Home Stay attack: Court dismisses case on scribe Naveen Soorinje
Mangaluru, Dec 5: The 6th Additional District Court on Wednesday dismissed a case on journalist Naveen Soorinje in a home stay attack incident where the journalists who had been to collect the information were made accused.
When Hindu Jagarana Vedike members attacked the youth who were engaged in a homestay party at Padil Badlagudde in the city on July 28, 2012.
Naveen Soorinje and his cameraman Sharan Raj visited the spot to collect the information. But the Mangaluru Rural police have arrested them accusing them of not informing the police despite they have prior information about the attack. Naveen Soorinje was jailed for four and half months in this case.
This incident has made headlines in the media. But the people across the state opined that Naveen has gone to the spot as a journalist to collect the information and the information he has collected should be considered as evidence instead of considering him as the accused.
After this, the state government has appealed the court to drop the case on Naveen Soorinje. Interestingly, the other accused in this case opposed the decision of the state government to drop the case against Naveen. So, the process of dismissing the case against Naveen was delayed.
Now, based on the appeal of the state government, the court has dismissed the case on Naveen Soorinje. However, the trial on other accused in the case would continue. Advocate Dinesh Hegde Ulippady argued on behalf of Naveen in the case.
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West Asia: India supplied 22,000 MT of high-speed diesel to Bangladesh in March, says MEA
New Delhi (PTI): Amid the ongoing West Asia conflict, India has supplied 22,000 metric tonnes of high-speed diesel to Bangladesh in March and has received a request from Seychelles and the Maldives to meet their energy requirements, the MEA said on Friday.
At his weekly briefing, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal in his response to a query related to requests received from India's neighbouring countries for fuel amid the West Asia situation, also said that India is "finalising a government-to-government agreement" for the supply of oil and gas, which will play an important role in reinforcing energy security of Mauritius.
The conflict in West Asia has now stretched to nearly 50 days, with global ramifications.
"So, we have received requests from our neighbouring countries for supply of fuel, and these are being looked into, keeping in mind our own requirements, availability and refining capacity," Jaiswal told reporters.
He further said India has "supplied 22,000 metric tonnes of high-speed diesel to Bangladesh in March 2026, and further supplies have continued this month as well".
"You would recall that last month we had supplied 38 metric tonnes of petroleum products to Sri Lanka as well," he added.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Mauritius last week, the MEA spokesperson said, adding, "We are finalising a government-to-government agreement for supply of oil and gas, which will play an important role in reinforcing the energy security of Mauritius".
As far as Nepal is concerned, there is an existing arrangement between Indian Oil Corporation and Nepal Oil Corporation to supply petroleum products to Nepal as per its requirements. The supplies are continuing without any interruption, he said.
Energy supplies to Bhutan also continue according to the existing arrangement.
"As I had mentioned earlier, we have received a request from Seychelles and the Maldives to meet their energy requirements. We continue to be in touch with them in this regard, and are considering the request keeping in mind our own domestic requirements and availability of fuel.
"I would also like to add that our neighbouring country governments have expressed appreciation for the uninterrupted supply, fuel supply to them during the West Asian conflict," Jaiswal said.
Global oil and gas prices surged after Iran restricted the transit of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow lane between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman that handles roughly 20 per cent of global oil and LNG trade.
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