Sadness in the air as they are laid to rest...

May 23, 2010

Mangalore, May 23: The last rituals and funerals of the dozens of victims of Saturday's flight crash have begun in their native places as per the guidelines of their respective religions.

S M Rasheed Haji, the treasurer of Zeenath Bakhsh Jumma Masjid has said that as many as 35 bodies of victims arrived from the hospital since Saturday evening to the premises of the mosque for pre burial rituals i.e. washing of the body.

“The charred bodies themselves explain the extent of tragedy. We have already performed the washing rituals of a total of 35 victims from different parts of the district and also from the neighbouring state”, he said.

He also said that three bodies, including that of a mother and son were buried in the premises of the mosque.

“Yesterday we buried one of the victims and today after offering Fajr prayers we buried dead bodies of a mother and her eight year old son” Haji added.

Mean while, mass funerals of the two members of the St. Alphonsa Church, Kankanady were conducted in the city in the afternoon of Sunday. These victims have been identified as Godvina and Gloria.

Neville Noronha, Noronhas St Joseph's Undertakers, Jeppu spoke to Coastaldigest.com and informed that they carried out the washing and other funeral rites of the deceased hailing from Kerala at Kankanady. The bodies of Pilots Z Glusica and H S Ahluwalia were also cleaned by us,he informed.

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Mangaluru: Middle aged couple murdered; accused arrested

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April 29,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 29: One person was arrested on charges of murdering a middle-aged couple on Wednesday in Yellinje near Kinnigoli.

The area falls under the jurisdiction of Mulky police.

Police said that the deceased were identified as Vincent D’Souza (50) and his wife Helina D’ Souza (45).

The arrested was identified as Alphonso (55). He will be sent to judicial custody, said police.

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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 records biggest one-day spike of 196 covid cases; five deaths

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July 12,2020

Mangaluru/Udupi: A total 237 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada (DK) and Udupi on Sunday, a day that DK scaled yet another peak with 196 cases and Udupi tallied 41.

The grim reaper came calling on patients with co-morbidities, harvesting five souls, to take the total tally of deaths in DK to 46. The spurt also saw DK’s tally of positive cases rise to 2,230 and Udupi’s to 1,608.

The 196 fresh cases in DK included 91 cases of influenza like illness (ILI), the cause of infection in 57 people is yet to be known, 20 are primary contacts, 16 are those with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI), 10 are those with international travel history and two are pre-surgery samples, said deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh. The five deceased include three men and two women, the youngest victim being a 50-year-old man and oldest a 72-year-old man.

A total 94 patients were discharged from the designated Covid-19 and private hospitals in the city, taking the total number those discharged to 876, and paring down the number of active cases to 1,309. The commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Sunda. Deputy Commissioner (revenue), MCC, a primary contact, has home quarantined himself in the wake of this development.

In neighbouring Udupi, the double-digit blip on the Covid-19 radar included 32 primary contacts, six with inter-district travel history, two with inter-state travel history and one patient with international travel history, said district health officer Sudhir Chandra Sooda. The fresh cases also included four children. The discharge of 28 patients took the total numbers of those discharged to 1,273, and there are 332 active cases now. The district has recorded three deaths due to the pandemic thus far.

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