August 11 to be last date for people to depose before magistrate in Mangaluru Police Firing case
Mangaluru: The enquiry officer in Magisterial Enquiry of December 19, Police firing in Mangaluru, G Jagadeesh on Friday added that the eye-witnesses or those with any information or inputs regarding the incident will be given one last opportunity to depose before the magistrate on August 11, Tuesday.
The officer who is also the Deputy Commissioner of Udupi District asserted that any person with any information or inputs regarding the incident can visit Mini Vidhan Soudha in the city on Tuesday and depose before him.
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He further added that no further dates or opportunities will be given for deposition from the general public after August 11, thereby confirming that it will be that last such stance for people to depose. The last deposing was scheduled to be held in the last week of March which was then postponed owing to COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.
On December 19 last year, two people had lost their lives when the police sorted to fire bullets on anti-CAA protesters near State Bank in the city.
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MediaOne TV Facebook page restored after block linked to ‘government request’
Kochi: The official Facebook page of Malayalam news channel MediaOne TV has been restored after being blocked without prior notice, the broadcaster said on Wednesday.
The channel was quoted by Maktoob as saying that the restriction was lifted automatically, with Meta Platforms informing it that the action had been taken following a “government request” which has now expired or been reversed.
The development came shortly after the channel approached the Kerala High Court challenging the blocking of its page, terming it arbitrary and in violation of legal provisions and judicial precedents. The High Court had issued notice to Meta via email hours before the restriction was withdrawn.
In its petition, the channel said access to its Facebook page had been restricted for users in India without citing any specific content or alleged violation. It contended that while individual posts may be taken down under applicable a rule, blocking an entire page goes beyond the scope of such measures.
The incident followed an earlier action taken against the channel in 2022, when the Ministry of Information and transmitting prohibited it from transmitting. It cited national security concerns regarding the Ministry of Home Affairs' refusal of security clearance.
The Supreme Court of India in April 2023 set aside the ban, observing that national security claims cannot be made without substantive basis and that criticism of government policies does not render a media outlet anti-national.
