
CD scandal: Ramesh Jarkiholi gets clean chit from police
The Hindu
This could pave the way for his re-induction into the Ministry
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing allegations of rape against former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi has filed a ‘B’ report in the case, stating there is no evidence to prove the charge or the other allegations made against him.
The report, ready many months ago, was submitted on Friday as the Karnataka High Court on Thursday had allowed SIT to submit its final report before the jurisdictional magistrate, stating that all questions, including jurisdiction of the investigation agency to conduct the probe, would be open to challenge before the magistrate court. The complainant has questioned the formation of SIT.

Away from the memorial of saint-composer Thyagaraja in Thiruvaiyaru, where his 179th aradhana is marked by five days of uninterrupted concerts, unchavritti and rendering of the Pancharatna kritis, a parallel aradhana is under way in Thanjavur. In the narrow Varagappa Iyer Lane off the bustling South Main Street, devotees queue up at a house named after Thyagaraja. It is here that the idols of Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna and Anjaneya, worshipped by Thyagaraja himself, are preserved, along with a portrait of the saint-composer said to have been drawn by his disciples.












