Two MITians drowned in Mannupalla lake

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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Kaup MLA Lalaji Mendon new chairman of Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission

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July 27,2020

Udupi, Jul 27: Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa has appointed BJP leader Lalaji R Mendon as the new chairman of the State Backward Classes Commission.

Mendon is a three-time MLA from the Kapu Assembly constituency. During his second term as MLA, he was the Director in Konkan Railway’s Board.

Mr Yediyurappa has appointed 24 MLAs to different corporations in the state. Mendon is only one from coastal Karnataka.

Mendon is the only MLA representing BJP from fishermen's community. He was the president of Kaup unit of BJP Yuvamorcha. He also served as the state BJP secretary.

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20 more coronavirus cases in Karnataka, tally reaches 693

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May 6,2020

Bengaluru, May 6: Karnataka has reported 20 new cases of coronavirus taking total number of cases in the state to 693.

The state health department said in a bulletin on Wednesday that 20 new cases have been confirmed for COVID-19 in the state. "The total number of cases in the state is 693," it said.

The count includes 354 patients who have been discharged and 29 patients who succumbed to the disease.

Out of the remaining cases, 303 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals while six patients are in ICU. The bulletin has also reported one death due to non-COVID cause.

The number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached 49,391, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday morning.

This includes 33,514 active cases and 1,694 deaths due to infection so far.

A total of 14,182 persons have been cured and discharged so far, according to the Health Ministry. One patient has migrated.

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Covid-19: Karnataka police raids 120 shops black marketing food grains

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April 15,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 15: Police on Wednesday conducted surprise raids at nearly 120 shops in Bengaluru following complaints of black marketing and sale of foodgrains above the MRP rate.

Sandip Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Bengaluru in a tweet said that action has been initiated against these shopkeepers.

Though the government has maintained the supply chain of essential items, few shopkeepers have used the lockdown opportunity to charge higher prices for essential items.