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2018 polls: Lobbying for ticket intensifies in Cong after entry of 7 JD(S) rebels

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August 23, 2017

Bengaluru, Aug 23: The imminent entry of seven ticket-monger rebel JD(S) MLAs into the Congress has created a sense of insecurity among several Congress leaders in Karnataka. Senior leaders in the ruling party have commenced lobbying for ticket for their loyalists and kin for the 2018 Assembly elections.

The JD(S) rebel legislators will officially join the Congress soon and they have been introduced to party vice-president Rahul Gandhi by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Delhi, with the hope of getting ticket. However, sources in the Congress revealed that the party has not guaranteed ticket to all seven.

It is learnt that the party has not ensured ticket in the reserve (SC) constituency of Pulakeshinagar in Bengaluru to incumbent Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy. Sources said Congress leader in the Lok Sabha M. Mallikarjun Kharge has been supporting the candidature of Prasanna Kumar, who had lost to Mr. Murthy in the 2013 polls. Complicating matters further is the indication that KPCC president G. Parameshwara has plans to migrate to the city and contest from Pulakeshinagar. The KPPC chief lost to Sudhakar Lal of JD(S) in 2013 from Koratagere constituency in Tumakuru district.

The other six rebel JD(S) leaders are expected to get ticket. They are Zameer Ahmed Khan (Chamarajpet); N. Chaluvarayaswamy (Nagamangala); H.C. Balakrishna (Magadi); Bhima Naik (Hagaribommanahalli); Ramesh Bandisiddegowda (Srirangapatna); and Iqbal Ansari (Gangavathi) as there are no strong Congress candidates in these constituencies.

Meanwhile, Ministers and senior leaders too have started lobbying for ticket for their sons and daughters. Mr. Siddaramaiah is almost sure to field his son, Yathindra, either from Chamundeshwari or Varuna constituency. Public Works Minister H.C. Mahadevappa, Law Minister T.B. Jayachandra, Animal Husbandry Minister A. Manju, Legislative Assembly Speaker K.B. Koliwad, former Union Minister Margaret Alva, and former Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Rahman Khan are lobbying with the party high command to get ticket for their sons in constituencies of their respective districts.

Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy has been lobbying hard to get ticket for his daughter Sowmya Reddy for Jayanagar seat in the city, while K.H. Muniyappa, Kolar MP, is keen on fielding his daughter Roopakala from KGF constituency. Motamma too has been trying to get ticket for her daughter in Kadur constituency of Chikkamagalur.

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January 4,2020

Stockholm, Jan 4: “I’m not the kind of person who celebrates birthdays,” Greta Thunberg said as she turned 17 on Friday, marking the occasion in inimitable style - with a seven-hour hour protest outside the Swedish parliament.

The climate activist braved winter conditions in her native Stockholm to continue the weekly Friday School Strike for the Climate campaign that helped catapult her to international fame.

“I stand here striking from 8am until 3pm as usual ... then I’ll go home,” Thunberg, Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019, told Reuters.

“I won’t have a birthday cake but we’ll have a dinner.”

It’s been a busy 12 months for Thunberg, who crisscrossed the globe by car, train and boat - but not plane - to demand action on climate change.

“It has been a strange and busy year, but also a great one because I have found something I want to do with my life and what I am doing is having an impact,” she said.

When she was 15, Thunberg began skipping school on Fridays to demonstrate outside the Swedish parliament to push her government to curb carbon emissions. Her campaign gave rise to a grassroots movement that has gone global, inspiring millions of people to take action.

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August 5,2020

Shivamogga, Aug 5: Karnataka Minister KS Eshwarappa on Wednesday hailed the laying of foundation stone (bhoomi pujan) for a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and said "Kashi Vishwanath and "Krishna Janmasthan temples have to be liberated".

"It is a good day that the foundation stone for Ram Temple has been laid. A beautiful temple will come up, but there are Kashi Vishwanath and Krishna Janmasthan temples which have to be liberated," Eshwarappa said.

The minister said that there is a "sign of slavery" at Krishna temple in Mathura and Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi.

"The whole nation is dreaming of Shri Krishna temple in Mathura and Kashi Vishwanath temple. I have visited the two temples. 

There is a sign of slavery. Mosques are there at holy places. When I visited the place at Mathura, I witnessed the wall. When we look at the wall, we feel like we are still slaves," he said.

"While visiting Kashi, there is also a structure of slavery. Dream of Hindus is fulfilled in Ayodhya. One day, it will be fulfilled in Mathura and Kashi. Mathura Sri Krishna and Kashi Vishwanath will be freed and temple will be built," Eshwarappa added.

The Places of Worship Act, enacted in 1991, says that religious character of a place of worship existing on the August 15, 1947 shall continue to be the same as it existed on that day. The Act kept Ayodhya case out of its purview.

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April 6,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 6: Three more COVID-19 positive cases in the Dakshina Kannada district have been recovered and discharged on Monday.

All three are Kasargod residents and were being treated in the city’s Wenlock hospital.

A 22-year-old man Bhatkal was discharged on Monday after recovering fully from the infection.

A total of 12 cases have been found COVID-19 positive in Mangaluru till now, said B Rupesh, Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate's Office, Dakshina Kannada, on Monday.

"So far, 4 positive cases have recovered in Mangaluru, of which 3 COVID-19 positive patients have recovered and have been discharged today," said Rupesh.

He further said, "A total of 12 positive cases have been reported in the city till now."

As per the latest update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of confirmed cases in the country is 4281. 151 cases are from Karnataka.

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