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Relief remains elusive for Jayalalithaa, bail hearing postponed to Oct 7

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Bangalore:  AIADMK Chief and former Tamil Nadu chief minister has to wait for another week, before her bail plea would be heard by a vacation bench of the Karnataka High Court here. The court on Wednesday deferred the hearing on her bail petition to October 7.

The 66 years old former actress turned politician had appealed for bail on Tuesday, and the matter was to be heard today. But following a plea by the prosecution that they did not have time to prepare a counter argument, the hearing has been adjourned to next week.

The High Court is on Dasara holidays from 29 September to 6 October and the petition will be taken up on the 7 October by a normal bench.

The High Court had considered to hear her plea, after her lawyers had appealed that her case should be treated as an exception as the continued incarceration was causing law and order problems in Tamil Nadu. They also argued that the VVIP politician’s health was unstable.

Tamil film workers fast

Film stars and industry workers fasted in show of support to their ‘beloved’ leader yesterday. Some 3,000 directors, actors, producers and others takook part in the hunger strike. Theaters across Tamil Nadu were closed, and no filming took place, in a state that eats and sleeps on movies.

“We decided not to have any film shootings, editing, dubbing or movie screenings across Tamil Nadu from 9.00am to 5.00pm today,” said Diamond Babu, a public relations officer in the Tamil-language film industry.

“We still consider her as chief minister. We only wish & pray that she (Jayalalithaa) gets bail, I wish she’s shifted back to Tamil Nadu. The punishment we feel is harsh, it is vindictive,” leading south Indian actor R. Sarathkumar told the media.

Jayalalithaa was charged in 1997, when police seized assets including 28kg of gold, 750 pairs of shoes and more than 10,000 saris in a raid on her home in Chennai.

Prosecutors said her assets, which reportedly included two 404-hectare (1,000-acre) estates in the lush tropical state she ran, were vastly disproportionate to her earnings during her first term as chief minister.

No immediate relief for Jaya, bail plea adjourned to Oct 6

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Bangalore: AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa will have to remain in jail till October 6 with the Karnataka High Court adjourning her plea seeking bail and challenging her conviction in the disproportionate assets case.

As the matter came up, G Bhavani Singh, who was the Special Public Prosecutor in the Special Court on the disproportionate assets case, told the judge that he had not yet received any official notification appointing him as the SPP for the criminal appeal filed in the High Court.

Singh sought more time, at which point vacation bench judge Justice Rathnakala posted the matter for hearing on October 6.

In her petitions seeking immediate bail and challenging her sentence, Jayalalithaa has maintained that the charges of amassing wealth against her were false and that she had acquired property through legal means.

Jayalalitha has also contended that the trial court has overlooked several judgements and has not considered the binding nature of various income tax orders and decisions of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, which had accepted the income and the level of expenditure pleaded by her.

The former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s aide Sasikala, her relatives V N Sudhakaran, disowned foster son of the former Chief Minister, and Ilavarasi have also moved the High Court seeking bail and challenging their conviction.

In the verdict that cost Jayalalithaa the Chief Minister’s job and disqualified her from being an MLA, the judge had also slapped a staggering fine of Rs 100 crore on her and Rs 10 crore each on the three other accused persons.

In her appeal, Jayalalithaa pleaded for suspension of the conviction and the sentence and also refused to pay the Rs 100 crore fine imposed on her.

The hearing came up before the vacation bench as the High Court is on Dasara holidays from September 29 to October 6.

(PTI)

Heavy rain wreaks havoc in Bangalore

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Bangalore: Heavy rains brought life to a standstill in many parts of the city affecting traffic and leaving a trail of mess.

What started as a light drizzle around 6 p.m. brought Bangalore to its knees within a couple of hours and turned out to be the heaviest rainfall the city received in a single day in September in 26 years. The city received 130 mm of rain (recorded until 11.30 pm). The all-time record for the heaviest rainfall in September is 177 mm recorded on 12 September 1988.

“Depression in the Bay of Bengal and formation of thick cloud owing to the southwest retreating monsoon triggered the downpour across the city and neighbourhood,” a senior weather official told media.

For many residents, Thursday evening turned out to be a nightmare. While utensils and books were seen floating, most of them lost electronic goods. The heavy downpour lasted for hours, uprooting trees, and inundating low-laying areas in many suburbs. Many had to take refuge on first floors to save themselves from the knee high water.

Anepalya resident Sardar Pasha told Nasheman, “there is no power in our house, our utensils are floating and we do not know what to do. The officials have done nothing, despite us complaining.”

