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CM gets emotional at Taralabalu function,Honouring the families of martyred soldiers in Chitradurga

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Parmesh S jain

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai got emotional at the Taralabalu Hunnime Mahotsav as the Mutt honoured the spouses of soldiers who laid down their life in defending the nation.

As the Seer and the Chief Minister honoured the wives of martyred soldiers,Bommai’s eyes welled up and he was seen wiping his tears.

The mutt presented cheques of Rs.50,000 each for wives of martyred soldiers. In all 9 families were honoured.

Bommai got emotional as he listened to the background narration of the valour of the soldiers and their family background.

The families presented a memorandum seeking redressal of their grievances and Bommai assuring speedy action handed it over to the Deputy Commissioner of Chitradurga. 

ED arrests Guru Raghavendra bank president Ramakrishna, to be in custody till Feb 18

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Parmesh S Jain

In a major crackdown in the Guru Raghavendra Cooperative Bank scam worth Rs 1,400, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested key accused K Ramakrishna.

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested K Ramakrishna,President of Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank in connection with misappropriation of public deposits to the tune of more than Rs1000 Crore.

The ED has taken up the case on February 2020 based on the FIR registered by Banaswadi police under the Karnataka Protection of Interest Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, against K Ramakrishna and others.

During the investigation under PMLA,it is revealed that officers and employees of the bank siphoned off the money deposited by the public with the bank.

The Bank promised to give higher interest rate to the depositors which were not in the line with the prevailing market rate.

The money deposited by the depositors was siphoned off to various persons including employees of the bank without obtaining proper security of the loans.

The bank officers created fictitious loan accounts and transferred the money to these accounts which in turn was transferred to overdue loan accounts to show strong financial health of the Bank.

The Enforcement Directorate had attached movable and immovable properties belonging to the accused persons valuing to Rs.45 Crore.

Ramakrishna has been booked under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 .

The accused was produced before the Principal City Civil and Sessions court and obtained four days’ custody for further investigations says ED in their release.

Govindapura police arrested two Notorious Drug peddlers including a Nigerian National recovered cocaine and brown sugar worth Rs.2.5 Crore

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Parmesh S Jain

Govindpura police on Monday arrested two drug peddlers in a separate cases and recovered cocaine and brown sugar worth Rs 2.5 crore.

The accused has been identified as Chibueze Chinonso,(32),a resident of HBR Layout.

Senior officer told reporters,a special drive was organised in the city against the supply of narcotics substances in the city.

A team headed by inspector,Prakash R of Govindapura police station learnt that a local peddler had procured narcotics from Warud in Maharashtra.

Based on the information a team was pressed into action by DCP East,Dr Bheemashankar S Guled formed a special team and the team rushed to the town and with the help of technical inputs the team traced the peddlers near a hotel on the night of February 9,by seeing the police supplier managed to escape.Police caught his associate,Srikanth,30,of Ankola.

During investigation Srikanth confessed to his involvement in drug peddling and based on his confession and statement the police team seized 2,428 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 1.2 crore from him.He was allegedly involved in supplying brown sugar to peddlers in major cities,including Bengaluru.

In the second case,Govindapura police inspector,Prakash R and his team arrested Chibueze Chinonso, a Nigerian a resident of Hennur Bande extension, on February 9.

The cops grilled the accused and during a search operation the team seized 930 grams of cocaine, worth around Rs 1.4 crore,from him.

A detailed investigation by the team it has revealed that he procured the drug through the darknet from Brazil.Police arrested him when he was trying to sell it near a forest office in HBR Layout.

The accused Chinonso used to brought the cocaine from Brazil and transporting it to Delhi. He had contacts with international drug peddlers who were getting cocaine after ingesting also known as body stuffing large amounts of cocaine in an attempt to conceal it. Later he used to bring the city trains and was selling it to the celebrities for high price.

The Govindapura PS team conducted a special drive against narcotics & arrested 2 persons including a foreign national in 2 separate cases. The foreign citizen used to procure drugs from abroad and peddle it to celebrities. 910 gms of cocaine worth Rs.1.30 Cr has been seized.

In an another interstate operation, the Govindapura PS team has arrested a person for drug peddling.2.4 Kg of Brown Sugar worth Rs.1.21 Cr has been seized and further investigation is underway.

Finally he appreciated Addl CP East, Subramanyeswara Rao,DCP East,Dr Bheemashankar S Guled,ACP,KS Jagadish,PI, Prakash R, PSI,Lokesh N,and crime staff as,Anand Kumar,Suresh Badagi,Madhu,Siddappa H,Thirkappa Sangur,Anand Nayak,Manju S, Prabhu,Badakalja M Honavad,Chinnaswamy,Sandeep,Nagaraju Y, Fakeerappa and other staff has been highly appreciated for the commendable job and excellent investigation done in nabbing the duo peddlers and recovering Cocaine and brown sugar from them worth cross and a cash reward of 50K has been announced to the team he added.

Covid curbs to remain for a few more days in Karnataka

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BENGALURU: Even as the Centre has recently asked all the states and Union Territories to review and amend, or end additional Covid curbs, the Karnataka Government, however, has decided to continue with the existing restrictions for a few more days.

