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WATCH | What does the #PrajwalRevanna sexual abuse scandal mean for the future of #JDS , and its alliance with the #BJP ? How will this affect the women victims? How limiting are ex-parte injunctions in a case like this? @BageshreeSub & @nalmeyolume discuss
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A group of boys at the Government Pre University College in Kundapur came to college sporting saffron shawls on Wednesday in protest against some girls attending classes wearing hijab.
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Actor Rajinikanth pays last respects to Karnataka’s ‘rebel star’ Ambareesh in Bengaluru | Photo: K. Murali Kumar #Ambareesh
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JUST IN: Actor #PuneethRajkumar passes away, announces Revenue Minister R. Ashok.
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CRPF jawan H. Guru's mortal remains being taken to his hometown in Mandya district by road from HAL airport in Bengaluru. | Photos: V. Sreenivasa Murthy #PulwamaTerroristAttack
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The Navaratri celebrations of the Wadiyars is a private affair different from the Naada Habba organised by the Govt. But it adds a royal sheen to the famed Mysuru Dasara which is but a continuation of the tradition inherited from the rulers of the Vijayanagar empire. Video:Sriram
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Job aspirants led by #BJP MLA Suresh Kumar protest outside Udyoga Soudha #Bengaluru against delay in conduct of recruitment exams & publication of selection lists due to protracted discord between Karnataka Public Service Commission chairman, members & secretary 📹: @photomurali1
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Veteran multilingual actor Jayanthi, 76, passed away at her residence in Bengaluru on Monday morning. She was ailing for some time with age-related issues. She is survived by a son.
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The #BBMP demolishes stalls of unauthorised footpath vendors around Jayanagar 4th block shopping complex area, in #Bengaluru on November 07, 2023. 📹: @photomurali1
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“We are very fortunate and grateful for ‘Power Star’ #PuneethRajkumar ’s eye donation. What was unique is that we used each eye to treat two patients by separating the superior and deeper layers of the cornea,” K. Bhujang Shetty said.
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#PuneethRajkumar will be last seen on the big screen in a documentary titled #GandhadaGudi on Karnataka’s forests, flora and fauna that will hit screens on October 28, to mark the first anniversary of his passing away.
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The inaugural #NammaMetro train arriving near #Kengeri station, which is part of the extension on the western side of the Purple line in #Bengaluru . 📸 Murali Kumar K
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Belur, Halebid, and Somanathapura temples will be nominated for seeking the UNESCO World Heritage Site status and the final dossier is set for submission ahead of the September 30 deadline
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Clarifying that the rat-snake was not harmed, trapped or transported in any way, #IshaFoundation said it entered the vicinity of Yoga Center during the consecration event of a Naga Deity and was handled gently by #Sadhguru before being left into the forest
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JUST IN: Exam officers stop #Hijab - wearing students from entering the BSc nursing exam hall in BRIMS in Bidar, Karnataka on Thursday. Video: Special Arrangement
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Leaders of various pro-Kannada organisations, led by #VatalNagaraj , address the media regarding #Bengalurubandh called on Sep 26 by the Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samiti, in protest against #Karnataka government's decision to release #Cauverywater to Tamil Nadu 📹: @photomurali1
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The #Nayandanahalli lake being filled with treated water from the #BWSSB sewage treatment plant on Mysuru Road in #Bengaluru on Feb 2, 2023. As part of the lake restoration project, the 15-acre lake is being filled with 120 million litres of treated waste water 📹: @photomurali1
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#Karnataka , on the first day of the #GlobalInvestorsMeet2022 , has raked in investments of ₹2.1 lakh crore, almost half of its target of ₹5 lakh crore. The top investor was Vedanta with ₹80,000 crore to set up renewable energy projects. #InvestKarnataka
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PoP idols not welcome this #Ganesh festival; Environment-conscious citizens take the initiative to ensure that more and more people shift to eco-friendly options.
