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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Allahabad HC orders probe into 'reinstatement' of teacher in UP's Barabanki
Lucknow (PTI): The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday ordered a probe by the special task force (STF) into alleged irregularities in the rejoining of a teacher at City Intermediate College in Barabanki, observing that the reinstatement appeared to be prima facie illegal.
The court also directed the recovery of the salary paid to the teacher during the disputed period.
A bench of Justice Rajeev Singh passed the order on a petition filed by the college management committee. The court expressed doubts over the roles of the District Inspector of Schools (DIOS), Barabanki, the college principal and the teacher concerned and hence, directed a detailed inquiry into the matter.
Taking note of alleged manipulation of records and misleading submissions, the court ordered the immediate transfer of the Barabanki DIOS to ensure a fair probe. It also directed the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against the then joint director of education of the Ayodhya division.
In its order, the court found that the teacher, Abhay Kumar, was initially appointed as an assistant teacher in 2018 but joined an Eklavya Model Residential School in Chhattisgarh as a lecturer in June 2024 without obtaining permission from the management. His subsequent request to retain the lien was rejected.
Despite this, he was allowed to rejoin the Barabanki College in September 2025 on the directions of the joint director of education and the DIOS, and was even paid the salary for October 2025. The court termed the rejoining "wholly illegal" and lacking any legal basis.
The bench also expressed concern over lapses in communication within the education department and directed the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary to ensure that official orders are communicated through email and WhatsApp as well, to prevent disputes.
The matter is next listed for hearing on May 28 when a compliance report is sought.