Meanwhile, the State Government has done away with the requirement of a mandatory negative RT-PCR report from passengers coming from Kerala and Goa into Karnataka, through all modes of transport, but they must carry the double vaccination certificate.

State to present its side on hijab issue in Karnataka HC Today

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BENGALURU: The State Government will submit its arguments before the Karnataka High Court with regard to the hijab issue on Friday. The arguments of the counsel representing some students in a batch of petitions questioning the ban on hijab in classrooms, concluded on Thursday.

During Thursday’s hearing, Dr Vinod G Kulkarni, a consulting neuropsychiatrist from Hubballi, argued on his own with regard to public interest litigation filed by him, that the hijab issue has created mass hysteria and disturbed the minds of all, particularly Muslim girl students. 

HC junks plea of social activist

Therefore, those students be permitted to wear the hijab on Fridays and in the ensuing month of Ramzan between April first week and May first week, he pleaded. The court dismissed a petition filed by Arif Jameel, a Bengaluru-based social activist, against the hijab ban on the ground that it was not maintainable as rules made for filing public interest litigation had not been followed.

Meanwhile, the court also permitted the counsel to withdraw a petition filed by five students in Bengaluru on the ground that the government order is likely to be affected, as the cause of action was not mentioned. But it gave liberty to the petitioners to file a fresh plea with full details.

Students protest denial of entry to colleges
About 40 hijab-clad students of Dr G Shankar Government Women’s First Grade College, Ajjarakad, returned home on Thursday in protest for being denied entry, while the situation at Women’s Government PU College in Udupi was normal as all students agreed to follow the court’s order. The Government First Grade College in Uppinangady, Mangaluru, declared two days holiday, after some students insisted they be allowed to attend classes. In Hassan, Kodagu, Chitradurga and Shivamogga students staged dharna outside colleges.

Classes resume at MGM College after 10 days gap post showdown over hijab-saffron shawl

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UDUPI: After a gap of about 10 days, classes in MGM College, Udupi where the showdown over hijab and saffron shawl was witnessed, resumed peacefully on Friday.

Hijab row that had ‘polarized’ students in Udupi had reached a peak with many wearing saffron shawl and turbans creating commotion inside the MGM College campus in Udupi on February 8. As the situation was going out of control, Principal Dr Devidas Naik had approached the students to convince them not to get provoked by ‘outside elements’.

But students were already firm in their decision to not to remove the saffron shawls and turbans. This made the principal Dr Devidas Naik to declare holidays for an indefinite period.

On Friday, the situation was normal. Additional SP Siddalingappa present at the venue told reporters that all students were following the court order and there was no space for any confusion, he said.

PU college students also appeared for the examination. The second PU chemistry practical examination is being held on Friday. The situation at other colleges was normal on Friday.

Ashwath Narayan makes U-turn on dress code for degree colleges, says HC order applies to them too

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Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka Ashwath Narayan

MANGALURU: A day after he said that degree colleges do not have any dress code and students are free to wear anything, minister for higher education C N Ashwath Narayan did a volte-face on Wednesday.

In another tweet, he said: “All students must strictly comply with the interim court order on uniform/dress code. In colleges where there are no prescribed uniform guidelines, students should strictly adhere to the norms of College Development Committees (CDC).” A tweet from his office said “Schools-colleges violating dress code even after court’s direction is unpardonable.”

The minister’s U-turn led to severe confusion in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada on Wednesday. In Mangaluru police commissionerate limits, at least four colleges refused entry to a total of 49 hijab-clad students after which they returned home. A statement from police commissioner N Shashikumar said students returned home from Dayanand Pai Degree College, Pompei Degree College, Indira Nagara Degree College and Mahaveera College after they were denied entry. Whereas at Mudipu Degree College and Montepadavu College, a total of 33 students removed the hijab and attended the class.

In all these colleges, police said the principal and faculty discussed the issue with the students and explained to them about the High Court interim order. While some students were convinced and decided to attend the classes, some returned home stating that they will come back only after the High Court verdict, said city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar.

Meanwhile, principals of some degree colleges in Udupi and Mangaluru said that though the minister had said on Tuesday that there is no dress code here, they received instructions from higher authorities stating that the High Court’s interim order applies to even degree colleges and should be implemented.

Uttar Pradesh: Aligarh’s Dharma Samaj College bans entry of students without prescribed uniform

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Dharma Samaj College in Aligarh

ALIGARH: Dharma Samaj (DS) College on Thursday issued a notice banning entry of students without the prescribed uniform.

“This is to inform all of the students of the college that they should come in the prescribed dress of the college. If they are not in the prescribed dress, the college administration will be compelled to deprive them of entering the college. Therefore, strict compliance of the above should be ensured,” the notice reads.

Principal of the college Dr Raj Kumar Verma said that the administration will not allow students to enter the campus with covered faces. “We’ll not allow students to enter the campus with covered faces. Students are not allowed to wear a saffron stole or hijab inside college premises,” he said.

The Hijab controversy began in Karnataka in January this year when some students of Government Girls PU College in the Udupi district of the state alleged that they had been barred from attending classes. During the protests, some students claimed they were denied entry into the college for wearing hijab.

