Udupi, Jul 21: Sri Sugunendra Teertha Swami, the chief pontiff of Puthige Mutt, has tested positive for coronavirus.
The pontiff got admitted into KMC Hospital Manipal last night and his treatment is in progress at the said hospital.
He was supposed to initiate his annual Chaturmasa Vruta at Padigaru Mutt on Tuesday.
According to sources, he was suffering from fever and hence he opted to get tested for covid-19. His health condition is said to be stable.
Mangaluru, Mar 5: Chairman of Karnataka Christian Development Committee (CDC) Joylus DSouza on Thursday welcomed the allocation of a Rs 200-crore grant in the state budget for the development of the Christian community.
In his message to the Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa released to the media, DSouza said, "Christians in Karnataka welcome with gratitude the announcement of Rs 200-crore allocation for the community in the budget for fiscal 2020-21."
In 2011-12 fiscal also, Yediyurappa as Chief Minister had allocated a grant of Rs 50 crore for the community for the first time in the history of the state, he said.
The grant of Rs 200 crore this year shows Yediyurappas concern for the Christians.
I congratulate and offer my sincere gratitude on behalf of the Christian community of the state to Yediyurappa, DSouza said.
Mangaluru, June 20: A teenage boy lost his life after accidentally drowning in Netravati River at Boliyar village on the outskirts of the city yesterday.
The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Fazil (15), a resident of Nadupadavu village near Konaje.
According to his family sources, Fazil had been to work in a horticultural land along with his friends on Saturday afternoon.
On his way back he went to the river to wash his hands and legs. However, he lost his balance in the river and drowned, police sources said.
His body was retrieved at 2 p.m. A case was registered at jurisdictional Konaje police station.
Mangaluru, Apr 12: Swift and strict action by the District Administration has resulted in the district achieving ‘Clean’ week with no new cases of COVID-19 reported for the seventh day in a row.
Meanwhile, in a happy coincidence, the district’s only infant allegedly affected – a ten month old child – was totally cured and discharged from the hospital along with infant’s mother and grandmother who were considered to the primary contacts. They are never tested positive for the virus, it is reported. Health experts attributed this to their natural immunity.
The child is said to have contracted the infection during a family visit to Kasargod, which has turned in to a Covid-19 hot spot. The family which hails from Sajipanadu in Bantwal-taluk had been kept in isolation ever since the child had tested positive on March 25. The quarantine was extended to the entire village as a preventive measure and the District Administration undertook the responsibility to providing essential supplies.
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