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There goes the train! First run of #NammaMetro from Sampige Road to Yelachenahalli
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Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar ascended the golden throne, held a private durbar and received blessings from the priests at the Mysuru Palace during the first day of the Navaratri festival celebrated by the erstwhile royal family, on Sunday. Video: Sriram M.A
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Large number of Asha workers from across #Karnataka taking out a protest rally from Bengaluru city Railway station to Freedom Park demanding permanent jobs and hike in salaries. Image: V. Sreenivasa Murthy
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A young farmer from Ingalakuppe of Pandavapura in Mandya district dumped several crates of #tomato into a lake as he could not sell his produce following the #lockdown imposed owing to the outbreak of COVID-19
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Just in: Taking note of the death of patients in Chamarajanagar due to lack of #oxygen , the HC of Karnataka gave 1 hour deadline to both the Central and State government to explain shortage of oxygen in Karnataka. The Court directed the Central government to inform by 2.30pm.
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Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president #DKShivakumar walked alongside #Rahul Gandhi wearing a bright red T-shirt with a message highlighting the problem of unemployment. It read: ‘My march is towards job creation' #BharatJodoYatra
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Bhatkal town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka observed a partial bandh today as some traders did not open their establishments to express their dissatisfaction with the verdict of the #KarnatakaHighCourt in the hijab case. #HijabRow
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After 50 years, a dubbed film releases in Karnataka amid protests
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#KarnatakaRajyotsava | On Nov 1, 1956, all Kannada-speaking regions were unified into Mysore State. It was only 17 years later, on Nov 1, 1973, that the state was renamed #Karnataka . Today marks 50 years since that historic decision, writes @nalme_nopaani
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@the_hindu The ASHA worker's demands include a fixed monthly honorarium of ₹12,000 and delinking of the Reproductive Child Health (RCH) portal from ASHA Soft, the Centre’s online payment system for ASHAs. Video: V. Sreenivasa Murthy
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Just in | There was a lone protester at Town Hall today who was holding a placard to register his protest against the #CitizenshipAmendmentAct . As the police tried to persuade him to stop the protest, he said, “This is my right, I am alone." - @TanuKul reports
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Kesavananda Bharati Swamiji, the seer of Edneer Mutt in neighbouring Kasargod district of #Kerala and the petitioner in the landmark judgment of the #SupremeCourt on fundamental rights, passed away in the Mutt. He was 80.
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Noted #Kannada #poet K.S. Nisar Ahmed, 84, also popular as "Nityotsava Kavi", passed away at his residence on Sunday. He was suffering from age-related ailments
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The story of a young girl in Kodagu, who lost her mother to COVID-19 recently, has gone viral on social media as she waits for her mother’s missing mobile phone to recollect memories.
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JUST IN: Wearing of #hijab is not an essential practice as per Islamic faith: Karnataka High Court. #HijabControversy #HijabVerdict
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Puneeth Rajkumar was fondly referred to as Appu and the ambulance named APPU Xpress will be available free of cost to the needy
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An inscription written in Kannada & Sanskrit and said to be of 10th century AD Kadamba period has been discovered in Mahadeva temple in southern Goa. T. Murugeshi, a retired associate professor, said its epigraph is engraved in Kannada & Nagari characters.
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Two critical as #NammaMetro pillar collapses at Nagavara on Outer Ring Road in #Bengaluru on January 10 morning. Injured include a mother and a child. Video: @photomurali1
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Independence Day dress rehearsals are on full swing atManekshaw Parade Ground in Bengaluru. 📸 Sudhakara Jain
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A 50-year-old woman, who developed #breathing problems, had to run between 12 #hospitals across the city seeking admission. Turned away by all, the family finally took her to K.C. General Hospital, where she breathed her last
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Second time since the inception of the erstwhile Zonal Coordination Committee of #Karnataka (ZCCK) for organ transplantation in 2007, cadaveric #organdonations have hit the century mark. The State had recorded 105 donations in 2019 | @AfshanYasmeen reports
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#Vajpayee termed IT parks ‘new temples of modern India’
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While Narayana Nethralaya, that runs Dr. Rajkumar Eye Bank, had seen around 65,000 pledges in the 28 years of its existence, a whopping 85,000 pledges have been recorded in the last one year alone since #PuneethRajkumar ’s demise, finds @AfshanYasmeen
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BJP govt in UP has lost the moral right to rule the State: Siddaramaiah
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The #Konanakunte police have registered a case against a man, who claimed to be city-based advocate, for allegedly harassing a group of women bikers on NICE Road over a trivial row on Sunday.
