Belagavi, Mar 10: Around 6,000 chickens were buried alive by some poultry farm owners here as the rate of flesh in the market dropped even below the cost price due to Coronavirus scare.
The poultry farm who buried the chickens on Monday evening belonged to Lolasuru village in Gokak Taluk of the district.
One of the owners, Nazir Makandar, said that there was no demand for chicken because of threat of Coronavirus.
Mangaluru, Jan 20: A suspicious unattended laptop bag with the suspicion of containing “something harmful” was found abandoned at the Mangaluru International Airport on Monday.
The bag was found kept in the rest area meant for the passengers outside the airport. According to reports, two men came in auto and left the bag near the ticket counter, which is near the VIP vehicles parking area.
The bag, which was lying unattended near the entrance of the airport was removed from the spot by the airport security personnel at 8.45 am.
Bomb detection squad personnel has rushed to the spot and shifted the bag to a safe zone, said Mangaluru Commissioner of Police P S Harsha.
Mangaluru Mar 27: Thinking that he might have contracted the coronavirus infection, a 55-year-old man has committed suicide in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district.
The deceased has been identified as Sadashiva Shetty, a resident of Abbettu under Meramajalu village. He was working in a petrol bunk.
It is learnt that Sadashiva suspected that he might have come in contact with coronavirus infected people while working in the petrol bunk.
He was scared that the same might get transferred to his family members through him.
He was depressed for past few days. Today, he hanged himself from the ceiling fan of his house, sources said.
A case has been regarded at the Bantwal rural police station and investigations are on.
Udupi, Jun 18: Two youths lost their lives in a ghastly road mishap involving a vegetable-laden mini truck near Santhekatte in Udupi today. 
The deceased have been identified as Dinesh (35) and Manjunath (21), both hailed from Balkur village in Kundapur taluk.
The accident took place at around 7 a.m. when the mini truck was carrying vegetables from Kundapur to Udupi.
According to sources, Dinesh, who was driving the vehicle, lost control and rammed into a pole next to the national highway.
Both Dinesh and his assistant Manjunath suffered head injuries in the accident. They were rushed to Ajjarkad district hospital where they were declared dead on arrival.
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we are ready to destroy food but wont allow poor to eat it
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