Karnataka DyCM confirms vaccines are not mandatory for students
Bengaluru: Minister for Higher education, who is also the Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C N Ashwath Narayan clarified that the department would not force any students to get vaccinated and confirmed that the decision to get vaccinated would be up to them.
Although earlier, the higher education department had intended to administer the Covid-19 vaccines to the eligible students in July and planned on resuming classes in August, they have clarified that students do not need to get vaccinated.
According to existing data from the department, 94,000 students have been vaccinated as of June 28, 2021 (Monday). It had earlier been their aim to vaccinate all the students in the course of the next 10 days.
Department Officials have revealed that the students will be given options to attend either online or offline classes as it is not obligatory for students to attend in-person classes after vaccination.
It is to be noted that a doctor from Mangaluru Dr. Srinivas Kakkilaya along with a student and parents of two students had sent legal notice to the Karnataka Government after it had announced that the colleges in the state will reopen after all the students, teaching and non-teaching staff would be vaccinated in a special vaccination drive. In the notice they had termed the government's move as illegal and unscientific, adding that vaccines cannot be made mandatory on any citizen and it should be a voluntary call. It had further cited the judgement of Meghalaya High Court to support their cause.
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Gangolli Police arrest couple in house robbery case within seven hours
Gangolli: In an operation, the Gangolli police arrested a couple accused of a house robbery within seven hours of the incident.
The accused, identified as Vinayak (41) and his wife Pramila (30) from Gujjadi, were taken into custody following a coordinated investigation by the police team.
The robbery took place on the morning of January 21 when a bag containing jewelry was stolen from a house near Trasi Beach. Among the stolen items were a 16-gram gold necklace, a 16-gram bangle, and three gold rings weighing 3 grams, with the total value of the jewelry estimated at Rs 2 lakh. The culprits fled the scene on a scooty.
Following the registration of the case at the Gangolli police station, SSI Harish R. and a team comprising officers Shantaram, Raju, Nagaraj, Raghavendra, Sandeep Kurani, Maruti Nayak, and Dinesh swiftly gathered intelligence and tracked down the suspects by 8 p.m. on the same day. The stolen gold ornaments and the vehicle used in the crime have been recovered.
The accused were presented before the court, and further legal proceedings are underway.
