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All-India major ports shuttle badminton tourney gets underway

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January 29, 2012

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Mangalore, January 29: 32nd All-India Major Ports Shuttle Badminton Tournament – 2011-12 jointly hosted by New Mangalore Port Sports Council and Major Ports Sports Control Board commenced at NMPT on Saturday.

Dr P D Vaghela, Chairman, Kandla Port Trust and Major Ports Sports Control Board inaugurated the Tournament at the NMPT Gymkhana premises in the presence of Dr P Tamilvanan, Chairman, NMPT and other dignitaries.

T S N Murthy, Deputy Chairman, NMPT and President of NMP Sports Council, in his welcome address emphasized the need for inculcating sportsman spirit by the players.

In his inaugural address, Dr Vaghela appreciated NMPT for encouraging sports and games by conducting such national level Meets. He expressed his best wishes for the overall success of the meet.

Dr. P. Tamilvanan, Chairman, NMPT, in his presidential address reiterated NMPT's commitment in encouraging sports and games. He has also assured to include more items in the major ports tournaments in the coming years so that more talents get due recognition. H C Venkatesh, Secretary, MPSCB also addressed the gathering.

The inaugural match was played between NMPT and Tuticorin wherein NMPT won the match. The Deputy Chairman of NMPT who played doubles veteran won the match.

Teams from 9 major ports of Kandla, JNPT, Mumbai, Goa, Cochin, Chennai, Tuticorin, Vishakhapatnam and host Port - New Mangalore Port are participating In this Tournament in various categories like mens open- singles and doubles, veterans, children, etc. Players who had represented National/State level are expected to display a spectacular event to the badminton lovers of Mangalore

The matches will be conducted simultaneously at the NMPT Gymkhana and U.S. Mallya Indoor Stadium (Mangala stadium) for three days.

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April 30,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 30: Yet another case of covid-19 reported in the coastal city of Mangaluru today.  

The Dakshina Kannada district administration confirmed that a 58-year-old woman hailing from Boluru area in the city was tested positive for the coronavirus.

The woman was undergoing treatment in First Neuro Hospital at Padil where a woman from Bantwal (identified as P-501), who died of coronavirus had undegone treatment before being shifted to Wenclock. 

With this, total number of positive cases in Dakshina Kannada district has gone up to 22.

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July 20,2020

Mangaluru/ Udupi, Jul 20: Dakshina Kannada has recorded 89 new covid-19 cases and five deaths whereas as Udupi recorded 98 cases in past 24 hours. 

Dakshina Kannada 

With five new deaths, the covid-19 death toll in the district mounted to 82. Among the five deceased, two are from Mangaluru taluk, one from Beltangady taluk, one from Bantwal taluk and one from Chikkamangaluru district. The deceased include a 2 month old child (from Bantwal). 

Out of the 89 cases, eleven persons had contracted the disease from primary contacts. Two persons had returned from the Gulf. Forty-five persons are suffering from influenza-like illness (ILI), and sixteen persons are suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI). The health officials are tracing the contacts of fifteen others.

Meanwhile, 57 persons were also discharged from the hospital after complete recovery.

Udupi

With 98 new covid-19 cases, the total number of cases in the district today mounted to 2,321. Among them only 661 are currently active. 

1650 patients have been discharged from the hospital after complete recovery, and 11 persons have succumbed to COVID-19 in the district.

As of now, 213 throat swab samples are pending for results, 54 samples were sent for testing on July 20. On Sunday, July 20, 251 samples have tested negative. As of now, a total of 22357 swab samples out of the 24891 have tested negative for the coronavirus.

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May 18,2020

Mangaluru, May 18: A boat which was engaged in an operation to fix the pipe relating to the reverse osmosis plant of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) at Tannibavi turned turtle due to strong wind.

Two workers had gone missing in the incident that occurred on Sunday late evening, and one of them was rescued shortly thereafter.

The person who has not yet been found happens to be Pandu Pist from Mumbai. The person who was rescued was Santosh from Dakshina Kannada.

Three workers from West Bengal who were facing danger were also rescued.

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