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Dr Arathi Krishna interacts with NRIs in Jeddah

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March 4, 2018

Jeddah: Dr Arathi Krishna, Deputy Chairman, NRI Forum, Government of Karnataka interacted with expatriates from Karnataka in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah during her visit on February 25.

A felicitation and interaction programme was organised by KNRI Forum Jeddah at Village Restaurant, here. Dr Arathi Krishna was the chief guest. Tahir Ali, Management Committee Member, International Indian School Jeddah, was guest of honour. Mohammed Saifuddin Sami, President of the KNRI Forum, presided over.

Several non-resident Kannadigas, presidents and members of different organizations of Kannadigas in Jeddah such as Jamiyattul Falah, Hidaya Foundation, Gulbarga Charitable Trust, All India Overseas Cultural Congress, Indian Social Forum, Jokatte Muslim Association, SKP Brothers, Bhatkal Community and Indian Fraternity Forum attended the event.

Giving a brief introduction to NRI Forum Karnataka, Dr Arathi Krishna said, it was a dream and vision of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to forge a symbiotic relationship between Karnataka and its Diaspora. She appreciated the activities carried out by the KNRI Forum to help the needy by assisting in medical, education, self-employment and promoting swachha bharath programme by sponsoring toilets projects in school in rural areas of Karnataka.

She highlighted the policies and programs of the Karnataka government and her department. Audience applauded when she informed about the government’s plan to set up a Videsh Bhavan in Bengaluru offering integrated services of passport, attestation and e-migration to help the applicants. She also said that the government was examining a proposal of considering NRK students as locals for the admissions to the professional courses, which is a four year old demand of KNRI Forum Jeddah.

She advised all the non-resident Kannadigas to register their names and get the NRK cards through which Karnataka government want to help overseas Kannadigas throughout the globe. Also she said that, there will be skill development programmes in each district offices. Currently having tie up with Dubai government, they will visit to conduct training for Kannadigas in different parts of Karnataka, which will help them carry out their work professionally when they arrive abroad.

For those who are returning to their home town, if they want to adopt any village to develop, there is a scheme called “Namma Ooru, Namma Naadu”, under which government is willing to help and provide necessary financial support.

She said that her first and foremost aim as a deputy chairman is to facilitate the interests of the NRIs on front of development work for the betterment of NRIs specially based in Gulf countries by introducing NRI policies.

Mohammed Saifuddin Sami, in his presidential address, appreciated the support and encouragement of Dr Aarathi Krishna to the forum and thanked her for the energizing activities of the NRI Forum, as it strives to help the NRKs and to assist poor and needy people back home in Karnataka as well.  He said Dr Arathi Krishna is the first lady to become a Deputy Chairperson in the history of Karnataka and to visit maximum countries to reach Non Resident Kannadigas associations to strengthen the relations between them and her department. He thanked her for her immense support in NEET & CET issue routing him through ministry of education and Karnataka Examination Authority in Bengaluru.

General Secretary of the forum Yashwanth Amin introduced the chief guests. He introduced Dr Arathi as an artiste, a good singer, and a dedicated social worker while mentioning her abilities in management, communication and leadership.

Senior NRCC member of Jamiyatul Falah Mohammed Mansour while speaking requested Dr Arathi Krishna to coordinate for long awaited request to run direct flight from Jeddah to Mangaluru by Air India. he also requested to introduce schemes helping for the Kannadigas to establish themselves in India, returning back home after losing jobs from the gulf.

The visiting guest was honored with a memento, bouquet, and a shawl as token of appreciation for her kind gestures towards the forum. Representatives of various organizations also honored her.

Programme started with the welcome speech by Syed Nasir Khursheed, Vice President of the forum. Dr Firoz Mulla, Executive Committee member, was MC. Mohammed Kaleem, Cultural Secretary, Mrs Mali Roy and Hidayat Mangaluru entertained the audience with melodious Kannada patriotic and Hindi songs.

Asif Momin, Executive committee member, while proposed vote of thanks. Earlier Mohammed Saifuddin Sami and core committee members Arifulla Shariff, Jalal Baig and Irfan from CGI office – Jeddah received Dr Arathi Krishina at King Abdul Aziz Airport, Jeddah.

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June 24,2020

Udupi, Jun 24: Nearly four years after he was arrested in the murder case of NRI entrepreneur Bhaskar Shetty, the District Sessions court has granted conditional interim bail to Niranjan Bhat, one of the three prime accused in the case.

The development comes two days after the death of Niranjan’s father Srinivas Bhat(65). Though Srinivas and his driver Raghavendra were also arrested in the case on the accusation of destruction of evidence, they were released within a month.

Through his lawyer Niranjan had appealed to the court seeking bail to perform his father’s post-death rituals. 

After hearing the arguments, the court granted conditional interim bail till July 7 on furnishing a bond of Rs 5 lakh. The judge directed the accused to report to the court on or before July 7 to be taken into judicial custody.

Bhaskar Shetty, who owned a chain of supermarkets in Saudi Arabia, went missing from his house in Udupi on 28 July 2016. His mother Gulabi Shetty lodged a missing person complaint on July 29. The police arrested his wife Rajeshwari, her son Navaneeth and astrologer Niranjan Bhat on the charge of murdering Bhaskar Shetty and destroying the evidence, in Udupi on August 7, 2016. Rajeshwari is already out on bail. Navneet is still in prison.

Shetty was murdered at his house in Indrali and later his body was taken to Belman. It is alleged Niranjan Bhat had put the body of deceased Bhaskar Shetty in the pit used for Homa rituals and burnt it.

