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Karnataka bans use of Cell phones by children upto 16 years of age
Publish Date : 9/11/2007 11:41:00 PM Source : South Asia News Onlypunjab.com
Use of cellular phones by school children upto 16 years of age (upto pre-university) was banned with immediate effect by the Karnataka Government today.
Speaking to newsmen Primary and Secondary Education Minister Basavaraj S Horatti and Health and Family Welfare Minister R Ashok said a circular banning use of cellular phones by children would be issued in a day or two. The ban was applicable to government, private and aided educational institutions, they clarified.
The School authorities would be empowered to seize the cell phones if used in the schools by children, they added.
The Ministers appealed to the parents not to encourage use of cell phones by children at home. Mr Ashok, quoting an expert opinion, said regular use of cell phones by children would affect their ears and heart in the long term.
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Myanmar offers to build temple for 'tsunami idol'
Publish Date : 2/25/2005 10:12:00 AM
The Myanmar government has offered to help the people of a village in Tamil Nadu build a temple to a deity that came floating on the tsunami waves on Dec 26.
Royal coup gives 16 firms reprieve from Maoists
Publish Date : 2/25/2005 10:11:00 AM
Though widely condemned by the international community, the royal coup in Nepal has given 16 leading business houses - including some India-Nepal joint ventures ....
Manmohan, Karzai hold talks
Publish Date : 2/25/2005 10:05:00 AM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Afghan President Hamid Karzai held talks here Thursday on India's continued assistance to Kabul for its reconstruction programme ....
Bangladesh government made to 'eat own words'
Publish Date : 2/25/2005 10:03:00 AM
By banning two Islamic fundamentalist, militant outfits, the government has finally "eaten its own words", a leading Bangladesh daily said Thursday.
China bans imports after Britain food dye scare
Publish Date : 2/25/2005 9:59:00 AM
China has banned imports of foodstuff containing Sudan I, a potential cancer causing dye that has contaminated hundreds of food items in Britain, and is screening....
Nepal's 'Ranvir Sena' takes on Maoists
Publish Date : 2/25/2005 9:55:00 AM
A Hindi-speaking Nepalese from the Terai plains is said to be taking on Maoist guerrillas with his private militia reminiscent of the Ranvir Sena in the Indian state of Bihar.
As Mathura celebrates, Agra is thirsty
Publish Date : 2/25/2005 9:48:00 AM
A 1,200-foot-long sari, vedic chants and offerings of milk and honey into the Yamuna marked a festival in nearby Mathura even as the Taj Mahal city of Agra was seething ....
Is EU preparing to do business with Nepal Maoists?
Publish Date : 2/25/2005 9:48:00 AM
As the first month of emergency rule in Nepal, imposed by King Gyanendra after sacking the government led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Feb 1, draws to a close....
UN envoy offers mediation in Nepal again
Publish Date : 2/25/2005 9:44:00 AM
A senior UN official has once again offered mediation by the global body between the new Nepalese government and Maoist insurgents, saying both parties could listen....
4,000-year-old giant panda bone found
Publish Date : 2/25/2005 9:19:00 AM
A skeleton unearthed from a 4,000-year-old tomb in central China belongs to a giant panda, Xinhua reported.
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