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Section 144 in four taluks of Dakshina Kannada completes 50 days

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July 15, 2017

Mangaluru, Jul 15: The prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPc clamped in Dakshina Kannada district entered 50 days on Saturday. Currently the Section is in place in Bantwal, Sullia, Puttur and Belthangady taluks.

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Following stabbing of a youth from minority community by saffron activists on May 27, the Dakshina Kannada district administration first imposed prohibitory orders in Bantwal. Few days later it was extended to other taluks and in Mangaluru City Commissionerate limits during Ramadan festival.

Despite prohibitory orders in place, several untoward incidents including two murders and several incidents of assaults took place in Bantwal. Members of Sangh Parivar violated the order and held at a protest at Bantwal town. Hundreds of right-wing activists including MPs Shobha Karandlaje and Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLC Ganesh Karnik, MLA Sunil Kumar and RSS leader Kalladaka Bhat have been booked for organising the protest on July 7. Stone throwing was reported during the funeral procession of slain RSS worker Sharath on July 8.

Section 144 of CrPC prohibits any assembly of five or more people in an area. Every member of such unlawful assembly can be booked for engaging in rioting, maximum punishment for which is three years.

Section 144 is clamped not because there is tension in the region, but as a preventive measure, said minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs U T Khader. "The district administration has clamped prohibitory orders only to see that no more clashes are reported. It is just to prevent those miscreants from creating more trouble. Now people are living peacefully, but the Section 144 is continuing only as a warning for miscreants. This is also to prevent processions and speeches that lead to tension. Prohibitory orders will be withdrawn soon," Khader told reporters on Saturday.

It seems that no police officer is willing to serve in communally-sensitive Bantwal taluk. For, two circle inspectors, who were transferred to Bantwal, refused to report to duty citing they they cannot work in Bantwal circle due to political interference in their work and communal violence. This forced the state government to depute a senior police official M S Prakash, who was serving in Anti-Naxal Force at Karkala. He assumed charge on Friday.

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, July 28: Former prime minister and JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda today threatened to launch a state-wide agitation in against the amendments made to the Karnataka Land Reforms Act.

Gowda’s opposition to the new law comes even as Congress leader Siddaramaiah is also doggedly pursuing it.

Demanding that the state government immediately rollback the ordinance empowering these amendments, the octogenarian leader said he personally would take to streets if the government failed to budge.

The B S Yediyurappa government has liberalised the land reforms law by removing restrictions on non-agriculturists from purchasing and owning farm lands.

The government has also amended the APMC Act and has tweaked labour laws, which are all “against the interest of the state and must be rolled back,” Gowda said.

Speaking to reporters here, Gowda stated that he had already written thrice to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa in this regard. "The ordinances have to be taken back. The amendments to Karnataka Land Reforms Act, by repealing sections 79-A, B and C, is an anti-farmer move. The APMC Act amendment, too, is against the interest of the state. The government has failed to speak about the impact of these amendments," said Gowda, who is now a Rajya Sabha member.

Elaborating on the amendment to the Land Reform Act, the JD(S) patriarch opined that by throwing open agricultural land ownership to anybody at all, the government was only helping real estate developers while pushing farmers into a “vulnerable” situation.

Amidst all this, there are now reports of funds misappropriation in Covid-19 relief measures and in procurement of medical equipment, he said, adding that it seemed like only the corrupt became stronger over time.

Further, Gowda lambasted both national parties for creating political unrest, referring to the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan and the recent developments in Madhya Pradesh. However, he added that he would not wish to dwell on it much, while emphasising that his focus was primarily on strengthening his own party at this point in time.

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June 9,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 9: A 42-year-old founding director of an engineering consultancy firm lost Rs 65,000 to online fraudsters who posed as representatives of a mobile service provider and lured him with the offer of a fancy number recently.

Asif (name changed) received a text message on May 19, informing him that a platinum number, 9099999999, was available and interested people could dial a mobile number to avail it.

“Asif, who runs a mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) engineering consultancy near Shivajinagar, decided to get the fancy mobile number. He called the number and the receiver said they would generate an invoice for his request. After a fake invoice for Rs 64,900 was generated, Asif paid the money through online transaction that day. Asif waited for two weeks for the SIM card with the fancy number to reach him,” an officer said.

East CEN Crime police registered a case of cheating under section 420 of IPC and sections under the Information Technology Act after Asif lodged a complaint on June 6.

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March 29,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 29: The state government has lifted the restrictions on the movement of chicken and eggs, thus ensuring the availability of protein-based nutrition to consumers.

Due to the 21-day lockdown in the State, police and other regulatory authorities were not allowing movement of poultry products, which not only had affected the entire poultry sector but also the consumers. The Karnataka Poultry Farmers and Breeders Association (KPFBA) had made a representation to the government to lift the restrictions.

The Secretary of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, A B Ibrahim in a circular dated March 27, 2020 night , said that the minimal husbandry sector came under essential services and is given exemption during the lockdown period. He cited the letter which provides for the exemption, issued by the Government of India Home Secretary and the Union Joint Secretary of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

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