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Two MITians drowned in Mannupalla lake

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June 16, 2012
Manipal, June 16: A late night out involving three students of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) ended up in two of them getting drowned at the Mannupalla lake here and the third one swimming out to safety. While Kiran Chandramouli (21) and Nikhila Mallimadugula (20) are those feared drowned, it was their friend Shaunak who swam ashore and come and inform the police here about the incident. Search is on to recover their body.

MB Boralingaiah, Superintendent of Police told STOI the incident took place around 1.45am to 2pm and the incident was reported to Manipal police station at 3am. The trio apparently took a boat that was chained to banks of the lake and went for a boating ride not realising that the boat had a hole. As water entered the boat, they apparently panicked and in their attempt to come back ashore, the boat capsized and the trio fell into the lake.

While Kiran is a third year student of information technology, Nikhila is his batch mate from computer science. Shaunak is a fourth year student of computer science. Expert divers and personnel from fire and emergency services are at the spot trying to fish out the body, SP Boralinghaiah said adding presently a case of missing person has been registered. "We might change it to unnatural death report once the bodies are recovered," he added.

A friend close to the victims on condition of anonymity told STOI that, "It is sad they are no longer there among us." Not wanting to speculate on the reasons that led to the incident, the friend however indicated that knowing the victims, he found it strange to accept they were at the place and at an unearthly hour. "Neither Kiran nor Nikhila had the wherewithal to pull a chained boat," the friend said, adding "Shaunak is too shattered to state anything."

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May 21,2020

Kozhikode, May 21: Six employees of a private clinic here and a taxi driver have been put on mandatory 14 days quarantine as a lady gynaecologist running the dispensary tested positive for COVID-19 in Bengaluru.

District Medical Officer Dr V Jayashree said the gynaecologist had returned to Karnataka a fortnight ago and tested positive while she was on quarantine there. Six staff members of the clinic at nearby Thamarassery and the taxi driver who dropped her inBengaluruon May 5 have been asked to go on quarantine, she said.

Patients had visited the clinic, belonging to the gynaecologist and her doctor husband, till April-end. Sources said the district administration is trying to figure out thecontacts of the gynaecologist, including pregnant women, for being quarantined.

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April 25,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 25: In the backdrop of protest staged by locals against the cremation of a 75-year-old woman, who was tested positive for coronavirus, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B on Friday stated that there is no chance of anyone getting infected from a corpse.

Protocols, as laid by the Centre with regard to cremation of Covid-19 patients, will be followed, said Sindhu in a statement.

The release added that the COVID-19 victims would be buried as per their religious customs. Not more than 20 people would be allowed to perform the last rites. Even closest relatives of the deceased would not be allowed to touch or bathe the body, the release said.

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June 15,2020

The Centre’s step-motherly attitude towards Kannadigas stranded in the Gulf countries in general and Saudi Arabia in particular has prompted the Kannadigas to resort social media campaign once again.

A couple of weeks ago, Twitterati had launched a campaigned to bring back Kannadidags stranded in Saudi Arabia. A variation of the hashtag #SaudiKannadigasNeedFlights trended today. 

Trend Setters India, which has taken the twitter campaign initiative, had urged the Kannadigas around the world to join the twitter storm at 4 p.m. IST on June 15, to exert pressure on the authorities concerned. Around 7 p.m. the hashtag began trending with thousands of tweets.

Millions of Kannadigas are working in Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. They contribute greatly to the Indian economy.

Even though government of India has launched Vande Bharat Mission for the repatriation of Indians stranded across the world, it has operated only a few flights from Saudi Arabia to Karnataka so far. Thousands of Kannadigas including pregnant women, elderly people, those who have lost jobs and those who need emergency medical care are still waiting for repatriation flights from Saudi Arabia to Mangaluru and Bengaluru.
 

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