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Surathkal limping back to normalcy; people hail cops’ presence of mind

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January 5, 2018

Mangaluru, Jan 5: Thanks to the presence of mind exhibited by the police on Thursday when the saffron outfits had planned to take out a funeral procession of Deepak Rao in the city amidst prohibitory orders the communally sensitive Surathkal-Katipalla region is slowly limping back to the normalcy.

The police aborted the planned procession by secretly shifting the dead body of Deepak in an ambulance from AJ Hospital in the city to his home in Katipalla, around 15 kilometers from here. Funeral processions of murder victims had exacerbated communal tensions in region in the past.

Local residents took to the social media to thank the police for not providing an opportunity to the riot mongers to disrupt peace in the region. The opined that if the police had failed to stop the procession in the city, the trouble mongers would have tried to create a communal riot.

It may be recalled untoward incidents were reported during funeral RSS member Sharath Madivala, who was hacked to death in July. This led to arrest of several leaders of right-wing organization. Even in 2006, the funeral procession of murdered BJP leader Sukhananda Shetty (38) had sparked off violence in Mulki town and two people were killed and a couple injured when police open fired to quell the mob attacking the Mulki police station.

On Thursday, the VHP, Bajrang Dal, Hindu Jagaran Vedike and BJP leaders were planning a similar funeral procession for Deepak Rao from A J Hospital to Surathkal. But before they could arrive, the police shifted Rao's body to his residence from the rear entrance of the hospital.

Soon, all the leaders rushed to Rao's residence at Janata Colony in Surathkal and demanded the body be taken back to the hospital and brought home in a procession. The protesters demanded Rs 50 lakh compensation to Rao's kin. They also wanted a ban on PFI and SDPI and refused to take Rao's body from the ambulance till their demands were met. However, Deputy Commissioner C Sasikanth Senthil managed to convince the aggrieved family members and saffron outfits to conduct the funeral rites peacefully.

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Hello Mr. Yogesh, Did u knw that the funeral was supposed to taken by procession from kuntikana to surathkal? meanwhile police dept has done good job by not allowing to take thru procession, you people are always trouble maker in the society by pelting stones, chanting anti nationals, damaging shops and govt properties etc.....you are deserve to be in behind bars always...

Ganesh
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Friday, 5 Jan 2018

People will forget easily. Back to normalcy. But for the family it's huge loss.

Yogesh
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Friday, 5 Jan 2018

See how funeral procession should be. We kept calm. SDPI worker always trying to break communal harmoney

 

 

Peace lovers, what about you people.. You muslim people tried to spoil our Sharath Madivala's funeral procession by pelting stones and that also you put everything upon our head

 

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April 1,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 1: As many as 12 of the 40 identified people from Karnataka, who attended Tablighi congregation in Nizamuddin, Delhi, have tested negative for COVID-19, state Health Minister B Sriramulu said in a tweet on Wednesday.

It is also learnt that 62 foreigners from Indonesia and Malaysia, who attended the congregation, have visited the State and 12 of them have been quarantined, the tweet said.

''The health department, in association with the Home department, has jointly started the process of identifying all the 300 who attended the event,'' he said.

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Shaikh mohamme…
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Thursday, 2 Apr 2020

Alhamdulilla...All Praises And Thanks To Allah Subhanawatala...

 

May peace and blessings of Almighty be upon the humans who are effected with this deadly virus.

Ameen

 

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August 3,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 3: All those who met Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, who has tested positive for Covid-19, in the last three-four days will have to be quarantined, Medical Education Minister Sudhakar K said on Monday.

He also said those who came in contact with Yediyurappa in a couple of programmes in the past week are being traced.

Sudhakar, a medical doctor himself, said Yediyurappa has "very mild cough and his chest is clear."

"I think eight to ten days," he told news agency when asked how long the Chief Minister would have to remain in hospital.

Sudhakar said he is also getting himself tested as a few of his office staff had tested positive.

"All those who met the Chief Minister in the last 3-4 days...ideally they should be quarantined till they receive their results/report. Those who came in contact with him in a couple of programmes will have to isolate themselves and subject themselves for testing," the Minister said.

On the Chief Minister meeting Governor Vajubhai Vala, along with Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai last Friday, Sudhakar said as a result "They also become primary contacts. Ideally, they should also be quarantined and tested."

Yediyurappa who was hospitalised on Sunday night after testing positive for Covid-19 was "doing well" and is "clinically stable", the hospital treating him said.

The 77-year old leader is being monitored by a team of doctors at the Manipal hospital here.

"He is doing well, is clinically stable and will be monitored closely by our team," the hospital said in a statement late last night.

"I have tested positive for coronavirus. Whilst I am fine, I am being hospitalised as a precaution on the recommendation of doctors. I request those who have come in contact with me recently to be observant and exercise self-quarantine," Yediyurappa had said in his tweet.

Yediyurappa was in home quarantine a couple of weeks ago, after some staff members in his home office were found infected with the virus. Subsequently, he tested negative for Covid-19.

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February 27,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 27: The Centre has adopted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mantra of "Make in India', for India and the world" to build strong defence and security infrastructure in the country, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh after inaugurating the new Light Combat Helicopter Production Hangar at Helicopter Division in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Complex here on Thursday.

According to an official statement, the Defence Minister said in the last five years, India has made significant progress towards manufacturing military equipment indigenously under the 'Make in India' initiative.

Stressing that the defence industry plays a major role in the economic development of the country, Singh lauded the significant contribution of organisations like HAL.

Highlighting the Rs 35,000 crore exports target set for the coming years, he expressed confidence that HAL, through its various platforms, will contribute significantly to achieve this milestone.

According to the statement, Rajnath Singh commended HAL for being the backbone of the Indian Air Force and meeting the requirements of the Armed Forces.

"The HAL has excelled both in operations and finance in the last five years. It has achieved operational clearance on seven platforms, including Light Combat Aircraft and Light Combat Helicopter, and overhauled platforms like Hawk and SU 30 MKI," he said.

He also appreciated that HAL had a turnover of Rs 19,705 crore till March 2019 and it gave shareholders a healthy dividend of 198 per cent.

HAL also apprised the Defence Minister on the progress of the new design and development programme of indigenous Indian Multi-Role Helicopter (IMRH), the statement informed.

The full-scale mock-up was showcased to Rajnath Singh. The IMRH is proposed as a replacement to the existing medium-lift helicopters such as Mi17's, Kamovs and Seakings which will phase out in the next eight to ten years.

LCH is a 5.5-tonne class combat helicopter designed and developed by HAL. It is powered by two Shakti engines and inherits many technical features of the Advanced Light Helicopter. LCH has the distinction of being the first attack helicopter to land in Forward Bases at Siachen, 4,700 mts above sea level with 500kg load.

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