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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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Abdullah
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Sunday, 3 Dec 2017

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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January 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 28: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday warned the officials that strict action will be taken against the officials, who demand bribe from beneficiaries in various schemes.

Speaking after distributing the regularising letters to around 1000 people belonging to the Backward class in government lands, Mr Yediyurappa said the government was itself coming to the doorsteps of people.

“Officials will visit door to door to distribute the regularization letters and if any officials demand bribe bring to the notice of the government which will take action against such persons,” he said.

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Fairman
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Tuesday, 28 Jan 2020

Shaitan is reading bible

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July 14,2020

Bengaluru, July 14: Girls outshone boys in the Second Pre-University Board examinations in Karnataka, results of which were announced on Tuesday.

As many as 6.75 lakh students had written the examination of which 4.17 lakh students passed.

Thus, the pass percentage is 61.80 per cent, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar said while announcing the results.

He said 68.73 per cent girls cleared the exam against the boys whose pass percentage was 54.77 per cent.

In terms of urban versus rural, 62.60 per cent students passed in the urban area while 58.99 per cent were from rural areas.

The three districts where the students' performance was excellent were Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu whereas the districts where students fared badly were Chitradurga, Raichur and Vijayapura, the minister said.

Both Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have recorded 90.71 percent results. Kodagu has bagged second position with 81.53 pass percentage. Vijayapura district has recorded lowest pass percentage (54.22)

Combination wise, the pass percentage of students in science stream is 82.57 per cent, Commerce 72.60 per cent and Arts 47.90 per cent, said the Minister.

He also said of those who passed the examination, 72. 45 per cent were from English medium and 47.56 from Kannada medium.

There are 68,866 distinction scorers, 2,21,866 students who got first division and 77,455 students who passed the exam in second division, the minister added.

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February 26,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 26: Mangaluru Smart City Limited (MSCL) Managing Director Mohammed Nazir on Wednesday said that 13 Schools in eight wards, here, will be upgraded under the Area Based Development (ABD) of the Smart City Mission (SCM).

Mr. Nazir, in a statement, said that the Schools selected include Government Higher Primary School Car Street, Bastigarden, Neereshwalya, Hoigebazar Lower Primary School, Government Practicing HS, Balmatta Primary School, Balmatta Secondary School, Bunder Higher Primary School (Urdu), Bunder Government High School (Urdu) and Bolara East Government Primary School.

These Smart Schools will have IT-enabled interactive teaching and learning tools, computer labs and open reading plazas.

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