Eid-ul-Fitr in coastal Karnataka on June 15, rest of Karnataka on June 16

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June 14, 2018

Mangaluru/Bengaluru, Jun 14: Muslims in coastal Karnataka will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday, June 15, while rest of Karnataka will observe the festival next day, i.e., on Saturday, June 16.

Twaka Ahmed Musliyar and Bekal Ibrahim Musliyar, the Khazis of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi respectively announced the end of the blessed month of Ramadan after the crescent moon was sighted in Kerala’s Kozhikode this evening.

However, Muslims in the other parts of Karnataka will fast on Friday and celebrate the festival on Saturday.

Maulana Sageer Ahmed Khan, convener of the moon sighting committee, told media persons in Bengaluru that nowhere in Karnataka people witnessed the Shawwal moon on Friday evening.

“Kerala and coastal districts of Karnataka that are adjacent to Kerala celebrating Eid on Friday. However, we (rest of Karnataka) are celebrating next day,” he said.

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Is Kerala not part of India? When moon is sighted only in delhi the whole country celebrates the festival but why is this not in case of other parts of the states. Once a moon is sighted in any state of India why is it the whole country does not acknowledge the same.

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Karnataka ready to tackle COVID-19, flood situation: Revenue Minister

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka has said that state was prepared to tackle COVID-19 and flood situation.

"Today I had a meeting with officials from disaster management, housing, Police, agriculture departments. The government is ready to tackle both the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the flood situation," he told news agency.

The minister said he had held a meeting with officials to take precautionary measures.
"I sanctioned Rs 20 crore to the Fire Department to purchase the equipment for rescue operations. I have already announced red alert in six districts. Tomorrow, I will visit Kodagu, Chikmagalur to assess rescue operations. NDRF reached have teams for rescue operations," he said.

"We are monitoring all dams. Last time we got more floods because of dams. I have instructed to all district collectors that 70 per cent water be filled in dams. Remaining water be sent to canals. We are expecting more rains in nine districts this year," he added.

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'Go out and sneeze to end the world': Bengaluru techie arrested for bizarre FB post

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March 28,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 27: A software engineer has been arrested for giving a "call" to the people to sneeze in the open and spread coronavirus, police said on Friday.
The person identified as Mujeeb Mohammad had made this call in a Facebook post.
"Let's join hands, go out and sneeze with open mouth in public. Spread the virus," he wrote.

"The person who put this post saying people should go out and sneeze and spread the virus has been detained. His name is Mujeeb. He works in a software company," Bengaluru Joint Commissioner of Police Sandeep Patil said in a statement.

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Meanwhile, Infosys tweeted: "We are deeply concerned with an inappropriate post being attributed to an Infosys employee. We strongly reaffirm our commitment to responsible social-sharing.

The company also said, "Our preliminary enquiry, and discussions with our employees suggest that this could be a case of a mistaken identity."
"However, given the seriousness with which we take such matters, we are investigating this further and will also assist with any independent investigation. The company would take appropriate action based on its investigation," it added

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