Sadananda Gowda likely to flag off Haj flights from Bajpe on September 29

August 29, 2011

Haj

Udupi, August 29: As many as 700 Haj pilgrims from Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Uttar Kannada and Udupi districts will take off from Mangalore to Madina in the daily evening flights starting Sep 29 to Oct 3. Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda is expected to flag off the flight carrying Haj pilgrims at Mangalore Airport, said Karnataka State Haj Committee Member and Udupi District BJP Minority Morcha President M Salim Ambagilu.

Speaking to the media he said the Committee had received as many as 12,812 applications from the pilgrims from all over the state, of which 5,677 have been chosen to take up the pilgrimage as per the available quota. As many as 4,404 pilgrims were selected through Kurra (lottery) and 1,273 were chosen directly. An additional 272 got the opportunity under the waiting list.

There were three take off destinations for the pilgrims from Karnataka- Bangalore, Mangalore and Hyderabad.

650 Pilgrims from Yadgiri, Bidar and Gulburga will take off from Hyderabad. As many as 4327 pilgrims will take off from Bangalore to Zedda. The Haj package is scheduled for 41 to 45 days from Mangalore, he added.

A 20 member team of Khadimul Hujaj has also been appointed to join the pilgrims in their journey to take care of all necessary rules and regulations. The two day camp in Mangalore has also been organized at old Bajpe Airport on 27 and 28 September. The payment mode for the pilgrimage is in three modes. Under green category, white category and Aziza. A pilgrim, who seeks to take up the pilgrimage under green category, will have to pay Rs 1.19 lakh, Rs 1.15 lakh under white category and Rs 1.02 lakh under Aziza category, Salim said.

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Women lead massive protest demanding liquor ban in Karnataka

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January 27,2020

Bagalkote, Jan 27: The bank of Krishna River in front of Sangamantha Temple at Koodalasangama in Karnataka today witnessed the launch of women’s indefinite strike demanding liquor ban in the state.

Thousands of women from various parts of Karnataka have taken part in the strike being organised under the banner of 'Karnataka Madya Nisheda Andolana'.

The strike was launched to draw the attention of the state government to press for a complete ban on the sale of liquor across the state.

About 50 various organizations and religious pontiffs have extended their support for the strike. Food is being cooked on the bank of the river for the agitating women.

The women from Chikmagalur, Tumakuru, Raichur and Ballari districts are taking part in it.

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Thanks to God,

At least now, people wokeup., which should have been done immediattely after independence or during implementation of constitution.

Shame to men who drink more.

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Mangaluru comes up with special team for detection of COVID sources

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May 4,2020

Mangaluru, May 4: District Health Officer Dr Ramachandra Bairi on Monday said that a special team, comprising of six members, has been constituted to find the source of Corona infection in Dakshina Kannada .

The team is expected to file its report by May 6. It is still not clear if Bantwal was the source was the infection or not.

He said 1st phase of investigation in this regard is complete and the samples taken on the 12th day will give a clear picture.

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COVID-19: India in the process of flattening the curve, says scientist

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April 13,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 13: Eminent scientist and NITI Aayog member V K Saraswat said on Monday the number of COVID- 19 cases is not going to go beyond what's being reported daily in India as he maintained that the country is in the process of flattening the curve.

The former Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister said the coronavirus positive cases have seen a sharper rise in the last four-five days because of increase in the number of testing.

"It's a good sign; all those asymptomatic cases lying hidden they are also coming out," Saraswat told PTI. "We certainly had a catalytic factor which was basically this (Nizamuddin) Markaz problem which has actually created clusters at different places and that has also been one of the factors for the kind of rise that has taken place."

But he said India is in a much better shape compared to other nations in the battle against COVID-19. "I can only say that the rate is not going to go beyond what has been going on now, may be 700 to 800 cases per day. So, we are in the process of flattening the curve."

The government's decision to declare nation-wide lockdown has paid dividends, Saraswat, a former chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, said.

Noting that India has seen a series of virus attacks in the last 15-20 years including Chikungunya and Dengue, he said the emphasis now should be on more and more R & D to find vaccines in advance.

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