Bengaluru: The Criminal Investigation Department which is probing DySP Ganapathy’s suicide has reportedly briefed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as well as Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara regarding various developments in the case on Sunday. The investigation has reportedly found out that the DySP took the extreme step due to professional and family problems.

The CID visited Chikkamagaluru and Mangaluru where DySP Kallappa Handibag and DySP MK Ganapathy had worked. Both the officers had ended their lives last week.

CID officials added that DySP Handibag took the extreme step as he was unable to overcome the humiliation that came with the charges of kidnap and demanding a ransom.

(Agencies)

Bengaluru: “STRIDES FOR AUTISM” is a Run for a cause. Happening on Sunday’ 7th August 2016, From KanteeravaStadium at 700 am. The organisers of Shriram Properties. Bengaluru Marathonwill be sponsoring the entire event and also help us conduct the run The entire amount collected through  registration will go towards “charity for ALFAA.

Get Going” is collaborating with the organising  team ,Shriram Properties Bengaluru Marathon to make it a fundraiser event for ALFAA. A special Power Run is included to include our special citizen and their family members.

Brand Ambassador of Shriram Properties Bengaluru Marathon , Reeth Abraham whose is also promoting our run and helping us raise funds says , It is the responsibility of every individual to give back to the society and improve the lives of people especially those with special abilities and  running has been a  great median to create awareness .

Strides for Autism is an awareness event to support the earnest attempt of an organization, Assisted Living For Autistic Adults (ALFAA) committed to spreading knowledge about Autism, providing state-of-the-art residential facilities and dignified living to Autistic adults.Autism is a very complex and challenging neuro developmental disorder which has no ascertained cause or cure, which essentially means that persons affected need lifelong supervision and care. Generally, grooming is needed from an early age to help them perform daily routines normally. Most of the autistic adults have very limited social and communication skills, so need trained people who understand their needs and can help to address them.

“To keep pace with other things and in the same line of activity with a multi-pronged benefit and target area, ALFAA is conducting  Marathon  with a Difference. We wish to show the world, especially, the Ad Industry and  the corporate houses that these children, despite their disability, can be lifted to their highest potentials by proper training and guidance. says  Ruby Singh, Director of ALFAA

To this end, ALFAA in partnership with Anugraha Trust has recently launched “Anugraha ALFAAResidential Campus”, a respite-cum rehabilitation- with training and assisted living care, residential campus for adults withIntellectual Developmental Disorders that are covered under the NATIONAL TRUST ACT

Through this event, ALFAA wants to reach out to people to help make this campus better for its residents. The campus needs SENSORY GYMNASIUM, HYDRO THERAPEUTIC SWIMMING POOL and AN ADULT USE PARK which won’t be possible without generous support of its patrons. Please do participate in this event to make ALFAA’s dream a reality – We need your support!

ALFAA is a registered Charitable Trust, Registration No: 196-IV / 2009-2010. It is also registered with Govt. of Karnataka u/s 51,52 of Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act,1995 with Reg. No. 128-Sl.No-129, dt. 29-04-2013. For more information on ALFAA, please visit: www.alfaa.org

For Registration please visit : https://click2race.com/Register?eventid=sfa_2016

Event Date:Sunday 7th August, 2016

Event Location:- Kanteerava  Stadium

Time- 7:00 am

For More Information and Media Quires please call   : Ms Ruby Singh -Director of ALFAA 9741418103

Kozhikode: Controversial Mumbai-based Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on Sunday got support from Kerala’s Indian Union Muslim League, which claimed he had always spoken against terrorism and was now being “hunted”.

Addressing reporters here after a meeting of the leaders of the IUML, the Congress-led United Democratic Front’s second-biggest constituent, its Lok Sabha member E.T. Mohammed Basheer said that Naik is being hunted.

“The Maharashtra Chief Minister (Devendra Fadnavis) and some Union Ministers are prejudiced in their outlook that something is wrong and this is against the principles of expression of freedom. He has always taken a position against terrorism,” he said.

The central government on Friday launched a multi-pronged probe into controversies around the speeches and “online sermons” of Naik with the Union Home Ministry seeking investigation by intelligence agencies while Information and Broadcasting minister M. Venkaiah Naidu personally met top officials on the issue.

Naik, who heads NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), also runs Peace TV channel but the government on Saturday said that it is not permitted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to downlink and warned the cable operators that action will be taken for transmitting it.

(Agencies)

New Delhi: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) today condemned the media campaign against Dr. Zakir Naik, a medical practitioner-turned-preacher, and called it a conspiracy hatched up by the saffron brigade supported by its cohorts in the media to malign Dr. Naik.

Elyas Thumbe, national general secretary of SDPI in a statement said that the Union Government has started a crackdown on Dr Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) and Peace TV with the aid of a section of prejudiced media who are showing his statements cut in half and false allegations are being made against him since he speaks with evidence that idol worship is not allowed even in Hinduism and advocates monotheism.

