Violence intensifies in Kanhangad

October 11, 2011

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Kanhangad, October 11: Police lobbed grenades and used tear gas to quell the violent mobs as two groups of people unleashed violence in the town on Tuesday.

The agitating mob attacked shops and burned vehicles in the town and adjacent areas.

A prohibitory order was also clamped under three police stations of Bekal, Ambalathara and Kanhangad.

Several houses and shops were stoned following clashes which started on Monday to protest the burning of an auto-rickshaw of a DYFI activist in the wee hours of Monday.

What started as clashes between the IUML and the DYFI activists spread to other areas as two groups of people took to violence blocking the vehicular traffic and burning vehicles.

As many as nine vehicles including a school bus were burned by the miscreants who also stoned several houses in the town.

The traders announced the indefinite closure of shops in protest against the attack on shops and business establishments.

The police resorted to lathi-charge , lobbing of grenades and bursting of teargas to quell the mobs, but violence continued unabated.

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Second confirmed case of coronavirus reported in Kerala

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February 2,2020

New Delhi, Jan 2: India on Sunday reported the second case of novel coronavirus with a person from Kerala with a travel history to China testing positive, officials said.

"The patient has tested positive for novel coronavirus and is in isolation in a hospital," the health ministry said.

The patient is stable and is being closely monitored, it said.

India's first novel coronavirus case in India was also reported from Kerala with a student testing positive.

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Karnataka CET exams to be held on July 30, 31

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May 13,2020

Bengaluru, May 13: The Karnataka Common Entrance Test (K-CET) 2020 will be held on July 30 and 31.

The test, earlier as scheduled to be held on April 22, 23 and 24, was postponed due to COVID-19 crisis and the nation-wide lockdown.

Now, considering the dates for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) dates announced by the Union government, the state government has announced the revised dates on Wednesday.

Higher Education Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan announced this in a press conference. The test will be held online, the minister said.

For CET 2020, over 1.90 lakh students registered for admission to undergraduate engineering, B Tech, Architecture, Agriculture and veterinary science courses.

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The Union Health Ministry has revised its discharge guidelines for COVID-19 patients, stating that only those with severe illness need to be tested (through a swab test) and a negative report needs to be obtained before discharge.

The latest guideline adds that other categories of patients, including very mild, mild, pre-symptomatic and moderate cases, need not be tested before discharge.

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Abandoned bag at Mangaluru Airport triggers panic

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January 20,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 20: A suspicious unattended laptop bag with the suspicion of containing “something harmful” was found abandoned at the Mangaluru International Airport on Monday.

The bag was found kept in the rest area meant for the passengers outside the airport. According to reports, two men came in auto and left the bag near the ticket counter, which is near the VIP vehicles parking area.

The bag, which was lying unattended near the entrance of the airport was removed from the spot by the airport security personnel at 8.45 am.

Bomb detection squad personnel has rushed to the spot and shifted the bag to a safe zone, said Mangaluru Commissioner of Police P S Harsha.