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Husband dies, wife hospitalised after consuming ‘ayurvedic tablets’ to have child

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July 23, 2019

Bengaluru, Jul 23: In a tragic incident, a 37-year-old man lost his life and his 33-year-old wife was hospitalised after the childless couple consumed tablets given by a self-proclaimed ‘ayurvedic doctor’ to help them conceive.

The deceased is Shashidhar, a resident of Arisinakunte village near Nelamangala who was running a grocery shop. Shashidhar and his wife Gangambika suffered severe loose motion on Sunday night after consuming the tablets and were rushed by neighbours to a hospital.

While Shashidhar breathed his last in hospital, Gangambika is still undergoing treatment.

It is learnt that the couple got married in 2008 and didn’t have children. Nelamangala town police said a customer told Shashidhar he knew an ayurvedic doctor who could treat them and help them have a child.

The couple contacted the ‘doctor’ and requested him to treat them. Three unknown persons, including the one who claimed to be an ayurvedic doctor, arrived at Shashidhar’s shop in a car on Sunday night.

“The trio assured the couple they would be blessed with children if they take some tablets, and demanded Rs 25,000 for the treatment. The couple took two tablets from the trio and paid them Rs 2,000. The trio said they would return in the morning and asked the couple to arrange for the rest of the money for more tablets,” a police officer said.

The couple consumed one tablet each in the night, but soon fell ill.

“We registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under IPC section 304, based on Nagambika’s statement. We have formed teams to trace the trio and will arrest them,” a police officer said.

He said the autopsy could shed light on the nature of the medicine given to the couple.

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May 29,2020

Bengaluru, May 29: The Karnataka government has requested the Civil Aviation Ministry to reduce the number of flights, emanating from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to the state in view of the high number of Covid-19 Cases prevalent there.

In a clarification issued to the Media this evening, the Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Mr J C Madhuswamy has said that Karnataka has not sought for imposing a ban on flights emanating from these places, as reported in some sections of the Media.

Karnataka has appealed to the Civil Aviation Ministry to take steps to lessen the air traffic to the State, with the sacred intention that there may not be adequate quarantine facilities if there is huge turnout at a short period, he added.

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April 18,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 18: The Karnataka government has fixed the cost of test for COVID-19 in private laboratories at Rs 2,250, an official said on Friday.

"Based on the discussions and negotiations, the cost per test has been fixed at Rs 2,250. This includes the screening test and a confirmatory test," said order by Health and Family Welfare Department's Additional Chief Secretary Jawaid Akhtar.

A total of 16 laboratories (11 government and 5 private) have been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for testing samples of possible COVID-19 cases in the state.

Realising that early detection of coronavirus cases and timely treatment was the need of the hour, meetings were held to rope in more private laboratories to conduct COVID-19 sample tests.

As per the protocol by the Centre, testing the samples of suspected COVID-19 cases can be taken up in private laboratories subject to conditions which include sharing the lab data pertaining to the diagnosis of COV1D-19 with the state government and with the ICMR on a timely basis.

As per the Union Health Ministry, 353 people have infected from coronavirus in the state of which 83 are cured and discharged and 13 succumbed to the virus.

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July 30,2020

Mangaluru, July 30: The Social Democratic Party of India has condemned the move by the state government to drop a lesson on legendary Mysuru rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from the class 7 textbook.

The Department of Public Instruction has omitted the chapter from the textbooks of Class 7 in their attempt to reduce syllabus for state board schools by 30 per cent.

The department, however, has decided to retain similar chapters on Tipu Sultan in 6th and 10th Classes, though the syllabus in text books for all classes from 1 to 10th has been trimmed. 

In a media release statement, SDPI State President Ilyas Mohammed Thumbe termed the move as communally motivated. “By dropping the lesson, the BJP-led government is engaged in saffronisation of education,” he alleged.

He said that Tipu was the most prominent freedom fighter, who had given priority to irrigation, rocket technology and harmony. The BJP government is also planning to scrap lessons on the Constitution, secularism and democracy. By twisting history, the BJP is trying to mislead the younger generation, he added.

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