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Bloody revenge: BJP activist hacked to death in Kannur

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October 12, 2016

Kannur, Oct 12: A BJP activist was hacked to death in Kerala's Kannur on Wednesday, in what is suspected to be revenge killing two days after a worker of the ruling CPI(M) was murdered in the same district.

keralaThe BJP has alleged the role of the CPI(M) in the killing of its activist Remith at a village in Dharmadom, which is Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's constituency.

The police have strengthened patrolling and deployment in sensitive areas across Kannur in view of the tense situation.

On Monday, 52-year-old CPI(M) worker Mohanan K was attacked at his toddy shop in a busy market and hacked to death by four or five men.

Police sources said the attackers were masked and "the attack is of a political nature."

The CPM has alleged that BJP workers were behind the attack.

Kannur has witnessed a string of attacks on political workers since the Left government came to power in May. Over 300 cases of political violence have been reported in the district in the past five months.

The opposition has accused the government of not acting against the growing political violence.

Grim statistics

The murder of Remith is the sixth political murder that the district has witnessed since May 1, when the law and order situation in parts of the district saw escalation.

The murdered people during the period include three CPI(M) workers and two BJP-RSS workers.

In addition to this, a BJP worker had died in a bomb explosion near Kathirur while handling bombs kept in his house. With the latest murder, this year's death toll in political violence in the district so far rose to seven, three CPI(M) workers and four BJP-RSS workers.

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Satyameva jayate
 - 
Thursday, 13 Oct 2016

They dint know they are trying to play in Kerala where people know how to play with politicians......ha haa.....

Rikaz
 - 
Wednesday, 12 Oct 2016

How long they are going to eat the flesh of one another....very bad....at last their poor family has to suffer....

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June 19,2020

Bengaluru, June 19: The throat swabs of a Bengaluru-based Kannada journalist, who passed away on June 18, were tested positive for the covid-19, officials said.

Gauripura Chandru (54), who was one of the sub-editors of Vijaya Karnataka Kannada daily newspaper, had reportedly suffered cardiac arrest.

It is learnt that Chandru wasn’t keeping well for past few days. He collapsed at his home on Thursday afternoon and was immediately rushed to a hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.

A native of Gauripura in Chitradurga district, Chandru had completed graduation in engineering. However, he had chosen journalism as his profession.

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April 2,2020
Bengaluru, Apr 2: About 1,500 people from Karnataka might have attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin in the national capital between March 8 to 20. Of these, the State has been able to trace 800 people.
 
Of the 800 persons, 143 people have been found to be symptomatic.
 
Mr Jawaid Akhtar, Additional Chief Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), in a statement here on Thursday said that the Centre had sent the list of 1,500 people to the State.
 
“We cannot say if all these have attended the congregation. Some of them may have attended and some may be the contacts of those who have attended. We have been able to trace 800 from the list and samples of 143 symptomatic persons have been sent for tests."

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July 1,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 1: Eighteen private hospitals here have been slapped with a show-cause notice after a 52-year old patient with influenza-like illness symptoms died here on being allegedly denied admission by them citing "non- availability" of beds. 

Health Minister B Sriramulu on Wednesdy said refusal to provide treatment was not only inhuman but also illegal as he tagged a copy of the notice in a tweet. 

"Notice has been served to the hospitals taking cognisance of the (media) reports about the denial of admission to a patient in emergency. Denying medical assistance during emergency is not only inhuman but also illegal," he tweeted. According to a report, the son and nephew of the patient took him to the 18 hospitals on Saturday and Sunday but he was not admitted on the pretext of non-availability of beds or ventilators. 

The man died later. The Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare issued the show-cause notice to the top authorities of the hospitals under the Karnataka Private Medical Establishment (KPME) Act, 2007. 

"By denying admission to the patient, your hospitals have violated the provisions of the KPME Act. You are liable for legal action," the notice said, seeking replies within 24 hours as to why action should not be against the hospitals. 

This was a "clear violation" of providing medical assistance and admission necessitated under the agreed provision of the KPME registration. Private medical establishments cannot refuse or avoid treatment to patients suffering from COVID-19 or having symptoms, the common notice added. 

The incident comes in the backdop of repeated instructions by the government that hospitals cannot deny admission to the patients suffering from coronavirus or having symptoms.

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