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High court upholds ban on Dr Zakir Naik's entry into Mangaluru

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January 1, 2016

Bengaluru, Jan 1: The Karnataka high court has upheld the prohibitory order issued by Mangaluru city police commissioner S Murugan banning the entry of internationally acclaimed orator Dr Zakir Naik to Mangaluru between December 31 and January 6.

zakirnaik1The development comes after South Karnataka Salafi Movement (SKSM) which decided to postpone the public meeting of Dr Zakir Naik by two months.

Dr Zakir Naik was supposed deliver a talk on ‘What is Islam’ at an interfaith peace conference on January 2 at Nehru Maidan in Mangaluru. Saffron outfits had warned the police and government of dire consequences if Dr Zakir Naik was allowed to enter the city.

Meanwhile, SKSM, the host of the event postponed the event as per the advice of Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara.

Prior to this Citizen Action Forum had filed a petition at the high court urging to impose ban on Dr Zakir Naik’s entry in coastal Karnataka. It had argued that the Islamic scholar’s speech may lead to communal tension in the region.

The vacation division bench of the high court comprising Justice B Manohar and Justice B Veerappa passed the order upholding the temporary ban on Dr Zakir Naik but allowed the SKSM to hold the conference without inviting him.

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Sunday, 3 Jan 2016

Well Done!! Good judgement. Mangalore is better-off without this man

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"BMTC has extended free travel facility to all PUC students from their residence to examination centre on production of exam hall/admission ticket," said a press note.

BMTC has been issuing student concessional passes to travel from their residence to college at concessional rates for the benefit of students. 

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July 24,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 24: Karnataka Government on Friday issued an order regarding the refixation of rates for RT-PCR testing and Rapid Antigen testing for private laboratories in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The state induced Task Force Committee has revised the rate of RT-PCR testing to cost Rs 2,000 per test and Rapid Antigen testing for private samples to cost Rs 700 per sample.

Ceiling rate for private samples in private laboratories including screening test and confirmatory test is Rs 3,000 per test, read the order

The cost is inclusive of the price of Personal protective equipment (PPE) kit, stated the government in the order.

Karnataka has reported 5,007 new COVID-19 positive cases and 110 deaths on Friday.

The total number of cases stands at 85,870 including 52,791 active cases and 1,724 deaths, added the state Government.

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Informing that the central government will have 20 per cent of its capital share in the project followed by another 20 per cent share from the state government, she said "beside this, the union government will stand for a sovereign guarantee for the rest of the 60 percent share, which can be raised through loans from external agencies".

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