Vartha Bharati's Pushparaj B.N., Ibrahim Adkasthala selected for Press Club Annual Honour 2022
Mangaluru Press Club day, Award ceremony on March 5
Mangaluru: Pushparaj B.N., Mangaluru Bureau Chief of Vartha Bharati and Senior Correspondent Ibrahim Adkasthala are among the 10 senior journalists who will receive the Mangaluru Press Club Annual Honour for the year 2022.
The award ceremony will be held on March 5 at Kudla Kudru Paradise Island in Boloor, the program will begin at 10 am.
K. Sadashiva Shenoy, president of the Karnataka Madhyama Academy, will inaugurate the award ceremony and Annu Mangaluru, president of the Mangaluru Press Club, will preside over the event. Senior journalist K. Anand Shetty and general secretary of the Press Club Mohammad Arif Padubidri will be the chief guests for the ceremony.
Senior journalists Jinnappa Gowda, I. B. Sandeep Kumar, Vinoba K. T., Prakash Ilanthila, Pushparaj B. N., Stanley Pinto, Ramakrishna Bhat, Ramakrishna R., Ibrahim Adkasthala and B. Ravindra Shetty will be felicitated with the ‘Mangaluru Press Club Annual Honour 2022’.
Raviraj H. G., senior assistant director of the Department of Information and Public Relations, will honour the children of journalists with the talent awards. Cardiologist Dr. Padmanabha Kamath will hand the new ECG equipment to the journalists’ association.
Rajani Shetty, who is feeding and supporting stray animals in Beedadi, will be honoured with the Press Club Award by film actor and Big Boss show winner Roopesh Shetty.
Srinivasa Nayak, president of the Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalists’ Association; P. B. Harish Rai, member of the Indian Working Journalists’ Association; and Jagannath Shetty Bala, member of the Karnataka Madhyama Academy, will attend the program.
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Badlapur accused Akshay Shinde shot dead: Lawyer of minor girls calls it 'killing of justice'
Mumbai (PTI): The gunning down of Badlapur case accused Akshay Shinde on Monday was the "killing of justice", said Asim Sarode, lawyer for the two minor girls he allegedly sexually assaulted.
Shinde was killed near Mumbra Bypass around 6:15pm when he allegedly snatched the gun of a policeman while he was being ferried in a police vehicle as part of a probe into a case registered on the complaint of his former wife.
After he shot and injured an API, another personnel from the escort team fired at him, and he was declared dead by doctors at a nearby hospital.
"While representing the two minor girls, I noticed it was becoming uncomfortable for the local politics of the Thane district and even for the educational institution where Akshay Shinde was working. Shinde's death in such a manner is killing of justice," Sarode told a regional news channel.
"Now, the case of sexual assault of the two minor girls will get sidelined. The case of these two minor girls was becoming difficult for the educational institute, as it is affiliated with a certain political family. Such a practice would lower the confidence of people in police and the judiciary," he claimed.
Sarode said he will be filing a plea before the Bombay High Court demanding thorough inquiry into the firing incident.
"Shinde's case could have brought up certain aspects that would have been negative politically for the government. I wonder how Shinde could access the gun and how he could unlock it when his hands were tied. This is political murder and is absolutely wrong," he said.
