3 Good Samaritans who rescued countless accident victims honoured

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August 16, 2017

Mangaluru, Aug 16: Three Good Samaritans, who have been helping accident victims and  10 students from government schools, who did well in the Class 10 examination were among those felicitated by district in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai during the Independence Day celebrations at the Nehru Maidan in the city.

Mr. Rai presented “Jeevarakshak award” to Sunil Ivan Menezes from Vagga in Bantwal for rescuing nearly 150 accident victims in the last 15 years. Mr. Menezes has also been taking care of people abandoned on the streets.

The award was also presented to Sharat Kumar from Thokkottu, who has saved the lives of nearly 100 accident victims in the last 15 years, and Naveen Kumar from Uppinangady, who has saved the lives of 20 accident victims.

Students get laptops

The Department of Public Instruction has been giving away every year laptops to top three scorers in the Class 10 examination. These laptops are given, apart from the top three scorers of the district, to toppers in the seven educational blocks.

Mr. Rai presented laptops to Sanath Raghava U., a student of Government Pre University College, Puttur, who topped the district with 615 marks. Shivaram from Government Pre University College Siddakatte, Bantwal, (610 marks), Prajesh from Government Secondary School Kashipatna, Belthangady (606) and Roopa from Government School, Keyyur, Puttur (606), were the other three toppers from the district to receive the laptops.

Mr. Rai presented laptops to Pratham A. Acharya from Chelyar, Puneeta from Balmatta and Prem Sagar from Chelyar, who were toppers from the Mangaluru North Block. Prateeksha from Kuppepadavu, Harshini from Permannoor and Sharanya S., who topped the Mangaluru South Block, also received the laptops.

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Saleem Panja
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Wednesday, 16 Aug 2017

Minister UT Khader also entitle for Jeevarakshak award, he  also appeared at accident spot.

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May 15,2020

Bengaluru, May 15 Reformed underworld don N Muthappa Rai died battling cancer at a private hospital here on Friday, hospital sources said.

Rai, 68, was suffering from brain cancer for the past one year and was admitted at Manipal Hospital on Old Airport Road, where he died at 2.30 am, the sources said. Rai is survived by two sons.

Born into a Tulu-speaking Bunt family in Dakshina Kannada''s Puttur town, Rai entered the crime world at a very young age.

Karnataka police issued arrest warrants against Rai in eight cases, including murder and conspiracy.

In 2002, Rai was deported to India from the United Arab Emirates. On arrival, he was questioned by various investigation agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Intelligence Bureau (IB), and by the Karnataka police. He was later acquitted due to the lack of evidences.

In his reformed years, Rai founded charitable organisation ''Jaya Karnataka''.

Rai has appeared in Tulu film ''Kanchilda Baale'' in 2011 and Kannada film ''Katari Veera Surasundarangi'' in 2012.

Bollywood director Ram Gopal Varma wanted to make a movie based on Rai''s life. The film roped in actor Vivek Oberoi for the lead role and was shot in Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Mumbai, Dubai and London. However, it has not been released due to production delays.

Rai was enthusiastic about the film and even celebrated his birthday with Varma and Oberoi.

After his cancer diagnosis, Rai withdrew from public life and resigned from Jaya Karnataka.

His last rites are likely to be performed at Bidadi on Friday, family sources said.

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April 17,2020

Kalaburagi, Apr 17: Hundreds of people participated in the Siddhalingeswara temple chariot festival in Chitapur village on Thursday, violating the lockdown orders.

"Today at 6.30 am, around 100-150 people had come near Siddalingeshwara temple for about 20 mintues and took part in chariot pulling procession," Superintendent of Police Lada Martin said.

A case has been registered against 20 people and further investigation is going to ascertain more details related to the religious gathering.
Meanwhile, a sub-inspector has been suspended.

Thirty-six cases of coronavirus were reported in Karnataka on Thursday, taking the state's tally to 315.

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February 17,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 17: Out of the total 418 samples of suspect coronavirus cases sent for testing to National Institute of Virology from Kerala, 405 have come out as negative, while the results for the rest, barring three, are awaited.

"Out of three persons in whom the disease was confirmed, two persons have been discharged. One person is stable and the repeat sample results are awaited," according to a release by the Health and Family Welfare Department of the Kerala government.

The release added that till Sunday a total of 2,276 people have been placed under surveillance, "out of which 2262 are under home isolation and 14 are admitted in designated isolation facilities."

The health condition of all symptomatic people under isolation is stable, according to the release.

The release added that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Centre) has informed the Kerala government that 115 people belonging to Kerala are currently in quarantine in two camps in Delhi.

These 115 people have been tested and found negative for coronavirus and they will be allowed to travel back to Kerala on Monday evening.

The people have been requested to remain in home isolation upon their return.

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