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College students spread AIDS awareness through street play

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December 1, 2011

Mangalore, December 1: 'HIV/AIDS awareness week-2011' organised by the students of Dr MV Shetty College of Social Work, was launched on the premises of Government Wenlock Hospital in the city on the occasion of World Aids Day on Thursday.

Students of the college presented a street play to spread awareness among the people about the killer disease.

Dr. Saroja RMO, Wenlock Hospital inaugurated the programme.

Presiding over the inaugural event, Dr. Ranjith Shetty, Trustee, Dr. MV Shetty Memorial Trust said that awareness alone can tackle HIV/AIDS. “Without education it cannot be controlled”, he opined.

Harshavardhan Shetty, Lecturer, Dr. MV Shetty College of Social Work and Prof. Suma S Rai, Principal, Dr. MV Shetty College of Social Work were present on the occasion.

Students will conduct various programmes as part of the awareness week, which will conclude on December 5. On December 2, peer educator's training programme for adolescents and on December 3, community awareness programme will be held.

On December 5, interaction with HIV positive persons and fruits and sweets distribution function will be held.

The valedictory function will be held at Sneha Sadan, Kinnikambala, Mangalore, on the same day.

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January 14,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 14: Ace Yakshagana guru Kadri Ramachandra Bhat Yelluru will be awarded the ‘Kundeshwara Samman’ award by Shri Kundeshwara Kshetra, Hirgana, Karkala taluk.

The award will be presented to him in a ceremony on January 21.

“A Yakshagana, ‘Bhargava Vijaya’, with Yakshadhruva Patla Sateesh Shetty will be held on the same day. A Tulu drama, ‘Panoditthundu’, will be staged by Sindhura team. The annual temple festival will be held on January 22,” a press release issued by Cultural Programme Convenor Jitendra Kundeshwara said here on Tuesday.

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April 26,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 26: Three new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state to 503 as per Karnataka government.

There are 302 active COVID-19 cases in Karnataka presently, while 182 patients have been discharged, 19 deaths have been reported, state government informed.

The total number of positive coronavirus cases across the country are 26,917, including 20,177 active cases of the virus. So far, 5,913 patients have either been cured or discharged while 826 deaths have been recorded in the country, as per data provided by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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March 6,2020

Mysuru, Mar 6: A woman was murdered by her husband in front of her father in the wee hours of Friday at her home in Hosakamanakoppal, Yelwal hobli here, police said on Friday.

The police said the deceased is Mamatha, a native of Periyapatna who was married to Nagesh of Hosakamanakoppal about seven years ago. The couple has a six-year-old son. Mamatha was Nagesh’s second wife as his first wife had allegedly committed suicide.

It is said that Nagesh was addicted to liquor and gambling and used to fight with Mamatha over petty reasons. 

Yesterday night too, there was a fight between the couple and Mamatha’s father pacified both of them and all of them went to sleep later.

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