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SSLC toppers in DK, Udupi aim high

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May 17, 2016

Mangaluru, May 17: The Karnataka SSLC results-2016 brought with them much reason for good cheer as a large number of students in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts scored above 610 marks. Coincidentally, most of the top scorers from the twin coastal district hail from a humble background.

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(from top left) Bindya Shetty(620), Sushruth (624), Rakhi Shet (609), Lakshmikant (617), Supreetha (618), Ramya Shree (623), Aditya (623), Chinmay (619), Renisha (615), Riya Jeshma (608), Sanjana (622) Meghana (622), Shilpa (621), Vivek Pai (622), Venkatesh (622), Deepthi (617), Chennaveeresh (617), Faaiza (610), Chaitra (622), Sohan (622).

Dakshina Kannada district topper Sushruth UK (624/625), a student of St Mary's English Medium High School, Laila, in Belthangady, has already started preparations for his further studies. Either entering the field of medicine or becoming an IAS officer was his dream since his childhood. Read more about Sushruth: Village boy who scored 624/625 in SSLC gives all credit to mom.

Aditya Kamath of Subrahmanya Kumaraswamy School has scored 623/625. He said he had expected to score 620 marks, and was surprised to see his marks as expected. “I used to study daily. My parents and teachers played a vital role in my success. I want to become a doctor or a scientist,” said Aditya.

Ajay KP of Canara High School (Main) in Mangaluru has secured 622 marks. He reads English literature and general knowledge books. He also likes to play shuttle. He wants to become an IAS officer after completing MBBS. He is the son of Shaila K N, lecturer at Balmatta First Grade College.

For Meghana Pai, a student of SVS English Medium School from Bantwal, 622/625 was a pleasant surprise as she had expected only 610. Daughter of G Krsihnanada Pai and Nandita Pai, the 16-year-old girl is all set to enter commerce stream as her dream is to become a successful Chartered Accountant.

Bindya Shetty, another topper from the district, has scored 620/625 marks. She is the student of Sri Mahalingeshwara English Medium School, Surathkal. “I was serious in my studies from Day One of my 10th standard. I did not leave my extra-curricular activities especially Bharathanatyam and Yakshagana, which helped me relax my mind and concentrate on my studies,” said Bindya and added, “I will take up Commerce in PU and will decide on my career later.” She is the daughter of Leeladhar Shetty and Sujatha Shetty.

Toppers in Udupi

In Udupi's Kundapur taluk three students have secured 622 out of 625. None of them went for coaching classes but did self-study.

Venkatesh Puranik B., a student of Government High School, Basrur, said that he had expected only 620 marks. But he was overjoyed to get 622 marks. “But my parents had expected me to do even better,” he said.

Son of Subrahmanya Puranik, a priest, and Annapurna Puranik, a homemaker, the boy used to study about four hours a day. “My aim is to become a Chartered Accountant. I have still not decided which college I should join for pre-university course,” he said.

U Chaitra Shanbhog, a student of S.V. English Medium High School, Gangolli, said that she had not expected to get 622 out of 625. It was a surprise for her. “My aim is to study Astronomy and become a space scientist,” she said.

Chaitra, daughter of U. Ravindra Shanbhog, an accountant at Gangolli Tiles Factory, and U. Geetha Shanbhog, a teacher at Sanjay Gandhi High School at Ampar, is learning Hindustani classical vocal. She loves playing shuttle badminton and ball badminton. In fact, she represented her school in shuttle badminton tournament.

H. Vivek Giridhar Pai, a student of V.K.R. Acharya Memorial English Medium School, Kundapur, said that he was delighted over getting 622 out of 625 marks. His aim was to do MBBS and become a paediatrician, he said.

Vivek Pai, son of Giridhar Pai, officer in Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), and Gayatri Pai, Head of the Department of Botany in Bhandarkars College, Kundapur, said that he used to study for three-four hours a day. He has already taken admission at S.R. College in Hebri for pre-university course.

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Swathi
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Tuesday, 17 May 2016

all the best everyone, do something for our country rather to be a part of foreign..

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April 24,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 24: The last rites of the elderly woman who died of covid-19 yesterday was finally held in the wee hours of Friday amidst tight security at Kaikunje Hindu Rudra Bhoomi near BC Road bus stand in spite of severe opposition from the members of the own community.

The funeral was held as per the protocol for COVID-19 deaths, police said.

Prior to this hundreds of Hindus had staged a protest  last night in front of Pachanady Hindu Rudra Bhoomi near Vamanjoor following reports that the the 77-year-old coronavirus positive woman's mortal remains will be cremated there.

Mangaluru North MLA Bharat Shetty rushed to the spot and convinced the protesters that he will not allow the authorities to cremate the body at Pachanady. Hence, the authorities shifted the cremation venue, it is learnt. 

Meanwhile, many local residents staged protest at Pachanady against the cremation of the dead body of a coronavirus positive woman. Hence, additional police force was sent from Mangaluru to disperse the crowd and facilitate the last rite.

According to sources, initially the authorities had  planned to cremate body at Baddakatte Hindu Rudra Bhoomi near here native place in Bantwal. However, the locals and the community elders had forced the authorities to change the plan.

Such protests due to misconception about the spread of coronavirus had been witnessed in some other parts of the country, including in Chennai, and the governments have warned of action against those opposing cremation or burial of COVID-19 patients.

So far as many as 17 covid-19 postive cases have been reported in Dakshina Kannada including two deaths from same family from Bantwal's Kasba village.

