Don’t believe rumours about EVMs: Election Commission tells voters

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March 27, 2018

Bengaluru, Mar 27: Downplaying the experts’ warning over the possibility of the tampering of electronic voting machine, election officials have urged the voters to be wary of “rumours” being spread about the EVM functioning.

“EVMs cannot be tampered with and there are adequate technical and administrative safeguards in place. It is a proven machine being used since 1999 and it is highly secure,” Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar said here during a workshop for media persons.

“In 2010, a professor in the U.S. stated that he can tamper with the machine. However, there is no connection with what he said and the EVMs.

His claims have been disproved. The Supreme Court has also allowed using of VVPATs,” he said.

For those who have doubts about the EVM and VVPAT machine not working well, he said: “Voters can give an application to the presiding officer after which the voter will be allowed to cast his vote. But this will be an open vote which will be watched by polling agents as well as officers. If the voter fails to prove his claim, he is liable to be imprisoned for six months.”

Citing three examples in the recent elections in Gujarat, he said that while three voters claimed that the votes shown in VVPAT differed from what they had opted for, only one came forward with the application. “After he failed to prove his claim, legal action has been initiated against him,” he said.

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EC thinks that EVMs are something that came from heaven which cannot be hacked. VVPAT will prove nothing as data can be changed anytime before the result

We knew that all Indian media giving much more importantance to US precidential election. US still using ballet papers for their presidential election. They knew the technology of "untamper EVM". But Indians believe ion Feku's fake magics

Experts proved that EVM can be tampered infront of EC. Still why they are covering the truths

Modi govt won with that "rumours"...!

Why Election commission lying to voters

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Mangaluru: KMC house surgeons stage protest against overdue stipend

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February 12,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 12: As many as 54 house surgeons from Kasturba Medical College (KMC) staged a protest near the casualty of the Wenlock Hospital on Wednesday over over non-payment of monthly stipend.

House surgeons, who have studied MBBS under the government quota, have not received their stipend from last 11 months. They have to get a monthly stipend of Rs 20,000 during their one-year internship at the government hospital.

The protesting house surgeons alleged that their stipends have not been released despite Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s written order dated December 24.

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Yakshagana Bhagvatha Patla Sathish Shetty to receive 'Srusthi Kalabhushan' award

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January 24,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 24: The Srushti Kala Vidyalaya will be conferring it's 'Srushti Kalabhushan Award' to ace Yakshagana Bhagvatha Patla Sathish Shetty.

The award ceremony will be held at RV Dental College and Hospital in JP Nagar, Bengaluru on February 2, as part of the decennial celebrations of the Vidyalaya.

Chayapathi Kanchibail, founder of the Vidyalaya, said, "The award is being given to Shetty for his services to promote the art of Yakshagana and for his welfare work through the Yakshadhruva Patla Foundation."

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Mangaluru: No mad rush after lockdown relaxation; people line up in front of liquor shops

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May 4,2020

Mangaluru, May 4: No major crowds were seen in the coastal city of Mangaluru today except in front of the liquor shops after the district administration relaxed the lockdown norms for 12 hours a day (between 7am and 7pm).

There was no mad rush of vehicles either on city roads when the relaxed lockdown began. There were fewer people to buy essentials in front of grocery and vegetable shops as they had time till late evening.

There was no let down in the number of police pickets as well as curbs on vehicular movement across the city either.

The government has allowed sale of liquor in CL2 (standalone wine shops) and CL 11 (MSIL outlets) to mop up revenues when Lockdown-3 commenced from Monday. Compared the other parts of Karnataka, the size of queues in front of liquor shops in Mangaluru were smaller.

Like other parts of the country, the lockdown was imposed in the coastal district on March 24 to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Prior to that, a curfew was imposed in the district from March 22 midnight. The lockdown did not apply to essential services such as sale of food, groceries, milk, vegetables, fruits, and meat and fish. Gradually the district administration had to intensify the lockdown and allow those shops to remain open only between 7 a.m. and 12 noon.

With the lockdown relaxation extending till 7 p.m., Mangaluru today witnessed people and private vehicles moving freely in the afternoon for the first time in more than a month. However, only those who had to go for work and do other essential activities were seen on roads. After 7 p.m. movements of all kinds of vehicles will be prohibited.

The relaxation was to facilitate economic activities that had come to a standstill during the first two phases of lockdown. Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Dr P S Harsha, meanwhile, warned the people against misusing lockdown relaxation and venturing out without any genuine reason.