Woman evicted from house by landlords

June 16, 2011

Mangalore, June 16: A lonely woman was forcefully evicted from her abode at Nantur Padav in the city on Wednesday thanks to the landlords who is accused of employing goons to throw household things and utensils out of the house.

According to 45 year old Girijamma, the goons dragged her out of the home despite she appealed repeatedly to give her some time.

“I have no other place to go now. This is my house” said Girijamma, who is still helplessly sitting in front of the same house.

Lingappa Nantur, a leader of Dalit Rights Committee affiliated to CPM said that the woman has been making a living rolling beedi and she has no other place to stay.

Alleging the landlords Balakrishna Shetty and Pramod Shetty of bribing police to threaten the women, he said that goons evicted the women in the presence of police.

“Her ancestors had been living in the same home since 80 years. After the death of her parents, she was staying at the 400 sq ft house along with her friend Venkamma. Her father used to pay monthly rent, but, now she is not in a position to pay rent due to poverty,” he said adding that the Committee is demanding that she must be allowed to stay at the same house on humanitarian grounds.

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June 27,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 27: The Bengaluru Police Commissioner’s office on Infantry Road has been sealed after one of the staffers tested Covid-positive. It will remain shut from June 27 to 29. 

A senior police officer from the administrative department, in a media release, stated that almost the entire staff has been asked to work from home, while some have told to work from sub-divisions of DCP’s offices. 

It is said that one of the staffers, who recently reported for duty at Anti-Terror Cell (ATC), tested positive on Friday, and officials took a decision to seal the premises after the media got wind of it. 

Earlier, a function for Drug Observation Day too was held on the premises on Friday. The staff has not been asked to go on quarantine. 

Only a few staffers have been asked to come to the police control room situated in the same building.

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May 11,2020

Bengaluru, May 11: Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar today held a video conference with Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja to discuss measures to tackle COVID-19.

The ministers discussed in detail the protocols for testing, quarantine and treatment for COVID-19 that are being followed by both the states.

The Karnataka Health Department on Monday said that 10 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the state, taking the total number of positive cases to 858.

"31 people have lost their lives due to coronavirus in the state and 422 persons have been discharged after recovery," the Health Department added.

Kerala, on the other hand, has tackled the coronavirus crisis better than most other states of the country. There are only 19 active cases of COVID-19 in the state while 489 people have recovered. The death toll in the state is 4, according to the data published by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.

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May 15,2020

Bengaluru, May 15: There is no trace of community spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka due to the strict measures taken by the State Government, Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said on Friday.

All those tested positive for the virus here have arrived from other states and are currently being treated in quarantine centres, he tweeted.

Over 25 per cent of the COVID-19 positive cases, which were detected in the state, were related to those who had either come from abroad or other states, and only about 7 per cent cases were associated with the influenza-like diseases, his tweet further read.

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