Vartha Bharati Journalist gets BG Mohan Das award
Mangaluru: Vartha Bharati’s senior reporter and journalist Imtiyaz Sha Thumbe was on Tuesday awarded the BG Mohan Das award for Digital Media’s Special Report. He has conferred the award at a ceremony held at Kannada Bhavan here in the city’s BC road on Tuesday.
The award is presented collaboratively by Gulfkannada.com and Nirat Sahitya Sampad in the honor of senior journalist BG Mohan Das.
Speaking as a guest at the ceremony, member of State Media Academy member Jagannath Shetty Bala said the academy has undertaken several measures for the well-being of the journalists across the state.
Trustee of Sevanjali Trust K Krishna Kumar Punja lauded the work and efforts of Nirata Sahitya Sampada.
DK Working Journalist Association President Srinivas Nayak Indaje said the digital media was fast taking over and said the after the government regularizes digital media, the association will ponder upon giving membership to digital journalists.
During the event, BG Mohandas’ brother Laxmikanth shed light upon the life of BG Mohan Das. The event was chaired by the honorary president of Nirat Sahitya Sampad V Bhat.
Senior Journalist and advocate Sukesh Kumar, BG Mohan’s wife Shoda, daughter Yashasvi and sister Meenakshi were also present during the event.
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ED searches: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah accuses Centre of targeting Cong leaders
Chamarajanagara (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the central government and its agencies of consistently targeting Congress members by using searches on their properties, and questioned why similar action is not taken against BJP leaders.
He was reacting to searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday on several individuals, among them the sons of Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris and the grandson of former Union Cabinet minister K Rahman Khan, in connection with a cryptocurrency-linked money laundering case.
"The central government always targets Congress leaders. Will they raid the houses of BJP leaders?" Siddaramaiah said in response to a question. More than a dozen premises in the city were searched as part of the operation carried out by the ED under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The premises searched comprised those of Mohammed Haris Nalapad and Omar Farook Nalapad, the sons of the MLA; Aqeeb Khan, the grandson of veteran Congress leader K Rahman Khan; and an alleged crypto hacker, Srikrishna Ramesh, alias Sriki, officials said.
The money laundering case stems from Karnataka Police FIRs and charge sheets filed in a 2017 case involving the hacking of national and international websites, theft of bitcoins, and the sale of these stolen virtual digital assets (VDAs) through crypto platforms by the alleged hacker Sriki and his associates.
Mohammed Haris Nalapad, Omar Farook Nalapad, and Aqeeb Khan are alleged to be beneficiaries of the proceeds of crime generated through this crypto-linked activity, officials added.
