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  • Exam malpractice: bill to punish staff, students

    The state government is planning to introduce a bill that provides for stringent punishment to public servants and students who indulge in examination malpractice.


    The bill envisages punishing government staff with imprisonment up to three years and fine, while students will be debarred from taking examination for six years, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait said at the state-level educational convention of pre-university employees here on Sunday.

    The minister said plans were afoot to open a school-cum-college on a single campus in each hobli so that students do not drop out. Such an institution will have class 1 till graduation.

    The government has also begun recruiting 1,900 pre-university lecturers. The Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) is also in talks with the Higher Education Department to promote eligible PU lecturers to degree colleges, he added.

    Besides, the government is considering setting up a teachers’ welfare fund to provide health insurance to instructors and will pay a part of the premium. Sait further said a Cabinet sub-committee was reviewing the guidelines for sanctioning grants to private educational institutions.

    –SahilOnline

  • ATM Cash Withdrawal Limit Raised From Rs. 4,500 To Rs. 10,000 A Day, Says Reserve Bank

    HIGHLIGHTS

    1. Cash withdrawal limit increased to Rs. 10,000 per day starting tomorrow
    2. Weekly withdrawal limit of Rs. 24,000 per bank account remains unchanged
    3. Weekly withdrawal amount for current accounts doubled to Rs. 1 lakh.

    Starting tomorrow, you can pull out 10,000 per day from an ATM, though a weekly limit of 24,000 per bank account remains unchanged. 

    The RBI has increased the daily limit for ATM withdrawals from Rs. 4,500 which has been in place for a few weeks now.

    Image by IndianExpress



    From current accounts, the amount that can be collected each week has been doubled to a lakh. Limits of access to cash were declared on November 8 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the shock announcement that 500- and 1,000- rupee notes would be illegal just a few hours later.

    The demonetisation drive, he said, would check tax evasion, corruption and counterfeiting. A huge cash crunch followed, driving millions of Indians into long lines at banks, and the PM in an emotional speech asked for “just 50 days” till December 30 to resolve problems.

    After the new year, the scarcity of notes has eased up, though the opposition has said the government has defaulted on its PM because cash restrictions remain in place and, according to most estimates, virtually all the banned notes have been deposited in banks, meaning that black money has not been destroyed or forced out.

    Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has pointed to improved tax collections to dismiss reports of economic disruption after the notes ban. The shock decision on abolishing high-denomination notes prompted most private economists to slash growth forecasts to 6.3-6.4 per cent for the fiscal year 2016/17 from over 7.5 per cent, citing the impact of the demonetisation, which they said would linger for one more year, but the government has called those concerns unfounded.

    The Finance Ministry’s Statistics Office has predicted strong economic growth in the current fiscal year that ends in March. Gross Domestic Product is estimated to expand by an annual 7.1 per cent in the current fiscal year, slower than a provisional growth of 7.6 per cent in 2015/16. But the forecast does not fully take into account the impact of the notes ban. On Friday, Urjit Patel, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, has been summoned by a parliamentary committee to explain how the demonetisation decision was taken as also to outline its impact.

    In a written answer ahead of his appearance, the central bank has stated that it was the government which “advised” that 500 and 1,000-rupee notes be removed from circulation, which was then cleared by the RBI the next day. The PM announced demonetisation just 24 hours after that.

    The RBI has been criticised for following the government’s lead on a landmark decision on currency and for taking a backseat in the days that followed, with Mr Patel missing from briefings that made important announcements on issues like cash limits.

  • WhatsApp Android App Gets GIF Search, Media Sharing Limit Increased to 30 Files


    WhatsApp rolled out support for GIF images in its iPhone app in Novemver last year starting, followed by the Android app a month later.


    Now, the Facebook-owned WhatsApp has expanded the feature by integrating a GIF search keyboard into the messaging app with the WhatsApp for Android beta version. Alongside this, the WhatsApp beta has also increased the number of media files that can be shared at a time from 10 to 30 files.

    The new WhatsApp beta v2.17.6 for Android has introduced a new feature that allows users to search for GIF images directly from the app, and use them in chat conversations. It can be found on the web and use it in chat conversations seamlessly.


    A new GIF icon now appears at the bottom when you tap on the emoji button.

    Opening the GIF section on WhatsApp throws a lot of popular GIF sharing options available on Giphy (as seen above). You can even search for related GIFs using keywords, select the one you like, and send to WhatsApp users without leaving the app even once. Notably, not all WhatsApp users are seeing Giphy as the GIF image search integration – one of our team for example, is seeing the TENOR GIF search (seen below) instead – possibly because he uses that GIF keyboard on Facebook Messenger. Uninstalling Facebook Messenger did not cause WhatsApp to throw up the Giphy option instead.


