Cyclone Ockhi: Raging sea damages houses, uproots trees near Mangaluru

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December 3, 2017

Mangaluru, Dec 3: The fury of Cyclone Ockhi, that left a trail of destruction in neighbouring Kerala, has threatened the fishermen and people living the coastal areas of Dakshina Kannada district as the raging sea continued to batter the region on Sunday.

The retaining wall built by the government to prevent sea erosion at Peribail, near Uchila, on the outskirts of Mangluru city was washed away on Saturday night. Sea water entered a road, washing away a compound wall. The retaining wall built by a private resort at Ullal was also washed away.

In last 24 hours at least three houses were damaged and nearly two dozen coconut palms were uprooted in Ullal, Someshwar-Uchil areas in Mangaluru taluk.

The Dakshina Kannada district administration has shifted around 45 families to safer places on Saturday night as part of precautionary measures. Revenue officials including the taluk tahsildar and police personnel visited the area and were taking steps to help the affected people, the sources said.

According to A.C. Renuka Prasad, Assistant Commissioner, Mangaluru sub-division, they were accommodated in two nearby schools and a mosque where food was served. They returned to their homes on Sunday morning. If required they would be shifted again on Sunday night.

State Minister for Food and Civil Supplies U T Khader, who represents the Mangaluru constituency comprising Ullal, cancelled his programmes for two days and was monitoring the measures taken by the Dakshina Kannada district administration to tackle the situation.

Indian Coast Guard has warned tourists, fishermen and local residents against venturing into sea in beaches along the coastal belt at least till Tuesday.

Meanwhile, a senior scientist said it was unlikely to cause much havoc in coastal Karnataka as there was not much moisture in the Arabian Sea for the weakening cyclone to draw on. “I don’t think it will be like what is now seen in Kerala and Tamil Nadu,” he said.

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What they checking there? Is they checking any problem happened to sea?Help people for shifting the houses and financially help them to construct a new house in other place.

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Udupi: Pilgrim drowns in Sri Krishna Mutt’s pond

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February 11,2020

Udupi, Feb 11: In a tragic incident, a 62-year-old man from Chennai died of drowning in Sri Krishna Mutt’s Madhwa Sarovar (pond) during the wee hours of Tuesday.

Police said the deceased has been identified as Capt G Sridharan.

It is suspected that Sridharan accidentally fell into the holy pond while taking a bath. The incident is said to have occurred around 4 a.m.

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Will protest if Indian Muslims are troubled by NRC, says Ramdev

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January 30,2020

Hubballi, Jan 30: Seeking to disabuse people of the notion that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), recently passed by the BJP-led central government threatened the legitimacy of Muslims in the country, yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Wednesday said that he would among the first to take to the streets should the community face any such trouble. “If the National Register of Citizens (NRC) threatens injustice to Indian Muslims, it I not just I, but a billion Indians will protest against its implementation,” he added.

Recalling his longstanding association with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ramdev said, “I have known Modi for more than 15 years, and I can assure you that he cannot be called anti-Muslim. There is nothing in the CAA that threatens the rights of Muslims, some of whom are being misled by a few.”

The yoga guru said that, while 99% of the Muslims in India were patriotic, the remaining ones were seeking to divide the country, which he said was resulting in Islam falling into disgrace. “I appeal to all Muslims to keep away from such anti-national forces seeking to bring a bad name to Islam,” said Ramdev, calling on the people to stay united in the face of the severe economic crisis that the country was presently in the grips of.

He added that he was as committed to his goal of getting black money back to India. However, when quizzed by journalists as to how long he was willing to wait for PM Modi to realise this objective, Ramdev said, “Chodi, mere aur Modi ke beech jagada mat lao (Please do not incite a fight between Modi and me).”

The yoga guru also endorsed the decision of the Centre to recognise singer Adnan Sami with a Padma award.

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Dear Ravan dev,

keep ready Shawar Khameez to wear and run, beware RSS leaid BJPs futere is very dark. This time not only Muslims, Hindus Christians & all those who have spain joined hands together.

those who drink cow urine and eat cow dung want to protect the muslims? hahaha

we have the God of the universe who is protecting us from the begining of earth...not only muslim all mankind including you. you better shut your mouth and make money by selling animal urine to foolish people...

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Bengaluru: Man kills porcupine, makes video; held

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March 2,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 2: Killing an Indian porcupine and inviting his TikTok followers to view it proved costly for a 25-year-old man from Kalaburagi. Forest department officials tracked him down and arrested him on Sunday morning.

Manjunath Biryalhissa, a resident of Jewargi taluk, was famous for his various TikTok videos and for lifting heavy stones in his village and neighbouring areas.

According to forest officials, on Friday, Manjunath and his friends caught a porcupine in Sindagi range, Vijayapura and stoned it to death. Later, they fried and cooked it. Manjunath then made an 18-second video, where he spoke about the porcupine hunt and slaughter, besides inviting his followers to like the video and join him in the feast.

The video was on TikTok and Facebook. Wildlife activists who found the video alerted forest department officials.

“Porcupine comes under schedule four of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Keeping this video as evidence we were able to trace him through his Facebook account, where he had shared details of his hometown,” said forest officials.

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