Mangaluru: The District Health and Family Welfare Department’s official Dr. Kishor Kumar informed that the test reports of the Karwar based youth who had undergone medical tests to determine if he has Nipah, had come out negative. Earlier, the young microbiologist who worked in a lab in Goa creating RT PCR test kits, had voluntarily opted to test for the Nipah virus. 

It is learned that three days ago, the young man had experienced fever, increased heart palpitations, headache and suspected them to be symptoms of Nipah and admitted himself in a hospital in Karwar. Later, he had shifted to Manipal Hospital and is currently undergoing treatment in Mangaluru. 

Samples of his blood, throat swab and urine had been sent for testing to Bengaluru and later to Pune. The test reports that came out on Wednesday has proven to be negative and cleared the worried man off the dreadful Nipah virus.

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New Delhi (PTI): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the BJP, saying those indulging in "vote chori" are "gaddars" and need to be removed from power to save the voting right and the Constitution.

Addressing the party's 'Vote Chor Gaddi Chhod' rally at the Ramlila Maidan here, Kharge said it is the duty of all Indians to unitedly strengthen Congress ideology as only this party can save the country.

He alleged that the RSS ideology will "finish the nation".

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"The BJP people are 'gaddars' (traitors) and 'dramebaaz' (indulge in theatrics). They need to be removed from power," Kharge said.

The Congress president also said that he did not go for his son's operation in Bengaluru and stayed to attend the rally as he thought it was important "to save 140 crore people".