    source – Gadgets360

  • ಅಪಘಾತ ಪ್ರಕರಣ

    ಕುಂದಾಪುರ:ದಿನಾಂಕ 09/01/2017 ರಂದು ಸಮಯ ಸುಮಾರು ಮದ್ಯಾಹ್ನ 12:45 ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ಕುಂದಾಪುರ ತಾಲೂಕು, ಬೀಜಾಡಿ ಗ್ರಾಮದ ಪೂಜಾ ಟೈಲ್ಸ್ ಬಳಿ ಪೂರ್ವ ಬದಿಯ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ 66 ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಅಬ್ದುಲ್‌ ಕುಂಜಿ ಎಂಬವರು KA-20-EK-0446 ನೇ ಮೋಟಾರ್ ಸೈಕಲ್‌‌ ನ್ನು ಸವಾರಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡು, ಇಂಡಿಕೇಟರ್ ಹಾಕಿ ಡಿವೈಡರ್ ಮುಖೇನ ಪೂರ್ವ ಬದಿಯಿಂದ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಬದಿಯ ರಸ್ತೆಗೆ ತಿರುಗಿಸುವಾಗ, ಆಪಾದಿತ ಅಬ್ದುಲ್ ಅಜೀಜ್ ಎಂಬವರು KA-19-B-3233 ನೇ ಈಚರ್ ಲಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಅತೀವೇಗ ಹಾಗೂ ಅಜಾಗರುಕತೆಯಿಂದ ಚಾಲನೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡು ಡಿಕ್ಕಿ ಹೊಡೆದ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಕುಂಜಿ ಅಹಮದ್ ರವರ ತಲೆಗೆ, ಹಾಗೂ ಬಲಕೈಗೆ ಒಳನೋವು ಹಾಗೂ ತರಚಿದ ಗಾಯವಾಗಿ ಕೊಟೇಶ್ವರ ಎನ್‌. ಆರ್ ಆಚಾರ್ಯ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆ ಪಡೆದು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಣಿಪಾಲದ ಕೆ.ಎಂ.ಸಿ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಗೆ ಹೋಗಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕುಂದಾಪುರ ಸಂಚಾರ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಠಾಣಾ ಅಪರಾಧ ಕ್ರಮಾಂಕ 03/2017 ಕಲಂ 279, 337 ಐಪಿಸಿಯಂತೆ ಪ್ರಕರಣ ದಾಖಲಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ –

    source: Udupi Police

  • LIVE: Kabaddi – Tippu Sultan Trophy – Final – Bhatkal

    Flood Light Inter District Kabadi Tournament organized by Sultan Youth Welfare Association (SYWA) at Bhatkal

    Final day live stream by Sahil Online.

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aE-jibvBfY&w=560&h=315]

  • Vodafone Offers Unlimited 3G/ 4G Data for an Hour at Rs. 16

    HIGHLIGHTS

    • Vodafone prepaid users can use unlimited 3G/ 4G data for 1 hour at Rs. 16 
    • It will also offer unlimited local calls with 1 hour validity for Rs. 7 
    • Under the scheme, 2G customers will get unlimited data for Rs. 5. 

    Telecom operator Vodafone on Friday announced a SuperHour scheme under which it will offer unlimited 3G or 4G data for one hour at a starting price of Rs. 16 for prepaid customers.

    It will also offer unlimited local voice calls (within network) with one hour validity for Rs. 7.

    “With SuperHour, you can use and download as much data as you like for one hour at a fixed, nominal price. Moreover, with unrestricted repeat purchase, you can make every hour SuperHour,” Sandeep Kataria, Chief Commercial Officer, Vodafone India said in a statement.

    “Customers can also buy the SuperHour pack for making unlimited local Vodafone to Vodafone voice calls for only Rs. 7,” the statement added.

    Under the scheme, prepaid customers will get unlimited 4G/ 3G data usage for one hour, starting at just Rs. 16 which will be launched from January 7 and available to customers across all circles by January 9.

    The rate may vary across circles, it added.

    The offer is not available in Bihar-Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Andhra Pradesh-Telangana.

    Under the scheme, 2G customers will get unlimited data for Rs. 5. Customers can make unlimited repeat purchase of the voice and data packs, it added.

    The unlimited data offer can also be used to view a variety of videos and movies on Vodafone Play, whose subscription is free till March 31, 2017.

  • Now, burqa-clad girl allegedly molested, injured in wee hours

    BENGALURU: Even before the outrage over the New Year’s eve molestation incidents could subside, another such incident had rocked the city. The victim of the incident reported on Friday morning is a 25-year-old burqa-clad woman.

    The victim suffered minor injuries in the assault. According to Kadugondanahalli (K G Halli) police, the incident occurred between 6.15 to 6.25 am, as the woman was heading to the bus stop. The woman, who is a resident of Vinoba Nagar, was walking along Govindapura Main Road, near Arabic College, to reach the Outer Ring Road junction at Nagawara. After walking almost half the way, she was ‘ambushed’ by an
    unidentified youth from behind who whispered ‘Don’t shout’ in Urdu.

