Karnataka man kills porcupine and posts video of cooking it, held by Forest dept

Crime

The man narrated about his hunt and the cooking in an 18-second Tik Tok video.

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A 25-year-old Karnataka man was arrested on Sunday after Forest Department officials took note of a viral video of him killing a porcupine which was posted on his TikTok account. The accused has been identified as one Manjunath Biryalhissa, a native of Jewargi taluk in Karnataka’s north west Kalaburagi district. According  to The Times of India, Manunath was popular for his social media avatar especially on TikTok and was known for lifting heavy stones. TOI reported that forest officials have found out that Manjunath along with his friends had caught the porcupine on Friday from Sindagi range in Vijayapura district area and killed it by hitting stones. They had also skinned the animal and cooked it. He narrated about his hunt and the cooking in an 18-second Tik Tok video. The same was posted on Facebook too which caught the attention of wildlife activists who in turn informed the Forest department top brass. Forest officials said that the porcupine is a protected animal under Schedule 4 of the Wildlife Protection Act. His social media details gave away his location and that made it possible for his arrest, TOI quoted them as saying. The Hindu reported that the other three accused— Bagappa, 23, Bhimappa, 19, and Nagesh, 20— natives of Sindagi and Manjunath’s friends, are all absconding.   Vanathi MM, District Conservator of Forests, Kalaburagi said that they will hand over Manjuanth to the Vijayapura officials and have already registered a complaint, according to The Hindu. This incident comes after in February, a man in HD Kote taluk in Mysuru district in the state, was found guilty of owning a tiger skin by a Gundlupet court and sent to three years in jail.  According to officials, the convict Syed Aslam, along with others, had killed a tiger using a gun in Antharasanthe range of the Bandipur forest. While Aslam was nabbed by Forest officials, his accomplices had managed to escape.

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Women come together in Bengaluru to raise awareness about violence against women

Protests

The awareness programme called Aman Chowk, was curated with workshops on gender justice, dances, music and speeches.

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Women in Bengaluru organised an event for raising awareness about violence against women. This was part of the global ‘One Billion Rising’ movement. The movement began in 2013, when the United Nations declared that one in every three women experiences rape or sexual violence in her lifetime. The awareness programme called Aman Chowk, was curated with workshops, dances, music and speeches. It was conducted amidst fears that the gathering would be disrupted by a protest march, purportedly supported by MP Tejasvi Surya, called “Bengaluru stands united against anti-nationals”, from Mico layout, Bannerghatta. However, the police denied permission for that event. This "solidarity meeting" was held at Jayanagar's Kittur Rani Chennamma basketball stadium. Women came from far and wide to join the gathering. The women from Mahila Sanghas (women's groups) came from Hesarghatta, Anekal, and Kolar.  The threat of the event being disrupted dissuaded many from joining in, however, the programme still went ahead.  Women put up posters of the first page of the Constitution from previously-held Preamble workshop for children, as well as reading material on the Karnataka government's minority schemes. Women from the Sadhana Mahila Sanghas stitched together a fabric display made of colourful squares of cloth to make a “harmony quilt”.  All this was to prepare for the "Aman Chowk", which means harmony square. The protest was first organised at Russel Market, but the police clamped down on it before it even happened. The women then had to think about how to take the movement forward, even as protest venues were continuously being withdrawn, with the police demanding a large bond to hold a protest, or even denying permission for holding the protest. Post the various citizen uprisings and the arrest of student protesters for making politically inflammatory speeches, the landscape needed to change as it could provoke people from two different viewpoints to clash, organisers said. Instead, they wanted to have a multicultural program where women could learn something. “At a protest, people shout slogans, but what do the people get? We wanted to hold these workshops for gender justice, on the constitution, and for harmony, so that people get empowered by the knowledge they gain and the interactions they share,” said Madhu Bhushan, an activist and one of the organisers of Aman Chowk. For example, the ‘Manasina Harike’, or tree of wishes was compared to going to a temple and putting your wishes in. “The current political climate gives me great sadness, but I also take pride that the protest movement, which could have become a Muslims-only one has become big, because women from various backgrounds have joined and added their voices,” said Roohi Afza, one of the women at the discussion. At the Gender Violence and Justice workshop, the women discussed domestic violence, and they agreed that even the first instance of violence needed to be condemned.  After the workshops, the women gathered together to watch performances from singers like Pallavi MD and Akkai Padmashali, a street play, and dances. Finally, there was a speech by Su Sarasawati, which highlighted the need to improve the number of people affected by sexual violence, and the need for people from various backgrounds to come together for this. She said, "In Kannada, we don't even have a way to say 1 billion, because it’s such a big number. Instead, let's have crores and crores of prayers for peace and harmony, and for stopping violence against women," proclaimed Su Sarasawati.

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Pro-Pakistan, anti-Modi graffiti appears in Kalaburagi, police launch probe

Politics

Police, who visited the spot on receiving a complaint, erased the writings and were investigating to find out those behind the act.

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A pro-Pakistan and anti-Modi wall graffiti in Karnataka came to light in Kalaburagi on Sunday morning, prompting the police to launch a probe to find out the culprits behind the act. Police said the writings in English on the wall of a house in Saath Gumbaz area hailing Pakistan and carrying 'derogatory' comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi were likely to have been made on Saturday night. Police, who visited the spot on receiving a complaint, erased the writings and were investigating to find out those behind the act. Officials said CCTV footage from the area was also being analysed as part of the probe. Read: 'No CAA', 'Free Kashmir' graffiti found on Bengaluru’s Church Street walls A group of people staged a demonstration in front of Chowk Police station in Kalaburagi in north Karnataka, demanding that those behind the anti-national act be arrested immediately, police said. Also read: BJP MLA accuses Bengaluru college students of painting anti-Modi graffiti, threatens staff Recently, writings such as "Pakistan Zindabad" and "Tipu Sultan Shale" (Tipu Sultan School) on the wall and door of a government school in Budarsingi village in Hubballi had created a flutter with locals staging a protest against it. In another incident, three students from Kashmir studying at a private engineering college in Hubballi were arrested on sedition charges last month for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans and posting a video of it on a messaging platform on the first anniversary of the Pulwama terrorist attack. On February 20, a young woman, later identified as Amulya Leona, had raised "Pakistan Zindabad" slogan thrice at an event against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the presence of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi. She has been has booked on sedition charges while Owaisi and his party had distanced themselves from her. After being questioned by a Special Investigation Team, she has been remanded to judicial custody till March 5 by a court.

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