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Amanath Bank Case: "No guilty person will go scot-free," says HC

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Bengaluru:The High Court on Monday observed that those who are guilty of the financial crisis of the Amanath Co-operative Bank Ltd will not be allowed to go scot-free.

While hearing a batch of petitions filed by bank account holders of Amanath Bank, Justice S Abdul Nazeer observed that the persons responsible for the crisis will be punished in accordance with law.

The case on Monday focused on how to recover the dues and loans advanced by the bank. The chorus of dozens of depositors who were present in court was to hand over the case to the CBI. The court asked for submission of the list of depositors to be submitted by the managing director of the bank.

The court was told that action was initiated to recover Rs 48 crore of dues and notices were issued to defaulters.

Justice S Abdul Nazeer asked the bank to recover the amount due from debtors/borrowers as far as possible by June 9, the next date of hearing. “No guilty person will go scot-free,” the judge said when a depositor broke down in the court. He said if necessary, a CID or CBI probe will be ordered to nail the culprits.

(Agencies)

PM meets 'leaders' of Muslim community

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met senior leaders of the Muslim community who apprised him of their concerns, including the increasing radicalisation and emerging threat of terrorism.

“While expressing apprehensions about the trend of increased radicalisation and emerging threat of terrorism, the leaders underlined the need for greater unity and collective efforts to meet the challenge,” an official release said.

The leaders brought to the notice of the prime minister issues relating to properties of Muslim shrines, mosques and madrassas.

They also sought the government’s support in providing better facilities to Muslim youth, particularly in the field of education.

Modi gave a patient hearing to the delegation and assured them of his full support in meeting the grievances of all sections of the Muslim society.

He emphasised the need to empower Muslim youth to enable them to play a larger role in nation-building.

Modi specifically assured the leaders that he will look into their grievances on shrines, mosques and madrassas.

The prime minister further promised his complete assistance in ameliorating their social conditions and addressing their educational requirements.

The Muslim leaders reiterated full support of the community to the prime minister in meeting his objectives of ensuring speedy economic growth, promoting communal harmony and peace and strengthening national security.

The leaders included Syed Sultan-ul-Hasan Chishti Misbahi from Ajmer Sharif, Hazrat Ghulam Yasin Sahib from Varanasi, Sheikh Wasim Ashrafi from Mumbai, and Allama Tasleem Raaza Sahib from Dargah Barelvi Sharif in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.

(IANS)

DK Ravi suicide: No time limit can be fixed for probe, says CBI

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Bengaluru: CBI has turned down the request of Karnataka Government seeking a time-bound probe in the alleged suicide of IAS officer D K Ravi, saying there is no provision in law to complete investigations in a given period.

CBI sources said that a communication has been sent to Department of Personnel and Training requesting for a fresh notification to takeover probe in Ravi’s death.

They said once fresh notification is received, the agency will examine the matter whether to takeover probe or not in the controversial death which has snowballed into a major political controversy in Karnataka.

The sources said the notification received from the DoPT has come with a request to complete to the probe within three months which was not according to law.

They said state government handing over probe to CBI cannot give time limit for concluding the probe, hence a fresh notification has been sought from the state government.

The death of Ravi, who took on land mafia and realtors, spiralled into a major controversy after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah initially refused to seek a CBI probe in the case. The case was being probed by Karnataka CID.

Opposition parties and activists then mounted pressure on the state government demanding that the investigation in the case be handed over to CBI.

The decision to transfer the probe to CBI come after Congress president Sonia Gandhi wrote in March to Ravi’s wife promising a fair and transparent probe into the incident.

This came after Ravi’s mother reportedly wrote an open letter to her seeking an impartial probe.

Siddaramaiah had said there had never been a case where an incident had straightaway been referred to CBI immediately after its occurrence.

With the federal set-up in the country, the Centre could not refer a case suo motu to CBI and could do so based on a state’s request, he had said.

The state government had maintained that Ravi’s death prima facie seemed to be a case of suicide, but the opposition parties and the family of the IAS officer have refused to accept the theory.

