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Two trekkers from Hyderabad missing in Bababudangiri

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August 11, 2015

Chikkamagaluru/Hyderabad: Aug 11: Two group leaders of a Hyderabad-based adventure club with several years of experience in trekking and mountaineering are missing since Sunday in the Bababudangiri hills region.

missingThe senior trekkers, Vivek Gupta (30) and Sashidhar (27), were leading a team of 10 people from Greater Hyderabad Adventure Club (GHAC) on a 50 km trek through Mullayanagiri, Bababu¬dangiri and Hebbe Falls in the Western Ghats.

The team, including an IRS officer, reached Bababudangiri guest house on Saturday evening and began their trek from Gaalikere on Sunday. Only eight members of the team, along with the IRS officer, returned in the afternoon.

Officials from the forest and police department, and members of Adventure Club, Chikkamagaluru, have formed three teams to trace the trekkers. The teams have been carrying out search operations in and around Gaalikere since Sunday night.

Heavy rain, leaches and mist has affected the search operation. During the search operations on Monday in Gaalikere, four staff members of Muthodi forest range went missing which led to a tense situation, but they later managed to rejoin the team.

SP K Santhosh Babu said: “Two trekkers went missing from Sunday. The search operation is on. There is no trace of trekkers till Monday night.”

Trying a new route

Suresh Kochattil, co-organiser of GHAC said: “It is surprising that two of our senior trekkers with lots of experience who were on their way to find an alternative trekking route went missing, while all the new members returned.”

Gupta, the assistant organiser and event host, is a Data Analyst by profession. He joined GHAC in 2012 and has organised more than 150 trekking events.

Sashidhar, a Java programmer, has undertaken an expedition to Mt Everest base camp.

The two trekkers are equipped with compasses as GPS devises do not work in thick forests as the heavy canopy stalls satellite vision.

Suresh said Gupta and Sashidhar have been trained by the Army in survival skills.

“Both can survive for three days without any help as both eat anything to survive and use stars to find their way out from any dense forest,” he said.

“If they have entered the forest we are confident that they would survive and find their way out,” said Diyanat Ali, co-organiser who is leading one of the search parties. However, in case someone has broken a leg, then they might have to wait till help arrives.

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: With rains in several parts of Karnataka amid Covid-19 pandemic, state Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Thursday asked the people to maintain caution and contact the Health department helpline in case of any symptoms.

"There is heavy rain in several districts of the state's coastal, Malnad and north interior regions. People have to observe utmost caution during these rains amid corona infections. In case of any symptoms like fever, cough and cold immediately call the health department helpline 104," Sudhakar tweeted.

As of August 5 evening, cumulatively 1,51,449 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 2,804 deaths and 74,679 discharges.

Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban tops the list accounting for 64,881 cases.

Regarding Bengaluru, Sudhakar said, there are 4,276 beds across 11 Covid care centres in Bengaluru.

"As of today morning, 936 of them i.e., 27.79 percent are vacant. Out of the 3,346 patients, 306 patients are due for discharge today," he said in another tweet.

Aimed at availing beds at Covid-19 hospitals for symptomatic patients and those in need, the government had decided to shift all asymptomatic patients to Covid care centres.

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February 16,2020

Hubballi, Feb 16: Rs 72,000 crore investment proposals were received at the Invest Karnataka meet, here on Friday, for the states northern region, said an official on Saturday.

"About 50 foreign and domestic firms have proposed to invest Rs 72,000 crore in the northwest and northern regions of the state and a dozen companies signed agreements with us," state Industries Department Secretary Gaurav Gupta said.

Rajesh Exports, Bengaluru-based group, signed an agreement to set up a manufacturing unit at Dharwad to rollout electric vehicles and make lithium ion batteries.

"Rajesh Exports proposes to invest about Rs 50,000 crore for manufacturing electric cars and lithium ion batteries for the domestic and overseas markets. It will generate about 10,000 jobs," said Gupta.

Similarly, Sonali Power has signed a pact with the state nodal agency (Udyog Mitra) to set up a solar power plant at Davangere at a cost of Rs 4,800 crore, which will generate 2,100 direct jobs.

Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa claimed several firms had come forward to collectively invest Rs 1 lakh crore since the BJP government came into being in July 2019.

"Many Indian and foreign firms will sign agreements with the state government at the 3-day Global Investors meet in Bengaluru on November 3-5," Yediyurappa said at the 'Invest Karnataka' meet.

Noting that Karnataka was rich in natural and human resources, especially in high-tech and skilled workforce, Yediyurappa said investment opportunities were plenty in aerospace, automobiles, machine tools, electric vehicles and bio-technology besides information technology.

"About 40 global firms expressed interest to invest in the state at a roadshow held at Davos, Switzerland, on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet on January 23," he said.

Under the new industrial policy, the state government will set up clusters to make toys at Koppal, textiles in Bellari, solar equipment at Kalaburagi and farm machinery at Bidar.

"We are committed to make North Karnataka a power house of industries for the region's development, with Hubballi-Dharwad as the growth hub," Yediyurappa said.

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June 5,2020

Mangaluru, June 5: A local businessman was hacked to death while two of his relatives suffered critical injuries in a broad daylight attack by a group of miscreants at Mulki on the outskirts of the city today.

The victim has been identified as Abdul Lateef (38). He was proprieter of Align Gold, Moodbidri. His wife is an advocate in Moodbidri. 

Abdul Lateef's father-in-law Muneer and latter's son Hayat suffered stab injuries. They are undergoing treatment at a hospital in Mangaluru. 

The attack took place near the Vijaya Bank in Mulki. 

According to sources, a gang of miscreants stabbed all three. While Abudl Lateef succumbed to his injuries, the other two are responding to the treatment. 

Police have registered a case. Investigations are on. 

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