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February 21,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 21: A school in the city has allegedly denied admission to a boy whose parents did not fill the religion column in the application form, prompting the Kerala education department to seek a report.

The parents, Naseem and Dhayna, had sought admission for their son to the first standard at the St Mary's school, a government-aided institution. They alleged that school authorities had claimed that registration will not be possible on the education department's 'Sampoorna' portal without filling the 'religion' column.

"We were informed by the school authorities that it was not possible to give admission to our child as we wrote 'nil' in the religion column. They claimed that if nil is mentioned, the admission process will not get registered in the school management software of the education department," Naseem said.

Sampoorna is a school management system project implemented by the Kerala education department to automate the system and process of over 15,000 schools in the state.

The parents later approached the ministry and the Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI) to get further clarification.

"The state government officials denied that there were any issues with the software and confirmed to us that the admission process was going on.

When we approached the school authorities again, they asked us to give in writing that we, the parents will take responsibility of any issues that may occur in the future," Naseem said.

The parents then decided not to enroll their son at the school due to the manner in which the issue was handled by the institution. Reacting swiftly, the state government sought a report from the DPI and the deputy director of the education department on the matter.

"We have asked the DPI and the deputy director of the education department to look into the matter and file a report as soon as possible," Education minister C Raveendranath told PTI. The parents said after the news spread, a school official called them offering admission.

"But we decided not to enroll him there due to the approach of the school authorities," he said.

Naseem runs a catering business after returning from the Gulf.

The school management in a release claimed that they sought a letter in writing from the parents to avoid trouble in the future. "When school authorities asked why the religion column was left blank, the parents said they were not interested in filling that part. The parents have that right.

But most benefits given by the government to school children are based on religion. We just wanted to ensure that the parents take the responsibility in case the student misses out any such benefits in the future," the management said.

School authorities maintained they never denied admission to any student. The parents are now looking for admission for their son in other schools in Thiruvanathapuram.

Ravindranath recently claimed in the state Assembly that over one lakh children in Kerala had left columns relating to caste and religion blank in school admission records during the 2017-18 academic year. In a written reply, he said as many as 1,24,147 children had not filled these columns while enrolling in different classes in government and government-aided schools during the period.

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August 6,2020

Chennai, Aug 5: Karnataka on Wednesday crossed the 1.5 lakh mark in respect of COVID-19 cases and Kerala was on the verge of 30,000 while Andhra Pradesh witnessed a five- digit daily caseload after a lull. 

Tamil Nadu saw a small jump in its daily cases as compared to Tuesday while Telangana and union territory Puducherry reported their respective record single-day spikes. 

The five states and the union territory reported a combined 24,415 fresh confirmed coronavirus cases and 316 fatalities on Wednesday. 

A Puducherry Minister tested positive for the deadly virus while an opposition AINRC legislator who contracted the coronavirus earlier was discharged after being cured of it. 

In Karnataka, the coronavirus cases stood at 1,51,449 with the addition of 5,619 fresh cases while 100 deaths were reported, pushing the total fatalities to 2,804, the health department said.

According to a health bulletin, 74,679 persons have been discharged so far, leaving 73,958 active cases. Andhra Pradesh''s COVID-19 surge continued on Wednesday too, with 10,128 cases reported afresh after easing a little in the last four days. 

The overall tally rose to 1,86,461 on Wednesday. The state had last reported its five-figure daily tally on July 31 when it was 10,376. 

The state also saw a record number of 77 coronavirus deaths in a day, pushing the toll to 1,681, the latest bulletin said. 

In the last 24 hours, 8,729 patients had also recovered from the infection and there were 80,426 active cases. 

As many as 1,04,354 patients have been cured and discharged so far. Kerala was on the verge of 30,000 cases, as its tally stood at 29,145 with the addition of 1,195 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.

The toll from the virus so far climbed to 94 with seven more deaths. Thiruvananthapuram continued to top the districts in infections with 274 cases on Wednesday, of whom 248 had been infected through contact. 

Malappuram (167), Kasaragod (128), Ernakulam (120) and Alappuzha (108) reported over 100 cases. As many as 112 patients died of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu, the highest reported in a single day so far, taking the toll to 4,461 on Wednesday while 5,175 more people tested positive, propelling the case count to 2.73 lakh.

Recoveries outnumbered fresh cases with 6,031 people getting discharged from various hospitals, taking the total cured to 2,14,815 as the active cases dropped to 54,184, a government bulletin said. 

In Telangana, 2,012 new cases emerged while 13 related fatalities were reported, taking the total infection tally in the state to 70,958. Out of the new cases, 532 were from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), followed by Medchal-Malkajgiri 198 and Rangareddy 188, a state government bulletin said on Wednesday, providing data as of 8 PM on August 4. 

The total number of people who recovered from the infectious disease touched 50,814, while 19,568 were under treatment.

The COVID-19 fatality rate in the state was 0.81 per cent, while it was 2.10 per cent at the national level, it said. The recovery rate was 71.6 per cent in the state, while it was 66.31 per cent in the country, it added. 

Puducherry clocked its worst single-day spike of 286 infections, recording seven deaths, even as the overall tally of cases went up to 4,432. 

The deaths during the 24 hours in the Union Territory took the toll to 65 so far since the outbreak of the virus, Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao told a virtual press conference. 

His cabinet colleague M Kandasamy and his son reported positive for the virus and were admitted to JIPMER.

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