Mangaluru, Nov 29: A Gram Panchayat member and his wife were assaulted by a group of persons at Meramajalu village under Bantwal taluk in the wee hours on Friday.
Police said local Gram Panchayat member Yogish Prabhu and his wife Shobha have sustained injuries during the attack. The attack was carried out by a group of three unidentified men.
Udupi, Feb 5: A school boy died after being bitten by a venomous snake while he was returning home from a playground at Perdoor village in Udupi district.
The victim has been identified as Abhinav (9), son of Raju Shetty and Gita Shetty couple from the same village.
Abhinav had returned from school yesterday evening as usually. He then went out to play. At around 7 p.m. while he was walking towards home, a snake bit him sources said.
He was immediately taken to KMC Hospital in Manipal, where doctors pronounced him brought dead.
A case of unnatural death has been registered in the jurisdictional police station.
Udupi, May 23: Issuing a stern warning to people against venturing out unncessarily 7:00 pm on May 23 and 7:00 am on May 25, Udupi deputy commissioner G Jagadeesh said that those who violate the lockdown norms will face punishment.
“Lockdown should be observed strictly across Udupi district. If anyone is found roaming around, we will not speak, but our batons will”, he said in a press meet here today.
He suggested the people to buy all necessary things for 36 hours of total lockdown before 7 p.m. today.
Chief Minister has already clarified that a complete lockdown would be observed in the State on every Sunday. Only the medical shops, newspaper delivery, milk parlours will be permitted to function. Vehicular movement has also been restricted during this period, he said.
If marriages have been scheduled already on Sunday, they will be considered as a special case. However, prior permission is must for scheduled weddings, he said.
Udupi SP N Vishnuvardhan and ZP CEO Preethi Geholot CEO ZP were also present.
Bengaluru, Jun 29: Bengaluru continued to see a sharp spike in covid- 19 cases as 738 more people tested positive on Monday that took the city's tally to 4052 of which 3427 is active.
The surge in Bengaluru pushed up the number of positive cases to 1105 across Karnataka. The total number of cases in Karnataka now stands at 14,295 of which 6382 are active.
The death toll stood at 230 as 19 more people died in the 24 hours till 5 pm on Monday.
Karnataka, particularly Bengaluru, has seen a sharp rise in cases over the last two weeks indicating the possibility of community transmission and further rise in cases.
Estimates by government authorities project that Karnataka will have around 25,000 cases by mid-August.
R.Ashok, the revenue minister incharge of covid- 19 in Bengaluru on Monday told doctors that they would have to dedicate another six months to contain the virus indicating that authorities were expecting the case count to rise in subsequent days and months.
The city reported over 3,200 cases since 19 June as against 844 cases between 8 March and 18 June.
There are around 500 containment zones in Bengaluru that is likely to have an impact of business and activities in the state's growth capital and its efforts to revive the economy.
The state government on Monday held meetings with private hospitals to increase the number of beds available for treatment of covid- 19.
The number of people in intensive careunits (ICU) jumped to 268.
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