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At least five people, including two children, died and about 80 others took ill after consuming ‘prasad’ at a temple at Sulivadi village in Chamarajnagar district, police said. Condition of 12 people was critical; they have been taken to Mysuru for treatment. -- PTI @the_hindu
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Crowd gathered outside Gauri Lankesh's house.
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Bengaluru-based space start-up Bellatrix Aerospace said it has raised around ₹21 crore in initial round from a bunch of sources. #space #Bellatrix
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People wait in long lines to buy bus tickets to Mysuru, Malavalli, Mandya & Chamarajnagar, at Mysore Road Satellite bus stand in #Bengaluru on April 25, to travel to their hometowns to vote in Phase 2 of #LokSabhaElections2024 in #Karnataka 🎥: @photomurali1
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The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation is converting its old #buses that were slated to be scrapped into ‘sanitizer buses’ to #disinfect people in #public places
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JUST IN: Bengaluru City and Bengluru Rural to go into total lockdown from 8 p.m. on July 14 till 5 a.m. on July 22. #COVID19 #coronavirus
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In what doctors claim to be the first case of COVID-19 reinfection in south India, a 27-year-old woman from Bengaluru has tested positive again nearly a month after she was treated and discharged from hospital.
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#Bengaluru Metro's Yellow Line, first driverless train, set of 6 cars reached Hebbagodi Depot on Hosur Road. After several delays by the Chinese company, Electronics City Metro after being shipped by sea from China to Chennai, India, and by road to Bengaluru. Video: @photomurali1
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Buried alive in a landslip for nearly eight days, a calf was miraculously rescued near Madikeri, Kodagu in an exercise that took two and a half hours.
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Just in: #Karnataka imposes night curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for 10 days from December 28 as a precautionary measure amidst rising cases of #Omicron variant of #COVID19 . The State also bans all #NewYear gatherings in public places.
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BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal met the family members of Harsha, a Hindutva activist who was murdered in #Shivamogga on February 20, and offered his condolences.
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A large number of garments workers wait for #BMTC buses at the Muthurayanagar Cross bus stop on Mysuru Road in #Bengaluru on July 12. Coming a day after the launch of #ShaktiYojana in Karnataka, women say the frequency of buses in this route has decreased. 📹: @photomurali1
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Students who bagged top ranks in the Common Entrance Test (CET), the results of which were announced on Friday, attributed their performance to the three extra months they got after the exam was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy urged the Karnataka Government to initiate action against activists of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi (MES) for allegedly disrupting peace and insulting Kannada.
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Sir M. Visvesvaraya is a great role model. Many anecdotes convey his sincerity, integrity, self-discipline and deep concern for State's welfare. If the present generation emulates any one or two of his virtues, it'll be a change for the better.
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Young construction worker scores 98% in SSLC exam in Karnataka.
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Scooter carrying three fell into a deep excavation site dug up by #BWSSB , killing one & injuring two at the Kengeri-Kommaghatta Road in #Bengaluru on April 15, 2024. The site is part of the Cauvery drinking water V stage pipeline. 📹: @photomurali1
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Bengalureans have stepped up, pooling in relief material and offering aid through technology to those affected in Kerala and Kodagu. #KeralaFloodRelief #KodaguFloodRelief
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#SushmaSwaraj had stayed with Dr. Srinivasmurthy’s family for 18 days during the 1999 #LokSabha election when the BJP declared her as its Ballari candidate
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The first prototype of the 6-coach train for #NammaMetro Yellow Line undergoing multiple tests at Inspection Bay Line at Hebbagodi depot in #Bengaluru on March 6. These driverless trains will be operated with drivers in the initial phase 📷: @photomurali1
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#India is only nation where people from all religions have co-existed for centuries: @DalaiLama
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In a ritual that is believed to appease the rain gods, two groups in #Udupi conducted a “wedding” of two frogs.
