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Death toll of tourists from Karnataka mounts to 8 in Sri Lanka blasts

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April 23, 2019

Bengaluru, Apr 23: Sri Lankan authorities have confirmed the death of at least eight tourists from Karnataka including JD(S) workers in the serial blasts that ripped through Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

Soon after the Sri Lankan foreign ministry announced details of Indian victims, the Karnataka government on Monday evening confirmed the death of six tourists and minutes later, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in a tweet, mentioned the death of two more Kannadigas.

Confirming the death of four tourists from Bengaluru who happened to be JD(S) workers, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy identified the victims as Lakshmana Gowda Ramesh, K M Lakshminarayana, M Rangappa and K G Hanumantharayappa. Later in the evening, Kumaraswamy tweeted to announce the death of yet another JD(S) worker H Shivakumar.

Subsequently, sources also confirmed that Maregowda, one of those who were reported missing, was also dead.

Meanwhile, Sushma Swaraj tweeted about the death of Nagaraj S R and V Tulsiram. While Nagaraj was confirmed to be from Bengaluru, it was not clear where Tulsiram hailed from, according to sources.

Condemning the attack, Kumaraswamy tweeted, “I am deeply pained at the loss of our people in the Colombo attacks. Chief Secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar is in constant touch with the Indian High Commission and coordinating with officials.”

The state government has appointed senior IAS officer Anjum Parvez as the nodal officer to coordinate with the Indian embassy in Sri Lanka. Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda also spoke to Sushma Swaraj and sought help to safeguard tourists from Karnataka.

Sources in the Sri Lankan tourism industry also revealed that there were at least 30 people from Karnataka at Shangri La hotel when the bomb exploded. However, the Indian High Commission authorities are yet to confirm it.

Following the blasts, the state government has been making all efforts to evacuate all stranded travellers from Sri Lanka.

“A group of tourists stranded in Kandy is on its way back and they will help us in identifying the dead,” the Chief Minister tweeted. A team of five tourists from Bengaluru landed at Kempegowda International Airport on Monday evening.

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June 23,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 23: Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar's wife and daughter have tested positive for COVID-19, a day after his father was confirmed to have been infected with the virus.

"Test results of our family members have come. Unfortunately, my wife and daughter have tested positive for #Covid19 and are undergoing treatment," the minister tweeted on Tuesday.

He said he and his two sons have tested negative.

Sudhakar's father P N Keshava Reddy tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. He was admitted to the hospital with a cough and fever.

Earlier, the domestic help of the minister had tested coronavirus positive and was admitted to a hospital.

In April, Sudhakar was quarantined along with three other ministers for coming in contact with a journalist who was coronavirus positive.

Karnataka reported 249 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths on Monday taking the total number of cases in the state to 9,399 and the death toll to 142.

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February 23,2020

Madikeri, Feb 23: Back-to-back floods and landslides in the last two years, has led to a fall in the number of tourists coming to the coffee-growing region of Kodagu, forcing the district administration to intervene and take confidence-building measures, telling tourists that Kodagu was safe to visit.

According to the statistics of the Karnataka State Tourism Department, Kodagu recorded a moderately good number of tourists in 2018 and 2019, the years that the district witnessed devastating floods and landslides.

The Department’s statistics reveal that 17 lakh tourists visited Kodagu in 2018 and 18 lakh in 2019. This means the flood-ravaged years did attract tourists contrary to what the stakeholders had claimed.

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April 15,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 15: Amir-e-Shariat Maulana Sagir Ahmad Khan Rashadi, Maulanaon Wednesday urged people to compulsorily follow the lockdown restrictions during the month of Ramdan.

Ramazan fastings should not be missed without valid reasons. As already mentioned, five namaz of the day should be performed at home and do not go to Mosques.

Taraweeh Namaz should be performed at home along with family members, he said at a meeting of Imarat-e-Sharia leaders held at Darul Uloom Sabilurrashad (Arabic College) in the city.

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