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Saffron groups’ protest turns violent in Kumta; IGP’s car set on fire

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December 11, 2017

Kumta (Uttara Kannada), Dec 12: A protest organized by saffron groups at Kumta town in Uttara Kannada district on Monday took a violent turn.

The protest was staged under the pretext of pressurizing police to arrest the culprits behind the suspicious death of Praresh Mesta, whose body was found in a lake near a temple in Honnavar last week.

Saffron outfits have claimed that he was a Hindutva activist and that Muslim goons murdered him, a charge not confirmed by police.

During today’s protest, enraged crowds pelted stones at police jeeps and set IGP Hemanth Nimbalkar's car on fire. The car driver was injured in the violence along with PSI E C Sampath Kumar.

The police lathi charged and used tear gas to disperse the mob. All shops in Kumta town remained closed. Maximum police security has been provided at Gibb's circle.

The police have arrested 25 people and several bikes in connection with the violence so far.

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kumar
 - 
Tuesday, 12 Dec 2017

sangh parivar is trying sabotage karnataka by voilence, loot, disturbance, distruction etc.  They are agitating for no reason.  Their leaders are desparate on the publicity of congress Govt and have hired unemployed goons to create trouble.  Police should arrest bjp MLS from Sirsi for being responsible for the voilence which resulted in loss of property worth crores of rupees and Court should order bjp to pay for it.  Leavy fine on this hate monger bjp mla who is useful for nothing.

ravi
 - 
Tuesday, 12 Dec 2017

simha you can now report to amit, that your friends were able to do a violent protest, and despite your failure this one was a good one. it can be used to say that the government is undermining majority ;). ….but central remains yours and how can you undermine the majority???oh thats the RSS way of agitation 

Narayan
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Tuesday, 12 Dec 2017

They are trying alll the means to win next Poll. i dont think these outfits are from same city. spreding communualism is the main intention of these goons to try and harm as much as possible to make to next election..

zahoor ahmed
 - 
Monday, 11 Dec 2017

Anti Nationalist set IGPs Car on fire. Pathetic situation of Police Dept. in Karnatak. Send all anti nationals behind the bar.

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August 4,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 4: The Kasaragod district administration has decided to restore the e-pass system for daily commuters between Kasaragod and Mangaluru amid covid-19 crisis. 

As covid-19 cases began to increase in Dakshina Kannada, the Kasargod district administration had unilaterally newly introduced of daily pass system on July 6 for entry and exit from Talapady border. This had inconvenienced hundreds of employees, who visited Mangaluru daily to eke a living. 

The decision to resume the pass system was taken in a video conference of Kerala Revenue Minister Chandrasekharan with officials and elected representatives on August 3.

The minister said the Kasaragod district administration will resume issuing of passes for daily commuters between Kasaragod and Mangaluru. But they should undergo rapid antigen test for every week to renew their passes.

"Similarly, one-time interstate passes will be issued for those who want to take part in marriages, funeral and other functions in both states. Even they should undergo antigen test after returning from the functions,” the minister added.

As per the previous order, daily commuters, especially employees, had to stay in Mangaluru for 28 days before returning to Kasargod. Later, Kerala government relaxed rules on July 23 allowing only bank employees from Kasaragod to travel daily in their private vehicles to their workplace in Dakshina Kannada.

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June 5,2020

New Delhi, Jun 5: Congress has named Mallikarjun Kharge as its candidate for ensuing biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.

Party interim president Sonia Gandhi approved Kharge's candidature on Friday, according to a Congress release by general secretary Mukul Wasnik.

The elections to fill the pending 18 Rajya Sabha seats from seven states will be held on June 19.

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May 31,2020

Udupi, May 31: As many as 10 people have been tested positive for coronavirus in Udupi district today. 

The district has registered a total of 187 positive cases so far. Majority of the positive cases in Udupi district have inter-state travel history to Maharashtra.

Meanwhile, 14 people including three children who recovered from COVID -19 discharged from Government Hospital in Kundapura, in Udupi district.

Kundapura AC Raju, DHO Dr Sudhirchandra Sooda, taluk medical officer Dr Nagabhushan Udupa handed over a rose to all the discharged. With this, a total of 64 persons have been recovered and discharged in the district.

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