KSRTC workers' union gifts smartphone to student selling stickers to buy one for online education
Impact of Vartha Bharati Special Story
Mangaluru: In an act of humanitarian goodwill, the Bangalore KSRTC Worker’s Union gifted a smartphone to a financially distressed student, who had been selling stickers on the street to obtain a phone to resume his online education.
On September 15th, Vartha Bharathi newspaper had carried a story on its front page titled ‘Student sells stickers to buy Smartphone’. This special report carried by sub-editors Kalakesh Goravar, Rajoor caught the public eye soon and was one of the talked about stories in the last week.
On Tuesday evening, members from the KSRTC Worker’s Union in cooperation with AITUC gifted the smartphone to the student in a ceremony held at Vartha Bharathi’s Mangaluru head office in Valencia.
Vijay Kumar, The Secretary of the KSRTC Worker’s Union, and Praveen Kumar, General Secretary of AITUC Mangalore Division gifted the Samsung Android Smartphone to Srinivas, the student who hails from Mudipu.
On this occasion, the General Secretary of AITUC Mangalore Division, Praveen Kumar, addressed the gathering and said that the KSRTC Worker’s Union, AITUC Organizations, has been undertaking social causes. “On that account, it came to our notice that a worker’s son, who is also a student has been struggling on the streets to sell stickers in a bid to continue his online education. We were able to help the student almost immediately. As per the guidance of H V Ananth Subbarav, the leader of the AITUC, we were able to give the smartphone as a small gift to the deserving student” he said.
During the event, Vartha Bharathi’s Mangalore Bureau Chief, Pushparaj BN presented a memento as a mark of respect to the KSRTC Worker’s Union on behalf of the media house.
The members of KSRTC Worker’s Union, R Vasudev, Balakrishna, Chandra Poojary, Vinayraaj, Abdul Khader, and Vartha Bharathi’s sub-editors Kalakesh Goravar, Rajoor were present during the occasion.
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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
