Actor Darshan apologizes to journos over controversial audio clip leak
calls for uniting, forgetting past incidents
Bengaluru: Sandalwood actor, producer Darshan Thoogudeepa on Friday apologized to the Karnataka media and journalists, over his rift between the journalists following a viral audio clip that leaked a few years back.
The actor Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, wrote, “that the Lets move ahead keeping aside and forgetting the bitter past incidents.”
In the tweet he extended his greetings to the people of Karnataka, Celebrities, senior journalists and media friends on the occasion of Vara Mahalakshmi and continued on his post informing that the rift started about two years back between him and the media, journalists. Meanwhile, prior to the Varamahalakshmi festival my friend Rockline Venkatesh initiated talks with the editors of the leading Kannada media outlets which brought a happy ending to the entire matter, he informed.
Further expressing over the viral audio incident, he stated that “the audio that was Maliciously leaked a few years back had created a controversial situation giving a wrong message to the media, where I had only reacted to the statements of that person, and it was not intended towards the rest of the media industry. I am not aware of that person’s intentions; however I wish that he prospers and that the person should not commit such negative intentions in the future.”
“However, if my words have hurt them, there is nothing wrong in apologizing to the seniors in the media industry. Let there be forgiveness from the fourth pillar of democracy, the media for this untoward incident. There is a need for good media for the betterment of society. I am even proud of the media. In my journey in the world of cinema, the media has provided ample support and promotion with affection. Let's move forward, leaving behind the bitter incident that happened in the past. Let's work together for the progress of Kannada, Kannadigas, Kannada Land, Kannada cinema, I believe that my dearest celebs will be honoring my feelings,” he added.
ಸಮಸ್ತ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಜನತೆಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಸೆಲೆಬ್ರಿಟಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಹಿರಿಯ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರಿಗೆ, ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ಮಿತ್ರರಿಗೆ ವರಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಹಾರ್ದಿಕ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು pic.twitter.com/8I1weYojCX
— Darshan Thoogudeepa (@dasadarshan) August 25, 2023
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Ex-bureaucrat Raj Kumar Goyal sworn in as CIC; eight new information commissioners take oath
New Delhi (PTI): After a gap of nine years, transparency watchdog Central Information Commission attained its full strength with the appointment of former IAS officer Raj Kumar Goyal and eight other information commissioners, who took the oath of office on Monday.
A three-member panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week recommended their names for the appointment.
President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Goyal as the chief information commissioner (CIC) at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, her office said in a communique.
The event was attended by Vice President C P Radhakrishnan and Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh, among others.
Goyal is a 1990-batch (retired) IAS officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre. He superannuated as secretary, Department of Justice under the Ministry of Law and Justice, on August 31.
He has also served as secretary (border management) in the Home Ministry and held key posts both at the Centre and in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The post of CIC fell vacant after Heeralal Samariya completed his term on September 13.
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The Commission is headed by a CIC and can have a maximum of 10 information commissioners. With the new appointments, the Commission attained its full strength after a gap of over nine years, according to transparency activists.
In the presence of two incumbent Information Commissioners, Anandi Ramalingam and Vinod Kumar Tiwari, Goyal administered the oath of office to eight new appointees at the swearing-in ceremony.
They included former Railway Board chief Jaya Verma Sinha, former IPS officer Swagat Das -- who held key posts in the Intelligence Bureau, Home Ministry and Cabinet Secretariat, among others -- Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer Sanjeev Kumar Jindal, former IAS officer Surendra Singh Meena and ex-Indian Forest Service officer Khushwant Singh Sethi.
Senior journalists P R Ramesh and Ashutosh Chaturvedi, and former Indian Legal Service officer Sudha Rani Relangi, have also been sworn in as information commissioners.
Relangi has also worked as the director of prosecution, Central Bureau of Investigation and joint secretary and legislative counsel in the Ministry of Law and Justice.
The names of the CIC and eight information commissioners were cleared during the meeting of the Modi-led committee comprising Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.
