Mangalore: Justice Markandeya Katju, President of the Press Council of India(PCI) and former Supreme Court Judge  has issued a stern warning to the Karnataka Government against attempts made to curb Freedom of Press as well as fundamental rights of scribes. Speaking to reporters at Circuit House in Mangalore on December 3, Monday, he said  the […]

Mangalore : Speaking on the arrest of Kasturi Channel reporter Naveen Soorinje, Justice Micheal F Saldanha (Rtd) said that the arrested of the reporter is a crucial issues relating to the constitutional guarantee of Freedom of Speech and Expression with special reference to the attacks on the members of the Media in DK district. He […]

Mangalore :   The bail petition of Kasturi Channel reporter Naveen Soorinje  has been rejected by the First additional district and sessions court on  November 27, Tuesday. Earlier, the III JMFC  Court had rejected the bail plea of Soorinje. It may be recalled here that Soorinje was arrested in connection with the homestay attack case on […]

Bangalore: A few progressive thinkers in Bangalore on Friday met Governor H R Bhardwaj at Raj Bhavan on riday and sought his intervention in getting the cases filed against journalist Naveen Soorinje withdrawn. Baraguru Ramachandrappa, G K Govinda Rao, T Surendra Rao, S G Siddaramaiah and others in their memorandum to the Governor stated that […]

Mangalore : The act of the police in handcuffing journalist Naveen Soorinje arrested on the homestay attack case, while being produced before the  Third JMF Court, on November 20, Tuesday, has raised eyebrows. Soorinje was being escorted by personnel of the District Armed Reserve Police. This blatant violation of a Supreme Court directive of handcuffing […]

Mangalore : The State High Court on November 19, Monday stayed the FIR filed against Kasturi channel reporter Naveen Soorinje in the Morning Mist Homestay attack case. It may be recalled here that Soorinje was not only made the 44th accused in the case, but was also booked under the same sections of IPC under […]

Mangalore: The Bail petition of  Kasturi TV channel reporter Naveen Soorinje hsd been rejected by the Third Additional JMFC Court. It may be recalled here that Naveen was arrested in connection with the homestay attack case. The hearing had earlier been adjourned to Saturday  by the court which had heard the case on Tuesday and […]

Mangalore: The Karavali Souharda Sangarsha Samithi staged a protest to condemn the arrest of Kasturi TV channel reporter Naveen Soorinje in connection with the home stay attack of July 28. Addressing the protestors, B. Ramanath Rai, Congress leader and MLA, said that Naveen and the cameraman were arrested because they witnessed Hindu fundamentalist groups attacking […]

Mangalore: The arrest of Kasturi channel journalist Naveen Soorinje has been strongly condemned by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). This Federation has over six lakh journalists from 131 countries as its members. In a press release, the Federation has  urged that the valuable public purpose which Soorinje’s work has served, need to be recognized. […]

Mangalore: State PUCL President PB D’Sa has said that the police action of arresting Journalist Naveen Soorinje in the homestay attack case, was uncalled for. He said it was unnecessary for the police to arrest the scribe when his anticipatory bail plea was pending before the court. Speaking to press persons, he said members of […]