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Minister Khader gets a rousing reception in Mangaluru

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June 9, 2018

Mangaluru Jun 9: U T Khader, the minister for urban development and housing, today received a rousing reception after landing at Mangaluru International Airport.

Mr Khader, the only Congress MLA and minister from twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, is visiting the city for the first time after swearing in as a minister in chief minister H D Kumaraswamy led coalition government.

Dozens of Congress workers and fans had gathered outside the airport to welcome their leader. However, they had to wait for a long time as Mr Khader’s flight reached the airport at 11:55 though he was supposed to arrive at 9 a.m.

As Mr Khader emerged out of the airport he was lifted by jubilant fans, who kept on raising slogans. Traditional Chende beatings and crackers were also part of the celebration.

The minister headed to Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee office in the city accompanied by the District Congress chief and MLC Harish Kumar, AICC member P V Mohan and others.

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Sunday, 10 Jun 2018

we should always respect the people who work for the betterment of society...he is one of that...we sulute you sir...good people are rear to see but more dogs and criminal are found in BJP well...they live luxirous life but splitting venom on other community to fill there bags..only poor people will suffer...i hope DK people will vote for kind hearted and truth member in 2019 election.

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June 7,2020

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jun 7: Coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have recorded 17 and 13 new coronavirus positive cases between 5 p.m. on June 6 and 5 p.m. on June 7. 

16 among 17 new covid patients in Dakshina Kannada are returnees from Maharashtra, while one returned from Goa recently.

Maharashtra returnees comprise 14 males, including three teenagers t, and two females aged 32 and 41. The Goa returnee is a 32-year-old male.

All of them have all been admitted to the designated COVID hospital in the district.

With this, the total tally of coronavirus cases in Dakshina Kannada has risen to 203, out of which 47 are currently active. As many as 150 patients have recovered and been discharged, and seven have died.

Among the 13 in Udupi, 12 are Maharashtra returnees, while process of contact tracing of one patient, a 30-year-old woman, is going on.

The patients comprise eight males, including a 7-year-old boy, and five females. They have all been admitted to the designated hospital.

This takes the total number of coronavirus cases in Udupi district to 902, out of which 798 are currently active, 103 discharged, and one patient has died.

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January 23,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 23: Members of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Thursday held a protest against the Karnataka government, accusing it of shielding Aditya Rao, the main accused of planting an improvised explosive device (IED) at the Mangaluru airport on January 20.

Meanwhile, the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court has sent the accused Aditya Rao to 10 days police custody.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Bengaluru Police said that the procedure is being followed to hand-over to the Mangaluru Police a suspect who surrendered before it two days after planting an improvised explosive device (IED) at the Mangaluru International Airport.

The IED was later defused in an open field by the personnel of the bomb disposal squad.

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July 12,2020

Tumakuru, Jul 12: A four-year-old boy was killed by a leopard at Rajendrapur hamlet at Hasige Hobli village near Huliyurdurga in Kunigal taluk.

Police said on Sunday that this was the third such attack by big cats in the district in a span of six months.

Forest officials said that the boy had gone with his mother to wash clothes at a tank and the animal attacked him while playing there on Saturday late evening. 

A passerby who witnessed the incident scared the animal, it escaped leaving the boy’s body behind.

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