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HRS rushes to help fire victims

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April 25, 2012

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Udupi, April 25: Labourers who lost their huts when a fire broke out at Chitpadi extension in Udupi last Friday, are now helplessly seeking shelter beside the roads and awnings of shops.

The members of Humanitarian Relief Society of Jama'ath-e-Islami Hind, who visited the victims of fire tragedy, have promised to join their hands in rehabilitation work for the victims.

They have urged the government to provide a suitable site to build houses for the helpless labourers, as the place where their huts were located is not fit to build houses.

As part of its relief activity HRS also provided rice, grains, vessels and clothes for the families which lost their huts in the mishap.

When 13 huts gutted in fire, the residents lost all their belongings including a cash amount of over Rs 30,000, seven bicycles and a motorbike.

“We have been living here since nine years. Our children go to school. We have lost our clothes, vessels, household items, records and text books and everything in this fire. You have to help us in some way,” a distressed woman told the members of HRS.

Gangadhar, a labourer, said that all the families, which lost their huts, were spending nights beside the road since one week. “A few people like members of HRS have extended their helping hand and given us mats and rugs. We do not know what can be done in the future. As everything has been burnt in the fire, it would be good if anyone provides us housing facility,” he said.

“We cannot even return to our native which is reeling under drought situation. We cannot get any employment in our native Bagalkote. How many days we can lead a life beside the road?” asked Savithri, another labourer.

“We do not even have utensils to cook. We have virtually lost all our savings and belongings in the fire,” she added.

The labourers have also lost their ID card, documents related to two-wheelers. The names of those who lost their huts are Maruthi, Sathyavva, Yamanappa, Shekhappa, Sangappa, Nagaraj, Durgappa, Yamanappa, Mahanthesh, Parashuram, Sabbalahunasi Ramappa, Siddappa, Siddaramappa.


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March 27,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 27: In the wake of mounting number of coronavirus positive cases in Dakshina Kannada and surrounding areas, the government has decided to fully shut down the coastal district on Saturday, March 28.

Announcing this today, district in charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary urged the people not to step out their homes at any cost for any reason as nothing would be available outside except the deadly coronavirus.

All grocery stores, food outlets and markets also are likely to remain closed. For last few days grocery shops remained open till noon. 

Dakshina Kannada today reported two fresh cases of Covid-19. So far the district witnessed seven positive cases and none of them are fully cured. Shockingly neighboring district of Kasargod today reported 34 new coronavirus positive cases on a single day.

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May 19,2020

Bengaluru, May 19: Karnataka on Tuesday recorded the highest single-day rise in the COVID-19 cases in the state as a whooping 149 people tested positive for the virus. With the spike in new cases, the overall tally has risen to 1,395.

This is for the first time the state recorded 100 plus cases in a single day. So far, 40 people have also succumbed to the virus including three deaths today. 

The new deaths consist of a 61-year-old male patient, a resident of Ballari; a 65-year-old male patient, a resident of Vijayapura; and a 54-year-old male patient from Bengaluru.

Among the new cases, a maximum of 71 are reported from Mandya, followed by 22 in Davanagere, 10 in Shivamogga, 13 in Kalaburgi, six in Bengaluru Urban, four each in Udupi and Uttara Kannada, five in Chikkamagaluru, three in Hassan and one each in Yadagiri, Chitradurga, Vijayapura, Gadag.

Most of the new cases are of the people who traveled to Mumbai in Maharashtra, Solapur, Ahmedabad, and Kerala.

The remaining are those who came in contact with the people who had tested positive earlier.

At present, 811 people are actively taking treatment, while 543 have been discharged after recovery.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: The Karnataka government on Wednesday put on hold a controversial proposal to drop certain chapters, including on Islam, Christianity, Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali, from social science textbooks to reduce the 2020-21 syllabi for students in classes 1-10.

Citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption caused to the academic calendar of the year, the government had earlier dropped the chapter on Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali from the Class 7 social science textbook, saying chapters on Tipu Sultan have been retained in the Class 6 and 10 textbooks.

The move did not go down well with the opposition, which saw certain ulterior motives behind the decision.

Apparently under sharp criticism, the Department of Public Instruction issued a new notification on Wednesday "on the directions of the Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar".

There is a delay in opening the schools during the academic year 2020-21 due to COVID-19 pandemic, said the latest order.

In this context, the order said, chapters were dropped to fit in 120 days of the academic year for classes 1 to 10 and the same was published in the department's website.

"However, on the directions of the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, the decision to drop certain chapters has been put on hold. A review will be done following which the deleted chapters will be uploaded in the website," the order read.

Earlier in the day, Mr Kumar had issued a statement, saying that the decision to truncate the syllabus has not been finalised yet. He also made it clear that his department would not remove chapters unnecessarily.

Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah had attacked the government on the issue.

"The government, which has failed to control the spread of coronavirus, is using it as an opportunity to push its clandestine agenda of saffronising the textbooks," Siddaramaiah tweeted.

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