Soujanya murder case: SFI demands CBI probe

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January 9, 2013

Mangalore, Jan 9: Members of Students Federation of India (SFI) held a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in the city on Wednesday demanding CBI investigation in the Soujanya rape and murder case.

Dakshina Kannada district president of SFI Nithin Kuthar said that the police department has still not been able to provide safety to students in the district. “It is still unsafe for students to walk home after classes in the evening. Over 50 cases of students being sexually harassed or assaulted have been reported in the district,” he said adding that the carelessness and inefficiency of the police is apparent in the case of Soujanya, which is still awaiting justice.

“It has been two months since Soujanya was murdered, and yet all that the police have done so far is an arrest of a mentally ill person. This shows how the police department is shying away from dispensing its duty,” he said, urging handing over of the case CBI for a thorough investigation.

Student leader Dhanalakshmi called for appropriate measures and security for young girls studying in colleges. “Today, there is no safety for a girl walking home from college. Female students are continuously subjected to sexual harassment within and outside colleges. What kind of a freedom is this, if there are over 50 cases of sexual harassment on girls in the district,” she said adding that real freedom could only be achieved when girls are given protection in the city.

District secretary Razak Montepadavu also demanded for a re-investigation in Soujanya case, and that the real culprits should be caught, failing which he warned of intensified demonstrations in the coming weeks.

Over 10,000 signatures will be collected from students and sent to higher authorities, he said.

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Protest over notice to vacate Waqf land: Home Minister says decision to be taken based on old records

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October 26,2024

Bengaluru: Amid protests by farmers in Vijayapura who have been served notices by the Karnataka Board of Waqfs to vacate the land their ancestors had allegedly encroached, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said the state government will review the situation.

Speaking to reporters here, he said, "We will review it. The state government and the revenue department will review it. A decision will be taken based on old records." When asked that the Waqf Board had set a deadline to vacate the land, the minister said that is not a problem.

Meanwhile, in the district headquarter town of Vijayapura in North Karnataka bordering Maharashtra, the farmers staged a demonstration at the Deputy Commissioner’s office.

Holding the land records and registered land deeds, the farmers alleged that they were served notice soon after Housing and Waqf Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan visited Vijayapura and directed the Deputy Commissioner to serve notices to the farmers who were sitting on Waqf land.

Farmer leaders alleged that without bringing the matter to their notice, the land records of farmers in Tenahalli village in Indi Taluk and Honvada village in Tikota Taluk were changed and made in favour of Waqf.

Bengaluru South BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Friday said the Karnataka State Board of Waqfs has claimed its ownership over 1,500 acres of ancestral land of farmers in Honvada village.

Surya, who is also Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha president, said the farmers of Honvada village in Tikota Taluk were served notices declaring their lands as Waqf property "with no evidence or explanation provided".

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Voting underway in MLC by-election for DK- Udupi local authorities' constituency

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October 21,2024

Mangaluru: The MLC by-election for the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities Constituency commenced at 8 AM on Monday, with voting set to continue until 4 PM. A total of 392 polling booths have been established across the two districts, which form the constituency.

The constituency has 6,032 eligible voters, including 3,127 women. Early reports indicated brisk voting at the Mangaluru City Corporation polling booth, where corporators were seen patiently standing in line in the morning.

In a unique moment, Sharath, a gram panchayat member from Kokkada, cast his vote at Kokkada Gram Panchayat before heading to his wedding ceremony.

The constituency features 53 sensitive polling booths. Eligible voters include members of gram panchayats, corporators from Mangaluru City Corporation, city and town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members representing the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.

Notably, Byndoor MLA Gururaj Gantihole and MLC Prathap Simha Nayak, who do not represent local bodies, were left out of the voters' list. According to electoral rules, only those MLAs, MLCs, and MPs who represent city corporations, municipalities, town panchayats, taluk panchayats, or zilla panchayats are granted voting rights in the MLC elections for the Local Authorities’ Constituency.

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