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Mangaluru: Budding cartoonist, food blogger Nikhil Pai commits suicide

coastaldigest.com web desk
April 14, 2019

Magnaluru, Apr 14: In a shocking incident, city-based budding cartoonist and food blogger Nikhil Pai has allegedly committed under mysterious circumstances.

According to police, the 29-year-old ended his life by consuming poison. 

It is not yet clear what exactly persuaded the married man to resort to the extreme step. The police said he had gone out after quarrelling with his mother at home yesterday. When he did not return, his family filed a missing complaint on Sunday morning.

He was found dead in his apartment at Palemar on Sunday. The body was shifted to AJ Hospital and later handed over to family. The funeral was held at night.

He is survived by his mother, wife, and his younger sister.

Following his father's death two years ago, he had taken up the management of Deepak Sales and Services fuel pump at Baikampady.

An alumnus of St Aloysius College, Pai was a popular food blogger and one of the founders of ‘The Three Hungry Men’, said to be Mangaluru’s first and only food reviewing body.

He was an amateur cartoonist and used to contribute to coastaldigest.com. He was also a passionate traveler and visited many countries.

A case has been registered at jurisdictional Kavoor police station and investigations are on.

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Mohammed Farooq
 - 
Monday, 15 Apr 2019

RIP..

 

Please do not commit sucide for any reason. 

 

Alhamdullillah i may starve to dealth without food but can never think of doing this Shit..because there is clear mandate from Allah for those who commit suicide in my religion.

 

Thats the reason we see less suicide cases in our community.

Anant Kuwait
 - 
Sunday, 14 Apr 2019

OMG... I can’t believe this.... what happened to you Nikhil??
RIP...

Gajanana P
 - 
Sunday, 14 Apr 2019

This should not have happened. RIP. Will miss u forever.

MC Baliga
 - 
Sunday, 14 Apr 2019

RIP. He was the happiest Mangalorean until his marriage. A thorough probe needed to bring the truth to light.

Kudlakar
 - 
Sunday, 14 Apr 2019

Tragedy. You taught the people of Namma Kudla how to lead life and finally failed in your own life? May your soul rest in peace.

Arron M
 - 
Sunday, 14 Apr 2019

SHOCKING. Rest in peace my good friend.

Nidhi Rao
 - 
Sunday, 14 Apr 2019

Whatttt? I can’t believe! He was active on social media till recently. What happened to him all of a sudden?

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Mangaluru, Aug 2: Former Minister and Mangaluru City MLA U T Khader has gone into self-quarantine after former MLC Ivan D’Souza tested positive for coronavirus. 

Mr D’Souza had met Mr Khader and many other Congress leaders a day before receiving his throat swab test results. 

Mr Khader announced on twitter: “Have gone into self-quarantine with immediate effect after receiving the news about #Covid_19 positive test of Former MLC Ivan D’Souza & his wife Dr Kavitha. Being COVID Incharge DK District taskforce committee, I am one among Ivan's primary contact.”

“I am going to discharge my duties from home for the next few days. You can reach out over phone at any point of time. I appeal to all my colleagues and friends who may have come in contact with us in the last few days to get tested for #Covid_19” he tweeted.

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July 21,2020

Udupi, Jul 21: Sri Sugunendra Teertha Swami, the chief pontiff of Puthige Mutt, has tested positive for coronavirus. 

The pontiff got admitted into KMC Hospital Manipal last night and his treatment is in progress at the said hospital.

He was supposed to initiate his annual Chaturmasa Vruta at Padigaru Mutt on Tuesday.

According to sources, he was suffering from fever and hence he opted to get tested for covid-19. His health condition is said to be stable.

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March 10,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 10: With concerns growing by the day, the Karnataka government is readying three more labs to test throat swab samples.

Currently, only two labs in Bengaluru — National Institute of Virology and Virus Research and Diagnostics Laboratory (VRDL) lab attached to Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute — are categorised biosafety level 2+, a requirement for coronavirus tests.

Now, the government is working on upgrading three more labs, one each in the government medical colleges at Hassan, Mysuru and Shivamogga. “The labs will be ready within one week,” the authorities said.

Currently, the labs are testing only throat swab samples of suspected patients and taking 24 hours to give the results. “A patient’s blood sample will be collected only if he or she tests positive for covid-19 infection in the first throat swab sample.

While earlier the state would send all samples of suspected coronavirus cases to NIV, Pune, the two labs were upgraded to biosafety level 2+ in mid-February.

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