Belagavi, Mar 10: Around 6,000 chickens were buried alive by some poultry farm owners here as the rate of flesh in the market dropped even below the cost price due to Coronavirus scare.
The poultry farm who buried the chickens on Monday evening belonged to Lolasuru village in Gokak Taluk of the district.
One of the owners, Nazir Makandar, said that there was no demand for chicken because of threat of Coronavirus.
Bengaluru, Apr 16: A 66-year old man from the city, became the thirteenth COVID-19 related fatality in Karnataka, Health Department officials said on Thursday.
The elderly patient from Bengaluru, who was coronavirus positive died on April 15 at Victoria Hospital in the city, officials said.
"He was referred from a private hospital and was admitted in Victoria Hospital and was on ventilator support since April 10," they added.
A 80-year old woman in Belagavi and a 65-year old man from Chikkaballapura had also died on Wednesday.
Mangalore, Jan 12: City police on Sunday arrested five people for their alleged involvement in a Rs 50 crore fraud by promising people higher monetary returns.
Police said that the arrested persons are Manjunath Nayak, a resident of Derebail; Denzil Mascarenhas, a Konchady resident; Ashok Naik, a Derebail resident; Vikas Nayak and Vishwanath Naik both residents of Bengaluru were arrested.
The arrested were employed in the ‘Speak and Group’ concern, started by Dhanush M K of Kundapur along with his friends. The firm had managed to collect huge sums of money from people, including NRIs by promising monthly four percent returns on their investment. The employees managed to entice people by showing them a few insurance schemes claiming higher returns.
Mangaluru/Udupi, May 20: The twin districts of coastal Karnataka today reported seven new coronavirus cases. Six cases were reported from Udupi district and one from Dakshina Kannada.
All the six new coronavirus patients in Udupi have been admitted to Dr TMA Pai Covid hospital.
With the new case, 22 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported so far in the district, including a one death. Three have recovered, and 18 are active.
55th case in Mangaluru
The new coronavirus patient in Dakshina Kannada is a 40-year-old woman from Neermarga near Mangaluru.
With this, the total number of cases in Dakshina Kannada has risen to 55 out of which 33 are currently active.
The woman had travelled from Rajajinagar in Bengaluru along with her son to Mangaluru on May 10.
Sources said that she was residing in two houses at Kudupu and Kuttikala.
She was suffering from Asthma and respiratory problems. She was admitted to Wenlock COVID hospital on May 17.
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we are ready to destroy food but wont allow poor to eat it
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