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Delhi gang-rape: Paramedical students hold candlelight vigil in Mangalore

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January 3, 2013
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Mangalore, Jan 3: Students from various medical colleges across the city held a candlelight vigil at Nehru Maidan on Wednesday demanding for justice to the victim of the Delhi gang-rape incident who succumbed to her injuries last week in Singapore.

Most of those who took part in the hour-long vigil were in view that the rapists ought to be hanged without mercy. The students felt that the brutal gang-rape had shaken the entire nation and woken it from its slumber.

Vivek Shenoy, a male student from a Nursing College in the city said that the entire system was flawed and filled with several loopholes. The culprits must not be allowed to escape from punishment, but neither should they be subjected to chemical castration. The mindset of the people should change rather than opting for harsh treatment, he said.

Rachana, another female student pursuing physiotherapy said that instances of rape continued to occur in the country, regardless of all the protests and demonstrations the nation saw in the past few days. The incident has sparked anger and fury in the people across various parts of the country, but to what use? There should be a strict legal stance on rape, and the culprits in this crime must be severely punished. Only then can rape cases will be seen less, she said.

Her friend Amritha said that the victim 'Amanat' had been brave in her struggle to survive. “We must not let her death go in vain. No girl should experience what she went through. Inspite of being accompanied by a male friend, she was brutally tortured. The perperators of such a heinous crime should not be allowed to live,” she demanded.

Hundreds of paramedical students, lecturers and many others from different colleges poured into the maidan as a mark of protest against the Delhi issue, and showing their solidarity with the two victims of the incident.

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January 23,2026

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot read only three lines from the 122-paragraph address prepared by the Congress-led state government while addressing the joint session of the Legislature on Thursday, effectively bypassing large sections critical of the BJP-led Union government.

The omitted portions of the customary Governor’s address outlined what the state government described as a “suppressive situation in economic and policy matters” under India’s federal framework. The speech also sharply criticised the Centre’s move to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, commonly referred to as the VB-GRAM (G) Act.

Governor Gehlot had earlier conveyed his objection to several paragraphs that were explicitly critical of the Union government. On Thursday, he confined himself to the opening lines — “I extend a warm welcome to all of you to the joint session of the State legislature. I am extremely pleased to address this august House” — before jumping directly to the concluding sentence of the final paragraph.

He ended the address by reading the last line of paragraph 122: “Overall, my government is firmly committed to doubling the pace of the State’s economic, social and physical development. Jai Hind — Jai Karnataka.”

According to the prepared speech, the Karnataka government demanded the scrapping of the VB-GRAM (G) Act, describing it as “contractor-centric” and detrimental to rural livelihoods, and called for the full restoration of MGNREGA. The state government argued that the new law undermines decentralisation, weakens labour protections, and centralises decision-making in violation of constitutional norms.

Key points from the unread sections of the speech:

•    Karnataka facing a “suppressive” economic and policy environment within the federal system

•    Repeal of MGNREGA described as a blow to rural livelihoods

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of protecting corporate and contractor interests

•    New law alleged to weaken decentralised governance

•    Decision-making said to be imposed by the Centre without consulting states

•    Rights of Adivasis, women, backward classes and agrarian communities curtailed

•    Labourers allegedly placed under contractor control

•    States facing mounting fiscal stress due to central policies

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of enabling large-scale corruption

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