NA Haris gets BMTC, BDA goes to ST Somashekar
Bengaluru, January 9: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday appointed MLA NA Haris as the MBTC chairman and MLA ST Somashekar as the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) chairman and SN Subba Reddy as the chairman of the State Silk Board.
Following the direction from AICC president Rahul Gandhi, KPCC president Dinesh Gundurao has sent a list of 19 candidates for appointing for the boards and corporations and nine candidates for Parliamentary Secretaries posts. In the beginning, the CM has appointed 14 candidates to boards and corporations and eight candidates as Parliamentary Secretaries. Now, the three candidates were appointed on Wednesday officially.
But the Chief Minister withheld the names of T Venkataramanaiah as State Road Development Corporation Chairman and Dr K Sudharkar as State Pollution Control Board chairman. So, both the MLAs have expressed their ire against the Chief Minister and the party leaders.
Cabinet rank
Chief Minister Kumaraswamy also appointed MLA Abbaiah Prasad as the Dr Babu Jagjeevan Ram Leather Industries Development Corporation chairman with Cabinet rank.
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America’s ‘nicest judge’ Frank Caprio, who drew huge online audience with his kindness, dies at 88
Rhode Island: Frank Caprio, the Rhode Island judge whose compassionate courtroom manner made him a global sensation, passed away on August 20 at the age of 88.
His death after “a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer” was announced through a statement on his Instagram account.
Widely known as “America’s Nicest Judge,” Caprio rose to international prominence through the television show Caught in Providence, which aired from 2000 and became an internet phenomenon years later. Clips of his empathetic judgments, often laced with humor, warmth, and kindness, attracted millions of viewers on social media, earning him a devoted following worldwide.
Born on November 24, 1936, Caprio served as a municipal judge in Providence from 1985 until his retirement in 2023. His courtroom became a symbol of compassion in justice. His most popular videos have been those where he calls children to the bench to help pass judgement on their parents.
“Beloved for his compassion, humility, and unwavering belief in the goodness of people, Judge Caprio touched the lives of millions through his work in the courtroom and beyond,” his family wrote in their tribute. “His warmth, humor, and kindness left an indelible mark on all who knew him.”
With nearly 3.5 million followers on his personal Instagram account and over 16 million on the show’s official page, he used his platform to highlight systemic issues such as the lack of equal access to the judicial system. In one video, he remarked, “The phrase, ‘With liberty and justice for all’ represents the idea that justice should be accessible to everyone. However, it is not.”
Even in the final years of his life, Caprio remained an advocate for fairness. Reflecting on his approach to the bench, he said in 2017: “I hope that people will take away that the institutions of government can function very well by exercising kindness, fairness, and compassion in their deliberations. We live in a very contentious society. I would hope that people will see that we can dispense justice without being oppressive.”
On social media platformX, Gov. Dan McKee called Caprio a “Rhode Island treasure” and ordered that flags in the state be flown at half-mast in his honor.
