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AAP sets eyes on MCC polls; to field candidates in all 60 wards

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July 26, 2017

Mangaluru, Jul 26: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Aam Aadmi Party has decided to contest the next Mangaluru City Corporation election. The office bearers of the AAP on Wednesday announced at a press meet that the party would field candidates in all 60 wards of the MCC with an intention to “govern” the future ‘smart city’ and taking it back to the olden days of greenery, grace, grandeur and glory along with modernising it.

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Rajendra Kumar, an office bearer of AAP, said that his party was eager to address the age-old problems of the city. “There are garbage, stink and diseases everywhere. Roads not asphalted or concretised for decades. Those asphalted/concretised ones lost their surface in just few weeks due to contractor-corporator greed and corruption. Drains are not done despite big promises, proving hazardous to commuters. Communal tensions increasing,” he said and asserted that the civic body needs an overhaul.

“Governments after governments increase taxes and introduce new ones burdening the common man, but do not provide basic amenities to the people. As if that was not enough, the peaceful co-existence of people of different faiths and castes is increasingly being compromised by sowing the seeds of communal discord and disharmony”

He said that AAP will field 60 honest and caring citizen of Mangaluru to be your representatives in the City Corporation. And they will bring change. Complete change to gain back past glory of the city, which was once peaceful, wise, enterprising and naturally wealthy region.

He recalled that it was in Mangaluru the first public meeting of AAP outside Delhi was held in February 2013, well before the first election success AAP achieved in Delhi in November 2013.

“The party is now pleased to offer a true alternative from all the corrupt and communal political parties, and to unite all Mangalureans as one strong, intelligent community, again to achieve self-sustenance and total development by keeping the interests of its people and environment well protected at all times,” he said.

Jnanasagar Rai, Abdul Lateef, Kabir Katipalla, Swibert D’souza, Arjun Mascarenhas were present at the press meet.

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Thursday, 27 Jul 2017

Thanks to the Police Dept. otherwise the DK district would have been set to fire the Benki Party.

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July 28,2020

Mangaluru, July 28: In an unexpected development, the government of Karnataka has transferred Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh.

The development comes days after the IAS officer warned of legal action against those attacking cattle traders in the region.

Another IAS officer Dr Rajendra K V who was the CEO of Belagavi Zilla Panchayat, has been transferred and posted as the new Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada.

Dr Rajendra is a medical doctor graduated from Bapuji Medical College, Davangere. He had secured the 32nd rank in the civil services examination in 2013.

Sindhu B Rupesh had taken over as DK DC in September 2019.  Now, she is posted as the director, electronic delivery citizen services (EDCS), DP & AR (e governance) Bengaluru.

Also Read: Death threat against DK DC Sindhu B Rupesh after she warns against attack on cattle traders

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August 1,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 1: Former member of Karnataka Legislative Council Ivan D’Souza has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. 

The Congress leader took to social media to break the news. “I and my wife Dr Kavitha have been tested positive covid-19 positive. There are no symptoms. We had voluntarily given our throat swabs for testing,” he said in a Facebook post.

He also requested his friends and well-wishers not to visit him until he recovers. 

Mr D’Souza had participated in a party meeting at Congress Bhavan when KPCC chief DK Shivakumar visited city yesterday. He was seen meeting several Congress leaders including U T Khader.

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April 28,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 28: A CRPF jawan has been arrested in Karnataka for allegedly defying the COVID-19 lockdown norms with the paramilitary force taking strong exception to his 'ill treatment', following which an inquiry has been ordered by the state police.

State DGP Praveen Sood has ordered inquiry into the incident, which has triggered a row after a video of it went viral.

In the clip, some police constables are purportedly seen hitting CRPF soldier Sachin Sawant with sticks in Belagavi.

According to the information shared on social media, Sawant was washing his bike when a police team reached the spot and started beating him up for not wearing a mask during the lockdown.

Taking a serious view of the 'ill-treatment' meted out to its Cobra Commando, the CRPF has written a letter to the Karnataka police demanding an investigation into the matter.

In a letter to the DGP of Karnataka, the additional Director general of police of CRPF Sanjay Arora said Sawant was cleaning his bike when a skirmish happened between him and the police over not wearing the mask.

Arora wrote, "Sawant was manhandled and ill-treated, before his family members and paraded to the police station barefoot, where he was kept in chains and handcuff.

From the scrutiny of a viral video on social media, it is apparent that the conduct of police personnel was not citizen centric."

The CRPF ADGP also said the 'unpleasant' situation could have been avoided if the Karnataka police had taken CRPF hierarchy into confidence before making the arrest.

In response, Sood ordered an inquiry into the matter.

He tweeted that IGP Belagavi has been asked to conduct a probe into the incident involving CRPF constable. Action will be taken against guilty after receipt of report, he said.

According to sources, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai has directed the state police chief to conduct a detailed inquiry into the incident.

Denouncing the arrest, Karnataka Irrigation Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi has sought the release of the CRPF jawan.

"It was wrong on the part of the constables to ill treat CRPF jawan and an inquiry be conducted against the erring policemen," said jarkiholi in a press release.

However, Superintendent of Police of Belagavi district, Laxman Nimbargi defended the arrest of Sawant.

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