Mangaluru: Soorya-Chandra Jodukare Kambala sets adrenalin pumping

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February 8, 2016

Mangaluru, Feb 8: Amidst ongoing debate over animal sports, the day and night Soorya-Chandra Jodukare Kambala once again rejuvenated the rural culture and traditions on Sunday at Talapady Panjala off NH 66 in Mangaluru taluk.

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As many as 73 pairs of buffalo took part in six different categories of slush track race. The competitions went on till early Monday morning.

UT Khader, Minister for Health and Family Welfare inaugurated the event. Speaking on the occasion, he said that Kambala and Yakshagana are the two traditional forms of coastal Karnataka. He would be happy to support both these cultural events, he said.

The event started with Hagga Hiriya and Kiriya (Rope senior and junior) in which 20 pairs participated. This was followed by Negilu Hiriya and Kiriya (plough senior and junior), which saw 47 pairs participating in the category. The last ones were Halage (wooden plank) and Kane Halage, the main attractions.

A posse of police personnel was also deployed at the venue for security arrangements as well as to ensure that the organisers and owners do not violate directions by the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences Department that the event should not unleash any violence on the animals.

The event was organized under the leadership of Talapady Doddamane Ravindranatha Shetty, working president of the Jodukare Kambala Samithi.

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rikaz
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Monday, 8 Feb 2016

Bajrangies look at it...they are punishing your cow father....

Abdul Rahman
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Monday, 8 Feb 2016

For those whom cows are mother, above animal must be a close relative, why they allow to beat them in such manner and enjoy?

Shekar
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Monday, 8 Feb 2016

really nice to c the running buffalo,

sneha ullal
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Monday, 8 Feb 2016

wow, festival for animals, nice to c animal sports, this guys are really nice, make them buffalo as their icon and joying their win in the race .

pawar Joshi
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Monday, 8 Feb 2016

Animal Abusing should be banned in india.

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January 11,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 11: A large number of people from the Women India Movement on Saturday staged a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) here and raised slogans denouncing the newly enacted law.

Protestors were seen carrying placards that read, 'Stop diving India, Boycott CAA, NRC, NPR', 'We are humans, not criminals', 'Save India from fascism'.

"Today's youths are tomorrow's future. The present leaders are scared by the youths and are trying to wipe us out. They are scared of the students because they are raising their voices," a protestor told media.

"It started with the triple talaq, then the removal of Article 370 and Babri Masjid verdict. We Muslims kept quiet but now it is a question to our Constitution. We are not here as Muslims but as an Indian Citizen protesting against the cruelty of the BJP government," she added.

The protestor said the Central government is trying to make India a Hindu Rashtra by wiping out all other communities.

"This fascist government is trying to poison the minds of Hindus against the Muslims. After Muslims, there will be the Christian community and then other communities. The main motive of the government is to only keep Brahmins in India," added the protestor.

The newly-enacted law grants citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Parsi, Buddhist, and Christian refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, who came to India on or before December 31, 2014.

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January 24,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 24: The third annual nocturnal Mangaluru Kambala, also known as the Rama Lakshmana Kambala, will be held on the night of January 25 at Goldfinch City in Bangra Kuluru, Mangaluru Kambala Samithi president Brijesh Chowta announced on Friday.

The all-night Kambala will have six categories - Naegilu Kiriya, Hagga Kiriya, Naegilu Hiriya, Hagga Hiriya, Kane Halage and Adda Halage.

The event will be inaugurated at 0930 hrs on January 25 and another programme will be held at 1800 hrs.

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July 4,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 4: In a heart-wrenching incident, a 65-year-old coronavirus patient at Hanumath Nagar in South Bengaluru died outside his house waiting for an ambulance on Friday evening. The body was kept on the road for more three hours.

The deceased tested positive for coronavirus on Friday and immediately called an ambulance to reach a hospital. However, according to his family members, as he waited for the ambulance for nearly three hours, he collapsed on the road in front of his house complaining of breathlessness and died.

As the body lay unattended on the road, it began to rain heavily. Soon, videos of the body lying on the road in the heavy rain went viral on social media. 

A senior doctor in charge of the division, however, claimed that the ambulance had arrived in less than half an hour but the patient had died before they reached the spot. 

"The patient had given samples on Thursday at KIMS and tested positive on Friday. BBMP officials informed them that they would reach his house. But the man, fearing that he may be stigmatised in the locality, began walking to the corner of the road and collapsed on the street and died," the officer said. 

Another health official from Basavanagudi limits said: "As the ambulance staff do not transport the dead, they informed the hearse van, which was set to arrive in 30 minutes. But due to the sudden rain and heavy traffic ahead of the curfew hours, they were stranded for almost three hours later." The officials also said the deceased had been suffering from cardiac ailments for almost 10 years. 

Regretting the incident, BBMP officials said they were helpless as was an acute shortage of hearse vans. "We were told that there were 20 deaths today and there are only eight hearse vans available. They had to shift this patient after attending to another mortality and were stuck in traffic. By then, due to the fear of infection, nobody attended to the deceased," the officer explained. 

BBMP commissioner B H Anil Kumar said that such incidents should not recur and ordered an investigation and sought a report. "We will ensure that such incidents do not recur," Kumar said.  

Following outrage on social media, a hearse van was summoned and the body was shifted to the Victoria Hospital mortuary as per the protocol. Police have opened a case of unnatural death.

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