Besides Anepalya, several low-lying areas in Byatarayanapura, Banashankari, K.S. Layout, Wilson Garden, J.P. Nagar, Kumaraswamy Layout, Koramangala, Adugodi, Ashok Nagar, Old Airport Road, K.R. Puram, Mahadevapura, Hebbal, Peenya, Malleswaram, Majestic and Chamarajpet were flooded.

Nasheman’s correspondent Faizan Rizwan too was stuck in the rain, with his vehicle half drowned in the clogged passage near Frazer Town.

With more rain predicted till the weekend, the state government has directed the civic body to unclog the outdated sewage system and remove debris from storm-water drainages to prevent flood like situation in the city.

Photos by Faizan Rizwan

Appeals for Jammu & Kashmir flood relief from Karnataka

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Bangalore: The devastating flood that has hit the state of Jammu and Kashmir, in the first week of September has left many dead and countless more homeless. People are stranded in their homes, as vast areas including major towns like Srinagar, Shopian, Pulwama are submerged under water. Telephone links and other means of communication have stopped, and the road link between Jammu & Srinagar is severed.

In these times of distress, concerned people from across India and beyond are pitching in to do their part, to help the people effected by this disaster. Here’s the list of individuals and organisations we know, who are coordinating relief efforts from Karnataka.

Karnataka for Kashmir Forum is an initiative from the awesome people at the Alternative Law Forum and a group of students, individuals and members of progressive organizations, who have come together to effectively co-ordinate and organize relief efforts for flood victims of Jammu and Kashmir. We are told, they are in touch solidarity groups in Bangalore, Delhi & Self-help groups in Kashmir who are trying to take relief material to Kashmir.

Collection Points for monetary donation:

Address: Alternative Law Forum (ALF), #122/4, Infantry Road, Bangalore – 560 001 (next to Balaji Art Gallery) Landmark: Shivajinagar Bus Stand

Contact:
Santanu
+91 9986411180
santanu.lp@gmail.com

Leon
+91 9742145360
leon@esgindia.org

Bank Details for Contributions
Name of A/c Holder: Aman Biradari Trust
Bank Name: IDBI Bank Limited
Branch: 1/6, Siri Fort Institution Area, Khel Gaon Marg, New Delhi – 110049
A/c No: 010104000156950
IFSC Code: IBKL0000010
Delhi Co-ordinator: Warashi Farasat – +91 9953825580

www.facebook.com/karnatakaforkashmir

Millath Relief Trust is collecting funds across Bangalore and we are told they have started relief work in flood hit areas. The organisation will be collecting funds in mosques across the city, after the Friday prayers on September 12 and 19. They have also urged to the Imams in local mosques to make an appeal to donate funds during the sermon.

The collected funds can be handed over to the following location:

Feroze Estate Agency, Cunningham Road – 98450 18080
Maulana Zainul Abideen saheb, Masjid Shah Waliulla – 9845203682
Maulana Iftekhar Ahmed Qasmi saheb, Bismillahnagar -9448065278
Indiranagar Masjid Committee, Ziaulla Khan– 9845665459
Anjuman Khuddamul Muslimeen, Masood – 9845028786
Islamic Centre, Jayanagar, Habibulla Khan– 9972225180
Jamiat ul-Ulema Karnataka, Asadulla Moosa Khan – 9035759617
Jamat-e-Islami Hind, R T Nagar, Mohammed. Bilal – 8762697929
Lal Masjid, Tafheemulla Maroof– 9972861200
BIFT Darussalam, Queens Road, Rizwan – 080 41472910

HOPE (Helping Out People Everywhere) from Mangalore, who has done some great relief work in Muzaffarnagar in the aftermath of the communal violence last year, will be in Srinagar next week with relief materials, their volunteers have collected so far. People in Mangalore, and surrounding areas can get in touch with them to coordinate efforts.

Address: HOPE Foundation Office, Shop # 302, 3rd Floor, BMK Commercial Complex, Opposite Highland Hospital, Mangalore – 575001, Karnataka, India.

Bank Account Details:
A/C No. 106200301000092
Hope Foundation
Vijaya Bank, Falnir Branch, Mangalore.
IFSC CODE: VIJB0001062
SWIFT CODE: VIJBINBBMLR

http://www.hopef.in/
https://www.facebook.com/hopefoundationmangalore

Following discussions with various relief groups, below is the list of items that we have been informed are essentials for coming days, and funds for the same must be collected and transferred immediately to the volunteer groups.

Immediate Rescue Kit: Boats/Rafts, Life Jackets, Tents, Ropes, Tarpaulins, Mats, Blankets, Plastic Sheets.

