Kalaburagi, Mar 1: Former Karnataka Minister and BJP leader Baburao Chinchansur today said that Dr Umesh Jadhav will be the BJP candidate against Congress leader in
Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge from Kalaburagi constituency in the General Elecction.
Addressing a Press Conference here on Friday, he said that "the platform is ready for Jadhav's victory . The people from Koli Community should support the BJP candidate by revolting against the Congress for the injustice done to the community.
Bengaluru, Jun 21: As many as 518 private hospitals and medical colleges empanelled under the Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust (SAST) have been allowed to treat Covid-19 patients in Karnataka amid rising cases, an official said on Saturday.
"These 518 institutions across the state empanelled under ABArK are permitted to admit and treat Covid patients as per government protocols and criteria," the health official said.
The private hospitals can treat patients only if referred by public authorities such as BBMP Commissioner, Health department Director, District Health Officers and others.
In Bengaluru, there are 44 such empanelled private facilities. The entire list is available at www.arogya.karnataka.gov.in and also on the Health Department's website.
The hospitals will be paid an appropriate package rate for Covid management, said the official.
The state has not barred private hospitals from treating Covid patients but they have to mandatorily report all positive cases.
"Due to increasing number of Covid cases in the state, it was decided to involve private hospitals in treatment of such patients," said Additional Chief Secretary Jawaid Akhtar.
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Mangaluru, Jul 19: In the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown imposed till July 23, streets in the Dakshina Kannada district here bore a deserted look today (Sunday) morning.
The state government had allowed relaxation hours between 8 am to 11 am in the week-long total shutdown. However today there was no relaxation.
All shops including those selling essential commodities were also seen closed in the district today. Besides, barricades were also seen stationed at different junctures on the road.
As per Karnataka's COVID-19 information portal, a total of 59,652 coronavirus cases have been reported in the state, including 36,631 active cases and 21,775 recoveries. So far, 1,240 people have died due to the infection in the state.
Dakshina Kannada so far recorded 3,311 covid-19 positive cases and 75 deaths.
Karwar, Aug 6: In a shocking incident, a 40-day-old girl child was murdered by her own parents in Sirsi town in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district.
The accused are Priyanka (21) and her husband Chandrashekhar Bhat (42), residents of Ramanakoppa in Sahasrahalli in Yellapur.
According to police, the couple did not want a girl child and hence threw it into a well. The couple was arrested by the police the very next day.
The incident came to light after the child’s maternal uncle, Abhishek Jagadeesh Singh Choudhari, a resident of Rajeev Nagar in Sirsi, lodge a complaint with Yellapur police station.
He had claimed that his sister Priyanka’s baby had been kidnapped and subsequently killed.
Priyanka had claimed that she woke up around 2.30am on August 2 to find that her baby, Tanushri, was not in her cradle. Her husband’s family subsequently started searching for the baby, which they found dead inside a well.
Choudhari suspected that Tanushri had been kidnapped, and had been killed by her abductors to erase any evidence of their crime.
Uttara Kannada superintendent of police Shivaprakash Devaraju constituted a team to crack the crime, and the cops, who subjected the parents to an interrogation, found that they were the culprits.
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