Bangalore, November 18: Higher Education and Udupi district in-charge minister V S Acharya collapsed at the door of the committee room in Vidhana Soudha while he was about to brief mediapersons after the cabinet meeting.
He was attended to by law minister S Suresh Kumar and others.
After resting for a few minutes, Acharya, who had fractured his leg, walked in with Suresh Kumar to address media persons. “I reduced my dose of medicines. So there was a bit of exhaustion,” Acharya said.
Mangaluru, May 20: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, a Class 10 student who was preparing for the final examinations drowned in Adyapady dam on the outskirts of the city yesterday.
The victim is Mallik, 17, a resident of Mulur village in Gurpur. The tragedy occurred when Mallik along with some others had come to the dam to catch fish.
According to the police, he accidentally slipped into the waters and drowned. His body was recovered later.
Jurisdictional Bajpe police have registered a case of unnatural death and investigations are underway.
Udupi, Apr 21: Four walk-in sample collection units for COVID-19 test has been installed in the district, sources said on Monday.
The units have been installed at Udupi’s T M A Pai Hospital and district hospital and at Kundapura and Karkala taluk hospitals by Indian Medical Association, Udupi Branch along with Rotary Club and Red Cross Society.
Udupi district was declared COVID-19-free after all three COVID-19 positive patients were discharged after recovery and were now in home quarantine, the sources added.
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