Advocates panned the new rules, which were released on the 4th anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting.
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CDC warns against large gatherings as Trump plans campaign rallies
The CDC also recommended attendees wear masks if an event includes chanting or singing.
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97 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka’s Ballari in a single day, officials on alert
There are 271 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka on June 10, and Ballari accounts for 35% of the new cases.
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Ballari district in Karnataka saw a sudden spike in the number of COVID-19 cases on Friday. In the latest bulletin, Karnataka government declared 271 new COVID-19 cases in the state, with 97 emerging just from Ballari. This accounts for 35% of the total cases on Friday. So far, Ballari district has been relatively unaffected, with single digit cases being reported. The Deccan Herald reported that the cases in Ballari have been reported from the Jindal plant located in Toranagallu village in the district, from the workers and their contacts. They reported that new cases have continued to surface from contacts of the plant. The total number of cases in Karnataka on Friday stands at 6,516. There are currently 2,995 active cases in the state. Out of the 271 new cases, 92 are interstate passengers, the bulletin noted. This is 33% of the total. There were also seven deaths reported on Friday – four of them from Bengaluru. Bengaluru has reported 36 new cases, while Udupi has reported 22 cases and Kalaburagi, 20 cases. These three districts have been the worst affected by coronavirus infections so far. Out of the 36 new cases, only 11 cases from Bengaluru have contact or travel history; 11 patients reported with ILI (influenza like illness) and five patients have been diagnosed with SARI (severe acute respiratory infection). Contacts of nine others in Bengaluru are yet to be found. The Karnataka Health Department has reported that seven people have succumbed to coronavirus since the last bulletin arrived. This brings Karnataka’s total number of deaths due to coronavirus to 79. Four of the deaths are from Bengaluru. Patient 5321 was a 61 year old woman, diagnosed with ILI. She had known comorbidities of hypertension, diabetes and chronic liver disease. She was admitted to the hospital on June 6 and passed away on June 12. Patient 6370 was a 65-year-old woman diagnosed with SARI. She was admitted with complaints of cough and breathlessness. She had known comorbidities of hypertension and diabetes. She was admitted on June 10 and passed away on June 11. Patient 6376 was a 52-year-old man, diagnosed with SARI, admitted with complaints of breathlessness. He was admitted on June 10 at the designated hospital in Bengaluru Urban and died on June 11. Patient 6394 was a 49-year-old woman, diagnosed with ILI, who complained of fever and cough. She had a history of hypertension. She was admitted on June 10 in Bengaluru Urban and died on June 11 Two deaths have been reported in Kalaburagi. Patient 6523 was a 53-year-old man and diagnosed as a SARI patient. He had diabetes. He was admitted on June 9 and died on June 10. Patient 6325 was a 48-year-old man, diagnosed as a SARI patient, and had hypertension and chronic kidney disease. He was admitted on June 9 and died on June 10. Hassan has reported one patient death. Patient 6307 was a 60-year-old man, diagnosed with SARI case, who also had diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder and has had a stroke. He was admitted on June 11 and died on June 12. There are currently 19 people being treated for coronavirus in intensive care units (ICUs) in the state. Eleven are from Bengaluru, three from Kalaburagi, two from Bidar, while Dharwad, Mandya and Dakshina Kannada districts reported one patient on the ventilator each. Karnataka has reported that 464 people have now been discharged from hospital. This takes the total number of discharges in the state to 3,440. The maximum discharges have been from Yadgir district with 129 discharges, and Udupi is a close second with 125 discharges. Belagavi reported 62 discharges, Kalaburagi 60, and Bidar 22. Other districts also reported a few discharges.
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COVID-19 patient gives birth in Karnataka: Mother and baby are healthy
District Health Officer of Dakshina Kannada, Ramachandra Bairy told TNM that the mother and the child will not be separated though she is being treated for coronavirus.
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A woman who returned from Maharashtra and tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday in Karnataka, gave birth to a child at the Wenlock hospital, the designated COVID-19 hospital in Mangaluru City. When she began experiencing labour pain, a team of expert doctors performed the delivery through the Caesarean section on Thursday. Both the woman and the newborn are safe and healthy, hospital sources said. The baby was a male who weighed 2.90 kilos at birth, doctors said. The woman, who belongs to Kinnigoli in Dakshina Kannada district, had arrived in the city on Monday. The 30-year-old was in an advanced stage of pregnancy and was taken to another hospital the next day after she complained of weakness. As she came from Maharashtra on June 8, she was shifted to a separate ward at the Wenlock hospital and quarantined. She had tested positive for coronavirus, and was hence kept in the hospital for treatment. Her throat swab samples tested positive on Wednesday June 10, officials said. District Health Officer (DHO) of Dakshina Kannada, Ramachandra Bairy told TNM that the mother and the child will not be separated though she is being treated for coronavirus. “There is no better food for a baby than a mother’s milk, so we are allowing the child to be with his mother. There have been no contraindications to allowing the child to breastfeed, as COVID-19 spreads through respiratory droplets and not through breastmilk.” Besides, he said that there is every chance that the baby will not contract the virus due to maternal immunity. “It is the same concept of plasma therapy. The antibodies of the mother, created while her body is fighting the infection could protect her baby as they get passed on through the placenta.” However, if the child does contract the virus, paediatric doses of medication would be given to treat the baby, the DHO added. A COVID-19 test will be done on the baby after a few days, district health officer Ramachandra Bairy said. Inputs from PTI
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Rewatching ‘Ondu Motteya Kathe’: When Sandalwood's lovable Raj Shetty debuted
In #WatchWithTNM, we write about 'Ondu Motteya Kathe', a Kannada film which has spawned remakes in Malayalam and Hindi.
It was around this time three years ago Raj B Shetty entered the star-obsessed Kannada film industry as the unlikely ‘egg-headed’ lead in Ondu Motteya Kathe (Story of an egg). The film followed a bald Kannada professor from Mangaluru played by Raj (who also wrote the film) and his attempts to get married even as he, and the people around him, are way too obsessed with beauty that runs skin-deep. For many, the film's success came as a surprise and it was no different for Raj, who had chanced upon a life in cinema. He went from being a radio jockey in Mangaluru to doing voice overs for advertisements. When there was a shortage of scriptwriters for writing ads, he volunteered and realised he enjoyed writing. He picked up aspects of film-making by observing and interacting with artistes on ad-shoots. But it was a struggle before his first film was actually produced. He wrote many scripts (in both Tulu and Kannada) which were rejected or shelved by producers. But Ondu Motteya Kathe caught the attention of Suhan Prasad who suggested that Raj should turn the idea into a feature film; and Pawan Kumar of Lucia fame who came on-board after the film was made. Looking back, it was the sincerity of Raj’s performance as an actor and the subtle exchanges between the characters, all rooted in reality, which helped the film win over audiences and strike gold in the awards circuit. OMK follows Janardhana, a Kannada lecturer in Mangaluru who is eager to get married. The only issue is that arranged marriage suitors have a problem with his bald head. So, he decides to shun his brokers and find love, hoping to meet a girl who overlooks his bald head. But he is not exactly someone with a clear conscience since he is obsessed with meeting a ‘beautiful’ girl himself. The film also introduces the genius of Prakash Thuminad, who portrays Srinivas, a peon and Janardhana’s love guru. He hilariously inserts himself into Janardhana’s quest for love. For instance, Janardhana reads out his heart-felt attempt at a love letter to Srinivas, who responds by suggesting that he give the love letter along with a dictionary to understand what is in it. Srinivas then proceeds to edit the love letter and adds words like 'dear' to the discomfort of the shy and fragile Janardhana. Raj Shetty and Prakash Thuminad There are other instances of irony and comic relief which drives the film. When Janardhana asks a guruji to lie about his horoscope for Rs 3,000, the guruji is affronted and asks whether he thinks astrology is like playing a game of ludo. But when Janardhana is leaving, the guruji asks him to leave Rs 3,000 on the table. The plot follows Janardhan’s pursuit of a colleague portrayed by Amrutha Naik, who says that she is looking to meet someone whose beauty runs more than skin-deep. But like most characters in the film, what they say is undercut by what they do. The colleague is swept away by a 'good looking' English lecturer who arrives at the college. Janardhana is also taken for a ride by Moha, a girl who wants to market products aimed at bald people, before he eventually meets Sarala (played by Shailashree). Even though Sarala actually likes Janardhana because he seems to be nice, all Janardhana can do is complain about how she is fat. Janardhana is also a character filled with insecurities and is portrayed as the everyday Mangalurean man who is shy and unwilling to express his feelings. For every significant moment in the film, Janardhana is urged into taking action either by Srinivas or by his mother or brother or even Dr Rajkumar, whose photos and old songs are used as a glimpse into Janardhana’s mind. Janardhana, being a Kannada lecturer, is a big fan of Dr Rajkumar and his songs. Even during the film’s climax scene, when Janardhana decides to pursue Sarala, it is his brother who urges him to act. Amrutha Naik and Raj Shetty The cast managed to tell a simple story with heart-warming sincerity and three years since the film’s release, it continues to stand out as a fine example of a realistic Kannada film, so much that it has spawned remakes in Malayalam -Thamaasha - and in Hindi - Ujda Chaman. Even Raj Shetty, whose career took off after the release of OMK, has done films like Gubbi Mele Brahmastra, where he is once again looking to get married, and Mayabazar 2016, where he changes tack and portrays a confident small-time crook. But to this day, he is still remembered as the ‘egg-head’ who charmed his way into Kannada audiences with Ondu Motteya Kathe.
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Cop suspended in K'taka for delaying chargesheet in Kashmiri students sedition case
He was suspended just days after the three students who were arrested in Bengaluru were released on bail.
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A week after three students from Jammu and Kashmir, who were arrested on charges of sedition in Hubballi in Karnataka, were released on bail, the investigating officer in the case was suspended for a delay in filing the chargesheet against them. Jackson D’Souza, the police inspector of Hubballi Rural police station, was suspended on Thursday, just days after the three students were released on bail. He cited the lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak for the failure to file a chargesheet in the case. Inspector-General of Police (Northern Range) Raghavendra Suhas issued the suspension orders after an enquiry was conducted probing the failure to file a chargesheet in the case. The lawyers representing the student filed a bail petition in a magistrate court in Hubballi on June 1 but the chargesheet in the case was filed only on June 4. The lawyers stated that there is a stipulated time period in which the chargesheet has to be filed (60-90 days), and on the 91st day, the accused is entitled to bail. The students were released on June 6, more than three months after their arrest. The suspension of the investigating officer in the case also comes a day after Amulya Leona, a Bengaluru-based student was granted bail in Bengaluru under similar circumstances. She was charged with sedition in March for shouting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ during an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest. The students from Jammu and Kashmir – Talib Majeed, Basit Asif Sofi and Amir Mohiuddin Wahi – studying in Hubballi’s KLE Institute of Technology were arrested in February after a video of them allegedly speaking in favour of Pakistan was shared widely. The video showed the three students shouting "Azaadi", "Pakistan" and "Zindabad" while a song played in the background. The song was purportedly used by the Pakistan military's media wing. The students were arrested and charged under section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code.They were briefly released after the execution of a personal bond under section 169 of the CrPC (Release of accused when evidence deficient) but after protests by right-wing activists of the the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and Bajrang Dal, they were re-arrested by the police. Their time in custody was fraught with tension after the Hubballi Bar Association passed a resolution in February that its members would not represent the students following which the Karnataka High Court reprimanded the Hubballi Bar Association and stated that its resolution went against the principles of natural justice and the rights of the accused of obtaining a defence. Despite this, lawyers representing the students were heckled when they arrived in the Principal District Session Court in Dharwad to pick up the bail petition forms. Their bail petition was rejected by the Fifth Additional District and Sessions Court in Hubballi on March 9. But the students found some respite when the Karnataka High Court observed that no prima facie case of sedition was made out against them on April 20. Despite the court’s observation, their bail plea was not accepted and the students remained in jail till their release last week. Alongside the sedition cases against Amulya Leona and the students from Jammu and Kashmir, another sedition case was filed against the mother of a 11-year-old student and a teacher at a school in Bidar over a play staged by primary section students in January. The mother and teacher were released after spending two weeks in jail while the district and sessions court in Bidar ruled that the contents of the play did not prima facie amount to sedition. Read: Bidar court says no sedition in kids play in school, caused no disharmony
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Hundreds of migrants stranded in Bengaluru for hours due to blunder by officials
"We informed BBMP well in time but they did not make any arrangements,” Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner of Police (Administration) Nisha James told TNM.
Hundreds of migrant workers living in and around Bengaluru gathered at Bangalore Palace Grounds in the city’s Vasanth Nagar on Friday after they received news that a train to Assam had been scheduled for that evening. However, lack of arrangements and proper facilities, and an absence of officials from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) at the mustering centre, led to massive chaos. Many migrant workers began gathering as early as 7 am and five hours later, they were left waiting and hungry, as no registration process had begun. TNM spoke to Bengaluru resident Rosemary Vishwanath, who was at the spot, volunteering and coordinating with the migrants and making hectic phone calls to officials seeking clarity. "After a gap of six days, a train to Assam was finally announced,” Rosemary tells TNM over the phone. “The BBMP made no arrangements at this centre and now there are around 3,000 migrant workers here but no officials, except for the police. One Shramik train can take around 1,600 passengers at a time and the others waiting have to stay here till another train is arranged. But they have been called here without arranging for a place for them to stay. The place, which was supposed to have computers and medical checkups conducted, is in tatters because it is being refurbished by the owner. There are no chairs, no tables,” she added. Hundreds of workers reached Bangalore Palace grounds in Vasanth Nagar hoping to register and board the train for Assam that leaves in the evening. However, they were left waiting for hours, since no arrangements were made following miscommunication between officials. pic.twitter.com/2pEFMLYmmy — Sanyukta (@dramadhikari) June 12, 2020 When citizens present there tried to reach out to the BBMP Commissioner BH Anil Kumar, Rosemary said he was not aware of the migrant workers gathering at Palace Grounds. Usually, when migrant workers are informed of a train via SMS (if they sign up on the Seva Sindhu app) or via word of mouth, they are instructed to gather at a particular meeting point, where they are asked to fill out a form, after which a medical check-up is conducted. It is only after these procedures that they are taken to the train station via buses. However, by 12.30 pm on Friday, there was no nodal officer present at the spot to carry out the process. Oli-ur-Rahman Lashkar, a migrant worker, who works at a garment factory in Bengaluru, said that he and many others reached the spot at 7 am. "We came 7 am to the grounds. At 12.30 pm, we were given a glass of water, one slice of bread and an egg. We ate that and we are waiting. But we do not know what is happening or when we are supposed to board the train... There are many of us who want to go back home to Assam. There has been no work for the past 2 months. We just want to go home. Please send some help," 33-year-old Rahman said, while waiting at the grounds to sign up for a train to go home to Silchar. Rosemary said that around 600 people went to Palace Grounds, since that is one of the mustering points for migrant workers. Those 600 people were brought to Bangalore Palace. “It is going to rain soon. There is no place to accommodate all these people here. The palace itself is undergoing construction. Where are these people going to stay?” Rosemary questioned. Inside Bangalore Palace where work is on Speaking to TNM, Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner of Police (Administration) Nisha James said that BBMP Commissioner (West) had been informed of the trains and that migrant workers have been instructed to assemble at Bangalore Palace, but no arrangements were made. “BBMP has not made any arrangements even though Joint Commissioner West was informed well in time yesterday (Thursday) to make the necessary arrangements. Since this morning (Friday), he has not been available on the phone. The matter has been escalated to BBMP Commissioner as well as Manjunath Prasad (nodal officer for railways) who is in charge of the overall outgoing migrant movement,” Nisha James told TNM. A train has been arranged for Friday, she added, and that a second train will be arranged for the remaining workers for whom arrangements will have to be made at the same spot by the BBMP. TNM reached out to BBMP Joint Commissioner (West) N Chidananda, who said, “There was some confusion yesterday. The entire area is known as Palace Grounds. There are three locations in Palace Ground - Tripura Vasini, Krishna Vihari and Tennis Pavilion. Everytime they used to tell us Palace Ground, we do not know exactly where on Palace Grounds. There are three locations, and of these, we made arrangements at two locations. We did not have any idea about the third location. We were informed only this morning. Now arrangements have been made.”
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