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Govt lists 3 levels of offences for 'No-Fly List', most serious carries 2-year ban on flying

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September 8, 2017

New Delhi, Sept 8: The Centre has devised three offence categories to put unruly passengers on a 'No-Fly List' , with the most severe one, 'life threatening behaviour including assault', carrying a minimum ban on flying for two years.

The most severe punishment is in the 'Level 3' category, which includes 'damage to aircraft systems, in addition to 'life threatening behaviour and assault'. '.

After that is 'Level 2', for 'physically abusive behaviour (pushing, kicking, hitting, and inappropriate touching)'. The ban on flying for this category is up to six months. And a 'Level 1' offence, for 'unruly physical gestures, verbal harassment and unruly inebriation' carries a ban on flying for up to three months.

An independent committee under a retired district judge will decide on whether a passenger has committed an offence that outs him or her on the 'No-Fly List'. A decision will be made within a within a period of 30 days from the alleged offence.

"The No-Fly ban will be in addition to any statutory legal action that can be taken against the offender under existing laws," tweeted aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju.

In addition, "if the Ministry of Home Affairs informs us about a certain individual then that person will also be added to the No-Fly List," said the civil aviation regulator.

It wasn't clear whether these guidelines will be enforced retroactively, or only going forward.

If it's the former, it would appear a 'Level 3' offence can be applied to Shiv Sena Parliamentarian Ravindra Gaikwad, who in March assaulted an Air India staffer aboard a plane. The same would apply to TDP Parliamentarian JC Diwakar Reddy who allegedly damaged property of Indigo Air in June this year.

"The motive behind the 'No-Fly List' is the safety and security of passengers, which is our priority," said Jayant Sinha, minister of state for civil aviation, while announcing the list of offences that can put passengers on the 'No-Fly List'.

"We tried to achieve a balance for the safety of the crew, the passengers and the aircraft," said Sinha, adding that this was the first policy of its kind in the world.

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June 20,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 20: A petition has been filed in Karnataka High Court to transfer Amulya Leona case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). She raised pro-Pakistan slogans at an anti-CAA rally on February 20 at Freedom Park.

The petition, filed by advocate Vishal Raghu, blamed the probe team for not filing chargesheet on time and suggested the state government to approach the higher court against bail granted to Amulya Leona.

On June 11, she was granted conditional bail by the Bengaluru civil court.

She was charged with sedition for her actions in the presence of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi.

The court granted bail after hearing the bail application. Amulya's advocate on behalf of the petitioner said, "the petitioner is just a 19-year-old lady and she is studying in a private college in the Bengaluru. She shouted 'Pakistan Zindabad' but she never mentioned Pakistan as her country."

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April 6,2020
Mangaluru, Apr 6: Agricultural produce vendors have decided to hold an indefinite strike from Monday here in city's Central Market.
 
This move comes in response to district administration’s order asking them to shift to the APMC yard at Baikampady and not heeding to their appeal to allow them to operate from the Market and other areas in the city.
 
The district administration has decided to shift the vendors in order to prevent crowding in the market and maintain social distancing norms.

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April 6,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 6: The Covid-19 Task Force aims to conduct 80,000 throat swab and blood tests over the next three weeks here.

According to Task Force Nodal Officer C N Manjunath an order for one lakh anti-body test kits has been placed, and was expected to arrive on April 12.

"From January 20 to March 23, more than 1.2 lakh people arrived at international airports from abroad. Of these, we have kept 37,358 under observation. The Health officials and personnel in fever clinics and hospitals are being trained to conduct the tests. There is no necessity to obtain a clearance to test people with suspected infection. Only laboratories need to get permission to test their blood and throat swab samples."

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