Indian worker kills himself in Oman

July 10, 2012

Muscat, July 10: One more low-wage Indian worker has taken his life in Oman. Jisine Govindan, a 30-year-old mason, who was reported missing by his friends last Friday, was found hanging from a tree in Oman's southern town of Salalah on Monday.

In the first two months of this year, 15 Indian workers committed suicide, prompting cultural organisations to run anti-suicide campaigns across the country.

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The campaigns run by two groups have brought down the suicide rate in subsequent months but social workers are still concerned about the increasing suicides this year.

“Jesin's body was found hanging from a tree at a garden behind the old Omantel building in Salalah,” Manpreet Singh, Chairman of the Indian Social Club in Salalah, informed.

“He probably took his life on Friday and his body was found only on Monday thus the remains are so putrid that it is difficult to embalm,” a social worker from Salalah said.

Singh also confirmed that the doctors at the morgue have ruled out sending the remains of Jisine to India. “Social workers and his colleagues will cremate him in Salalah once the body is handed over by the police,” he said.

The deceased, who has been working in Salalah for six years, was scheduled to go home for his marriage.

According to his friends and colleagues, Jisine had been talking about suicide for some time.

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U T Khader goes into self-quarantine

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August 2,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 2: Former Minister and Mangaluru City MLA U T Khader has gone into self-quarantine after former MLC Ivan D’Souza tested positive for coronavirus.

Mr D’Souza had met Mr Khader and many other Congress leaders a day before receiving his throat swab test results.

Mr Khader announced on twitter: “Have gone into self-quarantine with immediate effect after receiving the news about #Covid_19 positive test of Former MLC Ivan D’Souza & his wife Dr Kavitha. Being COVID Incharge DK District taskforce committee, I am one among Ivan's primary contact.”

“I am going to discharge my duties from home for the next few days. You can reach out over phone at any point of time. I appeal to all my colleagues and friends who may have come in contact with us in the last few days to get tested for #Covid_19” he tweeted.

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463 newly built houses handed over to flood victims in Kodagu

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June 5,2020

Madikeri, Jun 5: Karnataka Minister for Revenue R Ashok said a Rs 10 crore grant would be released shortly for construction of a permanent building for 'Relief Centre' in Kodagu district which is vulnerable to floods because of its hilly landscape.

According to an official release here on Friday, the Minister symbolically handed over the newly built houses to flood victims in Jambur in Somwarpet on Thursday evening.

He said that whenever the 'Relief Centre' is vacant it will be used for government meetings.

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Here's the first phase flight plan for return of Indian nationals stranded abroad

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May 5,2020

Newsroom, May 5: Following the union government's nod, preparations are afoot to bring back Indian nationals stranded abroad from May 7 onwards.

According to sources, in the first phase from May 7- 14, the government would allow more than 60 “non-scheduled, commercial” flights to operate from about 12 countries to India to bring back 15,000 citizens. At least half of those flights will be from the Gulf region, including UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman, while the rest would bring passengers from the U.S., the U.K., Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Bangladesh.

The flights would be spread over 10 States identified as having the largest numbers to return, with Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Delhi (NCR) receiving the maximum number of flights.

A meeting held at the Ministry of Civil Aviation looked specifically at flights, mainly operated by Air India, while it awaits a final plan from countries where Indians need to be airlifted from. The first flights planned at present are from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh and Doha, flying directly to Kozhikode and Kochi.

While the full estimate of Indians needing to return home could cross ten lakhs (a million), with more than two lakhs having registered to return from the UAE alone, officials said their return would be “prioritised and staggered”.

Flight plan for return of Indian nationals stranded abroad: