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Mangaluru school girl loses battle with cancer, donates body for medical research

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November 3, 2018

Mangaluru, Nov 3: When 16-year-old Prathiksha realized that she would not live any longer, she took a bold decision to donate her mortal remains to a medical college for research purpose. And her wish is now fulfilled.

Daughter of Kumaraswamy and Vandana couple from Ashok Nagar in Mangaluru, Prathiksha, was a Class 10 student at Sharada Vidyalaya. She lost her battle with bone cancer on October 31.

Apart from her parents, she is survived by her twin-brother and classmate Preetham, and elder brother, Prajwal Krishna, who is a second year degree student.

A bright student, Prathiksha was under treatment for bone cancer for past two years and was bed-ridden from the past four months. The doctors said she had completely recovered but the cancer relapsed again. Recently her health condition got from bad to worse and she breathed her last earlier this week.

A few days before her death, she had requested her parents to donate her body for medical research. Though her parents were taken aback by her decision, they finally fulfilled her wish. A day after she breathed her last her body was donated to a private hospital on November 1.

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Sandesh Shetty
 - 
Saturday, 3 Nov 2018

Rare noble act.. great. 

Vinod
 - 
Saturday, 3 Nov 2018

Hats off the parents for not opposing body donation

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January 1,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 1: On the first day of 2020, Bajpe Police became somewhat of a Guardian Angel for a college student, who was wandering around the city in the wee hours of Wednesday, convincing and escorting him to his home safely, after coming to know about his residence.

According to Bajpe Police Probationary Sub-Inspector Anita Nikkam and Police Officer Devappa Hosamani, they noticed a youth, hailing from Handelu in Todaru and studying in a college at Moodbidri, wandering at around 0245 hrs.

When asked about his whereabouts, the boy did not respond initially. However, police managed to collect his address and his mother's phone number after half an hour of interrogation.

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June 13,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 13: A bus agent died after the compound wall of his house collapsed on him at Matadagudde, near Gurupura-Kaikamba, on Friday afternoon. This is the first rain-related death reported in Dakshina Kannada.

The victim is Narayana Naika, 52. According to police, heavy rain on Friday afternoon blocked a small water stream adjacent to his compound wall, and the deceased was clearing it. The stone compound wall then suddenly collapsed on him, and he got buried underneath. He sustained grievous head injuries and died on the way to hospital.

Narayana is survived by his wife and two children.

Dakshina Kannada received an average rainfall of 26.1mm in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am on Friday. The highest rainfall was recorded at Puttur and Mangaluru taluks at 31.3mm and 30.3mm, respectively. Bantwal and Sullia taluks received 26.3mm and 24.6mm of rain, respectively.

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March 14,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 14: Following the footsteps of the neighbouring state Kerala, the state government has decided to deliver groceries to the mid-day meal scheme beneficiaries at the anganwadis.

The state govt has also declared one-week holiday for anganwadis, as a precautionary measure to control the spread of COVID-19 among children.

The respective district administrations have been directed to take necessary steps to ensure that the groceries are delivered to the students’ homes as well.

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