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Yakshagana veteran Chittani Ramachandra Hegde is no more

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October 3, 2017

Managluru, Oct 3: Veteran Yakshagana artiste Chittani Ramachandra Hegde passed away at a private hospital in Manipal on Tuesday night, due to pneumonia. He was 84.

He was the first among Yakshagana artistes to receive Padma Shri award. A school dropout who studied up to Class 2, Ramachandra Hegde performed Yakshagana for nearly seven decades and won a national award.

He is survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter. The last rites will be conducted at his village Guddekeri, 19 km from Honnavar, in Uttara Kannada on Wednesday.

Ramachandra Hegde became unconscious after performing the role of Shantanu in “Bheeshmotpatti” prasanga (episode) in Bangaramakki on September 26. Later, he was admitted to a hospital in Honnavar from where he was shifted to Kasturba Medical College Hospital in Manipal on September 29.

His illustrious performance became the subject matter for research works. Keshava Hegde, the author of Yaksha Sinchana, said that Ka. Vem. Shree and Vasudha Hegde obtained their Ph. D by writing on the performance of Ramachandra Hegde.

Ramachandra Hegde’s greatest strength was memorising the “prasangas” as he was not well versed in reading and writing. Many artistes of the present generation have been following the Chittani style of dance, Mr. Keshava Hegde said.

A recipient of many awards, including the Rajyotsava award, Mr. Hegde was known for performing the roles of Bhasmasura, Kaurava, Keechaka, Rudrakopa, Kamsa, Magadha and many other villain roles.

His son Subrahmanya Chittani, also a Yakshagana performer, said that Yakshagana was his father’s life.

Mr. Hegde had described Yakshagana as a “collective form” that came alive with everybody, from the veshadhari (artiste) and bhagavata (background singer) to the chande and maddale (percussion) players.

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Vinod acharya
 - 
Wednesday, 4 Oct 2017

Condolence.. God may give strength  for family to bear his loss

Mohan
 - 
Wednesday, 4 Oct 2017

Great artist. Biggest loss for us

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February 24,2020

Lucknow, Feb 24: The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board on Monday accepted the five acres of land provided for construction of the mosque in Ayodhya.

The Board also decided to form a trust to oversee the construction of the mosque.

The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by the Board's Chairman Zufar Faruqui.

Apart from this, the trust will also construct a charitable hospital, public library and a centre showcasing the heritage of Indo-Islamic civilisation which will also serve as a research and study centre for the same, according to a press release by the board.

The appointment of members to the trust will be announced following its creation, the release added.

The Supreme Court had on November 9 last year directed the Central government to hand over the disputed site at Ayodhya for the construction of a temple and set up a trust for the same.

The apex court had further directed the government to allocate an alternative five acres of land at a prominent location in Ayodhya for the construction of a mosque to the Sunni Waqf Board.

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February 17,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday assured that the Centre is committed to stand by its promise of providing Rs 18,600 crore Bengaluru suburban Rail project.

Addressing a press conference after a post-budget interactive session with the representatives of the various trade bodies, industry leaders and others here, she said that the union cabinet has already given its clearance for the long-pending project.

Informing that the central government will have 20 per cent of its capital share in the project followed by another 20 per cent share from the state government, she said "beside this, the union government will stand for a sovereign guarantee for the rest of the 60 percent share, which can be raised through loans from external agencies".

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the state's health department issued fresh guidelines for the disposal of bodies of COVID patients.

"Although an increased risk of COVID infection from a dead body to health workers or family members who follow standard precautions while handling the body is unlikely, the lack of scientific data requires the utmost care to avoid the inadvertent spread of COVID-19 during these times," the statement from the health department's press release read, emphasising on the dignity of the dead and the religious and cultural tradition.

The 23-page press release elaborated on guidelines regarding testing, handling of dead bodies and other specificities in relation to the management of COVID-19 bodies.

"Testing should not be insisted in every case of death, but only when they have a recorded history of influenza-like symptoms. The body should be handed over to the family members/ relatives in a dignified manner immediately after swab collection and hospitals should provide handouts with a list of dos and don'ts in English and Kannada laying down relevant information," the statement said.

It added, "At the mortuary, health care workers, mortuary staff and the family of the deceased body shall not come in direct contact with the dead body and must wear full personal protective equipment (PPE). If the family or relative are for any reason unable to cremate or bury the body, the local health authority shall arrange for the dignified last rites as per the religious traditions of the family."

Regarding autopsies (post mortem) on COVID-19 bodies, the state department said that they should be avoided, except in necessary circumstances.

The statement also gave detailed guidelines regarding the appropriate recording of COVID-19 deaths in line with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines.

Additionally, the health department made a statement about the admission procedure for COVID positive patients referred by other district administrations saying, "It is now mandatory for all the referrals from the BBMP admission and discharge of COVID positive patients to be done through the online COVID Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS)."

The state's count of coronavirus cases was 1,51,449 in the past 24 hours.

So far, a total of 2,804 people have died due to COVID-19 in the state, while the average recovery rate in Karnataka is 49.3 per cent.

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