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Goa CM Manohar Parrikar, 63, dies after prolonged illness

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March 17, 2019

Panaji, Mar 17: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar passed away on Sunday evening after a prolonged illness. Parrikar was 63.

Manohar Parrikar was undergoing treatment over the past one year for a serious pancreatic ailment.

Manohar Parrikar's health worsened over the past two days. The former defence minister's health has been fluctuating for the past one year.

Manohar Parrikar has been in and out of the hospital over the past few months. Parrikar also visited the US for treatment.

Till the last of his days, Manohar Parrikar worked to the best of his abilities and even presented the state budget while still battling his illness and with tubes attached to his mouth.

Manohar Parrikar even attended political events and addressed party workers and remained in the public domain as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gears up for the Lok Sabha elections next month.

Manohar Parrikar joined the RSS in his youth after graduating from IIT.

In his last days, Manohar Parrikar also found himself tied up in the Rafale controversy as Congress and some media houses brought up old documents from the time when he was the defence minister.

Before going back to Goa, Manohar Parrikar joined the Modi Cabinet as the defence minister.

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July 8,2020

Udupi, Jul 8: Four people have been arrested by the police in connection with the murder of Yogish Poojary (26), a resident of Laxminagara in Tenkanidiyoor in Udupi. A gang, which arrived in a car had attacked Poojary with lethal weapons on July 6.

The arrested are rowdy sheeter Sujith Pinto (37), his elder brother Rohit Pinto (43) Annu alias Pradeep (40) and Vinay (36). Police have continued the manhunt to nab two more accused – Girish and Anup. 

The accused were arrested from Kallianpur last night following which the accused were to murder spot as part of investigation.  The police also seized the car and knives that were used for the crime. 

Police sources said that the accused were under the influence of alcohol when the stabbed Poojary repeatedly with knives.

Three teams headed by sub-inspectors of Malpe, Udupi city and city crime branch took part in the operation.  The accused have been booked under station under section 143, 147, 148, 302 and 149 of IPC.

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April 3,2020

Bengaluru, April 3: One new positive case of COVID-19 was reported in the state on Friday.

The patient is a 75-year-old man from Bagalkot and has been isolated at a designated hospital in Bagalkot, the State government said.

"Till date, 125 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the state, this includes three deaths and 11 discharges," it added.

The total number of coronavirus positive cases rose to 2301 in India on Friday, including 156 cured/discharged, 56 deaths and 1 migrated, as per the data provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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February 3,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 3: The Karnataka government on Monday ordered high alert across border districts after neighbouring Kerala reported the second confirmed case of dreaded n-CoV Coronavirus. District administrations in Kodagu, Mangaluru, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru that share boundary with Kerala have been put on high alert over the movement of people with suspected cases.

In a statement released on Monday, the Health and Family welfare department said that these districts have been directed to immediately report to the State Surveillance Unit (SSU) if they come across any suspected cases of people infected with Coronavirus.

Currently, about 51 people who returned from Coronavirus-affected regions have been identified and 46 are under home isolation across Karnataka. So far, 44 samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune for analysis and out of which 29 samples have revealed negative results. Yet, the state government has put in all possible measures to check the spread of the virus in any part of the state.

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