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Mangaluru expats among 12 killed in Jubail factory fire; many critical

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April 16, 2016

Jubail, Apr 16: At least 12 people were killed and 11 others sustained severe injuries after fire broke out in a petrochemical factory in Saudi Arabia's largest industrial area located east of the Kingdom Satuday.

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Among the injured the condition of at least six is said to be extremely critical.

The incident took place in an area that was under construction and during routine maintenance at Jubail United Petrochemical Company plant.

Sources close to the Saudi Royal Commission said that the victims include expatriates from India and other countries.

It is learnt that Indian victims hailed from Karnataka's coastal city of Mangaluru and Kerala.

The fire broke out when technicians of the maintenance contractor were replacing catalysts in the plant.

Due to heavy smoke people suffered suffocation. The condition of the injured is stable said spokesman for the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Abdulqader.

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The CEO of the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu Dr. Muslih Al–Otaibi and United Company Chairman Adel Al-Sharidi visited the injured and the accident scene.

The Civil Defense and fire fighters were able to extinguish the fire after 10 minutes of its break out at 11:40 am local time. While the fire was small, it left people with severe smoke inhalation injuries.

Unconfirmed sources have identified the deceased as Bhaskar Bajpe, Vincent Nirmarga, Daniel Kerala, Jolan Filipino (all four in Al Mana Hospital), Ashraf Haleyangadi, lijon Kerala, Balakrishna Poojari Vamanjoor, Mohammed Ibrahim India (all four in Royal Commission Hospital), Karthik Sanil Krishnappa India, Ashish Kumar Singh India and Martin Filipino (all three in Mowasat Hospital).

Among the injured, Dheeraj Manjeshwar Rayan Filipino Athik UP Amrit Nepal and Saeed Kavoor are have been admitted to intensive care units of two different hospitals. The other injured include Nithin Venuru, Yathish Ullal, Ayyub Farangipet and Abhilash Niddodi.

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NOOR
 - 
Sunday, 17 Apr 2016

inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raajioon
Indeed we belong to ALLAH and indeed to HIM shall we return.
May ALLAH grant jannah & help the family to cope with the situation.

Fahad
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Saturday, 16 Apr 2016

Sushma Swaraj, the external affairs minister of india is on Iran visit. In this situation she must cut short her Iran visit and rush to Saudi Arabia to visit Indian victims.

Nisar
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Saturday, 16 Apr 2016

A shocking incident. Do not know how to console aggrieved families. All lower middle class expats.

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April 18,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 18: The residents of Thokkottu welcomed a COVID-19 patient who was cured and discharged from hospital with a standing ovation. 

The man remained in quarantine after returning from Tablighi Jammat religious gathering at Nizamuddin in Delhi. He was tested positive for COVID-19 on April 4 and was shifted to Wenlock Hospital for treatment.

After he was tested positive, a complete lockdown was announced within a 200-metre radius of the apartment where he was residing at Thokkottu.

The cured patient will have to remain quarantined at home for the next 14 days.

He has thanked the doctors, nurses and paramedical staff of Wenlock Hospital who took care of him in the hospital. 

In the meantime, 12 COVID-19 patients out of 13 have been cured and discharged from the hospital in Dakshina Kannada district.

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February 20,2020

Gadag, Feb 20: A 33-year-old Muslim man is all set to become a seer at Muruga Rajendra Mutt in Gadag.

Ordained by Sri Murugarajendra Koraneswara Swami of the mutt, Dewan Sharief Mullah claims he was taking the step not under any duress but after being "guided by the almighty".

"Nobody asked me to do it. The almighty came in my mind and guided me.... They have put the sacred thread and given me the responsibility. They have given me the 'Ishta-linga' and this honour. I have done the 'Ishta-linga dharan'. I will walk on the path of dharma. Love and sacrifice is the message given to me. That is what I want to propagate," he said.

Sri Murugarajendra Koraneswara Swami said, "It does not matter what caste you belong to. If God appears to you for a path of goodwill and sacrifice, you will do it regardless of the manmade restrictions of birth and caste."

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March 23,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 23: Film producer, philanthropist and entrepreneur V K Mohan committed suicide by hanging himself in a hotel in the city on Monday, police said.

Mohan, who hailed from Kundapur Taluk, Udupi District, was a famous film producer and hotelier.

According to police, Mohan arrived at the hotel on Sunday night and when he did not open the door of his room on Monday, hotel staffs, grew suspicious and peeped through the room window, found him hanging.

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