Malpe: Two including boy drowned in sea
Malpe, October 19: In two separate incidents, two persons including a boy drowned in the sea in Malpe Beach on Friday evening.
The deceased have been identified as Suresh (29) of Dabaspet in Tumakuru and, Mokshith (9), son of advocate Anand and Rudrani of Belur in Hassan district.
Suresh, along with his 14 family members, had been to pilgrim places. After visiting Sabarimala, Dharmasthala and other places, they visited Malpe beach on today evening. While playing in the sea, he drowned in the water and died. Suresh was working as a clerk in a school at Dabaspet and married just four months ago.
Advocate Anand and his family came to the beach in the evening. While playing in the beach, the boy Mokshith drowned as a huge wave struck him and died on the spot, police said.
Bodies were shifted to Ajjarakadu district hospital for postmortem. Malpe police registered the cases.
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Karnataka govt to strictly implement the paid menstrual leave policy, after HC directive
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad has said that the government will strictly implement the paid menstrual leave policy across all sectors at the earliest, following the High Court directive.
The High Court of Karnataka had recently directed the state government to "strictly and faithfully" implement the menstrual leave policy, pending formal enactment of the proposed legislation.
"I welcome the directive issued by the Karnataka High Court in support of our state government's ambitious menstrual leave policy," Lad said.
The state government has taken firm steps to implement the menstrual leave policy comprehensively, and as a model to the country, he said in a post on 'X' on Thursday.
"In line with the court's opinion that menstrual leave is a matter of women's dignity, justice, and humane recognition of their lived realities, we will strictly implement the paid menstrual leave policy--equivalent to one day per month, or 12 days per year--across all sectors at the earliest," he added.
The court had said that in the interregnum, it shall be incumbent upon the state to ensure effective operationalisation of the policy through the issuance of suitable guidelines, circulars, and administrative instructions, as may be necessary to secure its uniform, consistent, and rigorous implementation across all sectors.
The court issued the directive while hearing on a petition filed by 41-year-old Chandravva Hanumant Gokavi, who works in a hotel in Mudalgi of Gokak taluk in Belagavi district, before the Dharwad bench, seeking implementation of the November 20, 2025, order of the government providing one-day menstrual leave for all working women.
