BJP leader criticizes literary fest; letter threatens bomb blast at venue

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November 25, 2017

Mysuru, Nov 25: The 83rd Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, wherein senior writers and thinkers vociferously condemned the growing communalism and intolerance in India, has irked Bharatiya Janata Party.

BJP leader and Udupi Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje has portrayed the literary convention as the Congress party convention.

Meanwhile, the Mysuru police have upped the security at the convention venue at Maharaja College Grounds following a bomb threat letter.

The letter addressed to the office of Deputy Director of Public Instruction stated that Muslim literature and Muslim teachers have been neglected in the ongoing literary fest.

Sources added, an anonymous caller has warned the authorities to ignore the bomb threat letter at their own peril.

DDPI Manjula has forwarded the letter to Mysuru Police Commissioner Dr A Subhramanyeshwar Rao. The city police have enhanced the security at Sammelana venue.

The three-day literary fest, presided over by Chandrashekar Patil, will conclude on Sunday. Meanwhile, Muslims leaders in Mysuru has condemned the bomb threat and called it a communal conspiracy to defame Muslims.

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sami
 - 
Saturday, 25 Nov 2017

This is a serious terror threat , government should find out who issued and take action.

PK
 - 
Saturday, 25 Nov 2017

We know cheddi are most famous in decieving the people.

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Bengaluru, Jun 3: The Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences at Hubballi has successfully treated a COVID-19 patient through plasma therapy, state medical education minister K Sudhakar said today.

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In plasma therapy treatment, plasma cells from a COVID-19 patient, who has recovered from the disease, is transfused to a coronavirus patient who is in critical condition to treat him.

Plasma therapy was effectively used in the past during Ebola and the Spanish flu pandemic.

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August 1,2020

Mandya, Aug 1: In a terrific incident, a college student has stabbed his own mother to death in Karnataka’s Mandya town over a trivial issue. The police have managed to nab the accused. 

According to police, the boy was irked by his mother rebuking him for staying out with his friends late in the night.

On Wednesday (July 29), she scolded him for not listening to her advice, following which he stabbed her to death, the official said. 

The student was arrested on July 30. He reportedly confessed to the crime. 

A police officer said that the woman was upset over her son frequently spending time with his friends till late in the night.

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July 22,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 22: As many as 184 people from Karnataka stranded in UAE arrived at Mangalore International Airport.

According to sources, the chartered flight, which landed on Tuesday night, was arranged by the UAE Karnataka Cultural Foundation and Beary Cultural Foundation for Kannadigas who had been stranded following the lockdown and also those who had lost their employment.

A team of officials with Puttur Assistant Commissioner Yathish Ullal and Horticulture Department Assistant Director Praveen who were in charge of quarantine facilities for international passengers verified the documents and sent them for institutional quarantine.

Of the 184 passengers, 141 had remained quarantined in Mangaluru while 42 left for Udupi and one to Honnavara in Uttara Kannada, said sources.

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