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmPFQYFjaV8]

    Fearing she would be abused by the man, she raised an alarm which caught the attention of locals nearby, the police said. “The girl regularly walks along the Road to catch a bus to Koramangala, where she is employed as a Sales Assistant in a start up. On Friday however, the guy followed and allegedly molested her, resulting in some injuries,” K G Halli police said.
    The woman suffered injuries on her tongue, arm and leg. “While the injuries on her tongue were self inflicted due to shock and fear, minor injuries to her arm and leg were caused as the accused pushed the victim to the ground,” police said.
    Locals quickly converged on the spot hearing her cries of help, by which time the accused fled the spot.
    A complaint was filed by the girl at K G Halli police station during the late hours of noon. Police are on the look out for the accused.
    Like the molestation incident in Kammanahalli in the city, the attack was captured on the CCTV camera of a house in the neighbourhood. Footage sourced from the camera showed that the girl was being stalked by the miscreant before he pounced on the girl.

  • Bengaluru molestation case: Four arrested

    Bengaluru: Amid national outrage over several women being molested in full public view on New Years eve in midtown here, another case of a woman being groped and assaulted by two scooter-borne men near her home has emerged with the shocking incident caught on camera.

    Bengaluru: Amid national outrage over several women being molested in full public view on New Years eve in midtown here, another case of a woman being groped and assaulted by two scooter-borne men near her home has emerged with the shocking incident caught on camera.

    The video footage shows two men accost a woman on a scooter, race past her and take a U-turn, only to park the vehicle, after which one of them jumps off and gropes her before escaping, even as bystanders watch without coming to her help. In the video footage caught on the CCTV of a residential building, one of the two men was first seen approaching the woman and forcing himself on her and dragging her to the scooter while the other person is seated on it, before pinning her down.

    As the victim resists and tries to free herself from the clutches of the culprit, he pushes her down on the road and both escape from the scene, but not before the victim slaps the one who had grabbed her.

    the main culprit who molested the woman and Leno, Sudesh and Somashekar.

    A resident with the CCTV footage brought the incident, said to have taken place around 2.30 AM on January 1, to the notice of police.

    Bengaluru Police Commissioner Praveen Sood said an FIR had been filed and the victim had not yet approached the police. On late December 31 night, several women were molested and groped and lewd remarks passed by miscreants on M G Road and Brigade Road, despite the presence of 1,500 police personnel to control the unruly New Year revellers.

    The incident drew flak from many quarters even as Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara stoked a controversy by blaming the youngsters “western ways” for the incidents. These remarks came in for flak even as the National Commission for Women chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam flayed the minister, demanding his resignation.

    -PTI

  • IT raid on Bhatkal Urban Bank, Nothing suspicious found

    Bhatkal: Income Tax Department (IT) raided famous Urban co operative Bank of Bhatkal on 4th January and scrutinised Bank records for hours. It is said that they didnt find anything suspicious and had to return empty handed.
    IT officers raided the head office of Urban Bank around noon on 4th January and scrutinised  the transaction files and other records of the bank. Mr. Subash and Shashaank Balega and 10 other officers were in the vehicles which stood at the bank’s door approximately at 1 am. They kept all the mobile phones of bank officials and shut the main door without allowing anybody to depart from the bank. The people present in the bank were allowed to go out after some questioning.
    IT officials checked  transactions in accounts after 8 November, Prime Minister Modi’s demonitisation announcement. It is said that few account holders were called to the bank and were questioned. 
    The officials of the bank were calm in the whole process. It is said that Urban bank had been adhering  to RBI (Reserve Bank of India) guidelines and norms so they were not too worried. The Income Tax Officers departed without any chit to the bank. The head of the crew Mr. Subhash informed S O correspondent that “We didn’t get any suspicious matter from this search but we have collected the information and will work on it”.

    –Sahil Online

  • DRI seizes foreign currencies worth Rs 25 lac at airport, arrests person from Bhatkal

    Mangaluru, Jan 5: Acting swiftly on specific intelligence, the officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mangaluru, on Thursday January 5 arrested a passenger at the Mangaluru international airport here and seized foreign currencies worth over Rs 25 lac.
    The arrested is Mohammed Farooque Armar (51), a native of Bhatkal.
    The officers arrested Farooque while he was waiting to board the SpiceJet flight SG59 bound for Dubai. Farooque had by then completed all check-in and immigration formalities.
    On thorough examination of Farooque’s baggage, the officers found that bundles of foreign currencies were deftly concealed inside biscuit and confectionery packets. Assorted foreign currencies comprising US dollars, British pound, euros, UAE dirhams, Saudi riyals and Qatari riyals, totalling 25,07,162 in Indian rupee value were recovered from Farooque. The currencies were seized under the provisions of Customs Act, 1962 read with FEMA rules and RBI guidelines issued in this regard.
    Upon interrogation, Farooque admitted the offence and stated that in the past also he had been a carrier of smuggled mobile phones and confectioneries into India from the Gulf countries and it was out of the proceeds of these smuggled goods that he was able to purchase the huge quantity of foreign currencies from various underground operators in Bhatkal, whose whereabouts and activities are being keenly investigated by the DRI now.
    The DRI said that it was hopeful of getting new breakthrough regarding unauthorised currency dealers and hawala operators in the course of further investigation.