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Seemanth, Labhu Ram taken to task for errant subordinates

September 24, 2011

Mangalore, September 24: City police chief Seemanth Kumar Singh and Dakshina Kannada SP Labhu Ram came in the crosshairs of Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) which ticked them off for their failure to keep a check on errant subordinates. SHRC chairperson S R Nayak in particular was peeved at failure of city police in detecting the double murder case of a mother and daughter and a cab driver and repeated instances of moral policing here.

Chairing a public grievances hearing here on Saturday, Nayak took exception to the 'alleged' high-handed behaviour of police inspector Ravish Nayak in beating up Prem Michael Crasta at the behest of a zilla panchayat member. He instructed Seemanth to initiate action against the official. When P B DSa of PUCL complained that police were targeting innocents in the Panjimogaru double murder case, Nayak sought an explanation from Seemanth.

"We are trying our best to deal with the case," Seemanth said, adding that it was not a murder for gain. When DSa persisted that police were trying to browbeat youths into confessing their involvement in the murder, Nayak said, "I will instruct my IGP to hold a thorough probe in to the incident." Seemanth later told STOI that he had instructed DCP (Crime) M Muthuraya to submit a report into the incident of police atrocities at the earliest.

When DSa said state government despite directives from SHRC had failed to take action against heads of police units in case of instances of moral policing, and drew attention of Nayak to a recent incident at Someshwar involving Bajrang Dal cadre, Nayak admonished Seemanth. "Crack down on any such troublemakers and do not allow them to sprout on our land, known for peace, and lest the secular fabric of the nation is torn into pieces," he said.

When leaders from SC/ST organizations prodded Nayak on slow pace of investigations in to murder of Goverdhan, a dalit cab driver, and alleged that police were slow in dealing with instances of murder of Dalits, Nayak remarked: "Such apathy does not augur well for any policing unit, especially since it deals with marginalized sections of society." He asked the SP to keep tabs on his officers who harassed innocents and coerced confessions out of them.

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May 22,2020

Mangaluru, May 22: Dakshina Kannada today reported a fresh case of coronavirus infection, taking the coastal district's tally to 62. 

The new patient is a 29-year-old womon, who was under instituional quarantine monitored by the district administration in Belthangady. 

She had returned from Mumbai on May 18. Her throat swabs were sent for covid-19 testing on the following day and today she received positive result.

Out of the 62 covid-19 cases detected in Dakshina Kannada so far, only 50 are residents of the district. Among 12 others 4 are from Kasaragod and 3 from Karkala, 2 each from Uttara Kannada and Mumbai, and 1 from Kalaburgi.

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April 29,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 29: As many as 11 more people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours in Karnataka, said the State's Health Department on Wednesday.

According to an official statement, 11 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from 5 pm on April 28 to 5 pm on April 29.

"With this, the total number of positive coronavirus cases in the state has mounted to 534, of which 20 deaths have been reported and 215 people have recovered," added the statement.

Of 20 coronavirus patients who died, one death was due to the non-COVID cause, the statement further said.

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May 9,2020

New Delhi, May 9: The Finance Ministry on Friday announced relief to those who have been facing difficulty with their residency status in India under section 6 of the Income-tax Act due to lockdown and suspension of international flights owing to COIVD-19 outbreak, as they have had to prolong their stay in India.

According to a Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) release, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today allowed discounting of prolonged stay period in India for the purpose of determining residency status after considering various representations received from people who had to prolong their stay in India due to lockdown and suspension of international flights.

They expressed concern that they will be required to file tax returns as Indian residents and not as NRIs after 120 days of stay.

The Finance Ministry stated that the lockdown continues during the financial year 2020-21 and it is not yet clear when international flight operations would resume, a circular excluding the period of stay of these individuals up to the date of resumption of international flight operations shall be issued for determination of the residential status for the financial year 2020-21.

A circular also said that in order to avoid genuine hardship in such cases, the CBDT has decided that for the purposes of determining the residential status under section 6 of the Act during the previous year 2019-20 in respect of an individual who has come to India on a visit before March 22, 2020 and:

(a) has been unable to leave India on or before March 31, 2020, his period of stay in India from March 22, 2020 to March 31, 2020 shall not be taken into account; or

(b) has been quarantined in India on account of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) on or after March 1, 2020 and has departed on an evacuation flight on or before March 31, 2020 or has been unable to leave India on or before March 31, 2020, his period of stay from the beginning of his quarantine to his date of departure or March 31, 2020, as the case may be, shall not be taken into account; or

(c) has departed on an evacuation flight on or before March 31, 2020, his period of stay in India from March 22, 2020 to his date of departure shall not be taken into account."

The release said there are number of individuals who had come on a visit to India during the previous year 2019-20 for a particular duration and intended to leave India before the end of the previous year for maintaining their status as non-resident or not ordinary resident in India.

"However, due to declaration of the lockdown and suspension of international flights owing to outbreak of COVID-19, they are required to prolong their stay in India. The status of an individual whether he is resident in India or a non-resident or not ordinarily resident, is dependent, inter-alia, on the period for which the person is in India during a year," it said.

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