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Nurse who committed suicide in Saudi Arabia 72 days ago, laid to rest in Udupi

coastaldigest.com web desk
September 28, 2018

Udupi, Sept 28: A 28-year-old nurse who had allegedly committed suicide in Saudi Arabia 72 days ago, was finally laid to rest at Our Lady of Health Church cemetery in Shirva, Udupi district, on Friday, a day after her body reached India.

Hundreds of people attended the funeral Hazel Jyotsna Mathias, who hailed from Kutyar village near Shirva. 

She had been working as staff nurse in Al-Mikhwa General Hospital, Al-Baha, in Saudi Arabia for six years. She allegedly committed suicide in Al-Baha in July. The arrival of her body was delayed owing to investigations in Saudi Arabia.

The body was brought by a flight to Bengaluru and by an ambulance to Shirva on Thursday. It was brought to the family home at Kutyar on Friday. Her husband Ashwin Mathias, father Robert Machado and mother Helen Machado were present.

Later the body was taken to the church in Shirva.

Speaking to presspersons, Joseph D’Souza, a relative of Hazel, said that Hazel committed suicide in Al-Baha on July 19 as she could not tolerate harassment by a Saudi national. The information of the death had reached the family after two days. The family then contacted Ivan D’Souza, MLC, to get the body back. “The government should help Indians abroad. We do not want any family to suffer what we have undergone in the last two months,” he said.

Mr. Ivan D’Souza said that Hazel had written a death note in which she had stated that she was harassed by an ambulance driver. He had learnt that the person, who had harassed her, had been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia.

The Ministry of External Affairs should take cases of unnatural deaths of Indians seriously. It had taken 72 days to get Hazel’s body back here. He said he had also written to the 28 MPs on the delay in getting the body back. Proper protection should be provided to Indians working abroad, he said.

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ASIF ROSHAN
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Sunday, 30 Sep 2018

All crdit goos to KNRI jeddah team, they have put all eforts to clear this issue. 

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August 7,2020

Madikeri, Aug 7: Two days after massive landslides triggered by heavy downpour in Kodagu, five people including a priest are still missing. 

The landslide, which originating at Brahmagiri Hills in Talacauvery, swept away two houses on Wednesday night.

This missing people are: Talacauvery temple chief Narayana Achar (70), his wife Shantha (70), brother Ananda Theertha Swami (87) and two assistants — Ravi Kiran (26) and Srinivas (30). Achar’s neighbour had shifted out of Bhagamandala earlier, fearing a landslide. 

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) had to stop rescue operations due to bad weather. The operations resumed today. 

“There are many minor landslides on the way to the spot,” said Kodagu Deputy Commissioner C Annies K Joy, adding that the flood situation at Bhagamandala was not permitting earthmovers to reach the spot. Heavy rain between Wednesday and Thursday triggered landslides. 

Bhagamandala Panchayat Development Officer Ashok said a notice was issued to the priest’s family to shift out of the house, but they chose to stay back. 

On Thursday morning, when the Talacauvery temple staff went to check on Narayana Achar, as he had not reached the temple for the daily puja, they found levelled land and debris where Achar’s house stood. Utensils, puja material and clothes were found nearly 2 km away at Cherangala. 

As rains continued over the last few days, many rivers are flowing above the danger levels, forcing people to move to safer places.

 Responding to the situation, which is turning grimmer by the day, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, who is currently undergoing treatment in a private hospital after testing positive for Covid-19, directed ministers to visit rain-hit areas and supervise relief efforts. He has also assured of providing required financial assistance for those affected.

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May 29,2020

Bengaluru, May 29: The hotel industry is one of the worst-hit industries due to lockdown, along with the tourism industry. Bengaluru's hotel industry has incurred a loss of around Rs 1200 crore during the lockdown period however, the hotels here are likely to open in June if the State government issues guidelines for the resumption of their services.

Speaking to media, PC Rao, President, Bangalore Hotelier's Association said, "It's not only the loss of business, but we have lost the customer base as well. 
We don't expect any good future for the next six months. There will be a slow down in the business even after opening."

"We have requested our CM to give first preference to the hotels. We are going to restart our business in June if granted permission. Around 10 per cent of the hotels cannot open at all. They are in the stage of merging or closing down position. Few hotels may open after five or six months," he added.

He continued saying that many hotels are for sale but there are no buyers. There are around 21,000 restaurants in Bangalore, 3500 hotels with rooms and restaurant which has an average turnover of Rs 20 crores per day, Rao informed.

"We expect losses of around Rs 1200 crores in these two months. We are giving special online training to all the hoteliers and to our managers particularly to deal with the COVID-19 situation, including how to deal with the guests, employees, how to start the hotel services. 

Each and every manager has already been trained and we are still continuing it. We will conduct face to face meeting as well and brief the managers," said Rao.

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: The Central Crime Branch-Bengaluru conducted raids at 35 locations in Hennur and Banaswadi areas on Tuesday morning and arrested seven foreign nationals without valid passports and visas.

The Crime Branch also recovered fake currency during the raid, which is currently underway, informed the police.

"Central Crime Branch-Bengaluru conducted raids at 35 locations in Hennur and Banaswadi area today morning and arrested seven foreign nationals without valid passports and visa, fake currency also recovered," Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Bengaluru said.

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