Modi celebrates Guj, HP victories in Mangaluru; becomes third Indian PM to stay in coastal city

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December 19, 2017

Mangaluru, Dec 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has celebrated the joy of Bharatiya Janata Party’s election victories in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh with his fans in the coastal city of Mangaluru.

Mr Modi arrived by a special flight at Mangaluru International Airport at 12:05 a.m. on Tuesday though he was expected to land there at 10:30 p.m. on Monday.

Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, Karnataka top cop Neelamani Raju, Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil, local MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, legislators Sunil Kumar, Kota Srinivas Poojary, S Angara were present at the Airport among others to welcome the PM.

It was double celebration for the BJP leaders and workers in Mangaluru as their supreme leader himself was present with them to celebrate the party’s poll victories in two states.

Mr Modi then headed to Circuit House in the city amid tight security and spent the night there. He is expected to fly to Lakshadweep by a special helicopter on Tuesday morning.

This is PM’s second visit to the coastal Karnataka within two months. He had visited Dharmasthala on October 29. He is likely to visit Udupi soon, sources said.

Mr Modi became the third Prime Minister of India to stay in Mangaluru. In 1957 then PM Jawaharlal Nehru had stayed in the house of late Congress leader Octavia Albuquerque. During his second visit he had stayed in the house of Gajanana Rao Pandith. In 1971 then PM Indira Gandhi had stayed at Circuit House during a poll campaign in Mangaluru.

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Mangaluru: Woman who tested positive for COVID-19 gives birth

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June 12,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 12: A pregnant woman who returned from Maharashtra and tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, gave birth to a child at the Wenlock COVID-19 hospital in Mangaluru. After she experienced labour pain, a team of expert doctors performed the delivery through the caesarean section on Thursday.

Both the woman and the new born are safe, hospital sources said. The woman, who belongs to Kinnigoli in Dakshina Kannada district, had arrived in the city on Monday. She was in an advanced stage of pregnancy and was taken to another hospital the next day after she complained of weakness.

As she came from Maharashtra, she was shifted to a separate ward at the Wenlock hospital and quarantined. Her throat swab samples tested positive on Wednesday. A COVID-19 test will be done on the baby after a few days, district health officer Ramachandra Bairy said.

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Schools expected to reopen in September in Karnataka: Education Minister

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Schools will remain closed and are expected to be opened in the month of August or September in the view of rising COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, said S Suresh Kumar, Minister of Primary and Secondary Education and Sakala of Karnataka on Tuesday.

Speaking on the issue, Kumar said, "Schools would not open for the time being. The children will be taught through media."

"The state is also working on the new schemes to improve the learning process for the students," he added.

As many as 5,536 new COVID-19 cases and 102 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Tuesday, according to the State Health Department.

The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 1,07,001 including 64,434 active cases, 40,504 discharges and 2,055 deaths.

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Man arrested under Wildlife Protection Act for biting snake to death in Karnataka

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May 7,2020

Kolar, May 7: A 38-year-old man has been arrested for biting a snake and peeling off its skin at Mustur village in Kolar district of Karnataka.

Mulbagal range forest officer KN Ravikeerthi said forest officials nabbed Kumar, a construction worker, at Mustur on Wednesday and booked him under the Wildlife Protection Act. He was under the influence of alcohol.

Ravikeerthi said Kumar's offence is non-bailable and attracts a jail term of up to three years. The remains of the snake were collected and sent to a lab to ascertain its species. Forest officials said the snake Kumar bit was not a viper as was reported earlier but a rat snake.

On Tuesday, Kumar was riding back home after buying liquor when the snake ca me under his bike's wheels. He tossed the injured snake around his neck, bit it and peeled off its skin. Kumar said the snake had troubled him in the past.

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