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Four PFI activists briefly detained for trying to hoist flag

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February 18, 2019

Hubballi, Feb 18: Four activists of Popular Front of India were taken into preventive custody and later released by the sleuths of Kasaba Peth police station in Hubballi after they tried to hoist the PFI flag without permission yesterday.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police Ravindra Gadadi, on Saturday some PFI members had approached police seeking permission to celebrate the PFI foundation day and take out a procession on Sunday, but the police denied them.

However, on Sunday some youth tried to hoist the PFI flag, following which the police took them into preventive custody. The police have identified them as Vasim Ahmed, Mohamad Ali, Saiyyad Safi, and Riyaz Ahmad.

Popular Front Day was celebrated all over India on 17th Feb marking the 12th anniversary of its launching as a national organization.

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NAZIR
 - 
Tuesday, 19 Feb 2019

This is the undemocratic step taken by police

shiju
 - 
Tuesday, 19 Feb 2019

Why is this discrimination.  Why police did not permit peaceful function.  Will they do the same with sangh parivar?  I dont think so.  Sangh parivar is even allowed to hoist pak flag to blame others. 

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August 3,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 3: A building of Bengaluru's civic body, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), on Broadway Road in Shivajinagar, is being developed into a COVID dedicated hospital with 200 beds, Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Sunday.

The hospital will be functional in two weeks, said Sudhakar.

"BBMP building in Broadway Road is converted into Covid hospital. Setting up of infrastructure like beds, ventilators, oxygen etc is underway.

All necessary staff for this hospital including doctors, nurses and paramedical staff have been already deployed and the work is on fast track," Sudhakar tweeted.

He also thanked Infosys foundation and it's Chairperson Sudha Murthy for immediately responding to government's request and providing infrastructure for this hospital.

In a tweet, Sudhakar thanked the doctors for their service to combat COVID-19 in the state.
"These doctors have extended helping hand in these corona times without any expectations. I salute their spirit of service and professionalism," Minister said in a tweet.

According to the Union Health Ministry, there are 1,34,819 COVID-19 cases in the state. 

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April 19,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 19: As many as 25 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the State till now, said Karnataka's Health Department.

"25 new COVID-19 cases reported in the State from 5 pm Friday to 5 pm on Saturday. The total number of positive cases in the State is 384 including 14 deaths and 104 discharges," added the Health Department.

The Health Department has appealed to the doctors, who are willing to volunteer in the fight against coronavirus, to reach out to the government.

A total of 14,378 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the country so far, with 480 deaths being reported due to the virus.

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April 18,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 18: The Karnataka government has managed to get the contact details of nine out of 10 foreign nationals who had visited Jubilant Life Sciences, a pharmaceutical company in Mysuru district's Nanjangud which has been declared a coronavirus hotspot, State minister S Suresh Kumar said on Saturday.

As many as 66 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nanjangud.

While investigating the source of virus in what is now known as 'Nanjangud cluster', the Mysuru administration could get information that 10 foreign nationals had visited this town, Kumar told reporters.

Soon the External Affairs Ministry's help was sought which managed to track nine of them, Kumar said, adding that the MEA contacted its embassies in China, Germany, Japan and the USA to track these persons.

"Out of 10, they could contact nine and got details. All of them have said that they were all healthy and they did not have any symptoms.

Hence, they did not feel the need to undergo COVID-19 tests," the minister said.

He opined that many people do not show the symptoms but they could be carriers of the virus.

Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on April 18

"It all depends on the person's immunity," Kumar explained.

A foreign national from Germany who had visited Nanjangud could not be reached as her contact details were not available.

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