Lucky escape for students as school roof collapses during Ramadan special leave

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June 30, 2016

Kasaragod, Jun 30: In what could have been a major tragedy, a portion of the Government Junior Basic School at Peral, near Kumbla, caved in under incessant rain. It was indeed a lucky escape for students as the school was closed for Ramadan for the past few days.

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The tile-roofed block, the middle portion of which caved in, housed Class 3 students. Senior Revenue and Education department officials visited the spot to assess the damage.

Kasaragod has been witnessing heavy rains in the past three days resulting in sharp rise in water level in major rivers here. Damage to property has been estimated at Rs.23,92,760.

The district has so far reported 1001.60 mm rainfall, which saw standing crops in 26.25 acres suffering damage. Five houses were destroyed and 115 were damaged.

Power supply was disrupted in several areas and vehicular movement was affected with huge trees falling across roads. No loss of life was reported during the day, official sources said. In view of unrelenting rain, the administration had declared Wednesday a holiday for all educational institutions barring professional colleges.

Though there was a letdown in heavy rain in the district since Wednesday noon, widespread damage to properties was reported in the heavy rain that lashed the district on Tuesday night. A house was destroyed and 47 houses were destroyed in the rain.

The district administration opened one more relief camp in Vythiri taluk.

Five members of two families in Kottathara village were shifted to the camp.

The damage to the houses is estimated to the tune of Rs.7.32 lakh. As many as 99 persons were shifted to four relief camps in the district in the past three days.

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Madikeri, Apr 16: A man from Ketumotte in Virajpet, who was cured of COVID-19 and returned to his home, has again been admitted to the hospital, following a complaint of fever, on Wednesday noon.

The man, who voluntarily got admitted to the hospital, is being treated in the isolation ward of the Covid-19 hospital. His throat swab and blood samples have been sent for testing. The report is likely to be out by Thursday morning.

After getting discharged from the hospital on April 7, he was home quarantined. After a week, he developed fever again. The person has not moved out of his house and the people need not fear, said Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy.

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January 18,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 18: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the "flag-bearer" of the Indian culture and tradition.

In his speech at an event organised by Vedanta Bharati here, Shah said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is touring across the globe as the flag bearer of the Indian culture and tradition." To buttress his point, the BJP National President said Modi took a holy dip in Ganga and attended Ganga Arati in Varanasi before taking oath as the Prime Minister.

It was for the first time that Modi sent red sander to Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal to perform special prayers on behalf of the government of India.

Shah also slammed the previous governments for their wrong interpretation of secularism, preventing them from honouring the best things of the country. "But after a long interval we have a Prime Minister who sends across the message that we have a lot to give to the world," Shah said.

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Bengaluru, April 3: Messages have been displayed outside mosques in Shivajinagar requesting people to offer Friday prayers at home during the lockdown imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 threat.

In light of the coronavirus outbreak, several Muslim organisations and mosques across various states have temporarily halted the congregational prayers.

The usually bustling Jama Masjid area, today, wore a deserted look.

One new positive case of COVID-19 was reported in Karnataka on Friday.

The patient is a 75-year-old man from Bagalkot and has been isolated at a designated hospital in Bagalkot, the state government said.

"Till date, 125 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the state, this includes three deaths and 11 discharges," it added.

The total number of coronavirus positive cases rose to 2301 in India on Friday, including 156 cured/discharged, 56 deaths and 1 migrated, as per the data provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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