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May 3,2020

Dubai, May 3: Over 150,000 Indians in the UAE, who wish to return home amid the coronavirus lockdown, have applied through the online registration process to the Indian missions here, according to media reports.

The Indian missions in the country last week opened online registration for the expatriates who wish to fly back home after getting stuck in the country amidst the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

As of 6 pm on Saturday, we received more than 150,000 registrations, Consul General of India in Dubai Vipul told the Gulf News on Saturday.

A quarter of them want to return to their homeland after losing their jobs, he said.

According to a report in the Khaleej Times on Sunday, about 40 per cent of the applicants who have registered are blue-collared workers and 20 per cent are working professionals.

"Roughly 20 per cent have suffered job losses and about 55 per cent of the total applicants are from Kerala," Neeraj Aggarwal, Consul, Press, Information, Culture was quoted as saying in the report.

Aggarwal said that the figures would change as they are expecting registrations from workers from other states, including Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar.

About 10 per cent of the applicants are visit and tourist visa holders who got stranded here due to the ongoing lockdown in India.

India extended the ongoing lockdown by two weeks from May 4 to contain the spread of the coronavirus that has affected nearly 40,000 people in the country.

Aggarwal said that a small number of the applications constitute those from pregnant women and other medical cases.

Since the online registration process was launched, the Consulate's website crashed several times due to the heavy rush of applicants wishing to register to fly back home.

The site has been working fine now though it took a lot of time for it to stabilise in the initial phase due to the heavy traffic, the counsel general said.

He said that the missions here have not yet received any information from the Indian government about the mode of transport of the stranded citizens, the prices of the tickets or how the COVID-19 test results of applicants would be assessed for their journey.

There are high-level discussions going on regarding these things, he said in the report.

Meanwhile, Norka (The Non Resident Keralites Affairs) said it has received a total of 398,000 applications from Keralites across the globe who wish to return home.

"Of which, the highest numbers are from the UAE. At least 175,423 applicants have signed up from the UAE," Norka said in an official statement on Saturday.

It also received 54,305 registrations from Saudi Arabia, 2,437 from the UK, 2,255 from the US, and 1,958 from Ukraine from those who wish to return to India, the Khaleej Times reported.

The coronavirus has infected 13,599 people and claimed 119 lives in the UAE, the Ministry of Health and Prevention said on Saturday.

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru/Mangaluru, Aug 6: Battered by torrential rains, several parts of Karnataka are facing a flood-like situation for the third consecutive year, putting lives and property at risk. 

Several districts of the state's coastal, Malnad and north interior regions are receiving heavy rains and the showers are expected to continue, while there are reports of landslides in hilly areas of Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru districts.

With flood-like situation in several parts of the state, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, who is currently undergoing treatment for COVID-19 infection at a private hospital here, has ordered immediate release of Rs 50 crore for emergency relief.

"In wake of heavy rains in several parts of the state, I have instructed the Chief Secretary to review the situation and issued instructions to DCs (Deputy Commissioners) to closely monitor the situation & take necessary measures. Also ordered immediate release of Rs 50 crores for emergency relief purposes," he tweeted last night.

A statement released by the CMO on Thursday said, Yediyurappa has directed the district in-charge Ministers to take precautionary measures in the wake of heavy rainfall across the state.

He instructed the ministers to remain in their constituencies and tour the damaged areas and also directed them to undertake relief distribution and other necessary measures.

"Rs 50 crore has already been released and if necessary more funds would be released. The ministers can take decisions regarding emergency works," he added.

Revenue Minister R Ashoka said he had spoken to Deputy Commissioners of all the districts and given them necessary instructions to respond immediately to the situation.

He has called for a meeting of the disaster management authority later today.

Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said he will be holding a meeting with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) regarding relief and rescue measures to be taken.

Parts of districts in coastal and Malnad regions are currently under red alert and rains are likely to continue there.

Officials said, "... depending on the situation we will downgrade the alerts, it (rains) is likely to reduce during the next couple of days...wind speed is also high some parts, it may also reduce."

In Kodagu district along with widespread rains, landslides have also occurred.

There have been landslides at Brahmagiri, near Talacauvery, the origin of river Cauvery.

"At least four to five people- including the Talacauvery temple priest and family are currently missing... rescue teams have reached the spot," officials said, adding that sensing danger the priest had been asked to vacate the house earlier but he did not.

This is the third consecutive year that Kodagu is facing floods and landslides.

Several parts of north Karnataka, especially the border district of Belagavi are also facing flood situation as inflow has increased in Krishna river and its tributaries due to heavy rains in neighboring Maharashtra and also in the district.

With inflow increasing in Tungabhadra river, there is flood like situation in parts of Ballari district also.

There is a similar situation in Uttara Kannada district that is battered by rains and heavy winds.

The swollen Gangavali river has caused flood like situation in parts of the district.

Due to continuous rains in coastal and Malnad region several rivers including Netravati are swollen and gates of the dams have been opened.

There are also reports of heavy rains and wind causing destruction to crops in parts of Dharwad and Haveri among other districts.

The Karnataka government had recently said it has identified 1,989 villages and over 51 lakh people in 19 districts as flood prone.

As a temporary arrangement for those who will be affected by floods, as many as 1,747 relief centres have been identified- they are schools, anganwadi centres, community centres among others, Minister Ashoka had said recently.

In August 2019, Karnataka witnessed one of its worst natural calamities when heavy floods affected 103 taluks in 22 districts, killing more than 80 people and displacing nearly seven lakh people.

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