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The MGM Pre University and Degree Colleges in Udupi denied entry into the campus for hijab-clad students who said they went to the college on February 24 to submit their assignments. #HijabControversy
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#TungabhadraDam gets filled to the brim for the first time in 5 years, thanks to good rains in catchment areas.
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#THBengaluruSpecial | Rapture Innovation Labs. a #Hubballi -based audio-tech startup, soft launched its first product, Sonic Lamb headphones, recently. The product received 570 pre-orders from 50 countries, with 60% coming from the US | ✍🏽 @elizabethshilpa
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Waves crash against the shore in the coastal area of Someshwar in Mangaluru. 📷 H.S. Manjunath
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The long-awaited Whitefield-Challaghatta #NammaMetro Purple Line commenced operations on Oct 9, seamlessly connecting the eastern and western parts of #Bengaluru . The total stretch of 43.49 km takes approximately 76 minutes with a fixed end-to-end fare of ₹60. 📹: @JainSudhakara
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@D_Roopa_IPS in the news for 'reel' reasons; AMRRamesh to make a movie on her. @MKhajane
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The Central Crime Branch’s investigation into the high-profile drug racket has opened a can of worms with alleged links not just to the Kannada film industry but also the business and political establishment.
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The toll is 10 now. Locals present at the temple said the prasadam ran out of stock due to rush and that otherwise, the number of victims could have been higher.
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A student’s gesture to offer a part of the prize money he won on a television game show to build the compound wall for his school has touched many people, including Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S. Suresh Kumar.
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Girish Karnad's last wish, his family said, was that there should not be a funeral procession, no VIPs should visit him and no flowers should be placed on his body.
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Rail yatra is an eye-opener for many
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Rains have turned the Dudh Sagar falls on the Mahadayi (Mandovi/Mhadei) river in Goa into a spectacular sight. The falls are in the southern part of Goa. They are clearly visible from the rail line passing nearby. Watch the video.
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#Shivamogga police shot at and injured a 30-year-old person, wanted in an attempt to murder case, as he allegedly tried to escape after attacking a policeman with a knife early morning on Tuesday.
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Chorus demanding Padma Shri award posthumously to #PuneethRajkumar , who died recently, seems to be growing, as two Ministers of the Karnataka government urged the Chief Minister to make a recommendation to the Centre in this connection.
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Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi confirmed today. #kartarpurcorridor
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#Vajpayee chose #Bengaluru to send a political message in 1984; He had a bond with Karnataka; was arrested in the city after Emergency was declared. @BSSatishKumar
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Passengers queue up to buy tickets from the K.R.Pura metro station on the first day of commercial operations at the newly inaugurated Krishnarajapura to #WhitefieldMetro stretch in #Bengaluru . 📸: @Jahnaviravindra
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#AirIndia had said that this flight is the longest commercial flight in the world to be operated by any Indian airline and the total flight time on this route would be of more than 17 hours depending on the wind speed on that day
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Different types of pulses and groundnuts displayed on the final day of the Krishi Mela at the University of Agricultural Science Campus in Bengaluru on Sunday. -- Photos: Sampath Kumar G.P./The Hindu
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@photomurali1 #Namma Metro pillar number 218 at Nagawara on the ORR in #Bengaluru collapsed in the morning. According to the police, a woman and her child, who were on a scooter, died in a hospital. Her husband and another child are being treated for injuries.
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Akshaya Patra will serve 1,000 free cooked meals to frontline warriors, industrial labourers and economically disadvantaged people between noon and 3 p.m. every day.
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Crowd swells at the Yelahanka air Force Station in #Bengaluru as #AeroIndia2023 opens to general public on its fourth day 📹: @photomurali1
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Disha A. Ravi, 22, who was arrested by the #Delhi police in connection with the #GretaThunberg ‘toolkit’ case, has been a prominent young voice on #environmental issues in the city for nearly three years
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Weekend travellers stuck in heavy traffic jam at Kengeri flyover, as they enter BBMP limits, in Bengaluru on January 22. 📷 Murali Kumar K
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A woman gave birth to a baby girl in an autorickshaw on her way to the district general hospital in Yadgir after she was allegedly denied admission at a primary health centre #Karnataka #health
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