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Officials take custody of 'child labourer'

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November 17, 2011

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Mangalore, November 17: A minor girl, allegedly employed as a domestic help in the house of a business man in the city, was taken into custody by the officials on Monday, during a joint raid carried out by the District Labour Department, Child Development Project Office, the Women and Child Welfare Department and women police.

Based on a complaint received by a rural level officer of CDPO, a team of officials from the above departments raided the house of one Mansoor Husain at Old Kent Road, Pandeshwar and taken Minaz, a native of Tairkere taluk in Chikmagalur district into their custody.

Shocked by the unexpected raid the girl began to cry. However, the officials were succeeded to convince the little girl who initially protested and hesitated to leave the house and go with officials.

Although the age of the girl was not confirmed, CDPO officer Gangadher informed media persons that she might around 12-year-old. “We can't accurately speak of her age now. It would be known only after the medical and dental check-up”, he said.

He said that the girl will be handed over to Child Welfare Committee after examination.

The girl said that she came to the house around 10 days ago, along with his brother. She also said that she is a Class- VI student at Government Higher Primary School at Bergur village in Tarikere.

The officers who went to the spot at 10: 30 am, enquired the residents for more than two hours. Mr Gangadhar said that the residents of the house had a different version about the girl to narrate.

While contacted the house owner Husain over phone, as he was not present at the spot, he said that the girl might had visited the house on one or two days ago.

However, the family members, who were present at the house, said that the girl was staying at house since last 10 days.

“A poor boy from Tarikere had visited this house to collect Zakath in the month of Ramadan and we had given him some money. On his way back, the boy met with an accident and once again he came back seeking help. We provided him treatment at a hospital spending nearly Rs 30,000. Around 10 days ago, he once again visited our house along with his sister Minaz and we allowed her to stay her here for some days”, said one of the family members.

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: With rains in several parts of Karnataka amid Covid-19 pandemic, state Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Thursday asked the people to maintain caution and contact the Health department helpline in case of any symptoms.

"There is heavy rain in several districts of the state's coastal, Malnad and north interior regions. People have to observe utmost caution during these rains amid corona infections. In case of any symptoms like fever, cough and cold immediately call the health department helpline 104," Sudhakar tweeted.

As of August 5 evening, cumulatively 1,51,449 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 2,804 deaths and 74,679 discharges.

Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban tops the list accounting for 64,881 cases.

Regarding Bengaluru, Sudhakar said, there are 4,276 beds across 11 Covid care centres in Bengaluru.

"As of today morning, 936 of them i.e., 27.79 percent are vacant. Out of the 3,346 patients, 306 patients are due for discharge today," he said in another tweet.

Aimed at availing beds at Covid-19 hospitals for symptomatic patients and those in need, the government had decided to shift all asymptomatic patients to Covid care centres.

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July 20,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 20: Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy has urged the Karnataka government to stop putting warning signboards in front of COVID-19 patients' houses alleging that they are leading to "social discrimination and untouchability" in the present times.

"A local government warning signboards in front of the homes of COVID-19 infected people is leading to neo-social discrimination and untouchability in the new age. Even after infection, the individual and family should live with dignity. The government should immediately stop the practice of placing signboards," Kumaraswamy's first tweet read.

"Instead of placing them in front of their homes and creating untouchability, send health workers to their homes to create courage and awareness. They should be told not to leave the house. There is no such degrading practice left behind. I would like to ask Chief Minister Karnataka BS Yediyurappa to pay attention to this," he added.

The former chief minister further said that threatening to cancel the licenses of medical colleges for refusing treatment to patients would not solve the problem and urged the government to take them into confidence instead of rebuking them.

"Refusing treatment is the fault of any hospital. But for the same reason, threatening to cancel government medical college licenses is not right. There is no profit in this emergency of health. MCI also has the power to revoke the licenses of medical colleges. Remember not the government," he said.

"In this case, the government should look to the Medical Colleges to get their services in order to get them to trust them instead of getting angry. Let them focus on meeting their needs. I insist on a collective fight against the coronavirus through this," he further added.

The COVID-19 count in Karnataka reached 63,772 on Sunday, including 39,370 active cases and 23,065 cured and discharged patients.

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March 20,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 20: Two COVID-19 positive patients in Karnataka have fully recovered and will be discharged today.

Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said: "Two COVID-19 positive patients have completely recovered and will be discharged tomorrow. They will be kept under home quarantine for 14 days as a precautionary measure."

The number of COVID-19 positive patients in Karnataka stands at 14 as of today.

"The total number of positive cases of COVID19 in India stands at 173, including 25 foreigners. Four deaths (1 each) have occurred in Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra," said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a statement.

According to official data provided by the Ministry of Health, as many as 15 people infected with the virus have been discharged after receiving treatment.

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