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Wakf Board plans to start medical, engineering colleges

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September 19, 2012

Bangalore, September 18: The Karnataka State Board of Wakfs is all set to set up its own engineering and medical colleges in Bangalore and Mulbagal of Kolar district, respectively.

Addressing reporters on Tuesday, R Abdul Reyaz Khan, chairman of the Board, said the decision to set up colleges was taken at the recent Board meeting. “The Board wants to set up its own educational institutions on the lines of the Haryana Wakf Board. The engineering college is planned near Yelahanka in Bangalore,” he said.

He said that a decision was also taken to generate revenue from the 150 commercially-viable Wakf properties in the State, 10 of which are in Bangalore. He said each of these properties had the potential to earn between Rs 50 lakh and Rs one crore a month.

Education purposes

He said that the Board was giving impetus to education and that 30 per cent of the revenue generated from these properties would be reserved for education purposes.

Rubbishing the allegations made against the Board by Karnataka Minorities Commission chairperson Anwar Manippady recently, Khan said the Board was in the process of filing a defamation suit against him.

Khan said the Board or its officials had not made any attempt to destroy or tamper with the property files.

“There is no truth in the allegations made by Manippady, he shouldn't be speaking so recklessly. The first and second floors of the Board's building are being renovated. Hence, the one lakh-odd files have been kept in one room. The files are being segregated district wise, year wise and subject wise.

The State Secretariat Training Institute has trained our personnel to number and maintain the files. When we have taken all these measures, Manippady has been going to the media with false allegations, to further his interests. We will definitely file charges against him,” he said, adding that there was 24-hour vigil to ensure that the files weren't manhandled.

He said it had been established that there were 40,725 Wakf properties in the State on 1,14,994 acres and 26 guntas of land.

Of this, 51,742 acres had been encroached by private players and about 20,000 acres were encroached by government institutions.

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March 5,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 5: The Karnataka government has advised city-based companies to allow their employees to work from home if they have flu-like symptoms.

"Those employees having flu like symptoms may be allowed to work from home with advice of standard hand hygiene and cough etiquette," the Health Department said in its advisory.

The advisory asked people to avoid non-essential travel to COVID-19 affected countries and refrain from travel to China, Iran, Republic of Korea, Italy and Japan.

"Employees other than those restricted countries arriving directly or indirectly from China, South Korea, Japan, Iran, Italy, Hong Kong, Maccau, Veitnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, the UAE and Qatar must undergo medical screening at airport entry," the advisory read.

The government advisory also mandated employees arriving through all international flights entering lndia from any port to furnish duly filled self-declaration form, including personal particulars - phone numbers and address in India, and travel history to health officials and immigration officials.

It also appealed to promote regular and thorough hand washing at work places and keeping sanitising hand rub dispensers (alcohol-based) in prominent places and provide access to places where staff can wash their hands with soap and water.

Companies have been asked to promote good respiratory hygiene and ensure the availability of surgical masks and paper tissues at workplaces only for those who develop a running nose or cough at work along with closed bins for their hygienic disposal.

Meanwhile, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Commissioner B H Anil Kumar chaired a meeting on Wednesday regarding the preparedness to deal with coronavirus.

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday asked the state chief secretary to take necessary steps in view of the rising rainfall in the state and gave instructions for releasing Rs 50 crore for emergencies.

"CM BS Yediyurappa has instructed Chief Secretary to take appropriate precautions in view of the rise in rainfall activity across the state. CM advised Chief Secretary to keep in touch with district officials and instructed to release Rs 50 crores for emergencies," an official release said.

India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert in a number of districts in the state.

CS Patil, Director, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Bengaluru said that red alert has been announced in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Chickamagalur, Shivamogga, Kodagu and Hassan due to heavy rainfall in the region from last two-three days.

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February 24,2020

Lucknow, Feb 24: The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board on Monday accepted the five acres of land provided for construction of the mosque in Ayodhya.

The Board also decided to form a trust to oversee the construction of the mosque.

The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by the Board's Chairman Zufar Faruqui.

Apart from this, the trust will also construct a charitable hospital, public library and a centre showcasing the heritage of Indo-Islamic civilisation which will also serve as a research and study centre for the same, according to a press release by the board.

The appointment of members to the trust will be announced following its creation, the release added.

The Supreme Court had on November 9 last year directed the Central government to hand over the disputed site at Ayodhya for the construction of a temple and set up a trust for the same.

The apex court had further directed the government to allocate an alternative five acres of land at a prominent location in Ayodhya for the construction of a mosque to the Sunni Waqf Board.

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