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Mangalore: E Ahmed visits Survivors

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May 23, 2010

Mangalore, May 23: E Ahmed, Union Minister of State for Railways, along with a delegation from Kerala, visited the survivors of the Bajpe air crash at three different hospitals in the city and assured them that the Government of India will not ignore them on Sunday, May 23.

“We are all with you. We all share the sorrows and pains you have experienced equally”, he told Krishna, one of the survivors who is being treated at SCS Hospital.

He assured all the victims that the Government will bear the medical expenses of all the survivors.

He also visited KMC and AJ hospitals to express his condolence and to express solidarity with the victims and survivors. Victims expressed their experience and feelings during and after the crash to the minister.

E Ahmed, who arrived in the Mangalore Railway Station at 8:50 am, directly went to the Wenlock Hospital where dead bodies of the victims of the tragic plane crash that took place at Bajpe Airport on Saturday are kept for identification.

Speaking to media persons E Ahmed reiterated that it is too early to come to any conclusion regarding the cause that led to the crash.

He said that the transportation procedure of dead bodies of the Keralites to their homes will be accomplished smoothly and both the State Governments will be taking responsibility in this regard.

“Entire Kerala is observing mourning as many of the victims belong to the coastal state. And at such a critical juncture everyone should work together”, he said.

Answering a query, he explained that the compensation declared by the Prime Minister in the aftermath of crash is only a preliminary step.

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March 23,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 23: In its efforts to contain the outbreak of COVID-19, the district administration has ordered that all shops and establishments selling essential commodities to remain open only between 0600 hrs and 1200 hrs from Tuesday till March 31.

Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh, in a press release here, announced that autorickshaws and taxis should not ferry passengers and should be utilised only during emergencies and for transportation of essential commodities among others.

Ms Sindhu has also ordered shutting down industries. Only those industries involved in the production of essential commodities, medicines, medical instruments, medicine, fuel, farm produce among others had been exempted, Please log in to get detailed story.

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July 13,2020

Mangaluru, July 13: With the confirmation of four more deaths related to novel coronavirus, the covid-19 death toll in Dakshina Kannada has mounted to 50.

In fact, the four fatalities had occurred on Saturday. Today the authorities concerned that they were tested positive for Covid-19.

The deceased include two septuagenarians, a sexagenarian, and a 53-year-old. All of them were male.

Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh revealed that their comorbidities were diabetes in ICU, pneumonia in ICU, hepatitis in ICU, severe acute  respiratory infection and carcinoma of the lung respectively.

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April 19,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 19: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwath Narayan on Sunday said that "only essential and critical number of" employees of the Information Technology (IT) companies will be allowed to work from offices from April 20 onwards in Bengaluru, while others will have to continue working from home.

"Only essential and critical number of employees required will be allowed to turn up. In the next two days, it will be reviewed and a suitable decision will be taken. 

All the details will be communicated to the IT companies," Narayan said here.

Earlier on Saturday, in a meeting to review COVID-19 situation in Karnataka, it was considered that one-third of the employees of IT and biotechnology companies could be allowed to work from the office premises, while the rest should continue to work from home.

Earlier on April 17, the Deputy CM, after holding a video conference meeting with heads of the IT and biotechnology companies, had told reporters that up to 50 per cent of the workforce would have the opportunity to function from office premises after April 20.

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