Award winning scribes feted on Press Club Day

March 11, 2012
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Mangalore, March 11: The Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists Union and Mangalore Press Club jointly celebrated 'Press Club Day' on Saturday. All the working media persons from the electronic and print media actively took part in the function.

DK Co-operative Bank President Rajendra Kumar, who was the chief guest, said, those who work in the media are mostly middle class. “I have close association with the media persons due to my work. We must have a corruption free society for which the media helps. There is lot of respect given to the word 'press'. Whatever the situation is, the journalists have to bear a sense of duty on their jobs,” he said.

MCC Commissioner Harish Kumar said that because of the Journalists still there was transparency in society. Politicians and officers are fear to cross their limits only because of media, he said.

He also advised that debates on social issues must continue in media. There must be a clear differentiation between personal and social issues, he said.

DKWJU president PB Harish Rai presented a prolonged report that included the activities of the union.

Then various media persons who had bagged awards for their work were felicitated on the occasion. Among those who were felicitated were VU George of Mangalore Toaday, Ronald Fernandes of Deccan herald, Guruvappa Baliga, U Kumarnath, Surendra Wagle, Hillary Crasta, Ravindra Shetty, Agnel Rodrigues, Sharath Kinnigoli, Sudakar Yermal, Ravi Posavanike, Satish Ural, Dayanand Kukkaje, Ahmed Anwar from Coastal digest.com/Coastal Mirror, Jitendra Kundeshwara, Jagannath Shetty Bala, Hamza Malar, Durga Kumar, Muhammad Arif, S Jayaram, Srinivas Indaje, Venkatesh Bantwal and Naresh Sasihithlu.

The prizes for the winners of sports competitions which were conducted a few weeks earlier were given away. The programme included cultural performances by the young journalists.

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August 6,2020

Madikeri, Aug 6: Heavy rainfall triggered landslides at Brahmagiri hills in Talacauvery in Kodagu on Thursday.

Four members of the Talacauvery temple priest family are missing in the landslides informed Annies Kanmani Joy, Kodagu DC.

She also informed that Advanced Rescue Team has been rushed to incident site.

According to the reports, houses belonging to two priest families were destroyed in the incident. 

However, one house was vacant as family had moved to Bhagamandala.

Visuals from Kodagu showed a flood-like situation, with houses and vehicles submerged under rainwater.

Meanwhile, heavy rains continued to lash Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikkamagaluru districts on Thursday.

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: No private hospital in Karnataka can turn away a patient without attending to him or her, irrespective of the Coronavirus status, an official has said.

"Private medical establishments shall not deny treatment and admission to any patient approaching the establishment irrespective of the fact that such patient may or may not be suffering from Covid-19," an official from the state Health and Family Welfare Department said on Wednesday.

Likewise, no private hospital can insist on a patient for a Covid-19 test report, said the official invoking the Disaster Management Act.

"The establishments also cannot insist for Covid test report," he said, directing all private hospitals to strictly abide by their responsibilities.

According to the department, it is the duty of every private hospital to provide first aid and take lifesaving steps when any patient approaches it.

"It is the duty of every private medical establishment to provide first aid and take lifesaving measures to stabilise the patient," he said.

The department also invoked statutes from Karnataka Medical Establishments Act 2017, under sections 11 and 11 (A) to drive home the message.

The directives assume significance at a time when several cases of private hospitals denying admissions and fleecing patients across the state have emerged.

"It has been noticed that some of the private hospitals are refusing treatment and admission to emergency patients, causing distress and this has resulted in complications, leading to death in certain cases," said the official.

The district authorities have been directed to take action on the erring hospitals as the department reiterated the responsibilities of private medical establishments.

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March 1,2020

Tumakuru, Mar 1: A leopard killed 30-month-old kid when she was playing outside her home in Baichnehalli village in Hebbur Hobli in Tumakuru district, police said on Sunday.

Police said that the deceased has been identified as Chandana. The incident happened on Saturday evening.

Forest and police officials visited the spot. A case has been registered in this connection.

Karnataka Minister for Forest Ananda Singh issued a shoot at sight order for the leopard which killed a 30-month-old boy while playing in front of his house on Sunday.

Speaking to newsmen after visiting the Bichenahalli where the kid was killed, he said that the operation will begin on Monday. The kid was dragged by the leopard and killed Saturday night.

Earlier also the same leopard had killed five-year-old child in the district, he added.

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