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Stranded in Saudi Arabia, expat from coastal Karnataka seeks help from DC

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November 1, 2016

1whatsKarwar:?Nov 1: An expatriate from coastal Karnataka working as a driver in Riyadh, the capital of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has sought the Uttara Kannada deputy commissioner to come to his help.

Imtiyaz Shiekh Sardar, who hails from Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district, in his WhatsApp message to the deputy commissioner, has said he came to Riyadh in search of a job on August 30, 2014.

“I have been working as a driver for a household for seven months, but the owner has not paid my salary properly. He is also preventing me from returning to India and has taken away my passport and visa. I have not been able to send money home to my family. My wife and children are anxious. My attempts to contact the Indian Embassy in Saudi have been unsuccessful. Please help me,” Sardar says in his message.

The DC?contacted Sardar over the phone and assured him of assistance. The DC?has forwarded Sardar's message to the deputy residential commissioner in Delhi.

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Mohammed Athif
 - 
Tuesday, 1 Nov 2016

ISF plzzz find the conatct number and help me let him reach his family safely and happeliy i hope i could help him frm dubai

Junaid
 - 
Tuesday, 1 Nov 2016

Mr.Bopanna, Are you not kind hearted ? or you are only kind towards people from your community.

Junaid
 - 
Tuesday, 1 Nov 2016

Mr. Bopanna, are you not kind hearted ? or your kind only towards people from your community.

Indian Social Forum
 - 
Tuesday, 1 Nov 2016

Kindly share his mobile no we (ISF) will try our best to solve his problem.

Bopanna
 - 
Tuesday, 1 Nov 2016

Kind hearted ppl should help

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April 23,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 23: An elderly woman who was tested positive for COVID-19 in Dakshina Kannada district today breathed her last.

The deceased is a 77-year-old woman from Bantwal taluk. 

She is said to be a close relative of the Bantwal woman who died of COVID-19 on April 19.

She was shifted to govt Wenlock Hospital which is now converted into COVID-19 hospital on April 22 from a private hospital.

Her throat swabs were sent for testing. Health and family welfare department earlier today confirmed that she was tested positive for coronavirus.

Within hours she breathed her last without responding to any treatment. 

So far 17 corona positive cases have been confirmed in the district including two deaths. Most of them have returned home after recovering.

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June 4,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 4: Assuring support to reform the police department, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday directed officials to strengthen Cyber Crime, Economic Offences & Narcotics (CEN) stations and forensic labs in the state.

The Chief Minister who held a review of the Home Department, lauded the work of police personnel during the COVID-19 crisis, and promised necessary help to reform the department.

Pointing at the changing scenario, the Chief Minister instructed officials to give priority to strengthen CEN stations, his office said in a release. Similarly, for quick detection of crimes, necessary action will be taken to strengthen forensic labs, he added. During the meeting it was also decided to continue more than 3,000 home guards, who were in the fear of losing jobs, and to deploy them to various departments.

Yediyurappa directed officials to take necessary steps to make home guard services available to private organisations also. Officials informed the Chief Minister that all necessary COVID-19 related precautions have been taken at prisons and no case has been reported so far at jails. They said as per Supreme Court directions, 5,005 people were released on bail and parole, and congestion of prisoners at prisons has been reduced from 110 per cent to 95 per cent.

Yediyurappa also asked the officials to submit a proposal based on facts towards development of basic amenities that comes under the Home Department.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: An ambulance driver was thrashed by the family members of a 75-year-old COVID-19 patient who passed away on his way to the hospital in Bengaluru on Thursday.

The incident happened after the patient died in the ambulance while waiting in front of the MS Ramaiah Hospital in Bengaluru.

The driver was dragged out of the ambulance and chased around by a relative.

His clothes were ripped off and harangue were hurled at him. The relative was seen shouting and blaming the driver for the patient's death.

Speaking to news agency, the driver said that he was unable to explain the sequence of the protocol which was to be followed while getting the patient to the treatment ward.

Karnataka is one of the worst-affected states by the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the state has 67,456 active cases as of Friday.

The state government has been struggling to contain the spread of the disease as it has intermittently imposed and eased lockdown measures, especially in the capital Bengaluru.

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