From Zameer Ahmed’s pocket: Rs 1 lakh each for 4 Bajrang Dal activists; Umrah for 12 Muslims

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October 11, 2018

Mangaluru, Oct 11: Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Zameer Ahmed Khan, who was in the city on Thursday to attend an official programme, raised many eyebrows by exhibiting his generosity.

He pulled out Rs 4 lakh from his pockets and distributed Rs 1 lakh each to four Bajrang Dal activists from Sullia taluk – identified as Bipin Kallugundi, Manohar Kalive, Vijaya Nidinji and Dinesh Kallugundi – for their selfless service during natural calamity at Jodupala village in Kodagu bordering Dakshina Kannada.

The four youths were part of 16 bravehearts who rescued nearly 200 people stranded in Jodupala village which was devastated by floods and landslides in August this year.

“The heroic deed of these 16 youths is praise worthy. All of them are poor and lower middle class people. They had endangered their lives to rescue others,” said Mr Khan.

He said during this recent visit to Sullia, he had met 12 of the 16 youths and all of them were Muslims. “I wanted gift something from my side. They expressed their desire for pilgrimage. I happily agreed to sponsor their journey to Makkah and Madinah to perform Umrah.”

“The four others are these Bajrang Dal activists. They can’t go to Umrah. Hence, I promised them to sponsor a pilgrimage to a temple of their choice in India or any other part of the world. They told me that they would go on pilgrimage along with family members and sought for financial help. Hence I gave them Rs 1 lakh each. They deserve it,” he said.

Cash distribution spree

Earlier this month, during his visit to Tekkil English Medium School, Mr Khan had surprised four winners by pulling out cash from his pocket along with school's trophies. He gave Rs 26,000 each to two students and Rs 10,000 each to two others. Besides, he also announced Rs 8 lakh donation to the school and handed over Rs 5 lakh cash on the spot.

At another event at Peradka, an elderly man, who was affected by floods and landslides in Jodupala, requested help and Mr Khan handed him a bundle of notes amounting to Rs 50,000.

He also promised an ambulance to an organisation which sought for assistance. The handouts did not end there. The minister also gave Rs 20,000 cash to Rinsha Mariam who won gold in the South Asian ITF championship held in Nepal. Later, he attended a function at Mohiuddin Jumma Masjid in Peradka where he announced that he will pay Rs 70 lakh for road work, Rs 10 lakh for laying of interlocking tiles and Rs 25 lakh for development work in a colony where poor people live.

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Zameer bhai very well done. this is just initiative made by wonderfull politician like u. all rich politician should come forward to donate their money for some other good cause like this, really we should all appreciate zameer bhai for his wonderful and clear mindset work..

The most generous Khan I have ever seen. God bless him.

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Karnataka reports 378 new covid cases in 24 hours; total goes up to 5,213

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June 6,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 6: Karnataka registered 378 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, breaching the 5,000-mark to settle at 5,213, said an official, here on Saturday. "New cases reported from Friday 5 p.m. to Saturday 6 p.m. is 378," said a health official.

Of the new cases, 333 are local returnees, comprising 88 per cent of the new infections. Returnees from Maharashtra accounted for 99 per cent new cases at 329.

Majority infections in Karnataka nowadays are returnees, mostly from the state''s northern neighbour. Only 27 new infections were contacts of earlier cases.

On Saturday, cases spiked in Udupi, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Bengaluru Urban, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Davangere and Dakshina Kannada.

Udupi witnessed the highest number of cases (121), followed by Yadgir (103), Kalaburagi (69), Dakshina Kannada (24), Bengaluru Urban (18), Vijayapura and Davangere (6 each), Belagavi (5), Gadag (4), Mandya, Hassan, Dharwad and Haveri (3 each), Raichur, Chikkaballapura and Uttara Kannada (2 each) and Bidar, Tumkur, Kolar and Koppal (1 each).

Among the new cases, three patients from Bengaluru Urban are suffering from Influenza Like Illness (ILI) and another from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).

There were seven cases with international travel history to United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one to Turkey.

Meanwhile, 280 people were discharged in the past 24 hours and two persons succumbed to the virus, one from Bidar and another from Vijayapura. Of all the cases, 3,184 are active, 1,968 discharged, 59 dead and 11 in the ICU.

In the past 24 hours, Karnataka tested 11,862 people, of which 11,431 reports returned negative. In total, 3.72 lakh samples have been tested so far, of which 3.61 lakh have returned negative.

Currently, Udupi is leading the state''s Covid-19 burden with 785 active cases, followed by Kalaburagi (448), Yadgir (407), Raichur (320) and Mandya (163) among others.

Bengaluru Urban has accounted for 13 deaths, followed by Kalaburagi (7), Bidar, Vijayapura, Davangere and Dakshina Kannada (6 each) and Chikkaballapura (3 each), among others.

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Karnataka govt asks industries not to deduct salaries of employees during lockdown

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April 14,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 14: Karnataka Labour Department has issued an order instructing public and private establishments not to cut salaries or lay off employees during the lockdown imposed to counter Coronavirus.

In view of Covid-19, there may be incidents where services of employees or workers may be dispensed with on the pretext of the disease or employees may be forced to go on leave without pay, the Ministry of Labour and Employment said.

Legal action will be initiated if any establishment violates this advisory, Labour Department Secretary P Manivannan said in a statement issued here on Tuesday.

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Here's the first phase flight plan for return of Indian nationals stranded abroad

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May 5,2020

Newsroom, May 5: Following the union government's nod, preparations are afoot to bring back Indian nationals stranded abroad from May 7 onwards.

According to sources, in the first phase from May 7- 14, the government would allow more than 60 “non-scheduled, commercial” flights to operate from about 12 countries to India to bring back 15,000 citizens. At least half of those flights will be from the Gulf region, including UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman, while the rest would bring passengers from the U.S., the U.K., Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Bangladesh.

The flights would be spread over 10 States identified as having the largest numbers to return, with Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Delhi (NCR) receiving the maximum number of flights.

A meeting held at the Ministry of Civil Aviation looked specifically at flights, mainly operated by Air India, while it awaits a final plan from countries where Indians need to be airlifted from. The first flights planned at present are from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh and Doha, flying directly to Kozhikode and Kochi.

While the full estimate of Indians needing to return home could cross ten lakhs (a million), with more than two lakhs having registered to return from the UAE alone, officials said their return would be “prioritised and staggered”.

Flight plan for return of Indian nationals stranded abroad: