Shivamogga: A Health Department employee, Nagaraj (35), who had been posted in the Dialysis Division of the Sagara Taluk Hospital, died of dengue at a private hospital in Shivamogga on Thursday.

This is the first case of death due to dengue that has been reported from Sagara taluk.

Nagaraj, who had been diagnosed with dengue a few days ago, was being treated at the private hospital in Shivamogga, but died on Thursday as he failed to respond to the treatment. Nagaraj, reportedly, was also suffering from diabetes.

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The Sagara Taluk Medical Officer Dr. Parappa has confirmed that Nagaraj died of dengue.

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Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.

"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.

Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.

"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.

"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.

Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.