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Ballari bandh over bifurcation issue

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October 1, 2019

Ballari, Oct 1: Condemning the proposal for bifurcation of the Ballari district, the bandh call given by Ballari Zilla Horata Samithi and various Kannada, cultural, social organisation of the district observed a complete bandh on Tuesday. According to the police, no untoward incident was reported in any part of the district.

The public transport system was also paralysed as buses operated by state-owned North Eastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation and city commuting services such as autos and taxis remained off the roads.

Schools, colleges, shops and business establishments were also closed. A protest rally was taken out on the main street and fire the tire in Royal circle. Some activists took out a bike rally in different areas of the city and raised slogans against the disqualified MLA Anand Singh, K C Kondaya and Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa who supporting the bifurcating of Ballari district.

Ballari SP C K Baba has warned against people being forced to take part in the bandh. "We have instructed that no one should be forced to take part in the bandh. Meanwhile, we have taken adequate precaution to ensure law and order during the bandh", he said.

The organisations which have supported the bandh were Hotel Owners Association, APMC Traders Association, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Lorry Owners Association, Coolies Association and pro- kannada activists.

MLA G Somashekhar Reddy and G Karunakara Reddy, leaders Suryanarayana Reddy and Diwakar Babu have expressed their support to the bandh. The Ballari District Chamber of Commerce & Industry has also their extended support to the bandh.

Chamber President V Ravikumar informed that all the members of the Chamber were opposed to the proposal to bifurcate the district and form a separate Vijayanagara district."The State government should have consulted the organisations and the elected representatives of the district before sending recommendation for the approval of the Cabinet".

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May 10,2020

Gadag, May 9: It is the month of April, and the season of mangoes is very much here. However, the mango farmers of Gadag are suffering huge losses amid the coronavirus lockdown due to the absence of transportation facilities along with several other issues that have been impacting their business adversely.

Speaking to media persons, Vishwanath Odugowdar, a mango farmer said, "Due to transportation problems we are not being able to export mangoes to different countries. We are trying to sell them in nearby markets."

"We are not in a situation to pack, transport and export the mangoes to different countries as we did earlier especially 
when it comes to Alphonso mangoes which is one of the most loved varieties. So, we are packing mangoes at our place. Somehow this year we have got very good quality of mangoes," he added.

Farmers here are incurring huge losses as mandis and markets across the country are shut while the transport of Alphonso mangoes has also come to a halt owing to the lockdown.

The small and medium scale farmers in places like Gadag, Dharwad, Bagalkote in north Karnataka have started packing the mangoes themselves in their farms in a bid to sell the fruit themselves.

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May 29,2020

Udupi, May 29: As many as 15 fresh coronavirus positive cases were reported in Udupi district today. 

11 among the new 15 covid-19 patients are males and four are females. The patients also include two children aged 6 and 7.

All of them are said to be Maharashtra returnees. 

With this, the total confirmed covid-19 cases in the district mounted to 164.

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May 30,2020

Bengaluru, May 30: Health Minister B Sriramulu banned the consumption of chewing tobacco in public places on Saturday, which is marked as World Tobacco Day. The ban would include chewing paan masala and spitting in public places.

In June 2013, the state banned the manufacture, storage, sale, or distribution of gutka and paan masala containing tobacco or nicotine as ingredients to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use. On October 26, 2016, the state proscribed all kinds of chewing tobacco, containing tobacco or nicotine or both in accordance with the Supreme Court order.

Karnataka is the second state in India to ban e-cigarettes. The state also prohibited single cigarettes. Until September 2019, the state counselled 15,698 patients in tobacco cessation centres set up in private dental colleges.

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