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Police make headway in taxi driver killing case; two held

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October 2, 2011

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Mangalore, October 2: Based on significant evidence, Mangalore city police have taken two persons into custody in connection with the murder case of city based car driver Govardhan.

The detained are Malathes of Haveri and Somu alias Somashekhar from Davanagere, both tipper drivers.

It is said that both admitted their role in the brutal murder during the interrogation. However, the motto behind the murder is not yet revealed by them.

Police have sped up investigation in order to solve the case at the earliest, sources said.

It can be recalled that Govardhan, son of S Narayan, a resident of Bejai Kapikad and a taxi owner-cum-driver by profession, vanished after he dropped four strangers, who hired his car from KSRTC bus stand in the city to Karkala on the night of August 25.

His car was traced near the main gate of Suzlon Energy Ltd near Padubidri very next day of the incident. His body was found on Belman-Mundkur Road on August 29.

Annoyed by the failure of city police in solving this mysterious murder case, Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Smiti (krishnappa) had staged a demonstration in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner on September 23 and set a 15 day deadline for the police to arrest the culprits.

During the schedule caste and schedule tribal grievance redressal meeting organised by Commissionerate last Sunday, Dalit community leaders have expressed their distress over the lethargic attitude of police as far as this case is concerned.

Following this, senior police officers had been to Govardhan's residence and gathered information as part of investigation.



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April 10,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 10: The Karnataka Education Board on Friday further postponed the annual examination for SSLC to May due to extension of lockdown to arrest spread of coronavirus which is spreading like wildfire in the state.

Minister for Primary and Higher Education S Suresh Kumar also announced that the PUC examination were also postponed to May.

"However, depending upon the situation we will announce the date in May and will inform the students one week earlier of the examination date to give time for preparation,"

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May 5,2020

Mangaluru, May 5: A day after lockdown was partially relaxed in Dakshina Kannada, a fresh covid-19 positive case was reported today from Boloor area of Mangaluru.

In its fresh bulletin, health and family welfare department today said that the throat swabs of a 51-year-old man from Boloor tested positive for the coronavirus.

Boloor is already declared as corona containment zone in the district after as this is the fourth coronavirus positive case reported from the area.

With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in Dakshina Kannada mounted to 25 including 19 residents of the district and six outsiders who have already left the district after getting treatment.

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May 22,2020

Bengaluru, May 22: The Karnataka government, which has fixed Rs 200 as fine for not wearing masks and covering faces to contain coronavirus spread, has collected Rs 3.43 lakh from 15,000 people as fine from May 5 till date.

"From May 5, the government has collected Rs 3,43,000 by fining 1,715 citizens for nor wearing masks or covering their faces," the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) Commissioner said in a statement.

Here is a zone-wise chart showing fines that have been collected:

Meanwhile, Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said the state has reached its target of scaling up to 10,000 tests per day by conducting 11,499 tests on Thursday. In Kalaburagi, where the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the State, conducted over 1000 tests yesterday.

"By conducting 11,449 COVID-19 tests yesterday, we reached our target of scaling up to 10,000 tests per day Kalaburagi that saw the first COVID-19 case in the state conducted over 1000 tests yesterday," Sudhakar said.

As per the Union Health Ministry, Karnataka has 1,605 positive cases, of which 571 have been recovered and discharged and 41 have succumbed to the infection.

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