Maddur, Feb 7: Two daily wage workers were buried alive after a heap of mud collapsed on them near the Agriculture Department office on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, in Maddur of Mandya district on Thursday night, police said on Friday.
Police said that the deceased, Kashinath (37), and Rajgandh (30), were working at a site of the ongoing Bengaluru-mysuru highway development project.
Krishnagiri, Feb 24: Vidya Rani, daughter of dead sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, joined the BJP on Saturday at an event organised in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri.
Party general secretary Muralidhar Rao and former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan were present at the event.
"I want to work for the poor and underprivileged irrespective of their caste and religion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's schemes are for the people and I want to take them to the people," said Vidya Rani.
Besides Vidya Rani, the event saw as many as 1,000 members from other political parties join the BJP.
welcome to mafia gang
No issue BJP welcomes all gangsters and criminals, hope tomorrow Ravi Pojari also will join BJP and live happy life in India
Managluru, May 13: Expressing regret over the inconvenience faced by the first batch of passengers from UAE that landed at Mangaluru International Airport last night, Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, deputy chief minister of Karnataka, today assured that all short comings will be addressed.
Addressing Kannadiga delegates from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and other countries through a video conference, Dr Narayan also assured that necessary steps will be taken by the Karnataka government to provide free quarantine facility for those who cannot afford private quarantine in hotels or guest houses. The video conference was organised by coastaldigest.com.
"The incontinence faced by passengers from Dubai at Mangaluru Airport have already been brought to my notice. All these shortcomings will be addressed. We will take appropriate steps to prevent the recurrence of such inconveniences," he said.
He said that the Karnataka government has already amended its standard operating procedure for international passengers to allow pregnant women to entre home quarantine if they test negative for covid-19.
The problems faced by passengers at Mangaluru Airport last night include lack of staff to handle luggagues, lack of food and water, delay in arranging vehicle to transport passengers to quarantine centres and lack of free quarantine facility for those who cannot afford private quarantine facility. The next batch of repatriates will not face these problems, he said.
Dr Narayan also promised to exert pressur on the union governmment to operate more flights to repatriate stranded Indians, especially Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia.
Prominent NRI commnity leaders Zakariya Jokatte, Naveen Bandary, Joy Fernandes, Shathosh Shetty Riyadh, Althaf Saqco, Shiekh Expertise and others participated in the video confernce.
I suggest, prefer Keral airports.. especially muslim pasengers
Mangaluru, May 2: Dakshina Kannada district administration has taken steps to quarantine people returning after having lost their jobs in foreign countries.
Marriages hall, general halls and hostels are being identified for the purpose, a source said.
Official said that Coronavirus scare also has forced many people from foreign countries, those in including Gulf countries, to return to their native villages.
The Gulf countries are also sending back those staying illegally there.
Once the flight services resume, thousands of people are likely to return to the country.
Meanwhile, DK deputy commissioner Karnataka held a video conference with Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.
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