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Pomp and splendour mark beginning of Mangalore Dasara festivities

September 28, 2011

Mangalore, September 28: The second most popular Dasara programme in the state - the Mangalore Dasara that showcases the rich culture, tradition, pomp and pageantry of Tulu Nadu, began here on Wednesday and will go on for the next nine days.

Hundreds of people from this coastal city, from different parts of the country and several foreigners gathered at historic Gokarnanatheshwara Temple, Kudroli here to usher in the nine-day festival to mark the victory of good over evil.

The 21st Mangalore Dasara celebration got underway with the formal installation of idols of Navadurgas and goddess Sharada Devi at 11:30 am and offering pooja to them in the presence of dignitaries including Ramesh Kumar of Janatha Constructions, H S Sairam, president of the temple management committee, Raghavendra Kuloor, Maheshchandra, B K Tharanath, Malathy Janardhan Poojary and Harikrishna Bantwal.

During the next nine days of celebrations, the decorated idols of Sharada Devi and nine Durgas i.e. Shaila Putri, Brahmacharini, Chandra Ghanta, Kushmaandini, Skandaputhri, Katyayini, Kaalaratri, Maha Gauri and Sidhidaathri will be invoked to bless the devotees.

Leading artists from different parts of the state will perform cultural programmes till October 5. The Mahotsava will conclude with the grand Dasara procession that will be taken out in the city on October 6.

This procession is expected to pass through Kambla Road, Mannagudda, Lady Hill Circle, Lalbagh, Ballalbagh, PVS Circle, Navbharat Circle, KS Rao Raod, Hampankatta, Government College, Ganapathi High School, Venkataramana Temple, New Chitra Talkies, and Alake. The entire 7 kilo metre procession route has been decked up with lights.

The Mangalore Dasara has gained importance over the years and grown into a 'Janotsava' or 'people's fest'. Janardhana Poojary, former Union Minister, had introduced the concept of Kudroli Dasara, which came to be known as Mangalore Dasara for the first time in 1991. In 1995, tableaux were introduced for the first time in the Dasara procession on the last day of celebrations.

Mangalore Dasara is also called a common man's Dasara as it is not funded by the Government as in Mysore Dasara and people of the city participate actively.

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August 3,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 3: All those who met Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, who has tested positive for Covid-19, in the last three-four days will have to be quarantined, Medical Education Minister Sudhakar K said on Monday.

He also said those who came in contact with Yediyurappa in a couple of programmes in the past week are being traced.

Sudhakar, a medical doctor himself, said Yediyurappa has "very mild cough and his chest is clear."

"I think eight to ten days," he told news agency when asked how long the Chief Minister would have to remain in hospital.

Sudhakar said he is also getting himself tested as a few of his office staff had tested positive.

"All those who met the Chief Minister in the last 3-4 days...ideally they should be quarantined till they receive their results/report. Those who came in contact with him in a couple of programmes will have to isolate themselves and subject themselves for testing," the Minister said.

On the Chief Minister meeting Governor Vajubhai Vala, along with Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai last Friday, Sudhakar said as a result "They also become primary contacts. Ideally, they should also be quarantined and tested."

Yediyurappa who was hospitalised on Sunday night after testing positive for Covid-19 was "doing well" and is "clinically stable", the hospital treating him said.

The 77-year old leader is being monitored by a team of doctors at the Manipal hospital here.

"He is doing well, is clinically stable and will be monitored closely by our team," the hospital said in a statement late last night.

"I have tested positive for coronavirus. Whilst I am fine, I am being hospitalised as a precaution on the recommendation of doctors. I request those who have come in contact with me recently to be observant and exercise self-quarantine," Yediyurappa had said in his tweet.

Yediyurappa was in home quarantine a couple of weeks ago, after some staff members in his home office were found infected with the virus. Subsequently, he tested negative for Covid-19.

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May 1,2020

Bengaluru, May 1: Karnataka has reported 11 new cases of coronavirus, taking the State's count to 576, informed the Health Department on Friday.

Out of the total COVID-19 cases found in the State, 235 people have been discharged and 22 people have died.

"11 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Karnataka from April 30, 5 pm till noon today, taking the total number of cases to 576, which includes 22 deaths and 235 discharges," said the State government COVID-19 bulletin.

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May 14,2020

Bengaluru, May 14: As many as 22 new cases have been reported in Karnataka taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 981. 

The new cases include five in Bengaluru Urban - all with a contact history, four each in Gadag - with history of travel to Ahemadabad, Mandya with travel history to Mumbai, Maharashtra and Bidar - with three from containment zone and one with travel history to Mumbai, three from Davangere and one each from Belagavi and Bagalkote.

Meanwhile, two more deaths have been reported in the state on Thursday morning taking the total toll to 35. This is apart from a non-COVID-19 death.

An 80-year-old resident of Dakshina Kannada, got admitted at private hospital following a stroke. She was shifted to the icu on confirmation for Covid-19 at a designated hospital on April 26. She died on Thursday due to septic shock.

Another 60-year-old male, resident of Ananthapur in Andhra Pradesh, admitted at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru with severe pneumonia and respiratory distress died due to cardiac arrest on Thursday morning. He had hypotension and Diabetes Mellitus, according to the morning health bulletin.

Sources in Victoria Hospital said this person was the first patient to undergo clinical trial for plasma therapy. He was infused plasma on Monday. However, his condition continued to remain the same.

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