Man assaulted over inter-community marriage

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June 21, 2018

Kalaburgi, Jun 21: A brawl over an inter-community marriage led to the assault of a man at Jewargi town in Kalaburagi district on Wednesday.

Manjunath Gaikwad, who married Salma Begum a year ago, was attacked, allegedly, by the latter’s family members.

Manjunath sustained serious injuries on the head and has been admitted to the Basaveshwara Teaching and General Hospital in Kalaburagi.

Manjunath and Salma said that they fell in love seven years ago and even though their relationship was opposed by both families, they got their marriage registered in February last year. The couple returned to the town after a year.

A gang of seven persons attacked Manjunath with wooden sticks, allegedly, with the intention to kill him.

Salma also sought police protection, alleging that they are facing death threats from their family members. A case has been registered at Jewargi police station.

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20 leaplings born in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi

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March 1,2020

Udupi/Mangaluru, Mar 1: A total of twenty leaplings were born in the hospitals of the Udupi and Dakshina Kannada (DK) districts on Saturday, February 29, district health department said on Sunday.

According to the district health department, sixteen babies were born in DK district while Udupi district saw four births. More boys than girls were born in DK (12–4) and it was the inverse in Udupi district (3–1).

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Mangaluru | 10 cops from Ullal Police Station tested positive for covid-19 so far

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June 29,2020

Mangaluru, June 29: Six more personnel from Ullal Police Station in Mangaluru taluk have tested positive for covid-19.

With this, the total number of covid positive cops from the Ullal Police Station mounted to 10.

Official sources said that throat swabs of five police personnel and a Home Guard from Ullal today received positive report today. Earlier, four other cops were tested positive.

In addition to the police personnel, two undertrials arrested by the Ullal police on the charges of murder attempt at Thokkottu Olapete too were tested positive for Covid-19 June 28.

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2nd flight chattered by KSCC brings 171 stranded Kannadigas from UAE to Mangaluru

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June 27,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 27: The second flight chartered by the Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club (KSCC) to repatriate stranded Kannadigas in UAE landed at Mangalore International Airport at 6 p.m. today.

The Air Arabia flight with 171 passengers took off from Sharjah international airport around 1 am (UAE Time). The flight had 18 pregnant women, 9 children, 3 infants, 8 senior citizens, 20 people with medical emergencies besides those have lost jobs, stranded visit visa holders and those who had reported deaths in their families.

KSCC had set up help desk to finalize list of passengers and guide them throughout the process. All the legal procedures were carried out smoothly.

KSCC president Mohammed Ismail accorded a warm welcome to all passengers. Rapid tests for Covid-19 were conducted before departure. Mandatory quarantine for all the passengers was arranged in three hotels in Mangaluru for a period of seven days.

KSCC office bearers Ismail, Javed, Safwan and volunteers were present at the airport during the time of departure. KSCC has expressed its gratitude to Consulate General, DC of DK district, Umar U H and Ataullah Jokkate for their support.