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One fisherman's body found; five still missing: Palemar announces Rs 1 lakh for victims

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September 17, 2011

Mangalore, September 17: The body of one of six fishermen went missing on Thursday after a trawler boat sank off the coast of Mangalore was found on Saturday evening, with a slash wound on his neck. However the whereabouts of five other fishermen who were on board the ill-fated boat remained unknown till.

Meanwhile, Dakshina Kannada District In-charge Minister Krishna J Palemar, who visited the fishing port and Estuary Mouth and held a meeting with fishermen community on Saturday, has declared a compensation of Rs 1 lakh each for missing fishermen's families.

Mr Palemar also assured to provide Rs 25 thousand as compensation for those fishermen, who had injured in boat tragedy occurred near Estuary Mouth on September 13.

Mr Palemar said that the Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has expressed deep condolences over the Thursday's tragedy and agreed to release compensation for the families of the missing fishermen.

The Department of Fisheries will provide insurance and other compensations, he added.

Dredging

Fishermen community leaders including perseen boat fishermen's association honorary president Umesh D Karkera opined that inadequate and unscientific dredging has contributed to the problems of fishermen.

Responding to this, Mr Palemar said necessary steps would be taken for dredging at 200-m-wide estuary mouth at the earliest.

Government has already decided to buy a new dredger for dredging in this part of the coast, he said.

Presently, the New Mangalore Port too does not have its own dredger.

Govt. to order NMPT

Deputy Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Mangalore South MLA N Yogish Bhat, who was present on the occasion, said that the State Government would officially order the NMPT to allow fishing boats to enter into the Port during mishap or any other emergency situation.

KFDC Chairman Nithin Kumar, Deputy Director of Fisheries Department Suresh Kumar, Port official Capt. Mohan, Trawl boat fishermen association president Naveen Karkera and Vasudev B Karkera were present among others.

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July 8,2020

Udupi, Jul 8: A 15-year-old boy belonging to Saligrama in Udupi district, who was under home quarantine with his mother, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself yesterday.

His throat swabs were sent for testing. The report received today and it showed that he did not have coronavirus.
 
The boy, a class ten student studying in Kota, was quarantined along with his mother at home after a person in a family, where she was working as a maid tested positive for Covid-19.

The boy is suspected to have taken the extreme step out of depression as he was not allowed to go out. The last rites were held today.

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April 3,2020

Bengaluru, April 3: Thirteen people in Karnataka, who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, have tested positive for coronavirus, said state education minister S Suresh Kumar.

"13 attendees of Delhi's Tablighi Jamaat event have tested COVID-19 positive and 187 were tested negative," said Kumar, who has been entrusted to look into queries related to COVID-19.

He added, "A total number of four COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed today -- a 75-year-old man in Bagalkote, a 70-year-old in Belagavi, a 26-year-old in Belagavi and a 20-year-old in Belagavi."

"The three people from Belagavi had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi," he said, adding that the total number of cases in the state increased to 128.

The reports of 88 other people who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event are yet to be received, the minister said.

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in India on Friday rose to 2,547 including 162 cured/discharged and 62 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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January 10,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 10: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the murder case of journalist-activist Gauri, arrested absconding suspect Rushikesh Devdikar alias Murali (44) from Dhanbad district in Jharkhand on Thursday evening and is bringing him to the city.

Rushikesh is the 18th suspect arrested in the case, Chief Investigating Officer M N Anucheth said. The investigation has revealed that he was primarily involved in the conspiracy to murder Gauri.

Rushikesh, who was hiding in a house in Katras, Dhanbad, will be produced before the local Judicial Magistrate in Dhanbad on Friday, said Anucheth, adding that the SIT had searched his house for clues. "We will obtain a transit warrant from the court and then bring him to Bengaluru," the officer said.

Originally from Aurangabad in Maharashtra, Rushikesh's family still lives there.

Gauri Lankesh was shot dead near her residence at around 8.20 pm on September 5, 2017, by two bike-borne men.

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