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Karnataka expat jailed in Saudi for social media post; Sushma takes up case

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March 22, 2016

New Delhi, Mar 22: Abdul Sattar Makandar, a truck driver, working in Saudi Arabia from the past 23 months has been arrested on the charges of 'spreading misinformation' on social media.

Recently, a video of an Indian migrant worker crying his eyes out due to bad working conditions in Saudi Arabia went viral on social media. The worker has been jailed, according to activists.abdul

Abdul Sattar Makandar, a truck driver and a native of Dandeli, Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, has been working in the Arab country from the past 23 months. He had applied for leave to come home over five months ago.

In the video, Abdul talks about his grievances and explains how his employer is not giving him proper salary or any money for food.

The video was posted by Indian human rights activist Kundan Srivastava but was soon taken down after the legal representatives of Al Suroor United Group approached him. "I urge the Government, Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, PMO India Narendra Modi to help Abdul Sattar Makandar to come back to India," said Srivastava, reports The Independent.

Abdul was arrested on charges of 'spreading misinformation' on social media

The Al Suroor United Group has denied the claims made by Abdul and said all workers were entitled leave after two years of service and he is six weeks away from it.

Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister, tweeted about this issue and this is what the Ministry is doing-

 

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Zahoor Ahmed
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Wednesday, 23 Mar 2016

Thanks Sushmaji

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May 20,2020

New Delhi, May 20: In further relaxation of lockdown rules, domestic flights will begin operations from May 25 in a calibrated manner. Currently, only cargo and evacuation flight services are allowed.

The nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus is in place till May 31. However, certain relaxations have been allowed.

All airports and air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from next week, tweeted civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri.

The standard operating procedures for passenger movement will be separately issued by the ministry, said the minister.

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April 1,2020

Kasaragod, Apr 1: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday announced a special action plan for Kasargod district where more people testing positive to the Coronovirous.

"The northern most district of the State has become the hot bed of Coronavirus infection with the maximum number of positive cases confirmed in Kerala," the Chief Minister told a press conference at the Government Secretariat.

“A special action plan will be implemented in Kasargod. Currently, Kasargod district has the maximum number of positive cases and also the highest number of people under hospital observation. Data from the panchayats in the district will be used to test people with symptoms and also to identify people in contact with them," he said.

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Janata Dal (Secular) leader and MLA Satyanarayana passed away today due to multiple organ failure. He was 67.

Satyanarayana was representing Tumakuru’s Sira constituency in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is survived by five daughters and one son.

It is learnt that he was suffering from multiple organ ailments from the past few days and was recently admitted to Manipal Hospital in the city. He breathed his last at 12:20 p.m.

He contested from JDS and worked three times as MLA and 2 times as MP. He was the chairman of KSRTC during the coalition government led by HD Kumaraswamy.

Former Prime Minister HD Devegowda mourned his death and said, “It is a shock to hear the demise of former minister and my close friend. We are friends from the past 3 decades and I cannot recall the days without him.”

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President DK Shivakumar said, “Satyanarayana was concerned for the farmers and he was a gentleman. Hearing the news hurts me and this is an irreparable loss to the political field.”

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