Bengaluru, Mar 9: In a tragic incident, three youths drowned in Burude Falls in Siddapura Taluk of Uttara Kannada on Saturday.
The victims were identified as Abhishek Nair, Murali and Sai.
The trio, who were on a pleasure trip, went for swimming in the Falls when they got slipped and met watery grave. The bodies were fished out by expert swimmers and sent for postmortem.
Mangaluru, Jul 19: Five physicians of KVG Medical College in Sullia, Dakshina Kannada were booked for violating their home quarantine guidelines.
The district administration learnt about their quarantine violations after tracking their GPS locations through the app on Sunday.
The five medics were ordered 14 days home quarantine after the College staff tested positive for COVID-19.
However, all the five physicians visited many places in the town violating quarantine norms, and hence the police booked cases against them.
Bengaluru, Apr 29: A fire incident was reported inside the premises of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Wednesday morning.
According to official sources, the fire was noticed at the Forge and Foundry division in the HAL complex and as many as eight fire tenders are engaged in fighting the mishap.
According to initial reports, the fire was noticed at a stockyard, where magnesium stockpile caught fire.
The fire fighters had cordoned off the entire area in the vicinity and the fire has been contained.
No casualties had been reported, due to the incident, the sources added.
Mysuru, Mar 27: A 35-year old man from Mysuru, Karnataka was tested positive for coronavirus infection on Thursday, taking the state-wide count to 52 altogether.
This new case could be an indication that Covid-19 has entered into the third stage of community transmission in Karnataka, as the infected person neither has any travel history nor have been in contact with Covid-affected persons.
The patient works in the quality assurance section of a pharmaceutical company in Nanjangud in Mysuru district, and has been in continuous contact with medical care professionals.
Mysuru DC Mr Abhiram G Shankar informs that detailed investigation is under process.
He is currently undergoing treatment at an isolation ward in a designated hospital in Mysuru. So far his seven primary contacts have been traced and they are under home quarantine, Mr Abhiram Shankar said.
A 35 year old Mysurean, and another 46 year old Keralite, both who had come from Dubai, were the first and second cases tested positive for Covid-19 in Mysuru. They are also currently kept under isolation.
Mysuru district administration has identified 898 international passengers in Mysuru district including 152 in the taluks. Among them, while 149 persons have completed home quarantine period by now, the rest are still in isolation.
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