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Seminar on Rani Abbakka on Mar 12

March 10, 2011

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Mangalore, March 10: “Abbakka Sankathana” a two day seminar on freedom fighter Ullala Rani Abbakka as part of the Abbakka Utsava under the aegis of Kannada and Culture Department and Ullala Veera Rani Abbakka Utsav Samithi will be held from March 12 at Ravindra Kalabhavan in Mangalore University College here.

UT Khader, Honorary President of the Samithi told media persons here on Thursday that in order to prepare a comprehensive documentary on life and achievements of Abbakka, the Samithi is holding this seminar.

Mangalore University Vice Chancellor TC Shivashankar Murthy will inaugurate the seminar. Historian Dr Mukunda Prabhu will preside over the function. MCC Commissioner Dr KN Vijaya Prakash and Syndicate Member of Hampi University Dr Gayathri Navada will be the chief guests.

In all, 12 scholars including Dr Udaya Barkoor, Dr Mohana Krishna, Dr Meenakshi, Prof Thukaram Poojary, Prof AV Navada, Ganapaiah Bhat, Dr Shaila, Dr Lokesh, Dr Kamalaksha and others will present the paper on Abbakka.

On March 13, an interaction programme on significance of Abbakka Rani in present scenario, nature and plans of Abbakka Utsav will be held. Dr K Chinnappa Gowda, Registrar, Mangalore University will preside over the function. Dr KG Vasantha Madhava, Dr B Shivarama Shetty, Dr Vamana Nandavara and Dr Nikethana will present paper.

Dinakar Ullal, Prof AV Navada, K Jayaram Shetty, Bhaskar Rai Kukkuvalli, Sadananda Bangera, Hyder Parthippady and others were present at the press meet.





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Two other testing centres are already working at the city’s airport and seaport.

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July 7,2020

Tumakuru, Jul 7: Coronavirus is spreading at the community level in Karnataka, said minister, JC Madhuswamy on Monday.

"Medical condition of eight infected with coronavirus admitted in Tumkur COVID Hospital is critical. There is no guarantee of their lives as per the information. We somewhere feel we are worried that coronavirus is spreading at the community level," Madhuswamy, Tumakuru district-in-charge minister, told reporters here.

"We have reached a point where it is difficult for the district authorities to restrain it, even though we are trying to restrain it. Somewhere the situation is going out of hand," he said.

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Mudigre, May 23: The throat swab sample of a Primary Health Care doctor at Mudigere in Chikkamagaluru district tested negative for COVID-19. 

It was wrongly tested positive for COVID-19 on May 19, clarified DC Dr Bagadi Gautham. 

The doctor's throat swab was tested again in Shivamogga and Hassan labs where it has tested negative. He will be discharged from hospital, said the DC.

All the 28 contacts of the doctor too tested negative. 

A total of 485 primary contacts and 961 secondary contacts of the doctor were quarantined after the throat swab of the doctor was tested positive. All the contacts who have been quarantined will be sent back home from quarantine centres, added DC.

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