Bangalore : The State cabinet on Thursday rejected controversial reports on church attacks submitted by justice B K Somashekar Commission of Inquiry and decided to implement the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) recommendations which include taking action against pro-Hindutva groups responsible for the incidents. Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Law Minister T B Jayachandra […]

Mangalore: A large rally in protest against Church attacks and connected atrocities by hooligans against minority group in DK, was organised by 24 service organisations on Friday, Feb.10, when people walked from Jyothi circle in Balmatta to Deputy commissioner’s office in Pandeshwar to express their public concern and demonstrate against miscreants. Abdul Razaq addressed the […]

Mangalore :  Bishop of Mangalore Diocese Dr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza formally thanked all who played an important role in pressurizing the state government to withdraw cases filed against Christians during the Church attacks of 2008. He was speaking after presiding over a special ceremony held at the Bishop’s House in Kodialbail on Dec 13 Tuesday. […]

Mangalore: Mangalore Central Committee (of Civilians) and several other organisations from various fields representing Mangalore citizens, have conducted a public rally, demanding release of innocent persons jailed for long years, and seeking suitable rehabilitation of such people, and asking the Indian Govt to order a CBI enquiry into the 2008 attacks on various churches. A […]

Bangalore: The Law and Justice Minister at the Centre on his regular visit to the home state and his constituency today demanded a CBI enquiry into the truth about attacks on churches in 2008. He asked the BJP government to arrange for such an enquiry, as the Somashekhar Commission could not trace out miscreants who […]

Bangalore: The Yeddyurappa (BJP) government has made it clear that it did not provoke church attacks in 2008, where as Bajrang Dal convener for Karnataka, Mahendra Kumar in 2008 owned up the responsibility for these attacks. A church in Raja Rajeshwari  Nagar was attacked by stone pelting by Bajrang Dal volunteers. Three churches were attacked […]

Bangalore : In a final report presented to CM Yeddyurappa today in  Bangalore, the Justice B.K.Somashekhara Commission that enquired into Church attacks during 2008, has absolved BJP, state government and RSS family members of all charges of participation, and given a clean chit to them. The commission confirmed that there was no basis for petitions […]

Mangalore : The Justice B. K. Somashekhara Commission of Inquiry, which has been constituted by the state government to probe the church attacks of 2008, examined three witnesses by the end of the day at Mangalore Circuit House on July 15. The further enquiry will continue tomorrow that is on July 16, Friday in order […]