195_CH_18_July_2016

CITY
HILIGHTS
Vol 1, Issue 194 `.1.00/-
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Saturday, July 16, 2016
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CITY
Former Karnataka
Lokayukta Justice left
for USA?
According to rumours, the
former Karnataka Lokayukta,
Justice Bhaskar Rao, has left
for USA. Such a rumour is
being heard since the news
of the governor gave permission
to the investigating
officers to file charge sheet
against Justice Rao in the
court came out. After resigning,
Justice Bhaskar Rao had
shifted his residence to Hyderabad.
As he is not reachable
his cellphone, there
have been claims that he has
left for USA. If this is true, the
special investigating team
will have to handle the problem
of delivering court notice
to him.
Infosys makes a double
digit profit for April-june
quarter
Indian IT major Infosys
Ltd on Friday reported double-digit
net profit and revenue
for April-June quarter,
but lowered annual revenue
guidance in dollar value,
resulting in its stock plunging
on the bourses. Though
consolidated net profit grew
13.4 per cent year-on-year to
Rs 3,436 crore and revenue
16.9 per cent to Rs 16,782
crore for the quarter under
review, the IT company
lowered dollar guidance for
fiscal 2016-17 to 10-11.5
per cent from 11.8-13.8 per
cent projected in April due to
currency volatility and headwinds.
As a result, Infosys
scrip of Rs.5 per share (face
value) slipped to Rs 1,072.25
at the end of Friday’s trading
on BSE, losing Rs 103.60 or
8.8 per cent from Thursday’s
closing price of Rs 1,175.85
and opening price of Rs
1,186.35 though it touched a
high of Rs 1,195 and a low of
Rs 1,058.30 in intra-trading.
MIT Prof Completes
Bike Journey from
Kanyakumari to Ladakh
in 23 days
Manipal Institute of Technology
(MIT), Professor of
computer applications, S
Shameem, has completed
the feat of undertaking 3,840
km trip from Kanyakuari to
Ladakh alone by bicycle. Shameem
began his journey on
May 23. In Himachal Pradesh,
he had to suspend journey of
320 km on account of vagaries
of climate on June 18.
This in effect curtailed his
total trip by four days. He
covered 3,520 km in 23 days.
During his trip, Shameem
covered 52 cities located
in 53 districts of 13 states
and union territories. He is
thankful to Manipal University,
government officials, private
parties, and police departments
of different states
and staff of railways and Indian
Army for extending help
in completing his mission.
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OPPOSITION PARTIES CONTINUE
DHARNA IN ASSEMBLY
The day began with the
Opposition parties in the
Lower House continuing
their dharna in the Assembly
to press their demand
for the resignation of Bangalore
Development Minister
KJ George and also insisting
on the CBI probe in the entire
episode as the DySP had
alleged in a television interview
hours before ending
his life that the then Home
Minister, DGP Pranob Mohanty
and IGP Intelligence
A M Prasad must be held responsible,
if anything were
to happen to him.
The Opposition BJP and
JD(S) members, who staged
a night-long dharna in the
Karnataka State Legislative
Assembly on Wednesday
demanding the resignation
K J George over the suicide
of Mangaluru Deputy Superintendent
of Police M K
Ganapati, continued their
protest for the entire day on
Thursday. Members of both
SCHOOLS FAILING TO FULFILL RTE NORMS
TO LOSE RECOGNITION
Two renowned CBSE
schools in Mysuru may lose
their recognition as they
failed to fulfill admission
norms under Right to Education
(RTE) Act.
opposition parties resorted
to dharna in the Legislative
Council on Thursday, and in
the process forced the adjournment
of both houses of
State Legislature.
As the Assembly met, BJP
and JD(S) members entered
the well of the House and
shouted slogans against the
Siddaramaiah Government
after staging the overnight
dharna, which they had
launched yesterday, rejecting
the judicial probe announced
by the Chief Minister
during his reply to the
debate on the issue.
Refusing to give in to
the BJP’s demand for a CBI
probe, Siddaramaiah had
said the case would be
probed by a judicial commission
headed by a retired
High Court judge, even
while dismissing the call for
George’s resignation, saying
there was not even an iota of
evidence against him.
