Mangalore, January 8: Veteran religious scholar Shaikhuna C P Mohammed Kunhi Musliyar, popularly known as 'Manjanady Ustad', died at his home in the early hours of Saturday.
He was 96.
Ustad, who was an active leader in the religious field for nearly eight decades, had served as the Mudarris of Manjanady for 25 years.
He was buried in Kanhangad on Saturday evening.
Bengaluru, Aug 4: Deputy Chief Minister Dr.CN Ashwathnarayan instructed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner Manjunatha Prasad to set up a separate high-level committee to ascertain the exact cause of coronavirus-related deaths in the state.
He spoke to reporters after a meeting with Prasad on Tuesday.
"The committee, headed by senior officials will audit the reason for the increase in death cases. Has there been a death due to treatment delay? Or are there any shortcomings in the treatment process?" the deputy chief minister said.
He pointed out that based on the report, the committee should try to correct the deficiency and reduce the death rate.
"How many beds are in which hospital? How many patients are on a ventilator? How many have gone home from the hospital? Etc. All information needs to be updated online at the moment. He suggested that this information should be made available to the public online," Ashwaththanarayana said.
Stating that some hospitals are not giving details about the number of beds correctly, he instructed the commissioners to take legal action if differences in their data are found.
He said that there is a shortage of ASHA workers in the city and it needs to be hired immediately.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 74,477 active COVID-19 cases in Karnataka and the death toll in the state is at 2,594.
Mysuru, Feb 6: Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu on Thursday said that he would consult experts in Ayurveda and other streams over coronavirus issue.
Speaking to the media here, he said that ''So far no positive case has been reported in the state''.
''However, the Health department officials have taken all precautionary measures to check the epidemic'', he further said.
Udupi, Apr 25: Senior RSS leader H Somashekhar Bhatt received a call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday enquiring about his health.
Bhatt got emotional hearing the Prime Minister's voice at the other end, family sources said.
The Prime Minister called at 8.30 AM and began the conversation with 'Somashekharji' and spoke for about six minutes.
The 85-year-old veteran recalled how the Jana Sangh came to power in Udupi municipality under the leadership of V S Acharya in 1968 and about his association with the Sangh Parivar through the decades and his imprisonment during the Emergency.
Bhatt, former Udupi municipality president, later said it was a rare honour for him.
"I am very glad that PM Modi called and spoke to me. I shared the experience of meeting him at the Jaipur session.
Asked to take care of health and expressed concern," he said.
The Prime Minister has been calling senior functionaries of the party who worked for the Sangh Parivar in the time of adversities to build up the BJP in its present form and seeking advice from them.
He had also called in recent days former MLA Ram Bhat who was elected from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada and D H Shankar Murthy, who was former chairman of the state legislative council, BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel tweeted.
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