Medicines: First Aid (Bandages, Band Aid, Betadine, scissors, hydrogen peroxide, soframicine powder/tube), Insulin with Syringes, Anti-Allergic (Cetrizine, Allegra), Cough Syrup (Benedryl, Zedex), Diabetic Medicines, Antacids (Diegene, Diegene Syrup, Gelusil), Water Purification/Chlorine Tablets, Vomiting (Domistal, Ranitidine), Antibiotic for Cold & Cough (Ciplox, Cifran, Augmentin), Fever (Crocin, Combiflam, Calpol), Malaria (Chloroquine tabs and injection), Allergy/Asthma (Asthalin, Deriphyllin), Pain Killers (Dispirin, Brufen, Combiflam), Children’s Pain Killer (Ibugesic), Skin Irritation (Lactacalamine, itch guard), Disinfectants (Dettol, Savlon, hand sanitizers).

Food: Dry Ration, Canned Food, Milk Powder, Biscuits, Glucose, Infant Food, Drinking Water.

Other Items: Sanitary Napkins/Pads, Diapers, Chappals, Track Suits, Torch Lights – Batteries, Mobile Chargers.

U. R. Ananthamurthy no more

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U. R. Ananthamurthy (Photo credit: Roy Sanai/Tehelka)

Bangalore: Renowned writer and Jnanpith awardee U. R. Ananthamurthy, passed away in a hospital here on Friday, where he was undergoing dialysis for kidney failure.

The condition of 82-year-old writer, admitted 10 days ago, had deteriorated for the past few days and was closely monitored for infection and fever, and was undergoing treatment on multi-support system.

“…Ananthamurthy has been unwell for a while, he had multiple problems including kidney disease for which he had been on dialysis for the last few years…,” Manipal Hospital Medical Director & Chairman – Medical Advisory Board H Sudarshan Ballal told reporters earlier today.

According to doctors, Mr. Murthy’s “condition had deteriorated in the last day or so.”

Born on December 21, 1932 in Melige, a tiny hamlet near Thirthahalli taluk of Shimoga district, Udupi Rajgopalacharya Ananthamurthy was the sixth of the eight Jnanpith awardees from Karnataka. For his readers and admirers, his work came to symbolize humanity and its courage in questioning cultural norms. Best known is his 1966 novel, Samskara, a story that asks: Can culture survive only if it is followed with blind fervour?

A Padma Bhushan award winner, Ananthamurthy was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize in 2013. The Man Booker committee called him as, “one of the most important representatives of the “Navya” or “New Movement” in the literature of the Kannada language.”

A vocal opponent of mindless bigotry and fascism of every kind, Ananthamurthy became an ardent critic of Narendra Modi during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, and said he would leave the country if Modi won the election and became the Prime Minister of India. Explaining his views on Modi, he wrote that, “Modi symbolises all the greed that development has brought—heartlessness, the lack of sense of duty, and intelligence. It has all been lost to development. And they become blind to hungry children and mothers, schools without teachers, bad roads. It is a nightmare. Modi stands for that more than anyone else…Modi has built his political fortune by giving a big bali during the Gujarat riots. He silenced the Muslims.”

U. R. Ananthamurthy was said to be not keeping well for more than a year now. In one of his last interviews published by Mint in April this year, the writer said that, “I have lost my kidneys. I was on peritoneal dialysis for a year. The man who attended to me had to wash his hands 10 times or have gloves on, which was very expensive.”

He is survived by his wife, Esther, and two children, Sharat and Anuradha.

Girl gangraped in Bangalore, police arrest three

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Bangalore: In yet another incident of gross sexual brutality, a 22-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by three men, and then held captive in a farmhouse near Tippagondanahalli, 35 km west of Bangalore.

The young survivor, who works as a sales woman in the city, has alleged in her compliant that she was raped by three men, who had earlier offered to drop her home, when she was waiting for a bus near Majestic area, after her work shift on Wednesday night.

The men allegedly took her to a farmhouse near Tippagondanahalli  and raped her through the night. The victim has alleged that she was also raped by the caretaker of the farmhouse.

Though pained and traumatized by the violent savagery of her tormentors, the rape survivor managed to escape from the farmhouse, in a semi-nude state, and flagged down a cab driver and reached the  local Tavarekere police station and lodged a complaint.

The rape survivor and the trio were subjected to medical tests. Preliminary investigations confirmed rape, police said.

The alleged abductors and rapists, Arun Narasimhamurthy Gowda (24), and his friend Kempa Narasimha (36), are said to be from affluent families. And Mahadev alias Mahadevaiah (45), was the caretaker of the farm. Arun, a son of a Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) official, is a cement and steel businessman from Magadi taluk, and Kempa, also from Magadi, is a timber merchant.

“We have arrested all the accused,” DSP (Ramanagar) Lakshmi Ganesh said.

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