Voice for Kannada in Kasaragod should reach Delhi: Pradeep Kumar Kalkura
Mangaluru, August 10: Dakshina Kannada District Kannada Sahitya Parishat president S Pradeep Kumar Kalkura said that as Kasargod was integral part of Karnataka state, the administration and education there should be in Kannada.
Addressing a protest staged in front of the deputy commissioner’s office here on Friday by the Kasaragod Kannada Action Committee to prevail upon the Kerala government to cancel the order to teach Malayalam in Kannada medium schools in Kasaragod, he said that Kannada was facing a threat in Kasargod due to the imposition of Malayalam. The voice for Kannada in Kasaragod should reach New Delhi, he said.
Though the Karnataka government has given reservation in entrance exam for higher education for Gadinadu Kannadigas, this reservation was being misused. Non-Kannadigas have been getting admission into higher education courses by producing false certificates. So, the government should take steps to ensure the seats only to those who have completed their education from 1st to 10th standard in Kannada medium or Kannada as a language. The KSRTC should consider the senior citizens of Kasargod district for concession passes. Steps should be taken to use Kannada language in railway stations along with Malayalam from Mangaluru to Kanhangad, he demanded.
Action Committee president Muralidhar Ballakkuraya, general secretary Bhaskar Kasargod, KSP former state president Harikrishna Punaroor, Kasargod District KSP leader SV Bhat, Kasaragod ZP member Harshad Varkadi, Kasaragod Kannada Teachers Association leader Mahalingeshwar Bhat, Kannada Jagruta Samiti president Satyanarayan, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike leader Anildas, and others were present.
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Kurla bus tragedy: Court denies bail to accused driver again
Mumbai (PTI): A court here on Friday denied bail to the driver of the BEST bus, which was involved in an accident that killed nine persons and left 42 others injured four months back, saying the offence was serious in nature.
This was the second time the court denied bail to accused driver Sanjay More.
His fresh bail application was rejected by additional sessions judge V G Raghuwanshi.
The bus, operated by the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking, hit several vehicles and pedestrians after the driver lost control over the wheels on the S G Barve Marg in Kurla (West) around 9.30 pm on December 10.
Following the incident, the driver was arrested for offences committed under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
More made a fresh application for bail after the police filed the fresh chargesheet, stating the investigation was complete.
The bail plea said his further incarceration was unwarranted and that he had been "falsely implicated" in the case.
The accused claimed that Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) section 110 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) is not attracted in this case as there was "no intention to cause harm".
His plea termed the accident as "unfortunate".
The driver was given only three days of training to operate an electric bus, in spite of the mandatory requirement of 15 days, it said.
The prosecution, however, contended that there was no mechanical fault in the bus.
More had driven an electric bus for 728 kilometres. Therefore, he cannot say that proper training was not imparted to him, the prosecution submitted.
It said the informant, who is a police officer, witnessed the incident and according to him the bus was "being driven in a rash and reckless manner". The prosecution further submitted that the applicant had no psychological problem nor was he intoxicated at the time of incident.
After hearing both sides, the court noted that the previous bail order recorded "reasons in details" and there was "no change in circumstances".
"The offence is very serious, in which nine persons were killed, several persons were injured and several vehicles were damaged. This is not a fit case to exercise discretion in favour of the applicant," it added.
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