Congress workers hold rally in Mangaluru against Eshwarappa’s remark

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Congress workers hold rally in Mangaluru against Eshwarappa's remark

Mangaluru: Congress workers on Thursday took out a rally from in the city protesting against state Rural Development Minister K S Eshwarappa’s remark about hoisting the saffron flag at the Red Fort.

The protestors, who took out a rally from Hampankatta to the clock tower, raised slogans demanding the minister’s resignation over his irresponsible statement.

Police foiled an attempt by the workers who tried to burn an effigy of Eshwarappa during the protest.

Addressing the protestors, former MLA J R Lobo said Eshwarappa appears to have lost control over his tongue. Being a senior leader who knows the Constitution, he should be more responsible while speaking to the media, Lobo said.

Former city mayor Shashidhar Hegde also condemned the statement of Eshwarappa. The minister should be sacked by the chief minister as he is unfit to hold the post, Hegde said.

Eshwarappa had recently made a controversial remark that a day will come when the saffron flag is hoisted atop the Red Fort in place of the tricolour.

Health ministry dismisses media reports on ‘undercounting’ of Covid deaths

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New Delhi: The Union health ministry on Thursday dismissed media reports based on a published research paper alleging that India’s COVID-19 mortality count is much higher than the official figure, which is “fallacious and completely inaccurate”.

The ministry said the country has a robust system of reporting deaths, including those caused by COVID-19, and the data is compiled regularly at different levels of governance, starting from the gram panchayat level to the district level and the state level.

“The reporting of deaths is regularly done in a transparent manner. All deaths are compiled by the Centre after being independently reported by states and UTs.

“To project that COVID deaths have been under-reported is without basis and devoid of justification,” the ministry said in a statement.

There have been some media reports based on a published research paper alleging that the Covid mortality count in India is much higher than the official figure and the actual numbers have been undercounted, it said.

The study estimates that the Covid death toll in the country till early November 2021 was between 32 lakh and 37 lakh, as compared to the official figure of 4.6 lakh.

“As has been stated earlier for similar media reports, it is again clarified that these reports are fallacious and completely inaccurate. They are not based on facts and are speculative in nature,” the statement issued by the ministry said.

Based on globally acceptable categorisation, the government has a comprehensive definition to classify Covid deaths, which has been shared with the states and the states are following it, the ministry added.

Furthermore, the government has been urging the states to update their mortality numbers in case certain deaths were not reported in time at the field level and hence, remains completely dedicated in getting the correct picture of the pandemic-related fatalities, it said.

The government has urged the states and Union territories through several formal communications, video-conferences and deployment of central teams for correct recording of deaths in accordance with the prescribed guidelines.

The Union health ministry has also regularly emphasised the need for a robust reporting mechanism for monitoring district-wise cases and deaths on a daily basis. Therefore, to project that Covid deaths have been under-reported is without a basis and devoid of any justification, the statement said.

The study quoted in the media reports has taken four distinct sub-populations – the population of Kerala, Indian Railways employees, MLAs and MPs, and school teachers in Karnataka — and uses a triangulation process to estimate the nationwide death count.

“Any such projections based on limited datasets and certain specific assumptions must be treated with extreme care before extrapolating the numbers by putting all states and country of the size of India in a single envelope. This exercise runs the risk of mapping skewed data of outliers together and is bound to give wrong estimations, thereby leading to fallacious conclusions,” the ministry said.

The sheer justification that the study has credence since its findings and estimates are in convergence with another study is baffling, defies logic and highlights the bias with which the article has been written, it added.

The media reports further claim that “experts believe India’s civil registration system is vulnerable to gaps. The current civil registration system has little interoperability with health information systems, there is potential for gaps in recording of deaths”.

It is reiterated that the government has followed a transparent approach regarding Covid data management and a robust system of recording all deaths caused by the viral disease already exists, the statement said.

In order to avoid inconsistency in the number of deaths being reported, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued the “Guidance for appropriate recording of COVID-19 related deaths in India” for correct recording of all deaths in accordance with the ICD-10 codes recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), it said.

The dates of COVID-19 cases and deaths are being put in the public domain on a daily basis since the outbreak of the pandemic and similarly, the states are releasing regular bulletins with all details, which are also in the public domain, the ministry said.

It is an established fact that there shall always be differences in the number of deaths recorded during a profound and prolonged public health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic and well-conducted research studies on mortalities are usually done after the event, when data on mortalities are available from reliable sources, it said, adding that the methodologies for such studies are well established, the data sources are defined as also the valid assumptions for computing mortality.

In the case of an analysis of Covid mortality in India, it must be noted that there is an added push in the country to capture and report all deaths caused by the disease due to the entitlement to monetary compensation of the next of kin of every Covid victim, the ministry said.

The entire process is being continuously monitored by the Supreme Court, it pointed out.

“Therefore, likelihood of under-reporting of COVID deaths in the country is significantly less. Hence, the conclusion that the ‘undercount’ is due to reluctance or inability of families and local authorities is fallacious and far from the truth,” the ministry said.

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