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25-year-old Udupi-origin student shot dead in California

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November 30, 2019

Newsroom, Nov 30: In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old student from Karnataka was shot dead by an unidentified person at San Bernardino, California, in the US, on Thursday.

The victim has been identified as Abhishek Sudesh Bhat, son of Sudesh Chand and Nandini Aithal of Kuvempu Nagar in Mysuru and grandson of writer K Shivaram Aithal. Though his family currently stays in Mysuru it originally hails from Udupi’s Shirva, according to reports.

According to reports, the family members of the victim are struggling to bring his mortal remains to Mysuru as all roads to San Bernardino have been cut off due to bad weather.

It is learnt that Abhishek died after an unidentified person opened fire. According to Abhishek’s relative Ramnath, also a Rangayana artiste, Abhishek’s body was found in front of a hotel room. Abhishek was also working at a hotel during his free time.

Abhishek’s family has approached MP Pratap Simha and deputy commissioner Abhiram G Sankar, seeking their help to bring the mortal remains.

According to the family members, Abhishek had spoken to his father over phone two days ago and had sent a message at 11.15 pm on Thursday. News of Abhishek’s death reached the family within 15 minutes of the message.

After his BE in Computer Science from Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology in 2016, Abhishek moved to the US to pursue Masters in Computer Science 20 months ago. He had four more months to complete the course.

Abhishek also planned to work for a year or two in the US, after completing the course.

VVIET principal Ravishankar said he had taught Abhishek in the undergraduate course. “He was active and a good student,” he said.

Abhishek completed his early education from Jnanaganga Education Institution in Mysuru.

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January 25,2020

Udupi, Jan 25: Mangalore International Airport (MIA) culprit Aditya Rao has revealed that after placing the explosive device he went to Malpe and made threat call of placing bomb in the Indigo flight.

Rao, who is in police custody, on Saturday, was brought to Malpe under tight security by the investigating officer ACP Belliyappa for spot investigation. On January 20, Aditya had come to the Mangaluru airport and planted an explosive device before going to Malpe and made a threat call about placing a bomb in the Indigo flight. He was just a couple of kilometers away from the Malpe police station while making the call.

Sitting outside an egg selling shop which opens only after 6:00 pm, Aditya had called the Airport and informed that a bomb was placed in the Indigo flight. Later he destroyed the sim card and left to Bengaluru to surrender.

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March 8,2020

Shivamogga, Mar 8: In a tragic incident, three people died on the spot and one person severely injured after a car, in which they were travelling dashed against a wayside tree in Kaspadi village in Sagar Taluk on Sunday.

Police said that the deceased have been identified as Siddappa (40), Venkatesha (50), G Tippanna (60), while injured Nagaraj, was admitted to Hospital at Sagar.

The mishap took place when the victims were their way to visit Kargal Village from Raichur.

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August 5,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Deputy Chief Minister Dr.CN Ashwathnarayan instructed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner Manjunatha Prasad to set up a separate high-level committee to ascertain the exact cause of coronavirus-related deaths in the state.

He spoke to reporters after a meeting with Prasad on Tuesday.

"The committee, headed by senior officials will audit the reason for the increase in death cases. Has there been a death due to treatment delay? Or are there any shortcomings in the treatment process?" the deputy chief minister said.

He pointed out that based on the report, the committee should try to correct the deficiency and reduce the death rate.

"How many beds are in which hospital? How many patients are on a ventilator? How many have gone home from the hospital? Etc. All information needs to be updated online at the moment. He suggested that this information should be made available to the public online," Ashwaththanarayana said.

Stating that some hospitals are not giving details about the number of beds correctly, he instructed the commissioners to take legal action if differences in their data are found.

He said that there is a shortage of ASHA workers in the city and it needs to be hired immediately.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 74,477 active COVID-19 cases in Karnataka and the death toll in the state is at 2,594. 

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