Dalits Media Watch News Updates 20.12.14 Sahitya Academy award for Poomani for Agnaadi - The Times Of India timesofindia.indiatimes/city/chennai/Sahitya-Academy-award-for-Poomani-for-Agnaadi/articleshow/45581021.cms HC to Government go after big Land Grabbers - The Indian express newindianexpress/states/karnataka/HC-to-Government-go-after-big-Land-Grabbers/2014/12/20/article2580393.ece Torture: HC directs officials to produce medical records - Business Standard business-standard/article/pti-stories/torture-hc-directs-officials-to-produce-medical-records-114121901393_1.html BJP suspends Rajasthan MLA Prahalad Gunjal for abusing CMHO, FIR filed - India Today indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bjp-suspends-abusive-mla-prehlad-gunjal-from-kota-cmho-rn-yadav-fir-gulab-chand-kataria-cid/1/407908.html TS Government to Help SC, ST Entrepreneurs - The New Indian Express newindianexpress/states/telangana/TS-Government-to-Help-SC-ST-Entrepreneurs/2014/12/20/article2580025.ece The Times Of India Sahitya Academy award for Poomani for Agnaadi timesofindia.indiatimes/city/chennai/Sahitya-Academy-award-for-Poomani-for-Agnaadi/articleshow/45581021.cms CHENNAI: Tamil writer Poomani has won this years Sahitya Akademi award for his historical novel Agnaadi. The novel has been called a landmark work and covers a period of more than 170 years from the beginning of the 19th century, revolving mainly around the lives and fortunes of several families in villages in Virudhunagar district. The 1,200-page novel looks at caste conflicts in the region over the past two centuries. It has also won the inaugural Gitanjali literary prize. While last years award winner, Joe DCruzs novel Aazhi Soozh Ulagu (Ocean-Ringed Earth), was based on imagination and creative writing, Poomanis book is a research-based story - similar to Su Venkatesans Kaval Kottam that is a saga of the kallar community. Poomani, though born in a dalit-pallar family, has written about families belonging to various communities including nadars whose socio-economic and cultural advancement in the 100 years, giving rise to a prosperous business class in Virudhunagar, is a remarkable story in modern Tamil society. Pooliththurai Manickavasagam, aka Poomani, collected information on events and developments during the colonial period using archival sources in the region. In addition, the author also collected source materials from National Archives and the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi, National Library in Kolkata, and the India Office Library in London. Poomani is an acclaimed author and is famous for his writings on dalits. He deserves to receive the award, said writer S Ramakrishnan. The Indian express HC to Government go after big Land Grabbers newindianexpress/states/karnataka/HC-to-Government-go-after-big-Land-Grabbers/2014/12/20/article2580393.ece By Express News Service Published: 20th December 2014 06:00 AM BENGALURU: The state government on Friday submitted before the High Court that it has managed to recover 16,000 acres of encroached revenue land in one month. So far, over 46,000 acres have been recovered this year, the government claimed. A division bench of Chief Justice D H Waghela and Justice R B Budihal was hearing a batch of petitions seeking direction to the government to recover thousands of acres of encroached government land. The counsel representing Namma Bengaluru Foundation, one of the petitioners, argued that the government was acting only against small encroachers while those who have encroached upon huge tracts of land have been untouched. Amicus curiae M Shivaprakash submitted that encroachers who belong to the SC, ST and other backward communities must be given an opportunity to submit documents to the legal services authority. The court then asked those who have been farming and living on government land measuring less than five acres to submit copies of land documents to the local legal services authority offices. The High Court again directed the state government to recover land from those who have encroached more than five areas and submit a report to the bench on January 30, 2015. The court also asked the forest department to speed up recovery of forest land from encroachments. Writer’s Petition Disposed Of The High Court on Friday disposed of a petition filed by writer B V Satyanarayana Rao challenging the process of selection for the Rajyotsava awards after the government pleader submitted that due process was being followed. Satyanarayana Rao had moved the court after his application for the Rajyostava award was not considered by the government this year. He contended that being a mechanical engineer, he had written more than 66 books in Kannada and Sanskrit and had contributed to the field of literature. The advocate for the writer alleged that while selecting writers, due process was not being followed. The government contested the claim and submitted that there is no lobby which works for the selection of writers and the applications are considered on the basis of merit. Hearing the petition, Justice S Abdul Nazeer observed that the selection for Rajyostava awards has become like a tendering process and that lobbying very much exists. While disposing of the petition, Justice Nazeer observed that hopefully