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Principal arrested for sexually harassing girl students during school trip

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February 3, 2019

Mysuru, Feb 3: The principal of a residential school at Mangala village in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district was arrested on Saturday on the charge of sexually harassing girl students during a recent excursion.

The accused, Lokesh, 38, has been booked under Section 3 and 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, said Superintendent of Police, Chamarajanagar, Dharmendra Kumar Meena.

The complaint was booked after a preliminary inquiry by Chamarajanagar District Tribal Welfare Officer Krishnappa found prima facie evidence in the complaints made by the girl students to their parents. The victims complained that the accused had “touched them inappropriately”, which was “almost like molestation”.

According to Mr. Krishnappa, students of Ekalavya Residential School, which offers education to students of high school and pre-university, went on an excursion on December 29 and 30 to various places in Kodagu and Hassan districts in buses.

“Two girls complained that the harassment took place after the principal gave them pills when they complained of headache during the journey,” Mr. Krishnappa said in the complaint.

The girls had also complained about sexual harassment when they were taken to a cultural programme in a bus to Hyderabad from January 12 to 15.

Mr. Meena said Additional Superintendent of Police Geetha was conducting further investigation into the allegations. The accused reportedly faced similar complaints during his earlier posting at Periyapatna and at Karwar. “We are securing details,” Mr. Meena added.

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kumar
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Sunday, 3 Feb 2019

If some teacher has complaning on sexual harassment why he was trasferred to another place instead of dismissing from job.  Why such idiots are given chance to continue in the service.   They are inhuman and shuld not be allowed to continue in service.   Arrest this prevert and put him in jail. 

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August 2,2020

Chitradurga,  Aug 2: Said to be 110-years-old, a grand old woman Siddamma was discharged on Saturday from a COVID Hospital in Chitradurga after recovering from the novel coronavirus.

According to Dr Basavaraj, District Surgeon, Chitradurga, the woman had tested positive for the disease on July 27.

After her recovery, the frail woman dressed in a sari was seen being wheeled out from the hospital.

As many as 5,172 new COVID-19 cases and 98 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Saturday, taking the state's count of coronavirus cases to 1,29,287.

The active cases in the state now stand at 73,219 while 53,648 people have been discharged.

"5,172 new COVID-19 cases and 98 deaths reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, taking total cases to 1,29,287 including 53,648 discharges and 2,412 deaths. 

The number of active cases stands at 73,219," said State Health Department.

So far, a total of 2,412 people have succumbed to the virus in the State.

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February 6,2020

Mangalore, Feb 6: The first Rashtriya Lok Adalat of 2020 will get started from Feb 8, A district judge has announced, adding that it is being organised by Karnataka Law Services Authority and Dakshina Kannada Law Services Authority.

Speaking to media on Wednesday evening, Justice Sathyanarayana Acharya Kandlur said, "4,820 cases were resolved through Lok Adalat last year. 618 cases have been registered so far to be decided under the Lok Adalat."

Familial, civil and revenue cases of cheque dishonour, financial extortion, cases related to telephone, electricity, water, land encroachment and acquisition, motor vehicle cases, labour issues and maintenance expenses will be decided in the Lok Adalat.

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July 23,2020

Bengaluru, July 23: The Janta Dal (Secular) and Congress that had joined hands together in Karnataka ‘to keep communal forces at bay, have once again turned archrivals. The development comes a year after the collapse of JD(S)-Congress coalition government in the state.

Recently, Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah claimed that the Congress would have won at least 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections had it not been for the alliance with the JD(S). In response, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy of the JD(S), who headed the coalition government, blamed the Congress for its many 'conspiracies'.

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Kumaraswamy said he was prompted by Siddarmaiah's claims to recall what transpired during the coalition government. 

"There will never be a future alliance with Congress," Kumaraswamy declared, in a letter to his party colleagues on Wednesday. He claimed that there were many conspiracies on part of Congress, which led to the fall of the coalition government.

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