Youth kidnaps minor Dalit girl, rapes for a month; arrested

June 13, 2012

Udupi, June 13: Manipal police have arrested a person on the charges of kidnapping a minor Dalit girl and raping her for over a month.

The accused has been identified as Abubakker Siddiq alias Siddiq, (23), a resident of Netaji Nagar in Parkala, near here. The victim is a 15-year-old girl belonging to Scheduled Caste.

According to the information given by the minor before the authorities of the State Home in Udupi, she was kidnapped from her house at Yembattu Badagabettu village on May 7.

Siddiq initially kept her in a nearby forest for three days. Later, he took her to Mangalore and from there to Bangalore.

He coaxed her by saying that he would marry her and forcibly maintained physical relationship with her, she told the authorities.

The minor, who had been subject to sexual atrocity, had been taken to the experts of the Department of Forensic Medicine at KMC Hospital here for examination.

After gaining all the information about the accused police succeeded in arresting him at the Manipal bus-stand on Tuesday.

Deputy Superintendent of Police of Udupi Prabhudev B. Mane said that the matter came to light after the girl fought with Siddiq and escaped from him in Bangalore and went to an auto-rickshaw driver who took her to Ramamurthy Nagar police station in Bangalore about a week ago.

The Ramamurthy Nagar police contacted the Manipal police and the State Home authorities in Udupi.

The girl was then brought to the State Home in Udupi. The girl's mother Lakshmi had registered a missing complaint with the police.

Medical examination of the accused Siddiq would be conducted and he would be produced before the local court on Wednesday, Mr Mane said.

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Karnataka govt hikes salaries of NHM doctors to Rs 45,000

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July 21,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 21: The salaries of doctors under the National Health Mission (NHM) has been hiked to Rs 45,000 in Karnataka, according to Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar.

Addressing the media on Monday, Dr Sudhakar said that the state government will bear the cost of the hike in salaries of the doctors and added that ASHA workers too will get a hike in their pay soon.

Regarding the COVID-19 management in the state, he further said that testing will be increased in the containment zones.

During a meeting chaired by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, the Education Minister said that it had been decided that booth level committees will conduct door to door survey for early detection of influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), and vulnerable persons.

He also implored private hospitals to admit and treat COVID-19 patients and asked them to not be hesitant in admitting pregnant women.

Karnataka on Monday reported 3,648 COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 67,420, informed the state health department.

According to a bulletin issued by the department, the state recorded 72 more deaths due to COVID-19 with the toll at 1,403 while six patients who tested positive for the infection have died due to non-COVID causes, as of Monday. There are 42,216 active cases in the state.

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What about the nurses???

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Kasaragod becomes covid-19 free district as the last of 178 patients tests negative

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May 10,2020

Kanhangad, May 10: Kasaragod district has become free from COVID-19 on Sunday.

The last remaining patient has been tested negative for coronavirus, said district medical officer Dr. A. V. Ramdas.

He added that the officials are proud to have been able to cure all 178 COVID-19 patients in the district.

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Union Health Ministry identifies 8 Karnataka districts including DK as COVID-19 hotspots

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April 16,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 16: The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday has identified eight districts from Karnataka as COVID-19 hotspots.

Districts that have reported a higher number of cases are classified as hotspots, the districts where cases have been reported as non-hotspots, and green zones where no cases have been reported.

Bangalore Urban, Mysuru, Belagavi, Dakshina Kannada, Bidar, Kalaburgi, Bagalokote and Dharwad have been identified as Covid-19 hotspots by Union Health Ministry, tweeted the state health department on Wednesday.

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