U T Khader leads International Yoga Day celebrations in Mangaluru

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June 21, 2018

Mangaluru, Jun 21: Urban Development and Housing Minister U T Khader inaugurated the international yoga day celebrations organised by the district administration and department of Ayush at Mangala indoor stadium in the city today.

He performed yoga with Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Manggaluru South MLA Vedavyas Kamath and others.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Khader said that it was necessary to practise yoga for a healthy life.

Reminding that yoga is a contribution of India to the world, the minister said that regular practice of yoga helps to achieve perfect balance between mind and body.

Across Mangaluru

The Yoga Day was also celebrated across schools, colleges, industrial units and social organisations here on Thursday.

Among the few to hold the programme early in the day was the Ramakrishna Mutt where the event was conducted by yoga instructor Mohan Kumblekar. Mr. Kumblekar, who has been conducting yoga sessions at the mutt for several years now, started the session at 6.15 a.m. with warm-up exercises which were followed by several asanas. The session ended at 7.30 a.m. with meditation.

A session by personnel of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited was held at the MRPL Recreation Centre between 6.15 a.m. and 7.15 a.m. The session was conducted by a yoga teacher from Mangaluru University. A separate session was held for students for Delhi Public School, personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force and family members of MRPL employees. MRPL on Wednesday started a week-long yoga programme, according to a press release.

Among the several educational institutions that held yoga sessions on Thursday included the one organised by Nitte Deemed to be University’s NSS wing on the K.S. Hegde Hospital campus in Deralakatte. Following the yoga session, the university felicitated Iddya Karunasagar, Senior Director, International Relations of the University, who has been practising yoga for over four decades. The university also felicitated Nhehern Acharya, the third year Bachelor of Physiotherapy student from Nitte Institute of Physiotherapy, who has won gold medal for two years in a row in the Artistic Display Yoga Competition organised by the International Yoga Federation.

The NCC units of St. Aloysius College celebrated the day on the college premises. Zeena, Assistant Professor of the College’s Commerce Department, conducted the yoga session. Administration Officer of NCC Mangaluru Group, Lt. Colonel Amith and Principal of the College Praveen Martis participated in the programme.

Senior Yoga teacher Gopalakrishna Delampady conducted an hour-long yoga session at the Expert PU College in Kodailbail. Students from Excellent PU College too celebrated International Yoga Day.

Konkan Railway Corporation organised the celebrations at the Konkan Rail Vihar in Nerul, Navi Mumbai. Sanjay Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director of the corporation, participated in the programme. Similar celebrations were held at the regional offices of Konkan Railway in Karwar and Ratnagiri, a press release said.

Indian Coast Guard also celebrated the day. A Coast Guard release said that earlier it had organised the practice sessions on Yoga on June 10, June 17 and June 20 for officers and men in uniform to help acclimatise them to yogic postures. The participants had been introduced to Yogasanas, Kapalbhati, Pranayama, Dhyana, Sankalpa and Meditation as per the common protocol issued by the government.

S.S. Dasila, Commander, Coast Guard Karnataka, also performed yoga along with other Coast Guard personnel. Uma Prashanth, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mangaluru, was the guest.

All officers and men in uniform from all Coast Guard Air Enclave, 75 Air Cushion Vehicle Squadron, Indian Coast Guard Ships Savitri Bai Phule, Rajdoot, Amartya and Kasturba Gandhi at the disposal of No 3 Coast Guard District Karnataka at New Mangaluru participated in the event.

“Braving the rough and high seas, newly based state-of-the-art indigenously built ship, Vikram, showcased the importance of Yoga in facing the challenges posed by high seas so as to enhance a safe and secure coast for the people while on routine patrol off the coast of Karnataka and Lakshadweep and Minicoy group of Islands,” the release said.

Yenepoya University and Father Muller Education Institutions, also celebrated the day.

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Karnataka Reports 1,839 COVID-19 Cases, 42 Deaths, Biggest Jump So Far

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July 4,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 4: Karnataka on Saturday reported its biggest single day spike of 1,839 new COVID-19 cases and 42 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections in the state to 21,549 and the death count to 335, the Health department said.

The day also saw 439 patients getting discharged after recovery; even as 226 patients in the state were undergoing treatment in ICU.

Out of 1,839 fresh cases reported on Saturday, a whopping 1,172 cases were from Bengaluru Urban alone; while 24 of the 42 deaths were from the capital city.

The previous biggest single day spike was recorded on July 3 with 1,694 cases.

As of July 4 evening, cumulatively 21,549 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 335 deaths and 9,244 discharges, the Health department said in its bulletin.

It said, out of 11,966 active cases, 11,740 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 226 are in ICU.

Among the 42 dead are six from Bidar, four from Dakshina Kannada, three each from Kalaburagi and Dharwad and one each from Hassan and Bengaluru rural.

Of the 42, twenty-six are men, the bulletin said, adding most of them were with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), Influenza-like illness (ILI).

Out of 1,839 cases tested positive today, contacts of the majority of the cases are still under tracing.

Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 1,172 cases, followed by Dakshina Kannada (75), Ballari (73), Bidar (51), Dharwad (45), Raichur (41), Mysuru (38), thirty seven each from Kalaburagi and Vijayapura, thirty-five each from Mandya and Uttara Kannada.

Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 8,345 infections, followed by Kalaburagi 1,597 and Udupi 1,276.

Among discharges, Kalaburagi tops the list with 1,189 followed by Udupi (1,103) and Bengaluru Urban (965).

A total of 6,89,526 samples were tested so far, of which 17,592 were tested on Saturday alone.

So far 6,50,876 samples have been reported as negative, and of them 15,294 were reported negative today.

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7119 migrant labourers sent to their native places from Dakshina Kannada

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May 5,2020

Mangaluru, May 5: As many as 7,119 labourers, who were stranded in Dakshina Kannada district, were sent to their native places in buses operated by KSRTC’s Mangaluru and Puttur divisions.

After the announcement of lockdown, the stranded labourers were provided shelter in various halls, Town Hall and government hostels in the district.

The stranded labourers from Kuloor, Panjimogaru, Panambur, Baikampady, Yeyyadi, Mulki, Ullal, Bunder, Hoige Bazar and from taluk centres, who wished to take up farming activities in their villages, were sent back in KSRTC and private buses. As many as 266 buses were engaged for ferrying the labourers.

The labourers underwent health check-up prior to their departure to their native villages, Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh said.

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Women’s satyagrah, human chain mark Martyrs’ Day in Mangaluru

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January 30,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 30: A day-long ‘satyagrah’ by women followed by formation of human chain marked the Martyrs’ Day, the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, in Mangaluru.

The organisers were ‘We, the People of India’, whose sole intention was to safeguard constitution of India and raise voice against those to attack the constitution.

Amidst nationwide agitation by ‘We, the People of India’ against contentious CAA, NRC, the women of Manglauru have decided to hold satyagrah and form a human chain in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner in the heart of the city on January 30.

The Satyagrah commenced at 10 a.m. At 4:30 p.m. a human chain will be formed. At 5.17p.m. when the father of the nation was gunned down 72 years ago during his evening prayer at Birla House by Godse, the demonstrators raised the slogan of unity to defeat the ideology of Godse.