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Mangaluru: Al-Ikhlas' MD arrested on charge of cheating Umrah aspirants

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April 17, 2016

Mangaluru, Apr 17: K Abdul Khader, the managing director of Mangaluru based Al-Ikhlas Hajj & Umra Tours & Travels', has been arrested by police for allegedly cheating two Umrah pilgrimage aspirants.

khaderA team of police from Udupi district arrested Mr Khader in Mumbai on April 15 and brought him back to Karnataka for further inquiry, sources said.

The action comes months after G Maida Kutty, a resident of Gundmi, and Mohammed Iqbal, a resident of Udupi lodged complaints against Mr Khader with Kota and Udupi town police respectively.

In his complaint, Mr Kutty stated that Mr Khader had taken Rs 8 lakh from him in May 2015 promising to arrange all necessary documents and tickets for his family to go to Saudi Arabia and perform Umrah.

However, Mr Khader did not deliver the promised service on time and he started giving reasons. When Mr Kutty forced Mr Khader to return the money, the latter issued two blank cheques that were dishonoured by the concerned bank.

In a separate complaint, Mr Iqbal, said to be a relative of Mr Kutti, stated that Mr Khader had taken Rs 3.3 lakh from him after promising Umrah pilgrimage.

It is learnt that Mr Khader was found in a lodge in Mumbai. A team of Kotal police led by Brahmavar circle inspector Arun G Nayak and Kota sub inspector Kabbalraj arrested him.

He was produced before a court on Saturday and investigations are on. Police are trying to find out whether the accused had cheated others too.

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harshad abdul
 - 
Wednesday, 20 Apr 2016

There are many like him....catch all

abdul
 - 
Sunday, 17 Apr 2016

Let the authority brings his cheating he has one his past carrier to the public and give him harsh punishment for his wrong doing with piligrims who is guests of Almighty Allah.

Salma
 - 
Sunday, 17 Apr 2016

Naam “ikhlas” ka
Kaam “cheating” ka

Jithu
 - 
Sunday, 17 Apr 2016

Tours & Travels are in fact cheaters and frauds. A strict law is needed to control these cheaters.

Sinan
 - 
Sunday, 17 Apr 2016

What a great service to the guests of Allah! Many travel agents do this.

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May 27,2020

Bengaluru, May 27: Amid uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has disrupted school education in Karnataka, the state government is seeking the help of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to televise classes, a state minister said on Tuesday.

"We request you to provide minimum three channels on the Doordarshan network exclusively for the Department of Public Instruction, Government of Karnataka," Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar said in a letter to Union I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar.

Suggesting co-branding the channels under DD and the state education department, he asked for the channels to be mandatorily transmitted by the cable and DTH operators under the Cable Act.

The state education department has already discussed with Prasar Bharti officials, who, according Kumar, have assured 3+3 hours of timeslots on the education channel Chandana on cost basis.

"We have also made all the necessary arrangements for content creation by the teachers," he said.

Meanwhile, the minister has revealed that television is the best medium for the students as a home learning mode in these challenging times.

"The department of public instruction reviewed various technological options and considered TV as one of the best means for home learning," Kumar said.

In a survey conducted by the education department, it was found out that 95 per cent households had television sets.

Kumar said the state operates government schools in nine languages, including Kannada, English and Urdu.

"To cater to all the students, and considering a long-term strategy to run schools by maintaining social distancing, we are in immediate need of minimum three exclusive channels to teach through TV," he said.

According to Kumar, the Karnataka government is facing hardships to meet the capital expenditure requirements, hence, it is seeking help from the I&B Ministry.

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July 30,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 30: As the protest by Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers entered the 20th day, Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu on Wednesday assured them that he would take up their demands with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa.

The ASHA workers are sitting in protests with a number of demands that include a minimum salary of Rs 12,000 per month.

Assuring that their matter will be taken up, Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu said while speaking to reporters, "We know how hard ASHA workers have been working as frontline warriors in the fight against COVID-19. I will discuss with CM about their demand for a minimum wage of Rs 12,000 per month and the final decision will be taken soon."

"We went to the police to allow us to protest. Officials then took us to the CM. During the meeting, he demanded some time to sort out our issues. 

We told him we are protesting for the past 20 days and that it was he who needs to call a meeting with us. Only then will he know the problems being faced by ASHA workers," an ASHA worker said clad in her signature pink sari.

"When asked as to why salaries of ASHA workers were not hiked, while it was done for doctors and other healthcare officials, the CM requested for time to look into the matter. 

We are not much happy now, but will if he comes in front of the media and promises to sort out our issues, then we will listen to him", she added.

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August 5,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Deputy Chief Minister Dr.CN Ashwathnarayan instructed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner Manjunatha Prasad to set up a separate high-level committee to ascertain the exact cause of coronavirus-related deaths in the state.

He spoke to reporters after a meeting with Prasad on Tuesday.

"The committee, headed by senior officials will audit the reason for the increase in death cases. Has there been a death due to treatment delay? Or are there any shortcomings in the treatment process?" the deputy chief minister said.

He pointed out that based on the report, the committee should try to correct the deficiency and reduce the death rate.

"How many beds are in which hospital? How many patients are on a ventilator? How many have gone home from the hospital? Etc. All information needs to be updated online at the moment. He suggested that this information should be made available to the public online," Ashwaththanarayana said.

Stating that some hospitals are not giving details about the number of beds correctly, he instructed the commissioners to take legal action if differences in their data are found.

He said that there is a shortage of ASHA workers in the city and it needs to be hired immediately.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 74,477 active COVID-19 cases in Karnataka and the death toll in the state is at 2,594. 

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