Ravi’s family had raised doubts over the police claim that he committed suicide, saying that he was under “political pressure”.

(Agencies)

Kannada actors among hundreds of farmers arrested for anti-Modi protest

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Bengaluru: Veteran Kannada actor Leelavathi and her son, Vinod Raj, were arrested and later released by the city police as they tried to march with protesting farmers towards the hotel where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was put up for the BJP national executive in the city.

The farmers, led by Kodihalli Chandrashekar, had been on an indefinite fast for three days protesting against the ordinance passed by the Union government on the Land Bill Nine farmers have reported ill and are being treated at Bowring Hospital.

Ms. Leelavathi said that she had chosen to be a farmer and was appalled at the ordinance, which she termed “anti-farmer”, which prompted her to support the farmer’s agitation.

Mr. Vinod Raj said that in their village — Soladevanahalli, the Forest Department had been trying to evict farmers claiming the land belonged to it.

“We have been seeing the plight of the farmers for possession of their land; their lifeline has been threatened. So we have come to the streets to protest the new ordinance,” he said.

Along with them, hundreds of farmers were arrested and later released. Mr. Chandrashekar was critical that Mr. Modi did not meet any farmer delegation from the State.

(Agencies)

Accept India as pluralistic nation, says Azim Premji at RSS event

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New Delhi: Wipro Chairman and philanthropist Azim Premji on Sunday addressed a convention of nearly 800 RSS-backed organisations and gave a call for accepting India as a great pluralistic nation.

“The test of our social commitment and humanity is how we treat the most powerless of our fellow citizens, the respect we accord to our fellow human beings. That is what reveals our true culture. As a great pluralistic nation, we must accept our differences. It is vital we accept them and find a common ground to work together. Negative people only focus on differences,” he said.

Addressing the event in the presence of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, Premji said some had been apprehensive about his participation in the function. “They felt I would be seen as endorsing the ideology of the Sangh by addressing a forum like this. I did not follow their advice because, firstly, I am not a political person. I am, however, deeply interested in and concerned about my country. So I see no issue in speaking at an occasion where people have gathered to discuss how to contribute to the country,” he said.

“Also, I believe that merely speaking at a particular forum does not in any way mean one endorses all, or any, of the views that might be expressed at the forum, or held by the organisers,” he added.

He said it was an “honour” to have been invited by the RSS chief to speak at the Rashtriya Sewa Sangam, amongst people who were not only dreaming of a “better India” but actually dedicating their lives to it.

“While I may not know many of you here, some of my colleagues do know some of you, and, more importantly, are acquainted with the good work being done by many present here for the genuine betterment of our country, and I did not want to miss this opportunity of speaking with you,” he said.

“And most importantly, having met Bhagwat, I realised how many people like you all over India are dedicating your lives to the genuine uplift of our country. And I thought, all those working towards a better India should attempt to join hands where they can,” he added.

(Agencies)

 

Cabinet expansion after talks with Sonia, says Siddaramaiah

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Bengaluru: The Congress government, headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, which would complete two years in office next month, is expected to expand the Cabinet after consultations with Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Mr. Siddaramaiah, who was in Delhi to attend a conference of Chief Ministers of States and Chief Justices of High Courts on Sunday, told presspersons that the decision on the Cabinet expansion and reshuffle would be taken after consultations with Ms. Gandhi.

The Chief Minister is expected to meet her on Monday. However, he declined to fix deadlines on the Cabinet expansion or reshuffle.

Decision on Western Ghats

Dismissing the allegations that the Karnataka government was opposing the Kasturirangan committee report on Western Ghats under the pressure from the mining lobby, Siddaramaiah said that his government would not take any decision in a hurry.

“The State government will not take any decision, which harms the ecology of the State. The environmentalists need not worry about it”, he told reporters.

Siddaramaiah said his government was not under the pressure from sand mafia or quarrying lobby to oppose the report. Before finalising the state response, the government would keep in mind the suggestions made by environmentalists, he said.

