MANGALURU l thURsday l february 22, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 14 l CITY EDITION maN who made India fall in love with the Radio takes final bow 21 DecEMBER 1932 - 20 FebRUARY 2024 Ameen sayani’s Last rites to be held today His last rites will be held today. He is still remembered for his greeting at the start his programme: “Namaste behno aur bhaiyo, main aapka dost Ameen Sayani bol raha hoon.” He anchored the show every Wednesday from 1952 to 1988. In 1999, he moved to AIR’s Vividh Bharati and continued there till 1994. Besides the show, he did voice over and compering on radio Ameen Sayani, the famous host of Binaca Geetmala in Radio Ceylon for 42 years, died of heart attack in Mumbai on Tuesday. He was 91 He had a special bond with listeners ■ ■ Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, his “golden voice on the airwaves had a charm and warmth that endeared him to people across generations... he nurtured a very special bond with his listeners.” Sayani was born on December 21, 1932. He was neither a singer nor an orator but a presenter who rose to dizzy heights of popularity 19,000 jingles for which Ameen Sayani lent his voice during his 42 years in Radio CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI 1 killed, 25 injured in Survey to find guarantees’ impact farmer-police clash, Delhi march put off E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bengaluru 12 Haryana police personnel hurt; farmers to decide future course of action on Friday The Congress government will conduct a massive survey to know the impact of the implementation of its five guarantee schemes in the state, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. For the survey 1.2 lakh , “guarantee volunteers” will be appointed. ASHA and anganwadi workers and employees of other departments will be appointed as “volunteers”. They will be paid Rs 1,000 each for the survey to be conducted across the state in 10 to 15 days. As per the Government Order (GO), Rs 12 crore will be provided for the survey from the allocation made for the Gruha Lakshmi scheme. In the 2024-25 budget, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah allocated Rs 52,000 crore for Gruha Jyothi, Anna Bhagya, Shakthi, Yuva Nidhi and Gruha Lakshmi schemes. During its campaign for the Assembly elections, the Congress had promised to implement the guarantees schemes if voted to power. After a resounding victory in the Assembly elections, the Congress government implemented them in a phased manner. CONTINUED ON: P4 Now, even pvt schools must sing state anthem The Kannada and Culture Department, which had in an earlier order excluded private school s from singing the state anthem, confirmed through a new government order on Wednesday that all schools should do so. Bill to stop cigarette sale to those under 21 passed The Karnataka Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a Bill to ban hookah bars and the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to those below the age of 21 across the state. Mentally-ill boy chained, Assam parents to face action E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Hassan Cong seeks FIR against Haryana home minister Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said he has written to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to register a case against Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij and the Ambala SP, holding them responsible for the death of the young farmer at the Khanauri border Distressed UP farmer attempts self-immolation A farmer tried to set himself on fire near a dharna site in Muzaffarnagar in UP on Wednesday. The fire was doused in time by others. City Magistrate Vikash Kashyap said the farmer, Brijpal, had a loan-related issue, which would be addressed soon. The farmer is out of danger HARPR E E T BAJWA @ Chandigarh Agitating Punjab farmers on Wednesday put on hold their Dilli Chalo march for two days after a 21-year-old protester was killed and 25 others were injured in clashes with Haryana police personnel at Khanauri on the PunjabHaryana border. Haryana police said 12 of their officials were also injured when the protesters attacked them with sticks and stones. Dr H S Rekhi, the medical superintendent of Rajindra Hospital at Patiala, said three persons were brought to the hospital. One of them was brought dead, with an injury on his head. The post-mortem report is awaited. The other two are stable, Rekhi said. The farmers had resumed their agitation in the morning at Khanauri and Shambhu after a two-day lull, after four rounds of talks with the Centre remained inconclusive. The police fired rubber bullets and dropped tear gas shells on the protesting farmers at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders when they tried to breach the barricades. The protesters were seen holding iron shields, distributing salt, and wearing gas masks to protect themselves from assault. The situation at both the protest sites remained tense after the death of the farmer. Fourteen farmers suffered injuries at the Khanauri border while nine were hurt in clashes at the Shambhu point. All of them had minor injuries. Meanwhile, the Centre offered to hold the fifth round of talks in an attempt to break the deadlock. The farmer leaders are yet to respond. Sarwan Singh Pandher, general secretary of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, said