Cops nab Nepali thieves again; recover loot of Rs 1.15 lakh

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October 10, 2011

Mangalore, October 10: A notorious Nepali thief, who had walked free, after being arrested on charges of theft in March 2010, was again arrested along with his associate on separate theft charges on Sunday.

Personnel of Mangalore East (Kadri) police station arrested Karan Khadga (37), hailing from Pimi Bajhang district in West Nepal, and residing at Thokkottu near here for the past 18 years, and his associate Gyanendra Singh (20), from Bajhang district in West Nepal.

With this, police solved a theft case registered in Mangalore East police station, where thieves had decamped with valuables worth Rs 1.15 lakhs including two laptops and a mobile phone from “Target Marketing Services” office belonging to P K Kushalappa Gowda at Kadri Kambala here.

It can be recalled that Khadga and his seven other associates from Nepal had targeted the house of M V Shetty, a leading physician here when no one was at home and decamped with gold jewellery and other valuables worth Rs 1.55 crore.

He also had committed theft of jewellery and other valuables worth Rs. 7 lakh from the house of Bharath Alva, located near Padav School, Mangalore.

Khadga had also confessed that he was also one of the master minds of the theft occurred in the house of Dr AB Shetty, in the city, where jewellery and valuables of worth Rs. 15 million were stolen in 2009.

Illegal immigrant

According to police, Karan Khadga penetrated in to India in 1993 and married Sita, a local woman and also succeeded in receiving voter ID through fake documents. He also owns a house at Kumpala Ashraya Colony at Someshwara village benefitting under 'Ashraya' government scheme.

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Gyanendra Singh, Karan Khadga

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Karnataka records 3,693 fresh COVID-19 cases

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July 17,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 17: A total of 3,693 new COVID-19 positive cases and 115 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Friday, said the state health department.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the state is presently at 55,115, including 33,205 active cases. While there are 20,757 recoveries, the death toll stands at 1,147.

With the highest single-day spike of 34,956 cases and 687 deaths, India's COVID-19 positive cases crossed the 10 lakh mark on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The total positive cases stand at 10,03,832 including 3,42,473 active cases, 6,35,757 cured/discharged/migrated and 25,602 deaths, according to the ministry.

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Help poor, needy by not cutting their salaries: Karnataka CM

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April 4,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 4: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has appealed to employers not to cut salaries of their maids, servants and drivers who are unable to attend work due to the current lockdown situation in the country.

He said compassionate gesture of employers will support the poor and needy.

"I request all the employers not to cut salaries of their maids, servants, drivers etc., who are not able to work due to social distancing. Your compassionate gesture will support the poor and needy to overcome this hard time. FightBackKarnataka CoronavirusPandemic," the Chief Minister said in a tweet.

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What benefit govt is giving us so that we can transfer the same goodness to our workers? Or are the funds only to buy and sell MLA?

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Dakshina Kannada reports 2 more covid-19 cases; tally 54

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May 18,2020

Mangaluru, May 18: The coastal district of Dakshina Kannada today reported two more covid-19 positive cases. One is a 30-year-old man and the other is a 55-year-old woman.

The man, a resident of Karopady in Bantwal, had returned from Raigad in Maharashtra and is under quarantine.

The woman, a resident of Yeyyadi, had fever and hence visited Wenlock hospital for test. She was diagnosed to have Severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) symptoms and later tested positive. She has been shifted to ICU.

With this the total number of covid-19 positive cases in the district rose to 54. Among them 48 are from Dakshina Kannada and six patients are from other districts.

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