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Arson threat: Saffron leader backs Kateel; UTK demands public apology

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January 4, 2017

Mangaluru, Jan 4: Even as the police have registered an FIR against Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel for threatening to arson his constituency, a Sangh Parivar leader has strongly condemned action against him.

utkatSatyajith Surathkal, BJP Backward Classes Morcha state secretary, lambasted Congress leaders for filing case against the MP for his provocative speech.

Addressing a protest meet in front of Konaje police station on Sunday, Mr Kateel had said that his party workers were capable of setting Dakshina Kannada district on fire if the police did not arrest the perpetrators of the murder of Karthik Raj.

Strongly backing the MP, Mr Surathkal said: "Mr Kateel made that statement just out of emotion. However, Congress leaders have blown the issue out of proportion.”

On the other hand Mr Kateel has regretted for his open threat and said that he was unwell. However, Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader accused the BJP MP of attempting to disturb peace in the region and also demanded a public apology for his statement.

Mr. Khader, who represents Mangaluru constituency where the Mr Kateel delivered the provocative speech, said that it was unbecoming of a public representative to speak in a way that could incite violence in the region.

As an MP, Mr. Kateel should work towards the development of the region and not indulge in acts that disturbed peace. Instead of helping the police in catching the real culprits, Mr. Kateel was trying to gain political mileage over the delay in the arrest of those involved in the murder reported in October 2016.

Condemning the statement of Mr. Kateel, district in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai said that criminal action should be taken against the MP for making the provocative speech. Mr. Rai said that he has requested the State government to hand over investigation in the murder to the Criminal Investigation Department.

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Wednesday, 4 Jan 2017

same emotions will force him to act on the treat.

Arnab Emme Swamy
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Wednesday, 4 Jan 2017

Change headline into \saffronist justifies arsonist\""

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May 15,2020

Mangaluru, May 15: Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police on Friday warned those who are opposing quarantine to either go for it or face legal action under Epidemic Diseases Act.

In a release here on Friday, Mr B M Laxmi Prasad said that schools and hostels have been identified for quarantining those who arrive from other states. Those, who return, will be quarantined in the respective Gram Panchayat/local bodies’ jurisdiction. The public should not panic over the quarantine facility.

The quarantine facility has been introduced in the interest of the general public. If anyone opposes or protests against such facility, then legal action will be initiated against them, he warned.

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June 9,2020

Dubai, Jun 9: A young NRI engineer in Dubai, who supported his pregnant spouse to file a plea in the Supreme Court of India for early repatriation from the UAE amid the coronavirus lockdown passed away in his sleep of suspected cardiac arrest.

The deceased identified as Nithin Chandran (28) and his wife Athira Geetha Sreedharan (27) had hit headlines in the past after the latter filed a writ petition seeking assistance to be repatriated to India, following the suspension of flights to the country, as she was due for the delivery of their first baby in the first week of July.

Chandran, a mechanical engineer was working at a construction firm in Dubai. According to the reports, he had stayed back in UAE after sending his wife home on the first day of repatriation from Dubai on May 7 under the Vande Bharat Mission.

The deceased was receiving the treatment for high blood pressure and a heart condition and is suspected to have died of a heart attack while asleep, his friend said. However, the exact cause of his death is yet to be known.

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June 29,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 29: A hospital set up in 1848 in the Port City has to remain closed till July 5 as majority of the Doctors and Staff at Lady Goschen Government Hospital are quarantined after coming in contact with a COVID-19 infected person.

Hospital Medical Superintendent said that both in-patient and out-patient wings of the hospital will remain closed till July 5 as there is a need to fumigate and sanitise all the departments of the hospital. Patients for treatment under 'Ayushman Bharat – Arogya Karnataka' scheme will be sent to private medical colleges with the referral card from the hospital. The hospital will start functioning normally from July 6.

The Lady Goschen Government Hospital, earlier known as the maternity Hospital, is the oldest hospital in the district and dates back to 1848.

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