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May 16, 2012


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CBI RAIDS YEDDY'S HOUSE

Arrest seems imminent: Seeks Anticipatory Bail

21 places under raid include his residences, farm houses and offices

Caption: 1) The CBI sleuths outside the Dollar's Colony residence of Yeddyurappa. 2) Policemen keeping a watch during the raid.

Bangalore, May 16- In an unprecedented early morning development, the sleuths of CBI, armed with search warrants issued by a designated CBI court, this morning raided the residences and offices of the beleaguered former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, his sons B.Y. Raghavendra and B.Y. Vijayendra, son-in-law Sohan Kumar, former Minister Krishnaiah Setty and officials of Jindal Steel Works, in search of documents pertaining to illegal mining and illegal land denotifications in the State.

This comes hours after the central probe agency registered an FIR [See report page 4] naming Yeddyurappa, his two sons and two others in a mining case on the Supreme Court's order based on the Central Empowered Committee's (CEC) recommendations.

A nine-member team headed by Bangalore CBI SP Subramanyeshwara Rao commenced the raids at Yeddyurappa's residences in Dollars Colony and Race Course Road besides the Dhawalagiri properties on Kumara Krupa Road here, owned by his kith and kin.

The team raided as many as 21 places including three in BSY's hometown Shimoga and the Race Course road and Dollars Colony residences of the former CM.

It is reported that the team of officials, which flew to Bangalore late night yesterday, encircled the intended targets right from 2 am before swooping on their targets in the early hours to ensure that none of the targeted persons could get away.

It is also reported that CBI DIG Hithendra personally supervised the raid at the Race Course road residence. All entrances and exit points in the targeted buildings had been closed.

Even as the CBI raided his houses this morning, Yeddyurappa and his sons B.Y. Raghavendra and B.Y. Vijayendra apprehensive of t...more

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CM presents State Film Awards

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WHAT DO YOU WANT, MR. YEDDYURAPPA?

Caption: 'Men worship sun rising, not sun setting'.

After witnessing the anticlimax to the much anticipated denouement to a long-drawn-out drama of B.S. Yeddyurappa, the people of Karnataka are left wondering as to what really Yeddyurappa wanted. At the end of a hectic three days of political activity in Yeddyurappa's camp, following Supreme Court�s order to CBI to investigate Yeddyurappa in the alleged mining scam, what began as a bang ended with a whimper.

The whole of Karnataka, as also the BJP High Command, was eagerly awaiting Yeddyurappa�s Monday evening (originally scheduled at 4 pm) press meet to announce his resignation to the Assembly as an MLA and also to the party, along with some Ministers and other MLAs.

But he did not resign.

In the first place, there was confusion about the very reason why he wanted to resign. According to one report, he wanted to know whether he is "needed by the party." Apparently, the party turned a deaf-ear to this demand. According to other reports, his demand included removal of the incumbent Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda. However, he did not tell the High Command whom he wanted in Gowda�s place, unless it was he himself � a demand he has been making ever since he came out of the jail on the ground that it was a "promise" and "assurance" by the High Command when he was asked to step down "temporarily."

Of course, the BJP High Command was unfair and did injustice to Yeddyurappa when it, in a false sense of righteousness and misplaced sense of practicing value-based politics, asked Yeddyurappa to step down on the silly and untenable ground that his name figured in Justice Santosh Hegde's much discussed, debated and doubted for its fairness, Lokayukta Report. With this, the BJP High Command had taken Yeddyurappa actually for a jolly good ride � remember L.K. Advani, for whom Justice Hegde claimed to have great regard and at whose instance had even withdrawn his resignation as Lokayukta. A...more

Feature Article

PET TALK

By Maneka Gandhi

Pet birds amuse any visitor to the house and keep them occupied with their cheerful play. But have you ever thought for a moment, how your life would be if you were in the cage instead of the bird. You would be deprived of your friends, family and freedom. Just like how flowers are pretty in the garden, aren�t birds beautiful when allowed to fly? Find out what Maneka has to say.

Q. What is wrong with keeping birds in cages?

What is wrong with keeping you in a cage in the land of birds? All caged birds are either captured or captive-bred. In the wild, these beautiful beings are never alone and if separated even for just a moment, they call wildly to their flock mates. Flock-oriented, they preen each other, fly together, play and share duties. Many species of birds mate for life and share parenting tasks. Life in captivity is often a death sentence for birds, who may suffer from malnutrition, an improper environment, loneliness and the stress of confinement.

Birds are meant to fly and be with others of their own kind in a natural environment. Thousands of birds die during capture and shipment to the sellers/buyers. Before being shipped, birds are often force-fed, their wings are clipped, their beaks are taped shut, and they are crammed into everything from spare tires to luggage. It is not unusual for most of the birds in one shipment to die. Taking animals from their natural habitats endangers individual animals and jeopardises the entire population and ecosystem.

Birds bred in captivity don't fare much better. Birds older than 8 to 10 weeks of age don't sell well at pet shops, so many are kept for breeding and condemned to small cages for the rest of their lives. Bird sellers should be arrested and given severe punishment for causing so much suffering and death.

Is it okay to feed my dog/cat a vegetarian diet?

You can keep a dog vegetarian very easily. Rice, roti, vegetables, dal, curd wit...more

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