309 adults, six kids test positive for HIV in Udupi from Jan to Oct 2015

December 1, 2015

Udupi, Dec 1: Though the total number of HIV cases has come down in Udupi district compared to previous years, the number of children with HIV has increased.

According to District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit, as many as 315 persons have tested positive for HIV in the district till October this year. Among them 309 were adults and six were children.

In 2014, 473 persons had tested positive for HIV in the district which included 469 adults and four children. Of the 624 persons who had tested positive for HIV in 2013, 610 were adults and 14 were children.

The World AIDS Day would be observed here on Tuesday. The theme of World AIDS Day, this year, is ‘Getting to zero.” This included ‘Zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, zero AIDS related deaths’. With the help of Union and State governments, the DAPCU had initiated several steps to prevent and control HIV/AIDS in the district.

The DAPCU said that free HIV testing was being done at 80 centres in the district including primary health centres, taluk hospitals, district government hospital and private hospitals. Those who tested positive for HIV were being counseling services at these centres.

Free Antiretroviral therapy (ART) to treat eligible HIV patients was being provided at the district government hospital and at the government hospital in Kundapur.

They were also being free ART medicines in both these places. Link ART facility was available at PHCs in Byndoor, Hebri, and Brahmavar and at the government hospital in Karkala.

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Mangaluru: Youth arrested for misleading Instagram post targeting police

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December 19,2025

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru CEN police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly posting provocative and misleading content on an Instagram page named “mr_a_titude”, targeting the Bajpe police.

Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H identified the arrested as Abhishek M, a resident of Katipalla in Mangaluru.

A case has been registered at the Bajpe Police Station under Sections 353(1)(c), 353(2), 56, and 57 read with Section 189 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the post.

According to police, the accused uploaded a photograph of a hotel on the Instagram page and alleged that accused persons in a murder case under the Bajpe police jurisdiction were being given “royal treatment” by the police, including being served beef meals daily from the hotel.

The post further accused the police of supporting criminals, misusing their authority, and betraying public trust. Police said the content was provocative in nature and aimed at inciting public outrage against the police.

Following the post, a case was registered at the Bajpe police station, and further investigation was transferred to the CEN police station.

Police records indicate that the accused has a criminal history, with multiple cases registered against him, including murder, attempt to murder, assault, and robbery at the Surathkal Police Station, and one case at the Kaup Police Station.

The Commissioner said the accused was traced and arrested using technical evidence.

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