( administration), Kevalchnad and Nitin Sha ( publication- all Bangalore) and Siddana Gouda Patil ( Kannada activist - Belgaum). Horanadu Kannadigas- Uday B.S. Prakash (science- US), Niraj Patil ( medicine- England), M.B. Udoshi ( medicine and social services- US), Uma Mysorekar ( medicine-US), Vijaykumar Shetty ( social service- Mumbai) and Upendra Bhat ( Hindustani music - Pune). Ayurveda- Dr.T. L Devaraj (Bangalore) and Veterinary- Dr. Jayadevappa (Mayakonda- Davanagere).

ಸೆಂಟ್ರಲ್ ಟೀಮ್ ಯಾ ಯು ಪಿ ಎ ಚೇಲಗಳೇ?

The so called high level team from the center has drawn opposition from all quarters including two analytical editorials from leading dailies in Kannada, Kannadaprabha and Prajavani...
ಕನ್ನಡದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ದಿನ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳಾದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಪ್ರಭ ಹಾಗು ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಪಾದಕೀಯ ಓದಿ...

24.09.2008:News update

News Scan 23.08.2008

CCB catch on display!

Police interrogates 400 for clues on blasts

Karnataka Home Minister, V.S Acharya, said the government and policewere in close touch with the Gujarat government and police followingpossible links between the Ahmedabad blasts and those in Bangalore."However, it is premature to comment on the issue", Dr. Acharya said.The state authorities continued to be vigilant in view of threatperceptions in the state. Meanwhile, following reports that Haywoodhad visited Bangalore on some occasions, police conducted aninvestigation into the activities of Haywood in the city, said GopalHosur, Joint Commissioner, Crime.http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=89889

Security: Committee asked to submit report

In view of threat from militants groups, the State government has setup a committee of senior officials - including police - to submit areport on the security to be provided to the various key installationsin the State. The Committee has been asked to submit its report within10 days.The decision was taken at a meeting of ministers and top officials ofthe Home, Energy, Irrigation and Revenue Departments. The InspectorGenerals of Police of six ranges also attended the meeting, which waschaired by Home Minister Dr V S Acharya.http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Aug232008/state2008082386116.asp

Karnataka to tighten security at installations

Home Minister V.S. Acharya told presspersons here on Friday that theservices of one Indian Reserve Battalion of Raichur and two KarnatakaState Reserve Police battalions would be utilised to provide securityat installations such as Krishnaraja Sagar, Tungabhadra , Varahi,Almatti, Ghataprabha Malaprabha reservoirs; Raichur Thermal PowerStation, Bellary Thermal Power Station and major bridges.http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/23/stories/2008082360741200.htm

News Scan: 06.08.2008

(ವಿಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ)

ಸಂಸದ D C ಶ್ರೀಕಂಠಪ್ಪ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾಂಜಲಿ...
(ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ ಚಿತ್ರ)

Common man appreciates move to limit red beacon

Background info: One of the first decisions made by new administrationin Karnataka is to ease traffic woes of Bangalore. As part of this,vehicles with red beacon and pilot vehicles will be restricted to onlyhandful of VIPs - Governor, Chief Minister, Home Minister, ex-PMMr.Devegowda and visiting Head of the States in Bangalore. Trafficwill not be stopped for any other VIPs. This will also freeup policeforce to focus on other immediate tasks.

(reproduced from letters to the editor: Deccan Herald)

Plan to inject life into State's anti-terrorist cell

Officials for setting up ATC squads in terror-prone districts

Though the successive Governments had been stating that a specialisedATC would be set up, the issue had been put on the backburner forlong. The process is now being hastened after Chief Minister B.S.Yeddyurappa announced in the budget proposals for 2008-09 that an ATCwould be established in Bangalore.

more in...http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/06/stories/2008080660350400.htm

19.06.2008: Opposition Provoked Events...

PEOPLE WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF POLITICS, SHOULD NOT WRITE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR...EDITOR WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF POLITICS SHOULD NOT EDIT THE NEWSPAPER! here is a classic case, some disgrunted soul, writes something and the editor of a "reputed" daily publishes it without checking...

HERE ARE SOME FACTS...
1. VSA was elected to Assembly from Udupi in 1983 - not right to say he was never elected directly.
2. Central Home Minister Shivaraj Patil is an upper house member (Rajya Sabha)
3. It is not even two weeks - how did the writer decide so quickly that he can't handle it? Just because some opposition party leader or a TV channel said so?
4. DID THIS READER WRITE SIMILAR LETTERS, WHEN DR RAJ WAS ABDUCTED? OR WHEN NAGAPPA, MLA WAS KILLED?
5. WAS THE EDITOR OF PRAJAVANI SLEEPING WHEN HE PUBLISHED THIS LETTER?
THIS EXPOSES THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF OUR MEDIA!
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Photo courtesy: Janardan Kodavoor
Read an Interview with the Times Of India
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Cops can't be everywhere: Acharya
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bangalore: It has been a troublesome time for home minister V S
Acharya. Before he could recover from the police firing during the
farmer unrest over fertilizer scarcity, he had to handle the
Padmapriya suicide mystery. A person respected for his integrity and
capability, there's a perception that he did not deal with the two
vexatious issues firmly.

Excerpts from an interview
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Are you satisfied in the manner in which the farmers' fury over
fertilizers scarcity was handled?

Within 24 hours, we were able to bring the situation under
control. Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and I went to see the injured
and later we went to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
We have done everything possible to go to the root cause of the
problem. Of course, the provocation came from the opposition parties.
Now, the situation is under control. In two days, the fertilizer quota
for June will arrive. A judicial inquiry has been ordered into the
police firing. The opposition parties can stage dharnas because it is
their democratic right. What more do you want?

Did the police machinery fail to anticipate the full extent of the
farmers' anger?
There are 224 assembly constituencies, 176 taluks and 20,000 odd
villages. Can anybody expect the police to be posted in all these
places? In situations where the police can anticipate trouble, we are
prepared to handle it.

Why were there contradictory statements by the police on the Padmapriya case?
Investigation is on. But the important part is that the entire
incident stretched from June 11 to June 15. Once we got to know
Padmapriya's whereabouts, within 24 hours we traced her in New Delhi.
Unfortunately, she had committed suicide.

There's a perception that your statements on the Padmapriya case are
more as her husband Raghupathi Bhat's friend than a home minister...?
I am not the spokesperson of the home department, but only a home
minister. My speaking as a friend of Bhat does not arise at all. In my
political career of four decades, nobody can point a finger at me. I
am only sorry that we could not bring her back alive.
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Another interivew with TOI:
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CBI won't probe suicide'
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TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Udupi: Home minister V S Acharya has reiterated that the Karnataka
police are competent enough to take up the Padmapriya case, and there
is no need for it to be handed over to the CBI.
He told reporters here on Wednesday that the case of BJP MLA
Raghupathi Bhat's wife,who was found dead in a New Delhi flat on Sunday, will be handled by
the police, with ADGP (law and order) A R Infant heading the team.
When the home minister was specifically asked if Infant would continue
to head the team, he said it was up to the DGP to decide such
assignments.
Acharya was here to open the district incharge minister's office at
the DC's office premises. He said the office was open to the public.
"If need be, more officials will be posted to take care of work," he
said.
Acharya said he had represented the chief minister at the recent
meeting of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers in
Delhi, called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. There, he had urged
the PM to make sure that the issue price does not vary from state to
state, in the wake of the increasing price of petroleum products.
Acharya said he had brought to the Prime Minister's notice that
Karnataka would lose a lot of revenue because of the increase, and
requested that the Centre bear 50% of the expenses.