The Kasturirangan Panel had recommended a ban on development activities in 60,000 sq km ecologically-sensitive area spread over six states of Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

The report declared 1,580 villages in and around Western Ghats in Karnataka as ecologically sensitive areas, but the State Cabinet has decided to include only 850 villages by dropping rest.

Environmentalists have alleged that the government was dropping a number of villages under the pressure from the mining lobby. Instead of explaining about the benefits of the report, the State government was planning to drop many villages from the category of sensitive areas they alleged.

On setting up IIT in Karnataka, Siddaramaiah said that soon the State government would recommend some of the possible places to the Ministry of Human Resources Development and set up the institute in consultation with the Centre.

(Agencies)

Siddaramaiah rated fourth most popular Chief Minister in the country

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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has now been found to be the fourth most popular Chief Minister in the country.

A survey conducted by India Today group and Cicero has revealed Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, with 38 per cent, is the fourth most popular Chief Minister in the country. His predecessor, S.M. Krishna, was ranked No. 1 among all the Chief Ministers in the country during his tenure.

The survey conducted on 12,621 samples at 519 places in the country covering 260 constituencies in 19 States reveals that Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik with 69 per cent is the most popular CM in the country followed by Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu and Delhi CM Aravind Kejriwal with 55 per cent each sharing the second and third slot.

(Agencies)

Ace Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu found dead in Argentina

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Argentina: One of the most loved and admired mountaineers from India, Malli Mastan Babu was found dead in the Andes Mountains Saturday morning by search parties from Argentina and Chile. A pall of gloom descended on the Malli home in Tirupati where a large number of friends gathered to console his mother. Mastan’s sister Dr Malli Dorasannamma has left for Argentina to arrange to bring the body of her brother.

Mastan Babu had gone missing on March 24 after he went from a base camp to check the route to summit the Cerro Tres Cruces Sur in bad weather. When he failed to return to the base camp till next morning, several mountaineers and climbers from Argentina and Chile tried to mount search and rescue operations but were hampered due to bad weather.

Distraught friends and fellow mountaineers posed a message on the Facebook page Rescue Malli Mastan Babu, “Mountains retained its favourite child…RIP Malli Mastan Babu.”

Mastan, 40, hails from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, and he and his friends hailing from various countries were supposed to summit the Cerro Tres Cruces Sur, at 21748 feet in the Andes on the Chilean side and were climbing from Argentina side.

Mastan is well-known in the international mountaineering circles for summiting all the seven highest mountains in all seven continents in a calendar year. He had summitted more than 150 mountains in 15 years. “Climbing was his passion. He was hardly at home, always out there somewhere, climbing one mountain or the other. If he was not climbing alone, he would be leading a team of climbers, giving them tips and guiding them,” Dr Malli Dorsannamma, his distraught sister, said Saturday.

Mastan was supposed to return to India on March 28. He is an alumnus of IIM-Kolkata and IIT-Kharagpur.

To pursue his passion of mountaineering, Mastan remained unmarried. Mastan expressed his desire to scale Mt Everest when he was 11 years old and studying at the Korukonda Sainik School. The school’s alumnus Lt. M Uday Bhaskar Rao had perished while trying to scale the Everest in 1985 along with other officers, which inspired Mastan to complete Lt Rao mission.

Mastan has climbed most of the mountains in the seven continents. He was also the first Indian to summit Mt Vinson Massif, the tallest peak in Antarctica, and the first person from Andhra Pradesh to scale the Mt Everest. He was also known for fast climbing. In 2005, he summitted Kilimanjaro on January 20 in three and half days.

(Agencies)

Show equal importance, respect to sacred days of all religions: SC judge to Narendra Modi

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New Delhi: Miffed over scheduling of three-day long judges conference during the holy period for Christians, a sitting Supreme Court judge has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and declined a dinner invitation, scheduled to be held on Saturday.

In his letter dated April 1, Justice Kurian Joseph wrote: “Your good self would kindly appreciate that no important programmes are held during sacred and auspicious days of Diwali, Dussehra, Holi, Eid, Bakrid, etc, though we have holidays during that period as well.”

