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Tension grips after blast rocks house in Murdeshwar

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October 22, 2011

Murdeshwar, October 22: A tense atmosphere prevailed after a powerful blast rocked a house in Murdeshwar two days ago. Though the house owner has claimed that it was a cylinder explosion, local people have expressed suspicion about it.

Two people sustained critically injuries in the incident which took place around 11 am on Friday. The blast was so powerful that, the roof of the house was blown-off and several nearby houses were also damaged.

The injured have been identified as Jyothi (45) and Umesh Gudigar (50). They were taken to RNS Hospital and later shifted to Manipal.

According to the house owner Raghavendra Gudigar the blast occurred due to cylinder burst.

As the news of explosion spread, police officials and Tahsildar rushed to the blast site and inspected the area. When Tahsildar asked the owner about the cylinder which caused the blast, the owner showed him a cylinder kept outside the house which was in a very good condition. Eye witnesses said that it was apparent that the blast was not caused by that cylinder.

Local people are of the opinion that the house owner is trying to hide something. They alleged that the blast may be the result of crude bomb because the intensity of the blast was so strong that the roof of the house was completely blown-off and several nearby houses were also damaged but the top cover of the cylinder which was tied with a thin thread was intact. And by looking at the gas stove it seems that, it was deliberately burnt outside the house by putting kerosene on it. A match box was also found near the stove.

Many people raised doubt that it may be the handiwork of miscreants who wanted to create terror during upcoming Bakrid festival.

It may be recalled that, on September 5, 2010, two persons were killed died when they were manufacturing a crude bomb in Belke village of Bhatkal allegedly to scare pigs, which were damaging their crops. And on October 10 2009, one person was arrested for illegally possessing explosives worth Rs 1.31 lakh from a house in Bangarmakki.

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May 18,2020

Mangaluru, May 18: The coastal district of Dakshina Kannada today reported two more covid-19 positive cases. One is a 30-year-old man and the other is a 55-year-old woman.

The man, a resident of Karopady in Bantwal, had returned from Raigad in Maharashtra and is under quarantine.

The woman, a resident of Yeyyadi, had fever and hence visited Wenlock hospital for test. She was diagnosed to have Severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) symptoms and later tested positive. She has been shifted to ICU. 

With this the total number of covid-19 positive cases in the district rose to 54. Among them 48 are from Dakshina Kannada and six patients are from other districts.

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January 21,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 21: Controversial Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan will remain in state-syllabus textbooks in the next academic year (2020-21) too. But the government will form another committee to look at the subject afresh.

"Efforts are on to give textbooks and uniforms the day schools open next academic year. After a discussion with the CM, we decided to not make any changes in the textbooks for the upcoming academic year,"said primary and secondary education minister S Suresh Kumar.

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However, we will form a committee to look into it again,” said the minister.

Three months ago, Madikeri MLA Appachu Ranjan had written to the minister seeking removal of contents on Tipu Sultan from Karnataka state syllabus books of classes 6,7 and 10. The minister said: “Appachu Ranjan is a five-time MLA. When he sent a letter, it’s my duty to seek an opinion on it. There’s no political angle here.”

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June 11,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 11: City police on Thursday filed a 700-page chargesheet in connection with the arrest of Aditya Rao, 36, accused of planting an IED at Mangaluru International Airport on January 20.

The chargesheet said the bag placed near MIA entrance had a real bomb, as per the FSL report. The IED in the tin box was made of sulphur, ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate and charcoal.

Rao, an engineer, who learnt bomb-making through online videos, had also placed a timer along with it and sharp objects such as nails and metals. However, he had not fixed wires to trigger a blast. “His intention was not to cause a blast but only to create a scare,” said sources.

The bomb was made in less than two weeks. However, it had taken Rao several days to procure raw materials. Police had completed the chargesheet process in April.

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