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Former MP K G Shivappa dies in Udupi

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May 23, 2012

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Udupi, May 23: Former Shimoga MP K G Shivappa (70) passed away after a prolonged illness at the Adarsh Hospital here on Tuesday. He was severely injured in a car accident at Kumsi in Shimoga district in December 2010 following which he was hospitalised in Bangalore and later in Udupi.

Shivappa was elected to Lok Sabha as a Congress candidate from Shimoga constituency in 1991 by defeating the former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who was president of Bharatiya Janata Party State unit then. Shivappa, who again contested the Lok Sabha election in 1996 as Congress candidate was humbled by the former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa. He later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

He was also a relative of the former Chief Minister late S. Bangarappa and father-in-law of the former Karkala MLA and BJP leader V. Sunil Kumar. Shivappa is survived by wife, two daughters and a son. Minister for Primary and Second Education Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri and Udupi MLA Raghupati Bhat visited the hospital to offer their last respects.

His body was later taken to his native village Kodkani in Sorab taluk. The former Minister Kumar Bangarappa and Mr. Sunil Kumar were at the cremation.

The last rites were performed at Tyagarti village, near Sagar in Shimoga district on Tuesday evening. Among those present in Sagar were Sorab MLA H. Halappa, the former MLAs G.D. Narayanappa and Swamy Rao.

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Police said on Friday that the arrested have been identified as Siddik (27), K Mohammed (19), Hanif (25) and a 16-year-old boy.

They are accused of spreading false news on social media using different mobile numbers in Bantwal Taluk for disturbing communal harmony, police said adding a case had been registered at the Vitla police station in this connection.

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Mangaluru, Mar 14: Following the avian flu outbreak in neighboring Kerala, authorities at Pilikula Biological Park in Moodushedde, on the outskirts of the city, have taken all precautionary measures to prevent the death of birds in the park.

Park Director H J Jayaprakash Bhandari said that "the behaviour of the birds is being monitored near open water sources on the premises'.

Though no deaths were reported in the Zoo or on lake premises, the staff continue to maintain a strict vigil on open water sources like lakes. He said the Park was being sanitized.

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July 8,2020

Kasaragod, Jul 8: A 48-year-old man, who died on Tuesday, has tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.

A native of nearby Mogral Puthur in Kasaragod district, Abdul Rahmn was running a business in Karnataka’s Hubli since long time.

He had recently returned to his hometown from Karnataka through Talapady border on the outskirts of Mangaluru.

Sources said, despite the man having acute fever, the authorities at the Talapady border not only took any action including informing the concerned, but allowed him to cross over the border in a vehicle.

He was rushed to Kasargod General Hospital soon after returning. Those who had accompanied him from Karnataka to Kerala are now under ouarantine.

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