CDC official who raised fears turns out to be Rod Rosenstein’s sister, setting off MAGA-world alarms.
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U.S. isn’t ready to detect stealth coronavirus spread
A faulty CDC test has slowed mass screening capacity.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020
17 years and Cox Town vendors in Bengaluru still wait for the market building BBMP promised
On Monday morning, the Cox town market vendors held a protest in front of the building which is rightfully theirs.
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It’s been 17 years since the BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) asked shopkeepers at Cox town in East Bengaluru to ‘temporarily’ shift to the pavement while they build a new market facility. Six months was the estimated time given to these vendors. Little did they expect that these very six months would extend to nearly two decades, this despite the BBMP building a structure to accommodate the vendors. “I’ve been here for all these years, I suppose I will go on until the government does something,” says one of the shopkeepers, patiently arranging a stack of vegetables. The vendors, who all work on the pavements in front of Cox town’s Tennis court and maternity hospital, sell all varieties of fresh vegetables, fruit, poultry, mutton and sea food. It’s not uncommon for the crowds coming to the market to spill out onto the street. The narrow roads cannot accommodate too many people at a time. Read: Bengaluru Cox Town vendors throw vegetables on street in protest against BBMP On Monday morning, the Cox town market vendors held a protest in front of the building which is rightfully theirs, but which they have been locked out of. The posters that they held said “Dear BBMP Commissioner, open Cox Town market, give us mukti from the footpath” and “Cox town vendors, care of pavement for 17 years.” The reason cited for the non-allocation of the shops is that there are no sanitary fixtures or electrical connections in the shops. Vendors say that the building does not have a water connection, and is yet to have a borewell sunk into the premises. The BBMP often expresses concerns about cleanliness and shut down stalls around the city. The seafood and poultry shops in Cox town are situated very close to the entrance of the Cox town maternity home, and though the vendors try their best to keep it down, there is often a bad smell. However, a public health doctor, Sylvia Karpagam, says that the problem is not just of the vendors. “There is poor investment on the part of the government when it comes to research and training in handling the meat and in the disposal of waste. We cannot just blame the shops and then shut them down, because a lot of people rely on these places for their food. Such measures only benefit bigger businesses in the sector when smaller meat shops are forced to shut,” she adds. Instead, she says that the BBMP should train the shopkeepers on how to handle the meat hygienically, with proper safety equipment, and should take care of the disposal of waste. The BBMP is quick to act when there is a garbage infraction, and take measures to fine them, as TNM has previously reported. Read: Bengaluru civic body slaps Rs 1 lakh fine on Flipkart subsidiary for burning garbage However, Dr Slyvia notes that the government takes no measures to dispose of animal waste. “The waste is nutritious and can be used for other purposes like to feed fish. But the government has not made adequate investment in this segment. They should hire a public health official to train them, so that society in general can benefit,” she concludes.
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Karnataka HC raps Dharwad lawyers for heckling colleagues, calls it 'sheer militancy'
Lawyers from Bengaluru were heckled and attacked by lawyers in Dharwad as they went to represent three students booked for sedition.
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday criticised the Hubballi Bar Association's resolution barring advocates from representing three Kashmiri students accused of sedition. The High Court also took a strict view of the heckling faced by advocates from Bengaluru when they were inside the court premises in Dharwad to file a bail application for the three students from KLE Institute of Technology. The students are currently lodged in the Belagavi Central Prison. "Barring advocates from appearing for the accused gives a bad name for the judiciary. A lawyer not allowed to approach the filing counter to apply for bail should not happen in this state," Chief Justice Abhay Oka said while hearing a petition filed by advocate BT Venkatesh stating that the Hubballi Bar Association's resolution went against the rights of the accused of obtaining a defence. Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi informed the High Court that the Hubballi Bar Association is "willing to reconsider resolution barring advocates" from representing three Kashmiri students charged with sedition. While it was the Hubballi Bar Association which passed the resolution, advocates in the Dharwad Principal Sessions Court questioned advocates from Bengaluru when they tried to file a bail application on Monday. The bail application has to be filed at the district court in Dharwad before it is allocated to the magistrate court in Hubballi for hearing. "In the Court, the President of the Dharwad Advocates Association, along with other Advocates who were present, asked us not to file vakalath in the matter. They told us that the accused were ‘deshadrohis’ and by filing vakalath we would also be ‘deshadrohis’. They told us that Gandhiji had said that a bad law should be disobeyed and that in such manner the order of the Karnataka High Court should be disobeyed," Maitreyi Krishnan, an advocate who was part of a team of three lawyers from Bengaluru stated in an affidavit. She said that hundreds of lawyers began shouting at them. "They said that they would not let us go in one piece. Such was the abuse, threats and intimidation issued to us before the court...Given the vitiated atmosphere which was worsening by the moment, we could not go to the registration/filing counter and were taken back to our vehicle. Someone threw stones from behind when the three of us and the driver were inside the car, breaking the back window, and the stones came inside the car," Maitreyi stated. The Hubballi Bar Association and the Young Lawyers' Association passed a resolution on February 15 stating that none of its members would file a vakalat (a document where the party submits that said lawyer would be representing him/her in court) for three students from KLE Institute of Technology charged with sedition. The students are from Jammu and Kashmir and an FIR was registered against them at the Hubballi Rural Police Station after a video of them allegedly saying 'Pakistan Zindabad' went viral earlier in the month. CJ Oka suggested transferring the case to Bengaluru to allow the bail application to be filed. The case will be heard on Thursday.
