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Voting concludes; Turnout above 50%

June 10, 2012

Mangalore, June 10: Polling for Legislative Council elections of South West Teachers' and Graduates' constituency has concluded.


As per the statistics of the Information Department, the South West Teachers' constituency witnessed a voter turnout of 57.475 while the Graduates' constituency recorded a turnout of 53.31%.


Out of the total 11, 859 voters in the Graduates' constituency, a total of 6,322 voters cast their vote while in the Teachers' constituency, 2,817 voters cast their vote out of a total 4,902 voters.


Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda exercised his voting right at the Puttur polling centre.

Speaking to media persons, Mr. Gowda said that he had traveled across the state and found that the polling atmosphere was encouraging. The poll results will be in favour of BJP, he said, stating that the BJP led state government had fulfilled various demands of the teachers including elimination of discrimination in pay. The government had given special attention to education, Mr. Gowda said, stating that about Rs. 15,000 crore had been set aside for education in the state budget.


Voting took place at a total of 34 centres across the district.

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Mangaluru, Jan 25: Hotelier Samtappa reportedly committed suicide by consuming poison in Kadaba taluk in the district on police said on Saturday.

The deceased was running a hotel named Hotel Samtappa here.

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July 8,2020

Udupi, Jul 8: A 15-year-old boy belonging to Saligrama in Udupi district, who was under home quarantine with his mother, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself yesterday.

His throat swabs were sent for testing. The report received today and it showed that he did not have coronavirus.
 
The boy, a class ten student studying in Kota, was quarantined along with his mother at home after a person in a family, where she was working as a maid tested positive for Covid-19.

The boy is suspected to have taken the extreme step out of depression as he was not allowed to go out. The last rites were held today.

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Bengaluru, Apr 10: With 10 new COVID-19 cases, Karnataka's tally of coronavirus cases has climbed to 207, the Karnataka government has said.

The 207 COVID-19 cases include 30 discharged and 6 deaths. Out of 10 new cases, 9 are close contacts of people who had earlier tested positive for coronavirus.

"10 more COVID-19 positive cases reported in Karnataka, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 207, including 6 deaths and 30 discharged. 9 of the 10 new cases, are close contacts of people who had tested positive for the virus earlier," said the Karnataka government.

Meanwhile, the State Department of Health and Family Welfare has further notified 14 more COVID-19 dedicated hospitals in the state.

These hospitals include Bagalkot District Hospital, Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, District Hospital Chikkaballapur, SNR District Hospital, Kandaya Bhavan Ramanagar, Tumkur District Hospital, Karwar Institute of Medical Sciences Uttara Kannada, Vijayapura District Hospital and Yadgiri District Hospital.

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With 30 new deaths reported in the last 12 hours, the toll stands at 199.

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