Shettar alleged that honest
officials had no security
under the Congress government
and demanded to
know why Siddaramaiah
was showing “special affection”
towards George.
Ganapathy (51) was
found hanging from a ceiling
fan in a room at a lodge in
Madikeri on July 7, prior to
which he gave an interview
to a local TV channel, saying
the minister and A M Prasad
(IG—Intelligence) and Pranab
Mohanty (IGP—Lokayukta)
would be responsible
“if anything happens
Kautilya Vidyalaya in
Datagalli and Jnanasarovar
international school in
Bhoogatahalli are listed in
the category for dereognition
and an FIR is likely to
be filed against them for
violating RTE guidelines. A
requisition has been sent to
the Directorate of Education
to prosecute the schools violating
RTE norms by the
District regulatory authority
which comes under the
Deputy Commissioner. The
CBSE schools which fall under
educations minister’s
home territory are likely to
lose recognition once the
orders are received from the
Directorate of education.
According to the Deputy
Director of Public Instruction
(DDPI) Basappa,
schools are supposed allot
25% of the seats under RTE
whereas the two private
CBSE schools have violated
the RTE guidelines. During
the previous five academic
years they have allotted only
one seat under RTE during
to me.”
Intervening as opposition
continued its protest, Law
Minister T B Jayachandra
said a judicial inquiry has
been ordered and one has to
wait for its findings. As the
ruckus continued, Speaker
K B Koliwad adjourned the
house for some time.
The Karnataka Legislative
Council was also adjourned
till tomorrow, following
a similar protest and
dharna by the Opposition
BJP and JD(S).
the years 2013 and 2014.
They had given false information
in the high court for
not allotting seats under
RTE. High court in its ruling
two days ago had taken the
Kautilya School to task and
asked them to get back only
after allotting the number of
seats under RTE. The court
had dismissed the school
petition and favoured the
government stand.
Jnanodaya school management
is trying to evade
derecognition by quoting
that their school being residential
type, need not follow
the guidelines. The authorities
are likely to register an
FIR in this case also.
LAWYERS DEMAND CBI INQUIRY
INTO GANAPATI SUICIDE CASE
The Mangalore Bar
Association on Friday
staged a protest against
the state government
demanding the CBI inquiry
into the suicide
of Deputy Superintendent
of Police (DySP) M
K Ganapati in the court
premises.
RANK STUDENTS REWARDED
Excel Acadamics, an
educational coaching
institute, located at Yelahanka,
felicitated 3 of
its students who have
Mangalore Bar Association
president and
JD(S) leader advocate S P
Chengappa said to media
, “DySP Ganapati committed
suicide owing to
pressure from a minister
and police officials. Prior
to his suicide, he clearly
said in a TV interview
that former Home Minister
K J George, Additional
Director General
of Police (intelligence) A
M Prasad and Lokayukta
Inspector General of Police
Pranab Mohanty had
harassed him and they
would be responsible if
anything happened to
him,”
“There have been
many incidents that
performed well in various
competitive exams
in 2015-2016. Students
who secured good ranks
at the National and State
have taken place in the
state against government
officials like the attack
on Rashmi Mahesh,
D K Ravi’s suicide incident,
Anupama Shenoy’s
resignation, harassment
of Mysuru DC Shikha etc.
We demand the resignation
of George immediately.
People do not have
level Medical, engineering
and IIT examinations
were rewarded.
confidence in COD or
CID. The case should be
handed over to the CBI
with a timeframe. The
two officials should be
suspended immediately,”
Chengappa added.
The lawyers resumed
work in court after the
protest, wearing black
badges.
The awards were given
by the Health Minister,
K.R. Ramesh. Navya.
N who belongs to an ordinary
family from Kolar
district has secured the
36th rank in the Medical
stream of CET examination.
She was a former
student of the BMC medical
college. Excel academics
have rewarded
her with Rs.50, 000. In
the engineering section,
Sachin VV who secured
66th rank in the state
was given Rs.25, 000.
Chetan M, who achieved
good marks in the JEE
advance exam was also
given Rs.25, 000. He
secured admission in
IIT-Karakpur.