“ He is a well-known orator in comparative religion. Let police and government agencies carry on proper investigation. It is a sad commentary by some anchors of news channels who want action against Dr. Naik without any inquiry, whatsoever”, he said.

Thumbe said propagation of mass lies and falsehood without any investigation can never be a criterion to defeat truth and justice. Dr. Zakir Naik always told people of all religions to forget their differences and come together based on commonality between them. He always advocated Muslims to spread peace to all. He never said to blow up innocents in the name of terrorism.

Thumbe expressed concern that BJP in power at the Centre and in Maharashtra is clearly making Dr. Zakir Naik a scapegoat, who is a man of impeccable knowledge, not only Islam, but Hinduism, Sikhism and Christianity as well.

“Dr. Naik always gives evidential references from Vedas and compares the present day followings with what is written in their scriptures. But it seems like RSS wants to keep Hindus away from gaining knowledge of Vedas and Upanishads so they do not open their mind and think. Dr. Naik’s only fault is that he makes best attempts to open peoples mind which could get them out of their superstitious religiosity and this is not digestible to RSS and its affiliates”, he added.

He further said that if one imagines police found a copy of “My Experiments with Truth” with a terrorist, then only a morally depraved person or a person with evil intentions can interpret as Mahatma Gandhi inspired him to be a terrorist.

“If a non-Muslim does something bad it is termed crime. However, if a Muslim commits the same crime he is labelled terrorist. So, Modi’s mere words disassociating religion from terrorism would not suffice unless acted upon so that this double standard could be removed”, he concluded.

Kashmiri women mourn the death of Burhan Wani, a separatist militant leader, during his funeral in Tral, south of Srinagar on Saturdya. Credit: Reuters.

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government appealed for calm on Sunday as six more people died in unending demonstrations against the killing of a top militant leader, taking the death toll to 21 in two days in curfew-bound Kashmir Valley.

Shabir Ahmed, 27, was shot and wounded by security forces during a street protest here and died in hospital, becoming the first to be killed outside of north Kashmir since the anti-government protests erupted on Saturday.

The incident took place in Batmaloo, a known separatist hub.

Fresh firing by security forces in Pulwama district in north Kashmir led to the death of Faiyaz Ahmed Mir. Elsewhere in Pulwama, four CRPF troopers were wounded when militants hurled grenades taking advantage of a street protest.

Four other deaths were reported earlier in the day.

A mob overran a bullet-proof police vehicle and rolled it down into the Sutlej river at Sangam in Anantnag district, drowning its constable driver while other policemen fled the scene, official sources said.

Security forces shot dead two demonstrators at Litter in Pulwama after a mob took to the streets shouting anti-government and pro-freedom slogans, the sources said.

Irfan Ahmad Malik, 17, was also killed on Sunday in firing in Pulwama after a curfew-defying mob attacked the security forces, a police official said.

The latest fatalities took the death toll in two days of widespread clashes between protesters and security forces in the Kashmir Valley to 21 — 20 demonstrators and one policeman.

Kashmir Valley erupted in anger on Saturday after security forces shot dead Burhan Wani, a top leader of the Hizbul Mujahideen, along with two of his associates on Friday. His funeral was attended by thousands.

Most protests have taken place in the northern districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian. Wani hailed from Pulwama. In most places mobs have attacked police and paramilitary forces with stones, leading to tear-gassing and firing.

Taking advantage of the outnumbered security personnel, demonstrators on Sunday set fire to the Sub Divisional Police Officer’s office in Pahalgam, a court complex in Dooru and a police post in Qazigund in Kulgam.

On Saturday, mobs torched four police stations, two police pickets and a tehsildar’s office. There were two incidents of weapon snatching and torching of several vehicles of security forces.

Senior officials said three policemen were missing following the violence and nearly 100 security personnel were injured in the street clashes which have crippled the Kashmir Valley and halted the Amarnath Yatra.

On Sunday, the Jammu and Kashmir government urged parents of young demonstrators to tell their wards not to take part in protests that were leading to civilian casualties.

Education Minister and government spokesman Naeem Akhtar also urged the separatist Hurriyat Conference to help restore calm in the Kashmir Valley, where a separatist campaign has left many thousands dead since 1989.

The government said it was also trying to arrange flights to fly out the thousands of tourists stranded in the valley due to the violence.

In New Delhi, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, offering all possible help from New Delhi.

Senior officials expressed the hope that the situation in Kashmir would return to normal soon.

Four demonstrators, Imtiyaz Ahmad Mandoo, Mashooq Ahmad and Safeer Ahmad (all from Anantnag) and Mohammmad Altaf Rather (Pulwama) who were wounded on Saturday died on Sunday. Eleven people were killed on Saturday.

At least 100 protesters were injured on Saturday. They suffered bullet, tear smoke and pellet injuries.

Wani was buried in his native Shariefabad village on Saturday where thousands gathered defying curfew restrictions to take part in his funeral prayers.

The separatists have called for a valley-wide shutdown till Monday to protest against Wani’s killing.

(Agencies)