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No new Bill; will strengthen existing law to stop cow slaughter in Karnataka: DyCM

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September 10, 2019

Bengaluru, Sept 10: Instead of introducing new laws, the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka will strengthen the existing law to crackdown on slaughter of cows, according Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwath Narayan.

Speaking to media persons here today the DyCM said: “The Constitution has already prohibited slaughter of cows, so there’s no need for a new law. We will implement the existing law. Amendments will be brought to strengthen the law if there are shortcomings.”

This comes a day after Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the government was working on a new Bill to prohibit cow slaughter. Even Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said Karnataka was “eligible” to ban cow slaughter like many other Indian states that have done it.

In 2010, when Yediyurappa was the chief minister, the BJP government got the controversial Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill passed amid resistance from the Opposition Congress. With that, Karnataka joined the likes of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh that had a similar law in place.

The Bill proposed to replace the Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation Act, 1964. The BJP’s Bill had widened the definition of ‘cattle’, essentially imposing a blanket ban on cattle slaughter, coupled with stringent penalty clauses for violation.

The Bill was before the President for assent when, in 2013, the Congress government headed by Siddaramaiah withdrew it, restoring the 1964 Act that allowed slaughter bulls, bullocks and buffaloes only if they were aged over 12 years or if they were unfit for breeding or did not give milk.

So far, BJP Vijayapura MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal, the party’s Gau Samrakshana Prakoshta and others have petitioned Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa to re-enact the cow slaughter prevention Bill and to strengthen its provisions.

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February 7,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 7: Karnataka's Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services on Thursday issued guidelines for testing, isolation, hospital admission and discharge in view of the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) in Wuhan city of China, a virus that has infected nearly 20,000 globally and has killed more than 500 in China.

According to the guidelines, the sample of any passenger, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic, with a history of travel to or residence in Wuhan city of China in the last 14 days, has to be collected and tested.

And the sample of any health personnel, who develops symptoms of the virus after being associated with the infected persons, has to be collected.

The circular further says that the clinical sample of any suspect/probable case of nCoV will be sent to the laboratory confirmation and the case will be kept in isolation. If tested positive, the treatment has to be provided as per the existing guidelines.

The virus originated from Wuhan, a Chinese city, in December and has since then spread to various parts around the world.

China has imposed quarantine and travel restrictions, affecting the movement of 56 million people in more than a dozen cities, amid fears that the transmission rate will accelerate.

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February 28,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 28: In a shocking incident, an engineering student has committed suicide on the railway track at the Someshwara railway station near Ullal on the outskirts of the city.

The deceased has been identified as S Rayagowda (23) from Belgaum.

It is suspected that he resorted to the extreme step due depression after love failure. Railway police are investigating the matter.

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April 25,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 25: The coastal district of Dakshina Kannada today reported another covid-19 case. With this the total number of coronavirus positive case in the district rose to 18 including two deaths. 

The health and family welfare department in its bulletin today announced that a 33-year-old woman from Bantwal tested positive for coronavirus. She is undergoing treatment at Wenlock Hospital which is now converted into covid-19 hospital. 

She is the daughter of 67-year-old woman from Bantwal who was tested positive for the deadly disease last week. Both are the neighbours of the two women from Bantwal who died of covid-19 recently.

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