TEMPLE AUTHORITIES URGE
VISITORS TO FOLLOW DRESS CODE
Shree Mangaladevi
temple has made a move
to put in place a ‘dress
code’ for temple visitors.
Though the temple authorities
say it is not compulsory,
the ‘A’ grade temple
under the Endowment
Department has displayed
a notice on its premises
asking devotees to follow
a ‘dress code’, but without
defining it.
P. Ramanath Hegde,
managing trustee of the
temple management committee,
said that there
was no compulsion for
devotees to wear a certain
dress, but the temple
expected them to cover
themselves fully. “However,
if anybody comes in a
short dress, he or she will
not be sent out,” he said,
adding that the purpose of
displaying the board was to
make devotees follow the
code “voluntarily”.
G.Hanumantha Kamath,
social activist and president
of Nagarika Hitarakshana
Samiti, Mangaluru,
said the temple had given
scope for “unnecessary exchange
of words between
the temple staff and devotees”.
Now the board had
created confusion among
devotees. “Let them clearly
state what the dress code
is. Otherwise, the board
should be removed,” he
said.
‘NAMMURA TINDI MELA’
IN MYSURU
A three-day food festival, ‘Nammura
Tindi Mela’ will be organised by Bhagyalakshmi
Enterprise at Jayamma Govindhegowda
Kalyana Mantap at Mysuru from
Friday to July 17.
Janardhan, Director Rangayana and
Prathap Simha, Member of Parliament,
Mysuru will be the chief guests. The inaugural
event will be followed by contests
such as Cooking Queen, fashion show for
mothers, fire-less cooking for children,
music contest, inter-school dance competition
and magic show.
Vishnu Murthy, spokesperson of the
enterprise said, “Traditional delicacies
are fading away from our lives in the cacophony
of the modern day fast-paced
world. Our home made foods made with
traditional knowledge are making way
for pizzas and burgers. The three-day
festival will have more than 70 stalls displaying
wide variety of native food which
would tickle your taste buds. The festival
gives an insight into the rich variety of traditional
food. Various cultural events too
have been organised as part of the event”.
MASKED MAN THROWS PETROL
BOMB AT CHURCH
The CCTV footage of the
incident shows that since
the masked man could not
open the main gate and the
small gate, he ended up
hurling the petrol bomb inside
the premises.
Anoka, the sexton, came
out of his house, which is
close by, when he heard a
sound. He put off the fire,
collecting water from a tap
nearby. Three others residing
on the premises helped
him bring the blaze under
control. As news spread,
several members of the
community gathered at the
church. Deputy Commissioner
K.P. Mohan Raj, IGP
(central range) Seemanth
Kumar Singh, Superintendent
of Police Karthik Reddy
and DySP Chidanandaswamy
visited the spot and
analysed the CCTV footage.
No major damage was
reported, but a portion of
the wall beside the doors
has turned black.
Singh told the media that
five police teams have been
formed to nab the suspect.
Secretary of the church
committee Jai Bhushan said
they did not suspect anyone,
but sought a speedy
investigation.
The 86-year-old church
is uniquely designed, bearing
resemblance to a Hindu
EX CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICER’S HOUSE BURGLED FOR
FOURTH TIME IN TWO YEARS
In the last two years,
thieves have burgled a
house four times. According
to the sources, retired
chief administrative officer
of Legal Services Authority
P Narayanan’s house which
is situated near Capitanio
was burgled for the fourth
time on Thursday. He claims
to have lodged complaint
every time. Surprisingly,
no action has been taken
till now. This time, Fed up
with the police’ indifferent
attitude, P Narayana wrote
a letter to CM Siddaramaiah
to instruct the police to act
upon the complaint. In his
letter, he also sought a compensation
of Rs 8 lakh for
the loss he suffered in all
the four burglaries.
It is learnt, earlier
Narayanan had complained
to Mangaluru Rural police
regarding the serial theft
cases at his residence.
P Narayana who hails
from Kasargod has settled
in Capitanio for many
years. He along with his
family had gone to Kasargod
to meet his ailing
mother-in-law. When they
returned, the family came
to know about the robbery.
The thieves have decamped
with gold and cash.
Unfortunately, the CCTV
that was installed was not
functioning.