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Karnataka police twiddling thumbs on Rama Sene leader for hate speech, no arrest yet
The police have not made an arrest in the case yet. The bounty speech was made on February 21.
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Police in Karnataka’s Ballari district have registered a case against Sri Rama Sene leader Sanjeev Maradi for offering Rs 10 lakh for the killing of a 20-year-old college student, Amulya Leona. Apart from making the bounty offer, Maradi, who is the district head of the Hindu outfit, had said that anyone who applies for bail on the student’s behalf would also be ‘encountered’ in a speech made on February 21. However, the police have not made an arrest in the case yet. Ballari Superintendent of Police (SP) CK Baba told TNM, “Investigation is going on in the case. I can’t comment further as of the moment.” Read: Sri Rama Sene man announces Rs 10 lakh bounty for killing student activist Amulya Leona An FIR (first information report) was registered on Monday evening at the Hospet Town Police Station under Sections 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), based on a complaint by Bhaskar Reddy, a CPI(M) leader in Ballari city. The FIR in fact was filed only three days after the speech. On the other hand, the police had on February 21 arrested a student named Ardra for holding a liberation poster at an event in Bengaluru. Ardra who had held a poster that said, "Muslim, Dalit, Kashmiri, Bahujan Adivasi, Trans liberation now," in Kannada and English was immediately arrested by the police. Congress leader and advocate Brijesh Kallapa criticised the police inaction saying that the police has set double standards and are acting based on the political affiliation of the accused. He said, “See the Karnataka police had traditionally enjoyed a high degree of respectability because of the fact that they are totally non-partisan but the recent 3-4 incidents have totally shaken people’s confidence on the Karnataka police.” He stated, “The first incident is that of the school in Mangaluru owned by RSS functionary Kalladka Prabhakar Bhatt where the enactment of Babri Masjid takes place and there was no arrests made or action taken or nothing, not even a police investigation. But in Bidar incident where children in Shaheen school, even children are subjected to interrogation.” Incidentally, the Ram Sene was under the scanner as part of the probe on senior journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh’s murder. Maradi had declared a bounty for Amulya, a student who had been arrested by police in Bengaluru on February 20 for saying ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ at an anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) event. Hyderabad MP and All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaddudin Owaisi was the chief guest at the event. The next day, another student Ardra was arrested for simply holding a liberation poster at an event in Bengaluru. Following Amulya's arrest, several BJP leaders, including Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, and opposition leaders Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy condemned Amulya's statements. The complaint section of the FIR mentions a media report of the statement made by Maradi about the Rs 10 lakh reward for those killing Amulya. Bhaskar Reddy argued that these were provocative statements and had triggered a law and order situation. The statements also incited fear for life and so there is a need for appropriate action, he said. Also watch: Rama Sene leader offers Rs 3 lakh on tongues of sedition accused Kashmiri students
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Bengaluru International Film Festival begins in city, over 200 movies to be screened
The Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) will be held at four venues across the city.