the petitioner’s application will be considered for the award in 2015. Business Standard Torture: HC directs officials to produce medical records business-standard/article/pti-stories/torture-hc-directs-officials-to-produce-medical-records-114121901393_1.html Press Trust of India | Chennai Madras High Court today directed Inspector of Kaveripattinam police station in Vellore District to produce all medical records in a case related to custodial torture of one Poovarasan by December 23. On a petition filed by the victim, Justice V Ramasubramanian also ordered issue of notices to Special Government Pleader A Kumar on behalf of Home Secretary, Superintendent of Police, Vellore, Superintendent, District Head Quarters, Government General Hospital, Adukkamparai in Vellore distict and District Collector. The petitioner submitted that since he was exposing the illegal sand mining by persons with the help of Inspector of Police Kandiban a section in the police were against him. The petitioner also submitted that since he belonged to Scheduled Caste, non-dalit and Vanniar community members were against him. He submitted that on September 23, around 11.30 pm he was woken up by a team of policemen including Kandiban and started beating him causing severe injuries to him. They later they took him to the police station and continued the torture and charged him under various sections of IPC. Later he was taken to District Munsif and Judicial Magistrate, Walajahpet. However, seeing his physical condition the Magistrate directed to get a medical opinion from the Government Hospital, in which it was recorded that he sustained multiple injuries because of the assault. The hospital authorities recommended that treatment should be given in a District Head quarters Hospital. But police took the police station and continued the torture. He was later admitted to a private hospital. In his petition, he sought a direction to register FIR against the erring police officials besides and probe by CB-CID and award a compensation of Rs 50 lakhs. India Today BJP suspends Rajasthan MLA Prahalad Gunjal for abusing CMHO, FIR filed indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bjp-suspends-abusive-mla-prehlad-gunjal-from-kota-cmho-rn-yadav-fir-gulab-chand-kataria-cid/1/407908.html Rohit Parihar Jaipur, December 20, 2014 | UPDATED 02:26 IST The Bhartiya Janata Party has suspended Prehlad Gunjal, its abusive MLA from Kota. Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria has asked CID to investigate allegations of threatening a Chief Medical and Health Officer against him. Gunjal, an aggressive MLA, threatened and abused RN Yadav, the CMHO for not following his instructions to post a male nurse related to a party worker as per his choice. The telephonic conversation was recorded and it went viral on social media. An aide of Gunjal against threatened Yadav for posting the recording but this threat too was recorded. Later, when local media reported the matter, Gunjal regretted the incident and sent apology to the party. Yadav put down his papers which government hasnt accepted yet. Various medical bodies too protested against Gunjals threat. Union minister V .Naidu announced decision to suspend him in Delhi after meeting Rajendra Rathore, Health Minister of Rajasthan who called on him at the Parliament on Thursday forenoon. Naidu and Parnami discussed the entire episode with Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje who agreed for suspension. The party meanwhile issued him a notice. Its President Ashok Parnami said that such behaviour was unacceptable. He said BJP believed in a clean politics. He too sent a report to the central leadership about the entire issue including Gunjals reply and conversation. The SC/ST Commission too took serious note of Gunjal misbehaving with the CMHP who is from a scheduled caste. In the past too, Gunjal has been in news for his behaviour. Some months ago, he had locked the office of a central government agency accusing it of delaying construction of a bridge over Chambal river. Gunjal was expelled from the BJP following his abusive outbursts against Raje during Gurjar agitation during her previous tenure. The New Indian Express TS Government to Help SC, ST Entrepreneurs newindianexpress/states/telangana/TS-Government-to-Help-SC-ST-Entrepreneurs/2014/12/20/article2580025.ece By Express News Service HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said the government would take all possible measures to encourage SC/ST entrepreneurs. He released a brochure of the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI)Industrial Expo scheduled to be held in February 2015 in Hyderabad. Besides, he also held discussions with its national president Milind Kamble, South Indian co-ordinator N Ravi Kumar and its Telangana president Srinivas. He apprised the delegation about the various provisions incorporated in the new industrial policy. He said the government has decided to offer special training programme for those who wish to set up industries followed by investment support from the government. In the proposed projects like Film City, Sports City, the government would encourage SC/STs to set up allied industries. News monitored by Girish Pant & AJEET
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