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Puttur: 3 children drown in water tank while playing; residents stage protest

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April 4, 2019

Puttur, Apr 4: In a tragic incident, three children, who reportedly got into a drinking water tank near their residence to play, drowned in Uddangala in Bettampady village, Puttur taluk, on Wednesday.

The police gave the names of the victims as Jitesh, 13, and his cousins Vismita, 13, and Chaitra, 9. All were students of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Higher Primary School, Mittadka.

The police said the children returned from school in the evening and went to play near the public drinking water storage tank that was constructed three months ago. When the children did not return home, their concerned parents and residents launched a search only to find the bodies in the tank.

Angry residents carried out a flash protest against what they called negligence of the panchayat personnel in keeping the tank lid open.

Superintendent of Police B.M. Laxmi Prasad, Assistant Commissioner Krishnamurthy and panchayat president Baby Jayaram Poojary visited the spot and consoled the family members and residents.

Jitesh was the son of Ravi Moolya and was studying in class 7. Vismita, also a class 7 student, and Chaitra, a class 4 student, were the daughters of Ravi Moolya’s brother Harish Moolya, the police said.

The Puttur Rural Police have registered a case.

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April 17,2020

Udupi, Apr 17: The city police on Friday caught a boy who created chaos near Aadi Udupi by throwing fake currency notes on road and fled afterwards.

This boy had thrown fake currency notes on the streets of Vadiraja Nagara near Krishna Mutt.

Few localities had collected the notes and reported this to police.

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May 7,2020

Mangaluru, May 7: Thousands of migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, led by Congress leader Mithun Rai, staged a protest here on Wednesday demanding that they be allowed to return to their native places.

The workers started a protest demonstration opposite Mangaluru City Corporation office in the city. Police dispersed the crowd for violating social distancing norms.

The workers said they have nowhere to go and nothing to eat. Therefore, they are demanding to be sent back to their states. They however, had crowded together without following the social distance norm. 

In the wake of protest, prohibitory orders under section 144(3) were imposed in Dakshina Kannada district between 7pm and 7 am till May 17 to check the spread of Covid-19.

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March 15,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 15: The Karnataka government on Saturday issued a statement saying that surveillance and containment measures against the spread of coronavirus have been increased in the state.

"In the wake of coronavirus scare, 104 Arogya Sahayavani (call centre) has reserved 20 lines for receiving calls for COVID-19," read the statement.

It also read that the dedicated seating at the 104 call centre has been increased to 40 and one person form 108 call centre will be responsible for coordinating with the ambulance services.

The statement also read that the government had arranged an orientation for the medical college staff to train them to deal with coronavirus patients.

While six people from the state were reported positive of coronavirus, the Union Ministry of Health, one amongst them was a 76-year-old man from the Kalaburagi region and he died due to co-morbidity.

The state Health Department Commissioner has said that the Telangana government has been notified about the man's death as he was also admitted to a hospital there.

So far, 84 people have been infected with COVID-19 in India.

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