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Elderly man, young neighbour avert train mishap in Mangaluru

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June 2, 2016

Mangaluru, Jun 2: The presence of mind of an elderly man and the bravery showed by his young neighbour averted a railway accident on the outskirts of Mangaluru yesterday morning.

trainPassengers of Ernakulam-Hazzrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express thanked the duo after the train was stopped at Panjirel between Mangaluru Junction and Thokur (Surathkal) station.

It was Moses, an elderly man, who noticed a broken railway track around 7.45 am while crossing it to reach his property located on the other side of the track.

He immediately came back and informed his neighbour Harshith, who rushed to the spot, ran back home, grabbed a red T-shirt and ran towards Mangaluru Junction on the track.

When he noticed an oncoming train, he waved the T-shirt and the loco pilot stopped the train.

26-year-old Harshith said that he was sleeping when he was woken up and told about the broken track. Sensing trouble, he rushed to the spot and managed to avert an accident.

The officials concerned were informed and the gangmen arrived at the spot and clamped the track. Southern Railway PRO M?K?Gopinath said the train was held up for 30 minutes between 8.05 am and 8.35 am.

Comments

suresh
 - 
Thursday, 2 Jun 2016

Naren! Learn some thing from these guys.

Rikaz
 - 
Thursday, 2 Jun 2016

Hats off to you guys!

HUMANITY!

Welwisher
 - 
Thursday, 2 Jun 2016

GOOD JOB., This is the humanity...

Kiran
 - 
Thursday, 2 Jun 2016

wow wonderful job done by the local two, a big salute to both.

Jeevan
 - 
Thursday, 2 Jun 2016

this is called concern on others, support always other people to live,

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June 19,2020

Mangaluru/ Udupi, June 19: As many as 13 fresh coronavirus positive cases were reported in Dakshina Kannada on June 19, taking the total number of cases in the coastal district to 414. In Udupi, the total number of covid cases mounted to 1,050 with 11 new cases.

Four among the 13 patients in Dakshina Kannada had returned from Saudi Arabia and seven had returned from Sharjah recently. Two others were suffering from an influenza-like illness (ILI). All the 13 patients have been shifted to the designated COVID hospital in Mangaluru.

In Udupi, three among the 11 new covid patients are children. Four are Maharashtra returnees and two had come from Tamil Nadu. Five others have contracted infection from other positive patients. 

Only 98 cases are currently active in Udupi among 1,050. As many as 950 patients have been discharged from hospital. Two deaths have occurred in the district including one on Friday.

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March 30,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 30: Indira Canteens and Kadiri Manjunatha Temple here have started distributing food packets to the poor, stranded labours, destitute and needy in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown.

''We have prepared over 2,000 food packets in the morning. The same number will be prepared in the afternoon and night for distribution," said Prabhakar Shetty from Indira canteen at Urwastore in Mangaluru on Monday.

"The MCC teams come and collect food for distribution among the poor, beggars and destitute," he added.

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May 12,2020

Bengaluru, May 12: In a scathing attack on the ruling BJP in Karnataka and warning the Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa government against any move to amend the Labour laws and APMC through an ordinance, former chief minister and JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday asked Mr Yediyurappa to work in the interest of the people and not to budge under any pressure from the Centre or to please party bosses.

Speaking to media here on Tuesday he questioned the urgency to bring forward such ordinances on important subjects and asked the government to have a public debate on it and also discuss it in the assembly.

“I'm warning the government… I have been watching everything silently till now, I have not caused any embarrassment to the government. I want to tell the government, don’t push us to do it,” Kumaraswamy said

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