Endosulfan claims teenage girl’s life in DK; she was a brilliant student, says family

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October 5, 2018

Mangaluru, Oct 5: An 18-year-old girl who had been suffering from multiple ailments for nearly one decade due to endosulfan poisoning, breathed her last yesterday.

The deceased has been identified as Divya G, a resident of Padubettu near Nelyadi, in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district.

Divya’s father Vaman Naik is a daily wage labourer, and mother Pushpavathi is a beedi roller.

In spite of her illness Divya had continued to pursue education and had appeared for PU I examinations. She was given physiotherapy, treatment and education support at the Endosulfan Day Care Centre in Kokkada.

However, recently Divya’s ailments had worsened. According to her uncle Sudhakara, the girl breathed her last around 1.20am. “We would carry her to the day care centre, where she was given treatment, physiotherapy and support for her education. She was academically brilliant too,” he said.

The cause of death is said to be renal failure. There are thousands of endosulfan victims in coastal districts of Karnataka and most of them are in Belthangady taluk.

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Kasargode and border areas were more affected.

India never going to ban endosulphan because company will pay crores of rupees to govt officials and elected leaders

Many developing and developed countries already banned endosulphan and supported the ban in UN. But India (feku's direction) opposed the ban.

Still Modi supporting endosulphan

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Zameer Ahmed threatens to protest outside Reddy’s house if he’s not arrested

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January 7,2020

Bengaluru/Ballari, Jan 7: Former minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan of the Congress set a one-week deadline for the BJP government on Monday to arrest Ballari City BJP legislator G Somashekhara Reddy for his recent speech warning Muslims of dire consequences if they continue to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Police have already booked Reddy, younger brother of tainted mining baron G Janardhan Reddy, under section 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion) of the Indian Penal Code.

However, Khan took the fight to Reddy a step further. “If the government fails to arrest Reddy by January 13, I will stage a dharna outside his house in Ballari, come what may. Let them do whatever they want,” Khan told reporters in Bengaluru.

In his speech at a pro-CAA rally organized by BJP workers and ABVP activists in Ballari, the BJP legislator had said, “We [Hindus] are 83% and they [Muslims] are 17% and if we take law into hands, you know what will happen.”

Khan said on Monday, “I challenge Reddy, the coward, to unsheathe his sword and cut me down first. It is absolutely shameful for a legislator to speak such things against a particular community. Why is Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who often says Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, silent?”

On his part, Reddy on Monday said he stood by what he said. “What I meant was you Muslims should not get swayed by CAA protests and damage public property. We [Hindus] are sons of the same mother and live peacefully. However, they [Muslims] should not test our [Hindu] patience. I stick by my words 100%,” he said.

A delegation of the Ballari district Congress unit also submitted an appeal to the deputy commissioner, inspector general of police and superintendent of police on Monday to arrest Reddy for his provocative speech.

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Cong MLA Parmeshwar Naik becomes 10th Karnataka legislator to test covid-19 positive

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July 17,2020

Ballari, Jul 17: An MLA from Karnataka’s Ballari district has tested positive for covid-19. P T Parameshwar Naik, Congress MLA from Huvina Hadagali constituency confirmed that he contracted coronavirus.

Parameshwar Naik had developed symptoms a few days back. He was subjected to Covid-19 test at a hospital in Harapanahalli. On Thursday, his report came positive. Naik’s house at Harapanahalli has been sealed. He is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bengaluru.

The other legislators from the state to test positive for coronavirus are: MLAs C T Ravi (Chikkmagaluru), Bharat Shetty (Mangaluru North), Ranganath (Kunigal), Sharath Bachegowda (Hoskote), Rajkumar Patil Telkur (Sedam), Ajay Singh (Jewargi), Prasad Abbayya (Hubballi-Dharwad East), MLCs Bhojegowda and M K Pranesh.

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