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CM flags off anti-tobacco rally in city

June 3, 2012
Mangalore, June 3: Chief Minister D V Sadanada Gowda has said that there was a need to create massive awareness among the people against the consumption of the tobacco.

He was speaking after flagging of an anti-tobacco campaign rally at Mahavir Circle in the city on Sunday morning.

The rally was organised by Mangalore Institute of Oncology to create awareness among the public about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption in the wake of World No Tobacco Day.

Hundreds of citizens participated in the rally that passed through Bendoorwell and Balmatta and culminated in Nehru Maidan.

The CM congratulating the MIO for its anti-tobacco campaign opined that organising such rallies on a regular basis would create awareness and combat diseases like cancer.

He said around 5.4 million people die all over the world because of tobacco abuse, and of them, 700,000 are Indians. Half of all cancer cases among men in India are because of tobacco abuse, he added.

Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly N Yogish Bhat, MIO managing director Dr Jalaluddin Akbar, directors Dr Krishna Prasad and Dr Sanath Hegde, and President of the campaign Dr Suresh Rao were present among others.

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June 1,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 1: A youth was hacked to death and two others suffered critical injuries following a fight between two gangs at Yekkaru Devaragudde near Kateel under the limits of Bajpe police station last night.

The deceased has been identified as Keertan (20), a resident of Marakada. The injured are Nitin (20) and Manesh (20). It is learnt that old animosity led to the attack and murder.

According to sources, members of both gangs were friends in the past. They had become enemies of each other following a fight regarding sand mining.

Sources said that Keertan, Nitin, and Manesh had reportedly invited their rival gang to Devaragudde for some discussion. A verbal friction arose between the two gangs and it culminated in the attack by the rival gang members with daggers. Keertan reportedly died on the sport. The other two were taken to hospital.

The accused fled the scene soon after committing the crime. A case has been registered at Bajpe police station. A manhunt has been launched to nab the accused.

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June 18,2020

Mysuru, Jun 18: The Karnataka government's proposal announced on Thursday to hold online classes for students amid concerns over COVID-19 has not gone down well with thousands of tribal students residing in villages across the state.

A team from Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) visited a few tribal hamlets in Mysuru and Kodagu recently and found that the students, unlike their urban counterparts, lack accessibility to not just smartphones and computers, but basic necessities like power supply.

''When such is the situation in the tribal hamlets, how can you expect students to catch up on their studies if classes are held online?'' wondered M L Parashurama Member, KSCPCR, who toured villages like Thithimathi, Beematagere, Devamachchi and Gaddadi in Kodagu's Virajpet taluk, besides Bavali, Balyadi, Machchuru, and Anemone in Mysuru's HD Kote taluk along with Chairperson Antony Sebastian.

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April 19,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 19:  Karnataka's Technical Education department following Union Home Ministry’s guidelines, on Sunday directed all its colleges not to use the Zoom application to conduct online classes during the ongoing lockdown period.

Considering Union Home Ministry's advisory that Zoom app is not safe, the department has taken the decision and issued a circular asking all government, aided and unaided engineering, polytechnic (Diploma) colleges to stop using the app immediately.

The department recommended the use of a free app developed by TCS: "TCS iON Digital class room" or any other App recommended by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to conduct the online classes.

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