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Gujarat
communal carnage: Defence Minister blasts Congress
Defence Minister George Fernandez singled out the Congress
for holding the Gujarat and Union Governments at fault for
the recent communal carnage. Speaking to media persons
here at Mysore, Fernandez defended the Gujarat and the
Union Governments, and handed out a clean chit on their
performance in stemming communal violence. Terming the
charges made by the Congress that the Government had
failed in controlling violence as a "shameless
allegation", he said when the Congress was ruling
over 3000 people were killed on the streets of Delhi.
George was referring to the violence that erupted after
Indira Gandhi's assassination.
Sandesh
is new MUDA Chairman:
The appointment of Sandesh Nagaraj as Mysore Urban
Development Authority chief was received with mixed
reaction with many senior Congressmen expressing their
unhappiness. While loyal Congressmen expressed their
resentment for being ignored during the welcome ceremony,
Sandesh's followers took him out in a jubilant procession.
The belated appointment was preceded by intense lobbying
with a majority of Congress leaders opposing the
nomination of Sandesh, whom they feel was a new entrant to
the party.
Veteran
Freedom fighter M N Jois is dead:
Veteran freedom fighter M N Jois (98), died at his
residence after a prolonged illness. He leaves behind
three sons. Jois, born in 1905, plunged into the freedom
movement and became a follower of teachers M
Venkatachalaiah, popularly known as Thathiah, and
Sriramaraya. In 1938 he took part in the Shivapura
Convention when he was arrested and imprisoned for three
months. He also took part in the 1942 Quit India Movement.
He met Gandhiji and invited him to visit Tagadur. The
Father of the Nation launched the khadi movement in
Nanjangud village.
Merchants
down shutters over shifting of Santhepet market:
The shifting of Santhepet, the wholesale market from the
heart of the city took a new turn with merchants taking
out a protest here at Mysore. A full-fledged market was
constructed at Bandipalya on Nanjangud Road, which has all
the basic facilities to accommodate all the traders and
merchants of Santhepet. Merchants downed shutters and
blocked roads against the decision to shift the venue
forcibly.
Scribes'
association elections held:
The following were elected officer bearers of the Mysore
Working Journalists' Association. President: Rajashekhar
Koti
Vice Presidents: K. B. Ganapathy and Chandrashekhar
Kukkikatte
General Secretary: S.M.Jambukeshwar
Treasurer: M.B.Maramkal
Secretaries: Dayashankar Maili and L.A.Khan
Hangarahalli
quarry men turn hostile:
We were acting a scene for a film
crew, they claim:
The five bonded labourers who were allegedly forced to
work in a quarry with their legs chained in Hangarahalli
near Srirangapattana have turned hostile. Deposing before
the Additional District and Session Judge K M Thammiah,
the victims-Venkatachala, Venkatesh, Krishna, Gopal and
Nagaraj denied that they were chained by the quarry owner
Puttaswamy Gowda and his family members. They claimed
that, they volunteered to get their legs chained following
a request from a film crew which had assured to give them
Rs.500 for just five days. "However, when the film
unit people failed to turn up for shooting, KRRS
activists, and some other organizations, raided the quarry
and took us to Srirangapattana police station and got the
shackles removed" they said.
Steep
fall in KRS water level:
The Mysore Agenda Task Force has appealed to Mysoreans not
to waste water following a steep fall in water level at
the Krishnaraja Sagar Reservoir (KRS). MATF Water Supply
and Sanitation convener M Lakshmana said the water level
at KRS was 89.73 ft as on March 23 as against 94.09 ft
during the previous year. He has also requested Mysoreans
not to water lawns and wash cars for 3 months. He also
said if there was a further fall of water level to 74 ft,
they would be forced to pump water from the river bed
directly with the help of two 1,000 HP pumps.
Correspondent
for OKC.
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