The much-awaited Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) is here. The 12th edition of the annual affair, where movie buffs of all age groups gather to binge-watch on acclaimed national and international films for an entire week, is set to take place from February 27 to March 4. A total of 220 films will be screen across four different venues in the city: Orion Mall, Rajajinagar; Dr Raj Bhavan, Chamrajpete; Navarang Theatre, Rajajinagar; and Suchitra Film Society, Banashankari. Many of the films being screen at the festival will be adjudged under three award categories: Chitrabharati (Indian Cinema) Competition, Kannada Cinema Competition and Asian Cinema Competition. Incidentally, the Kannada Cinema Competition segment was embroiled in a controversy, as director Roopa Rao’s critically acclaimed film Gantumoote was excluded from the final list of films under this section. Instead, the organisers offered to screen the film in a specially-created consolation section or a non-competition section called 'Women filmmakers of Karnataka'. Read: Surprised about exclusion of 'Gantumoote' at BIFFES: Director Roopa Rao to TNM Films selected for the Kannada Cinema Competition includes Bell Bottom by Jayathirtha BV, Kavaludaari by Hemanth Murali Rao, and Mundina Nildana by Vinay Bharadwaj. Mundina Nildana was also nominated in the Asian Films competition. Films included in the Asian Films competition segment are The Innocence by Md Ashraful Alam from Bangladesh, The Golden Throne by Rustem Abdrashev from Kazakhstan and Jesusa by Ronaldo C Carballo from the Philippines. The films included in the Indian Cinema competition are The Dog and His Man by Siddharth Tripathy from Chhattisgarh, Pingara by Preetham R Shetty from Karnataka, and Anandi Gopal by Sameer Sanjay Vidwans from Maharastra. Some non-competition films are being screened under the Contemporary World Cinema category. This includes And Then We Danced by Levan Akin from Georgia, An Officer And A Spy by Roman Polanski from France, and Beanpole by Kantemir Balagov from Russia, among others. There are 11 other film categories: Kannada Cinema of Popular Entertainment, Network for Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema (NETPAC) award winners, FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) award winners, Bio-Pics, Country Focus, Retrospectives (Directors, artistes, technicians), Unsung Incredible India – Films from little known languages, Curated section based on Special Theme - Indian Musical Tradition and Cinema, Revisiting Classics, Centenary Tribute and Jury Recommended Screenings In addition to the movie screening, the film festival will also have various master classes, seminars and workshops where students and filmmaking practitioners will be able to interact with experts on filmmaking and film art appreciation. For more detailed information on all the films being screened, visit www.biffes.in.
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Bengaluru protest against Delhi violence called off as cops deny permission
Police permission for the protest was rejected citing security concerns in the city.
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A protest organised by Bengaluru activists on Wednesday to “against right-wing mob violence and police brutality in Delhi" has been called off. The protest was set to take place at Bengaluru's Town Hall from 4 pm to 6 pm on February 26. Though many activists had shared the details of the protest on social media, one of the organisers put out a tweet to announce that it had been called off, around 12 pm. Organisers had initially given an intimation letter to the police at SJ park police station, but the police issued a signed rejection. Instead, organisers urged those who had planned to go to the Town Hall protest to instead head to the women’s protest being held at the ‘Bilal Bagh’ on Tannery Road. The police had earlier asked the activists to come with a bond on the day of the protest, the organiser said, but the police decided not to go forward with permission, citing “the prevailing situation and security concerns in Bengaluru.” One of the organisers of the protest said, “The police in their rejection letter stated that we can come back to schedule a protest at a later date.” The Home Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai made a statement on February 25, noting that the Karnataka police would take precautionary measures to prevent violence. He said, “…We have been keeping a close watch on the developments. Even more so after the Delhi incidents. I have instructed my officers to be on alert and take precautionary actions, rather than actions after the incidents." He also cites a meeting with law enforcement officers on February 23 to keep a close watch on the individuals involved in protests. “We had a high level meeting. All aspects have been decided, regarding the people who are organising in the background, people who are participating. We are having a close watch, we are on alert.” He added that preventive detention would take place depending on the situation. Read: How Telangana’s ‘people friendly’ police is clamping down on citizens’ right to protest TNM had previously reported that BJP Minister BC Patil wanted a law to shoot 'anti-nationals' on sight. He had said, “We need a new law in India. People who shout anti-India and pro-Pakistani slogans should be shot in the eye, and a law should be brought to this effect in the country. This is of immediate importance.” Read: Watch: Karnataka Minister wants law to kill 'anti-nationals' on the spot Riots in parts of northeast New Delhi have continued since Sunday. Scores have been injured in the violence, including journalists and police, while the death toll has reached 20 people. Read: Delhi riots: 'Shoot-at-sight' orders issued in parts of city, death toll climbs to 13
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