Former Cong MLA's nephew arrested for duping women's group of Rs 20 lakh

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December 9, 2019

Bengaluru, Dec 9: A fake government secretary fled with Rs 20 lakh after promising jobs and insurance payouts to seven members of a women’s self-help group, police said.

M C Nagaraj, the alleged conman, was introduced to the president of the self-help group by Jagadish, a nephew of Vadnal Rajanna, a two-time Congress MLA from Channagiri, Davangere district.

Police said Jagadish told the group’s 32-year-old president that Nagaraj would help them in “every possible way”.

Sometime later, Nagaraj called the group president and introduced himself as Gangadhar. Claiming to be a secretary in the Vidhana Soudha, Nagaraj allegedly promised each member of the group Rs 8 lakh.

There was a catch, however. The group was asked to pay Rs 20 lakh so that other officials could be bribed. Nagaraj was so persistent that he wanted the money within 24 hours.

The group accepted the offer, borrowed money from relatives and friends and deposited it in different bank accounts given by Nagaraj.

They didn’t hear from Nagaraj for the next 10 days, and his mobile phone was switched off. The group then filed a complaint with Hebbal police, naming both Nagaraj and Jagadish.

The Hebbal police inspector said an FIR had been registered as per a Supreme Court directive and that the case would be transferred to the jurisdictional police station in Davangere district. Police invoked IPC sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 418 (cheating with the knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is bound to protect) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).

Police said the duo had cheated many others by promising them jobs and plots of land.

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Mangaluru: Ibrahim Khaleel Mosque closed, prayers suspended as corona precautionary measure

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March 21,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 21: The management of Ibrahim Khaleel mosque here on Saturday has decided to temporarily suspend all the prayers inside the mosque premises as a precautionary measure in view of Corona Virus which is spreading like wildfire in the State.

In an official note, the management urged people to remain safe and to pray at home adding that Jumuah, daily prayers and all the other events at the mosques were cancelled temporarily until further notice.

“This is an unavoidable move to save the lives from the infections of deadly Coronavirus” the note added on Saturday.

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Congress creating confusion among Muslim over CAA, claims BSY

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January 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 5: BJP leader and Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa once again blamed the Congress of creating 'confusion' among the Muslim community over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act-2019 while launching a door to door campaign to dispel such rumors.

Yediyurappa was on a door-to-door campaign to make people aware of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and to allay their fears.

"Unnecessarily, the members of Congress are creating confusion among the Muslim community. I assure you that not a single Muslim will be affected because of CAA," said B. S. Yediyurappa.

"Almost all previous Prime Ministers have supported it, now Congress is creating a problem so as to create confusion among Muslims. That's why we are out on the door-to-door campaign," he said.

The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, seeks to grant Indian citizenship to Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and who entered India on or before December 31, 2014.

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U may confuse people with such statements but WE MUSLIMS, DALITS and some of our other HINDU Brothers are not in any Confusion on the chronology of NPR, CAA and NCR.. WE are firm that we will never allow you to go ahead with these discriminatining laws

People are NOT FOOLS to believe all your JUMLAS

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Govt moots up to Rs 50 lakh fine, 5-year jail term for misleading skin fairness ads

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February 5,2020

Tightening control over companies misleading advertisements of medicines and products, the Indian government could soon slap a fine of up to Rs10 lakh and up to two years' imprisonment. While repeat offender could be fined up to Rs50 and imprisonment up to five years.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's new draft of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) (Amendment) Bill, 2020, provides extremely stringent penalties compared to the current law.

Under the new Act, companies advertising medicines and products falsely claiming to make a person fairer, improve height and memory or cure issues like hair loss or greying and premature ageing, among several others, may attract more stringent fines and jail time.

The current Act, 1954, leaves scope for companies to create deceptive advertisements as first time offender can be jailed for six months while repeat offender can be up to one year in prison, reported The Indian Express.

Under the Bill, deceptive advertisements will cover digital advertising, notice, circular, label, wrapper, invoice, banner and poster, among others. The government also plans to expand the scope of the law under the proposed amendments to cover 24 more deceptive claims not included in the current law, like medicines that can cure AIDS, change the sex of a foetus, among others, reported Livemint.

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