Promise fulfilled: Bahrain gives Rs 9L to Odisha man who carried wife's body

September 16, 2016

New Delhi, Sep 16: The Kingdom of Bahrain on Thursday offered a red carpet welcome and donated Rs 8.87 lakh to a Odisha tribal who was forced to carry his wife's body for nearly 12 km, en route to his village, after she died at a hospital last month.

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A video of Dana Manjhi walking with a wailing daughter and wife's body over his shoulder after help eluded him went viral last month, sparking national outrage.

The video caught the attention of the international media too. Moved by the plight, Bahrain prime minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa offered help to Manjhi, who received the cheque at the country's embassy here.

An illiterate marginal farmer from Kalahandi district, Manjhi has so far been struggling to earn Rs 2,000 a month and has never even visited Bhubaneswar.

“I have never visited New Delhi or Bhubaneswar. I do not know who donated the money. But I was told, after seeing my plight, the Bahrain Prince gave me the money,” he said. The flood of donations and the near-celebrity status has left him bemused.

Dressed in a wrinkled shirt and a dhoti, Manjhi told reporters: “I don't know how many zeros are there in nine lakh. I will educate them (daughters). They should have a better life. If I had the money, I would not have suffered this much.”

Reports stated that the Odisha government has issued a work order worth Rs 75,000 under the Indira Awas Yojana and has alloted a plot.

While the state government has also promised to bear the cost of educating his daughters, the Bhubaneswar-based Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), too, promised free education to Manjhi's children.

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Masha Allah H.H. Khalifa, Another big slap to our great Modi this is the real face of India, Shame ...Shame...!!!!

Muslims especially wealthy Arab Muslims must keep doing work like these throughout the world to subside the anger of Allah the God almighty. Muslims are supposed to spend and help with their time and money for the welfare and establishing justice and peace for all.

No single penny from cheddis ....shame on you monkeys....
running behind only cow mootra nayi koli and ili.... what about human being ......

Mashalla H.H Khalifa.... real king and thank you for highlights you made him world famous .....not like feku modi amith shah or pramod mutalik..

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Udupi: Home Minister asks people to indoors and help govt

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March 30,2020

Udupi, Mar 30: Karnataka Home Minister and Udupi district in-charge Basavaraj Bommai has urged citizens to stay indoors and help government prevent spread of Covid-19.

In a video released by the Minister on Monday, he said, ''Three patients have been cured and we are observing their situation. All the primary contacts of these patients have been quarantined.''

''In Dr TMA Pai Hospital a 100-bed COVID hospital has been set up and a 150-bed SDM hospital in Udyavara is ready to use as isolation facilities,'' he added.

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6,000 chickens buried alive in Belagavi as prices drop

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March 10,2020

Belagavi, Mar 10: Around 6,000 chickens were buried alive by some poultry farm owners here as the rate of flesh in the market dropped even below the cost price due to Coronavirus scare.

The poultry farm who buried the chickens on Monday evening belonged to Lolasuru village in Gokak Taluk of the district.

One of the owners, Nazir Makandar, said that there was no demand for chicken because of threat of Coronavirus.

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we are ready to destroy food but wont allow poor to eat it

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Ban on Kerala fish trucks' entry into Dakshina Kannada

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April 28,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 28: Trucks carrying fish loads from Kerala will not be allowed to enter Dakshina Kannada district as the authorities are not being able to control the rush in markets, state Fisheries Minister and district-in-charge Kota Srinivas Poojary said Monday.

The deputy commissioner has been instructed to restrict the entry of fish transport vehicles from outside the district forthwith, in view of the difficulty in maintaining social distancing at the markets identified in the district, the minister told reporters here.

The coastal district has to take more precautionary measures to fight COVID-19 as the number of positive cases have risen in the last couple of days, he said.

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