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PUC, BBM girls commit suicide in separate incidents

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July 28, 2012

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Mangalore, July 28: Two girls committed suicide in separate incidents in Dakshina Kannada district on Friday. While one girl was pursuing PUC second year another was pursuing her BBM.

In the first incident, which took place on Friday morning, a 17-year-old girl identified as Aishwarya Deepika, a PU student of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College, in Ujire.

It is learnt that she hanged herself to death unable to bear the trouble given by her neighbour identified as Harshan Nair, who was forcing her into a love affair with him.

Source said that Deepika had informed her parents and brother Deepak about Nair's harassment. When Deepkak confronted Nair, the latter assaulted the former along with the help of his friends in the public. Injured Deepak was later taken to a hospital in Belthangady. When Deepika came to know the incident, she killed herself. Nair was charged with abetting to suicide and assault. On the other hand, Nair's family lodged a complaint with Belthangady Police Station against Deepika's brother and parents for assaulting Nair.

In the second incident, a 20-year-old girl ended her life also by hanging in Triveni Nagar III on Friday evening. The victim was identified as Sonial, a BBM student and daughter of Padmanabha Bhandary from Kaikamba.

Sources said that after returning home from the college in the evening, Sonial locked herself inside a room and hanged herself from the ceiling. The police said that the cause of BBM student taking the extreme spot could not be ascertained, as no suicide note was found.


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July 10,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 10: A 58-year-old official of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has died due to the coronavirus infection, taking the death toll in the paramilitary force because of the disease to nine, officials said on Friday.

Assistant Sub Inspector K B Premsha, posted in the CISF unit that guards the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), passed away at a local hospital on Thursday, they said.

He was admitted to the hospital on July 5 with fever. His COVID-19 test report arrived on July 7 and it was positive. Premsha breathed his last on Thursday, officials said. He was a resident of Kodagu in Karnataka.

This is the ninth COVID-19 death in the force that has recorded 1,137 cases till now, according to an official data.

Of the total cases reported in the force so far, 410 are under treatment across the country, nine have died and the rest have recovered, officials said.

They said that 20 personnel tested COVID-19 positive on Friday while 22 have recovered over the last 24 hours.

The about 1.62-lakh strong CISF is the national aviation security force guarding 63 airports at present and it is also tasked to guard vital installations in the aerospace and nuclear domain.

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May 18,2020

Mangaluru, May 18: The coastal city of Mangaluru and other parts of twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are receiving heavy rain coupled with lightning and thunder.

The rain, which started in the wee hours, continued to lash for hours. It brought much relief from the sweltering heat.

Waterlogged roads in different parts of Mangaluru cause inconvenience to motorists. The clouds were so dark that the drivers were forced to switch on the headlights while driving vehicles in the morning.

The IMD has predicted heavy rain in the coastal Karnataka for next two days.

Lighting claims a life

Meanwhile, a youth died after lightning struck him at Paduyenagudde in Katpadi of Udupi district on Sunday late night. The deceased was identified as Bharat. Though he was rushed to the hospital, he failed to respond to the treatment.

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April 16,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 16: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday inaugurated a mobile Covid-19 testing booth in Bengaluru.

These mobile booths will be used in all wards of Bengaluru to collect samples of those suspected to be infected.

According to information available on the website of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, as of Thursday, 4:00 PM, 279 coronavirus cases have been reported from the state, with 80 cured/discharged/migrated and 12 deaths.

India's coronavirus tally is at 12,380 cases, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

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