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Twenty-nine children rescued from 'hostel'

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April 4, 2011

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Mangalore, April 4: Twenty-eight boys and a girl were rescued by the district Child Welfare Committee from a “congested” hall in Pakshikere area.

Chairperson of the CWC Asha Nayak said that the children were aged between six and 15, and that the girl was 11 years old. Most of the boys are from different places of the State, including Tumkur, Halebid, Hassan and Chikmagalur. Seven of them were from Patna in Bihar.

After receiving a call around 2 p.m. on Saturday, Ms. Nayak went to the spot with a few social workers, and found the children had been kept in a hall, measuring around 250 sq. ft., which had only one toilet and a bathroom for all of them, and around 10 other people, including the family which looked after the children.

Ms. Nayak said that on questioning the man in charge of the so-called hostel, he said that they were brought here for education. When asked for documents showing parental consent for allowing the children to be under his care, or financial records, the man claimed that they were with the chartered accountant, Ms. Nayak said.

The children were brought to the Balakara Mandira in Bondel the same evening. When this correspondent visited the Balakara Mandira, one of the boys, aged 7, had a bruise under his right eye, suggesting that it was not an accidental injury. When asked how he got injured, Chandu (name changed) from Patna said: “I fell down.”

On asking why he did not have any other injuries, he and the other boys gave some more details. Pappu pointed to a table and explained that he had hit his head against a table. Amid the ongoing chatter, Chandu said he slipped, showing the motion with his foot.

Ms. Nayak said that the first priority for the CWC was to ensure that the medical examination of the children was done.

Both physical and psychological assessment of the children's well-being had to be determined, she said. Attempts would then be made to trace the parents of the children.

Sub-inspector of police Muniswamy Nilakantan said the accused, K.K. Joy, has been arrested and charged under Sections 364 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 41 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2006.

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July 21,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 21: Students who are Covid-19 positive but are asymptomatic will be allowed to write the Common Entrance Test (CET) scheduled on July 30 and 31 for entrance into professional courses in Karnataka.

According to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare for CET, space should be allotted for students who have tested positive. Such students will have to be transported to and from the exam centre in an ambulance.

According to the SOP issued yesterday, candidates with COVID-19 “shall provide a risk consent certificate for taking up the exam.” The SOP also says “they shall inform about their status to the authorities concerned in advance to make the necessary arrangements.”

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July 27,2020

New Delhi, Jul 27: A month after banning 59 Chinese applications, the government of Indian has now reportedly banned 47 more apps of Chinese origin in the country. According to sources, the 47 banned Chinese apps were operating as clones of the earlier banned apps. 

The list of the 47 Chinese applications banned by the Indian government will be released soon.

India has also prepared a list of over 250 Chinese apps, including apps linked to Alibaba, that it will examine for any user privacy or national security violations, government sources said. The list also includes Tencent-backed gaming app PUBG.

Some top gaming Chinese applications are also expected to be banned in the new list that is being drawn up, sources said. The Chinese applications, that are being reviewed, have allegedly been sharing data with the Chinese agencies.

Today's decision follows after a high-profile ban of 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, as border tensions continued in Ladakh after a violent, fatal face-off between the Indian and Chinese armies. The government said these apps were engaged in activities that were prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity and defence of India.

A government press release announcing the ban stated: "The Ministry of Information Technology, invoking it's power under section 69A of the Information Technology Act read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009 and in view of the emergent nature of threats has decided to block 59 apps since in view of information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order".

A day later, Google said it has removed all the banned applications from the Play Store. Following the ban, TikTok refuted the claims that suggest it will pursue legal action against the Indian government for banning the app in India.

Reacting to the 59 apps banned by India, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the country is "strongly concerned regarding the decision of the Indian government".

“China is strongly concerned, verifying the situation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

"We want to stress that the Chinese government always asks Chinese businesses to abide by international and local laws-regulations. The Indian government has a responsibility to uphold the legal rights of international investors including Chinese ones," Zhao Lijian said.

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January 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 28: The state government is set to allow investors who bought farmland for industrial and other purposes to sell it off if they fail to use it within seven years. The new buyers, however, must utilise the land parcel for the same purpose for which it was allotted.

An amendment bill in this regard will be tabled during the joint session of the assembly, which begins on February 17.

Currently, investors remain tied to unused parcels. Law and parliamentary affairs minister JC Madhuswamy said the amendment to Section 109 of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, which deals with the purchase of farmland for non-agricultural purposes, would remove hurdles for disposal of such plots. “To prevent misuse of land, the bill makes it mandatory for the new buyer to utilise it for the purpose for which the land was purchased by the first investor,” he said.

The government will also table a bill which seeks to regulate the affairs of religious and educational trusts. It will empower the government to intervene in the affairs of the trusts when irregularities come to light.

“Currently, the government has no role to play when allegations of irregularities and mismanagement crop up against trustees. The bill seeks to address this,” Madhuswamy said. He clarified the government didn’t want to interfere in trusts’ affairs. But some issues, he added, were of concern: trustees illegally selling off the trust property.

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