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Thursday, 23 October 2008 |
 Karnataka Cabinet on Wednesday has decided to withdraw the controversial order directing all motor transport vehicle owners to get installed speed governors to their vehicles.
The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa took this decision following a strong protest from lorry owners associations in the State. The lorry owners association welcomed the Government decision.
Briefing the Cabinet decision, Minister for Transport R. Ashok said the State which has sought to implement the speed governor rule aimed to curb the speed of transport vehicles, including luxury taxis and buses. Based on a direction of the Central Government, the State issued an order in 2005 which prompted lorry operators in particular to move the High Court of Karnataka and thereafter, the Supreme Court.
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Thursday, 23 October 2008 |
 To symbolically protest against the delaying tactics employed by the union government in according the 'classical' status to Kannada and the step-motherly treatment meted out to the language by the central government departments, activists of Dakshina Kannada district unit of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) laid siege to the Mangalore Junction (Kankanady) railway station on Thursday October 23.
KRV activists led by office- bearers, then, handed over a memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister of the country through the station master of the railway station. Through the memorandum, the KRV has reminded the central government that Kannada is older than many of the world's leading languages including English and Hindi and that Kannada is the language which has won the highest number of Jnan Pith awards. Because of the pressure exerted by politicians from Tamil Nadu, the central government is keeping the demand of according the classical status to the language in limbo, it has alleged.
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Wednesday, 22 October 2008 |
 Karnataka Government has now decided to set up Information Technology (IT) parks in second tier cities such as Shimoga, Gulbarga, Belgaum, Mysore, Mangalore and Hubli-Dharwad to attract investment both domestic and foreign in the software sector.
Minister for IT/BT Katta Subramanya Naidu told journalists on Tuesday that a decision has been taken to set up the IT Park near the Bangalore International Airport Limited, Devanahalli.
BJP Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will conduct Bhoomi pooja for IT parks in Shimoga, Gulbarga, Belgaum, Mangalore and Hubli-Dharwad in November. The foundation stones will be laid for IT parks in Myore and Bangalore in December, he said.
The government has already set up IT parks in Mangalore, Hubli and other parts of the State. There was no space for IT firms in the existing park at Hubli and Mangalore, he said.
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Wednesday, 22 October 2008 |
 India's progress in leprosy eradication efforts has been spectacular and the participatory work by governmental and voluntary agencies is laudable, observed Mr. S. Vijaya Kumar in Bangalore on Tuesday. We are happy that the cherished dream of the Father of our nation for leprosy elimination has come true, he added. It is heartening that IDF rededicates its service for the development of nation as it celebrates silver jubilee, Mr. Vijaya Kumar expressed.
Mr. S. Vijaya Kumar, Asst. Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Bangalore Region was speaking as the Chief Guest of Indian Development Foundation's (IDF) Silver Jubilee Year Grants Release Function at Yavanika, State Youth Centre, Bangalore on 21st October 2008. He gave away IDF Grants to leprosy/ TB hospitals and projects in Karnataka region. IDF has earmarked Grants totaling Rs.47 lakhs to 80 health/ development projects all over India during the year.
Mr. Vijaya Kumar presented Awards to 32 Principals of Schools in Karnataka zone with star performance record of health awareness programmes and resource mobilisation and awarded 145 students with Medals and certificates for their signal contribution.
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
 The recent attacks on churches in many parts of India are not due to conversion; it is a struggle between Christianity and the Brahminism as they are losing grip over Dalits, said Fr Francis Serrao, rector of St Aloysius institutions, on Sunday October 19.
Speaking at Cordel church about human rights and the attacks on Christians, he said that Christian ideology and Brahmin ideology can never meet as Christianity propagates love and Brahminism propagates hate.
The upper caste, which is a minority in India, has exploited the Dalits for thousands of years by implementing the ‘varna’ system. But the Christian community has been working for their upliftment. Therefore, Brahmins are losing control on Dalits who constitute about 65 percent of the nation’s population. Therefore, Brahmins are provoking others to attack Christianity, said Fr Serrao.
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