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Tension grips Kannur as CPM-SDPI clashes intensify; 2 hospitalised in Mangaluru; 6 held

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December 15, 2017

Kannur, Dec 16: A tense situation prevails at Azhikode and nearby areas under the Valapattanam police station limits in Kannur district of Kerala following incidents of retaliatory attacks on houses of rival Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Social Democratic Party of India activists over the past few days.

Four houses of CPI (M) workers in different parts of Azhikode came under attack in the early hours ofThursday. Vehicles parked in those houses were damaged in the attack. The police said the attackers, allegedly SDPI workers, smashed windowpanes of houses at 4 p.m.

The incident was a sequel to similar attacks in parts of Azhikode over the past few days. On December 13, the house of an SDPI sympathiser was attacked after an SDPI worker, who was allegedly fleeing from a group of suspected CPI(M) attackers, entered the house. The police had stopped the protest march by SDPI workers at Moonunirath on Wednesday evening in view of the tense situation.

The house of SDPI Azhikode committee president Noufal had suffered damage in a bomb attack late night on December 12.

The house of another SDPI worker at nearby Poothappara was attacked by suspected CPI(M) workers. Two days ago, two local Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) workers, E.P. Mithun (20) and Rinish (21), were stabbed by alleged SDPI workers. They were admitted to a hospital in Mangaluru.

The police so far arrested six workers of rival parties in connection with the incidents. According to the police, the area is tense as workers of rival parties continued to target houses in the early hours.

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Naufal
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Friday, 15 Dec 2017

Bit different scenario now. Otherwise it will be RSS vs CPIM

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July 14,2020

Mangaluru, July 14: In order to detect COVID-19 cases quickly in Dakshina Kannada, the government has commissioned a programme to administer rapid antigen tests.

The coastal district has already received 3,500 rapid antigen test kits, which can give results in 30 minutes, an official said, adding that tests will be conducted shortly and training is being imparted on the use of the kits.

The antigen tests will be conducted for emergency cases like delivery, surgery, persons with severe symptoms of Covid-19, multiple-organ failure and for those whose condition is critical. 

"If a symptomatic patient tests negative for Covid-19, then his throat swab sample would be sent for lab testing," the district health officer (DHO) said.

The rapid antigen tests is expected to help in increasing the number of tests and bring down the load of testing on labs, as antigen kits allow faster diagnosis.

It takes a minimum of eight hours to get the results via real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. Antigen tests can provide results within half an hour.

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February 1,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 2: A video of a woman rescuing a dog from a well in Mangaluru has gone viral on social media. The dog fell inside the well accidentally and the woman rushed to the spot to rescue it. The two minute seven second video has been shared on Twitter by a user, Mauna, and has ever since been viewed over 15,000 times.

The woman climbed down the well as other people attached a rope to her body during the rescue mission. Another rope was then thrown to her and she tied it around the dog after which it was pulled outside. The woman, thereafter, climbed outside the well with much difficulty.

"Bless the lady who saved the Dog," the user captioned the post.

Watch the video here:

 

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June 3,2020

Mangalore, Jun 3: One man was arrested by the Crime Branch of city police from Mangalore for allegedly having links with gangster Ravi Pujari, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Patil said on Wednesday.

According to the police, the man identified as Ghulam has been sent to 10-day police custody.

"During the investigation of a case related to Ravi Pujari, it was found that one Ghulam is a close associate of Pujari and had helped him in extortion and other illegal activity. Ghulam was arrested from Mangalore. He was produced before a court and sent to 10-day police custody," Patil said.

The senior police officer said that further investigation is on in the matter.

Pujari, who was wanted in several cases including ones related to heinous crimes like murder and extortion, was brought to Bengaluru earlier this year from Senegal. He had reportedly gone underground two decades ago and had allegedly been carrying out illegal activities from abroad.

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