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3 from Kerala feared killed in US apartment fire

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October 29, 2016

Alapuzza, Oct 29: Three members of a family hailing from near Pattanakkad here were killed after a fire at their apartment complex in New Jersey . The news regarding their death was confirmed by their relatives at Putiyakavu on Friday morning.

Untitled-1Venugopal R, an assistant sub-inspector with the excise department, said his nephew Vinod B Damodaran, 44, wife Sreeja, 38, and their daughter Ardhra, 13, of Geethanjali House, Putiyakavu, Pattanakkad were killed after a fire in their apartment complex in New Jersey on Monday .

"Vinod, who was a research scientist at Rutgers University there, used to call us daily. But he did not call us from Monday .Though we tried to contact him, we could not reach him. Following this, we contacted the university officials and they informed us that the family was among the victims of the fire mishap. Their bodies were almost completely burned. So the process for a DNA test is progressing. Their bodies will be cremated there. We are trying to complete the legal procedures there as soon possible with the help of Indian Embassy, Norka-Roots and various Malayalee associations in USA," he said.

Vinod and family had visited Puthiyakavu in April. Vinod was working in Bombay and he and his family left Bombay for USA eight years ago. Ardhra was an eight standard student in New Jersey .

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: The condition of former Chief Minister and leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah, who recently tested positive for COVID-19, is clinically stable and he is responding to COVID-19 treatment, the hospital authorities said on Friday.

"Leader of the opposition and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is clinically stable and responding to COVID-19 treatment. He is comfortable and his appetite has improved. Our team of experts will continue to monitor him closely," Manipal Hospital said in a health bulletin.

Siddaramaiah had informed on Twitter on August 4 that he tested positive for COVID-19 and admitted himself to a hospital.

Since then, he had been active on twitter and attacked the BS Yediyurappa government in Karnataka over their handling of COVID-19 and heavy rainfall situation.

Earlier on Friday morning, Siddaramaiah remembered Nobel laureate and poet Rabindranath Tagore on his death anniversary.

The former Chief Minister of Karnataka also condoled the demise of Karnataka State Wakf Board chairman Dr Mohammed Yusuf on Friday.

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June 30,2020

Udupi, June 30: A girl who appeared for SSLC exams in three subjects tested positive for COVID-19 in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district today.

Sheshashayana Karinja, Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI) said that the 15-year-old girl had a headache and her parents took her for testing and she had tested positive for COVID-19.

She will appear for the remaining three subjects during the supplementary exams in August.

The room where the girl appeared for the exam had been sanitised. But exams would not be held in that room. All precautions have been taken in that exam centre in Kundapur taluk, Mr. Karinja said.

The other 19 students will be allowed to write their exams as there was a distance of one metre between them and there was no contact between the students during the exams, Mr. Karinja added.

It is learned that a couple of months ago, a Mumbai returnee who recovered from COVID-19 had visited the girl’s house. However, it is not clear that she got an infection from the Mumbai returnee.

It could be recalled here that a student from Hejamadi in Udupi district who was preparing for the Science exam had tested positive two days back and she is currently being treated at a hospital.

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May 26,2020

Bengaluru, May 26: Unknown miscreants have set ablaze 30-40 migrant labourers hutments in Bengaluru east, prompting police to take suo motu cognizance, an official said on Tuesday.

"As many as 30-40 migrant labourers' hutments have been set ablaze by unknown miscreants at Kacharakanahallin in KG Halli, we have taken suo motu cognizance of the crime," said a police official to media.

Police are investigating the arson invoking IPC Sections 143, 147, 188, 436, 123, 504, 506 and others.

"There was no loss of life in the arson as the migrant labourers were away at their hometowns because of COVID lockdown," said the official.

The labourers came from different parts of Karnataka to eke out a living and were living in those huts near the Rama Temple in KG Halli.

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