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Tuluvas flock to Dubai for global Tulu convention-2018

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November 22, 2018

Dubai, Nov 22: A large number of Tuluvas have started arriving in Dubai to take part in Vishwa Tulu Sammelana (to be held on November 23 and 24) and also to tour the UAE making use of the moments.  Ref. Fr. Ebnezer Jathanna of CSI and Richard Castelino arrived today along with many other guests.

Wanderlust tourism have successfully arranged a big number of Tuluvas from Mangaluru, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi who all have arrived in Dubai Terminal 1 today. Sabitha Shetty and Shodhan Prasad have arranged this ‘Official Tour’ specially to support those Tuluvas who wanted to attend the Vishwa Tulu Sammelana.

They will go on for Dubai Tour from tomorrow onwards and also will be participating in the Vishwa Tulu Sammelana two-day event.  Most of them are new to Dubai and are excited.  They are being greeted by the operators with Dates & Juices as a gesture of Arabic welcome.  Most of them are families and of different age groups and will be staying in Fortune Group of Hotels in different locations.

It is learnt that some few miscreants have made use of the opportunity and have duped several Tuluvas in the pretext of attracting large groups for less money tours.  People who went prey for these miscreants have been stranded in Mangalore International Airport.  Some of them have landed in Dubai not knowing where to go for their accommodation and tour.  Some have tried to contact Praveen Shetty of Fortune Group of Hotels & President of KNRI Dubai for help who have accommodated them in his facility. Other guests are scheduled to arrive today and tomorrow.

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April 5,2020

Madikeri, Apr 5: Following the novel Coronavirus and imposition of Lockdown in the country and departure of the migrant labour force to their hometowns, the harvest of Pepper and post-harvest process of Coffee have taken a hit in Kodagu region of Karnataka.

In the Coffee land, most of the workers at these estates are primarily from north Karnataka and neighbouring districts, including Periyapatna and Hunsur taluks in Mysuru District. Local workers are also sourced for the job as the harvest area is large.

The Kodagu district which already faced severe natural calamity during the last two years now added with the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent Lockdown, many workers have returned to their home districts, barring a few who have been working in the plantations for many years and reside in the estates themselves.

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March 22,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 22: A 22-year-old man from Bhatkal who had returned from Dubai on March 19 has tested positive for coronavirus.

Sindhu B Rupesh, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada confrimed this today.

The youth, after landing at Mangaluru International Airport had got admitted to Govt Wenlock Hospital.

The total number of coronavirus positive patients in India rose to 342 on Sunday, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

A total of 16,999 samples from 16,109 individuals have been tested for COVID-19 as of 10:00 am on March 22, as per ICMR data.

India reported two deaths today from the highly contagious virus - one each in Maharashtra and Bihar - taking the tally to six, as per state authorities.

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June 26,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 26: Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Thursday suggested that the cost of building and installing a new statue of Nada Prabhu Kempegowda in the Bengaluru airport should be borne by Kempegowda international airport (KIAL).

Shivakumar wrote to Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and welcomed the decision of erecting a statute of Bengaluru founder Kempegowda at KIAL but he also suggested that the chief minister should not spend state government's money on this.

He said that the Karnataka government has done many favours to airport authority earlier.

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