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Sadness in the air as they are laid to rest...

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May 23, 2010

Mangalore, May 23: The last rituals and funerals of the dozens of victims of Saturday's flight crash have begun in their native places as per the guidelines of their respective religions.

S M Rasheed Haji, the treasurer of Zeenath Bakhsh Jumma Masjid has said that as many as 35 bodies of victims arrived from the hospital since Saturday evening to the premises of the mosque for pre burial rituals i.e. washing of the body.

“The charred bodies themselves explain the extent of tragedy. We have already performed the washing rituals of a total of 35 victims from different parts of the district and also from the neighbouring state”, he said.

He also said that three bodies, including that of a mother and son were buried in the premises of the mosque.

“Yesterday we buried one of the victims and today after offering Fajr prayers we buried dead bodies of a mother and her eight year old son” Haji added.

Mean while, mass funerals of the two members of the St. Alphonsa Church, Kankanady were conducted in the city in the afternoon of Sunday. These victims have been identified as Godvina and Gloria.

Neville Noronha, Noronhas St Joseph's Undertakers, Jeppu spoke to Coastaldigest.com and informed that they carried out the washing and other funeral rites of the deceased hailing from Kerala at Kankanady. The bodies of Pilots Z Glusica and H S Ahluwalia were also cleaned by us,he informed.

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August 1,2020

Mandya, Aug 1: In a terrific incident, a college student has stabbed his own mother to death in Karnataka’s Mandya town over a trivial issue. The police have managed to nab the accused. 

According to police, the boy was irked by his mother rebuking him for staying out with his friends late in the night.

On Wednesday (July 29), she scolded him for not listening to her advice, following which he stabbed her to death, the official said. 

The student was arrested on July 30. He reportedly confessed to the crime. 

A police officer said that the woman was upset over her son frequently spending time with his friends till late in the night.

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June 27,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 27: Karnataka witnessed the biggest single-day spike in Covid cases on Saturday as 918 cases were recorded and 11 more deaths were linked to the pandemic. 

In Bengaluru alone, 596 more people tested positive for the infection in the last 24 hours as three more fatalities were also confirmed by the Department of Health and Family Welfare Services.

Following is the district wise tally:

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March 24,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 24: Underlining the seriousness of the coronavirus, which is spreading like wildfire in Karnataka, renowned Heart Surgeon and founder of Narayana Hrudayalaya Dr Devi Shetty on Tuesday predicted that Karnataka alone will have more than 80,000 people affected with the dreaded killer disease COVID-19 if people fail to protect themselves.

He urged the people to cooperate with the Government in preventing its further spread and immediately treat those who are affected.

Dr Shetty, urging the people to remain indoors and not to venture out, said those who are affected should not come out and remain in isolation even in their houses and take all precautions advised by doctors.

He said if 80,000 people in the state were affected, more than 20,000 need to be admitted to Hospital for treatment.

"More than 2000 affected need to be kept under ventilation and it requires more infrastructure in the hospitals," he said.

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