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BJP stages protest in Mangaluru, Ullal; VHP calls for road block on Friday

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January 4, 2018

Mangaluru, Jan 4: The activists of Bharatiya Janata Party and other Hindutva groups on Thursday staged road blocks and demonstrations in Managluru, Ullal and other areas of Dakshina Kannada district in protest against the murder of Deepak Rao, said to be a Bajrang Dal activist.

Deepak Rao was hacked to death by a gang of miscreants at Katipalla in broad daylight on Thursday. Police have arrested six persons in connection with the murder.

Dozens of activists courted arrest when the staged rasta roko at PVS junction in the city. They raised slogans against the state government and demanded resignation of Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai, and Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy.

The protest led to traffic jam in the city. Soon sleuths from Mangaluru North and Pandeshwar Police stations rounded up the agitators and took them in buses. 

Meanwhile, Vishwa Hindu Parishat, Bajrang Dal and other Hindutva outfits have called for a protest and road block in Mangaluru city on Friday morning demanding a ban on two political outfits Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI).

VHP leader Gopal said the protest will begin at 11 am on Friday with a road block. The objective of the protest is to condemn the murder of Hindu activist Deepak Rao in Mangaluru on Wednesday.

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June 25,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 25: State-run Kumara Krupa Guest House in the city will be used as 100-bed COVID-19 treatment center for the designated category patients, Karnataka Health Department Sources said here on Thursday.

According to official sources, one wing of the Guest House with 100-bed rooms of individual occupancy having all the facilities is reserved to work as Covid Care Center (CCC) and it will be used for Ministers, MPs, MLAs/MLCs, Senior officers of above Secretary rank for clinical management.

The total number of positive cases reported till date in the State has increased to 10,118, the sources added.

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January 7,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 7: A ten-year-old boy who suffered severe injuries after drowning in Kadri temple pond died on Monday,

Police said that the deceased has been identified as Sandesh, resident of Athani taluk.

Sandesh drowned while taking a dip in a pond at Kadri Shree Manjunatha Temple on Sunday evening. He was immediately rushed to the hospital in the city, however, he died on Monday morning after he stopped responding to the treatment.

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April 22,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 22: With seven more people tested positive for COVID-19, the total number of cases now stands at 425 as of date in Karnataka, informed state health department on Wednesday.

Out of the total COVID-19 cases, 17 people have died and 129 have been discharged.
These seven new cases came to light in the last 24 hours.

With 1383 more cases and 50 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, India's total number of positive COVID-19 cases stands at 19,984, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday.

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