they will take a call on Friday Bharatiya Kisan Union . leader Rakesh Tikait said the protest will continue. In its reply to the Union home ministry’s letter flagging large gatherings along the Punjab-Haryana border, the Punjab government on Wednesday said at least 160 people from the state have been injured due to firing of tear gas shells and rubber bullets by Haryana police. P r av een K u m a r @ Bengaluru A couple from Assam working in a coffee estate at Kyanahalli village in Sakleshpur taluk has been accused of locking up their mentally-challenged son in a room after tying his legs with a chain to prevent him from venturing out. The incident came to light on Wednesday when the boy , who managed to escape, was found roaming in the village. Based on a tip-off, Sakleshpur Rural police rescued the boy . Sources said the couple work in a coffee estate of one Umesh. The couple regularly chained the boy and locked him in a room before leaving for work. They continued to do so despite Umesh’s warning. The police said action will be taken against the couple. Protesters run for cover as a tear gas canister fired by Haryana police explodes near the Shambhu border point between Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday | PTI 17-year-old boy tied to pole, beaten in B’luru A 17-year-old boy is undergoing treatment in a private hospital after he was allegedly tied to a pole and beaten up with belts and sticks by eight labourers near Upkar Layout on RTO Road in Jnanabharathi police limits. The incident happened on Monday at a construction site between 2 am and 3.30 am. The injured boy is a resident of Hegganahalli 1st Cross, RG Nagar. He had SP, Cong clinch deal for seats in UP, MP n a m i ta b a j pa i @ Lucknow AFTER seven years, UP Ke Ladke (boys of UP), a 2017 slogan, are together again as the SP and the Congress clinched their seat-sharing deal in UP on Wednesday for the Lok Sabha elections. Of the total 80 seats in UP, the SP allotted 17 to the Congress. While the SP could accommodate a few other small allies, the Nagina seat may be spared for Bhim Army chief Chandrasekhar Azad. The deal went beyond UP as the Congress let Akhilesh’s party contest from Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh. In UP, the Congress was alloted i t s p o cke t b o rSP chief Akhilesh Yadav at a press conference in Moradabad | PTI oughs of Raebareli and Amethi besides Varanasi. The other seats included Kanpur (Nagar), Fatehpur Sikri, Bansgaon, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Maharajganj, Amroha, Jhansi, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Mathura, Sitapur, Barabanki and Deoria. The Congress first pitched for 25 seats, scaled it down to 21 before settling for 17. Congress leaders said Akhilesh may now join Rahul’s yatra as per his convenience. Fali Nariman End of an era in India’s legal history helped shape modern India, including the Kesavanand Bharati case in which the Supreme Court One of India’s foremost constitutional experts, laid down the basic structure doctrine. Fali S Nariman, passed away in Delhi in the Ethics was at the heart of his most consequenearly hours of Wednesday He was 95. . tial decisions. He resigned as additional solicitor Born in Rangoon, now Yangon, on Janu- general as soon as Emergency was declared in ary 10, 1929, his family fled to India during 1975. As a senior Supreme Court advocate, he the Japanese invasion when dedicated the next few decades in he was 12. Nariman was one strengthening various facets of law, Chiseled mind of the last legal luminaries including establishing judicial rewho honed their skills in the Very few lawyers like view of constitutional amendments, chambers of Jamshedji BeNariman have enriched the collegium system, and minority hramji Kanga in Mumbai, alumthe Court with their rights in educational institutions. He ni that included Soli Sorabjee and skills and their moral admitted later that he wasn’t right in Nani Palkhivala. stature, writes senior appearing for Union Carbide in the The departure of the Bhishma advocate Kapil Sibal Bhopal gas leak case. pitamah of jurists signalled the | Edit page In the assets case against former end of an era. While Prime MinisTamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalater Narendra Modi in his tribute lithaa, he represented her in 2014 and said Nariman was among the most out- got her bail. In the inter-state Cauvery water disstanding legal minds, Chief Justice of pute case, he represented Karnataka. India D Y Chandrachud remembered Nariman was prolific as an author, writing him as a g reat giant of an more than a dozen books and penning numerous intellectual. columns, including for this newspaper. He is surNariman was part of several vived by his son, former SC justice Rohinton Narlandmark verdicts that iman, daughter-in-law and daughter. S u c h i t r a K a lya n M o h a n t y @ New Delhi 10 january 1929 - 21 FebRUARY 2024 accompanied his friend Prajwal to the construction site where the labourers were asleep. Prajwal attacked three of the eight labourers, who were sleeping, and escaped with their cash, mobile phones and other valuables. However, the minor boy who , slipped and fell down while escaping, was caught. The labourers allegedly tied the boy to a pole and beat him. They then handed him over to the police.
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