Underlining that the Indian model of secularism is based on the principle of sarva dharma sambhava, Justice Joseph cautioned that the country needs to safeguard its credentials.

Justice Joseph added that though it is “too late to reschedule the events. But being the guardian of Indian secularism, I request your honour to kindly have in mind these concerns while scheduling events and benevolently show equal importance and respect to the sacred days of all religions which are also declared as national holidays. I have shared these concerns with the honourable Chief Justice of India as well.”

The apex court judge has also written a letter to Chief Justice of India HL Dattu objecting to the holding of the conference of 24 high court chief justices from Good Friday to Eastern Sunday.

“I may with deep anguish bring to your kind notice that such an important conference should not have been held when some of us, otherwise expected to be part of the event, or otherwise committed on account of the holy days when we have religious ceremonies and family get-together as well,” he said in his letter to CJI HL Dattu.

Maintaining that he was not striking a communal note, Justice Joseph said such serious programmes were not held during Diwali, Dussehra, Holi, Eid, etc.

However, Justice Dattu hit back, saying the question the justice had to ask himself, as he cannot ask the judge, is “whether it is institutional interest or individual interest that one should preference to”.

Justice Dattu, in a letter to Justice Joseph, said assuming that religious ceremonies and family get-togethers were important, then he could ask his family to join him in Delhi.

“Several other participants are coming from distant places, leaving behind families,” the CJI said.

The CJI got support from a former apex court judge Justice KT Thomas asking why Christians cannot work on Good Friday.

“In America, where 98 percent are Christians, Good Friday is a working day. Christians can attend Church service and go to work. But in India we are obsessed with holiday culture. I am totally opposed to this holiday mania that we suffer from,” Justice Thomas said.

Chief Ministers of various states would join the judges on third day of the conference when Prime Minister Narendra Modi would address them and the legal luminaries.

Top judges from across the country led by Chief Justice of India HL Dattu on Friday began brainstorming to find solutions to critical problems like ensuring speedy trials to tackle over three crore pending cases and lack of infrastructure in courts.

(Agencies)

Demands mount to make Yeddyurappa Karnataka BJP president ahead of 2018 polls

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Bengaluru: Some top leaders of BJP’s Karnataka unit have been lobbying hard on behalf of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to give him state party presidentship at the two-day national executive which began here on Friday.

Senior BJP and Rajya sabha MP Prabhakar Kore on Friday claimed that he and around 20 MLAs met BJP national president Amit Shah and apprised him on the importance of making Yeddyurappa the party president ahead of the 2018 assembly elections. He also said some members of national executive committee will also raise this issue at the meeting.

Kore also maintained that he had earlier met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to apprise him about the same.

Yeddyurappa who is now the national vice-president of the BJP among eleven others has been lying low after he denied a ministry in the Modi’s cabinet. Moreover, the Lingayat strongman has failed to make his presence felt at the national level since he is not very articulate either in Hindi or English.

Recently, Yeddyurappa had reportedly met Shah and expressed his desire to remain in the state and strengthen the party. “Give me the responsibility to build the BJP in Karnataka. I will bring BJP back to power in 2018″, a Loyalist of g Yeddyurappa said quoting his leader.

The tenure of Lok Sabha member and senior BJP leader Pralhad Joshi, who is the BJP State President now, will only get over in March, 2016, party sources said.

Legislators who are lobbying state presidentship for Yeddyurappa said with BJP getting majority in the centre under the leadership of Narendra Modi and the recent outrage against Siddaramaiah led Congress government over the mysterious death of IAS officxer D K Ravi, the state BJP leaders are too hopeful of bringing BJP back to power in the state provided the party is led by a Lingayat leader.

But sources said the party high command is unlikely to give Yeddyurappa the party president ship because he is still haunted by several corruption cases against him. “I don’t think the national leaders will pitch for Yeddyurappa unless he comes clean in a couple of cases,” a senior BJP leader said.

(Agencies)

 

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