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Brad Hogg’s pic with Kudla girl, tryst with yakshagana win 'Mangalorean’ hearts

Abhishek Bhat | coasaldigest.com news network
August 21, 2019

Mangaluru, Aug 21: Little did former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg know that the south Indian state of Karnataka too has a city called Mangalore until he met Star Sports' polyglot sports presenter Madhu Mailankdoy, who happens to be a Mangalorean.

The left-hander, who is currently in Karnataka as a commentator for the ongoing Karnataka Premiere League (KPL Season 8), had posted his photograph with Ms Mailankdoy on Instagram soon after landing in Bengaluru. The photo of Australian sports star with the desi beauty of Star Sports won much appreciation of the netizens on social media overnight.

“Must visit someday,” was the response of the all-rounder-turned-commenter, when Ms Mailankody spilled the beans about the common name city a couple of days later. Hogg soon slipped into surfing mode and much to his surprise, India’s Mangalore was greater city than the one he knew in Australian state of Victoria. (Of course, this Mangalore has now become Mangaluru after undergoing a minor spelling reform surgery as part of Kannadization drive in the state of Karnataka.)

The revelation took place when Mr Hogg had already won the hearts of Mangaloreans or people of Tulu Nadu by trying his hand with Yakshagana, a traditional art form much venerated in Mangalore region.

On Sunday, Hogg had casually attended a class organised by the Sanskriti - Yakshanubhava, a team of Yakshagana enthusiasts from Tulu Nadu led by Satish Agpala at VV Puram Arts college of Bengaluru. Mesmerised by the art, he tried to match steps with Prasad Cherkady, a Yakshagana artiste and learnt a couple of basic steps of the Trivude Talam. He went on to play a special percussion instrument known as the Chende, guided by renowned senior artist Madhur Mohan Saralaya. By next day the videos of the moment had gone viral on social media.

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Arvind D’Souza
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Wednesday, 21 Aug 2019

Didn’t he know Mangalore? So sad. I thought Church attack and Pub attack had made Mangalore world famous.

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June 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 16: Continuing easing of restrictions under 'unlock-1,' the Karnataka government has allowed shooting and production of films and television programmes in the state.

In a clarification, Principal Secretary Revenue N Manjunath Prasad said, shooting and production of all films and television programmes that were stopped in between due to lockdown can be allowed.

It is also allowed to continue with the post-production activities of film and television programmes after completing the shooting, it said.

The permission is conditional as it is subjected to adhering of the national directives issued in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, and standard operating procedures prescribed by the Department of Information and Public Relations.

The clarification said permission can be given as film and television shooting and production activities are not banned under guidelines issued by the centre and the state government recently.

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February 17,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 17: Out of the total 418 samples of suspect coronavirus cases sent for testing to National Institute of Virology from Kerala, 405 have come out as negative, while the results for the rest, barring three, are awaited.

"Out of three persons in whom the disease was confirmed, two persons have been discharged. One person is stable and the repeat sample results are awaited," according to a release by the Health and Family Welfare Department of the Kerala government.

The release added that till Sunday a total of 2,276 people have been placed under surveillance, "out of which 2262 are under home isolation and 14 are admitted in designated isolation facilities."

The health condition of all symptomatic people under isolation is stable, according to the release.

The release added that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Centre) has informed the Kerala government that 115 people belonging to Kerala are currently in quarantine in two camps in Delhi.

These 115 people have been tested and found negative for coronavirus and they will be allowed to travel back to Kerala on Monday evening.

The people have been requested to remain in home isolation upon their return.

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Karnataka on Tuesday reported its biggest single-day spike of 6,259 Covid-19 cases and 110 fresh deaths, taking the total infection count to 1,45,830 and the toll to 2,704, the health department said.

The day also saw a record 6,777 patients getting discharged after recovery, outnumbering the fresh cases. Out of 6,259 fresh cases, a total of 2,035 cases were from Bengaluru Urban district. The previous biggest single-day record was on July 30 when the state added 6,128 cases.

A bulletin from the department said cumulatively 1,45,830 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state and it included 2,704 deaths and 69,272 discharges. Out of the 73,846 active cases, as many as 73,212 patients were stable in isolation at designated hospitals while 634 in the intensive care units.

Among the fresh deaths, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 30 followed by Dakshina Kannada (13) and Mysuru (9).

Most of the people who succumbed either had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI), the bulletin said. Besides Bengaluru Urban, the other districts which reported higher fresh cases on Tuesday are Mysuru 662, Kalaburagi 285, Ballari 284, Belagavi 263, Dakshina Kannada 225, Davangere 191, Dharwad and Hassan 188. Bengaluru Urban district continued to top the list of positive cases with a total of 63,033 infections, followed by Ballari 7,638 and Dakshina Kannada 6,388.

Among discharges too Bengaluru Urban tops the districts with 27,877 discharges, followed by Ballari 3,724 and Kalaburagi 3,470. A total of 14,89,016 samples had been tested so far, out of which 42,458 on Tuesday with 29,488 being rapid antigen tests.

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