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BJP to create 5,000 WhatsApp groups to reach out to voters

DHNS
June 27, 2017

Bengaluru, Jun 27: As a part of its election strategy, the state BJP is planning to create at least 5,000 WhatsApp groups in a bid to reach out to the electorate ahead of the next year’s Assembly polls.bjpwhatsapp

The party has started identifying its workers who could be appointed as the administrators of the WhatsApp groups. “We are planning to create at least 25 WhatsApp groups in each of the 224 Assembly constituencies. These will not be general groups but will be segmented to cater to different sections of the electorate. For instance, there will be groups specific to information technology professionals, teachers, senior citizens, people who have migrated from other states and so on,” BJP IT Cell state convenor K Amresh said.

He said that the groups are being created to bond and reach out to the electorate rather than propagate the party ideology. “WhatsApp is turning out to be the best social media connect. Our internal survey has revealed that people tend to stay connected more to WhatsApp rather than Facebook and Twitter,” Amresh said.

The administrators will select members for the respective WhatsApp groups. The Assembly constituency-wise data base created during the party’s membership enrolment drive will be utilised for the selection process. “On the content and other aspects of our social media reachout initiative, training programmes for the administrators will be held at the regional levels soon,” Amresh added.

In a way, the state unit of the BJP is trying to emulate the Uttar Pradesh model in its social media mass outreach programme. Ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh earlier this year, the party had constituted a number of coordinated teams comprising information technology experts. Regional units and district committees were constituted. These teams had formed 10,300 WhatsApp groups.

BSY briefs Shah on political developments

BJP  state president B S Yeddyurappa is learnt to have briefed party national president Amit Shah about the recent political developments in the state, including the likelihood of the ruling Congress going in for early Assembly polls.

Shah stayed overnight in Bengaluru on Monday en route to Puducherry. Shah arrived at the Kempegowda International Airport at 12.35 am on Monday and left for Puducherry at 8 am to participate in a party event. He stayed at a star hotel near the airport. Yeddyurappa, party general secretaries Aravind Limbavali and Arun Kumar received Shah at the airport. Yeddyurappa is said to have given Shah a brief update of his ‘Janasamparka Abhiyan’ and the recent decision of the state government to waive crop loans up to Rs 50,000. The interaction did not last long as it was already late when Shah landed in Bengaluru. Shah will visit the state for three days from August 3 and is planning to hold a series of meetings with the state leaders and the party cadre to chalk out the strategy for the Assembly elections.

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Ahmed K.C.
 - 
Tuesday, 27 Jun 2017

OMG
Imagine the number of lies?

Abdul
 - 
Tuesday, 27 Jun 2017

they could have made a new app, ohh sorry credit chor log hai, aadath se majboor

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News Network
February 27,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 27: An utterly unprofessional thief, who fell asleep after breaking into a house, was caught by the house owner and handed over to the police in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada.

The hilarious incident took place on Wednesday in the one-storey, tiled-roof house owned by Sudarshan at Ullas Junction under the limits of Uppinangady police station.

The thief, who gained entry into the house by removing the roof-tiles, has been identified as Anil Sahani, a native of Bihar’s Majipur district. He was snoring on the sofa with a set of keys clutched in his hand when the house owner woke up in the morning.

The house owner, who was sure that the thief was drunk, woke him up by hitting him with a stick and then handed him over to the police.

According to police, the thief was tired after removing the tiles on Tuesday night and hence he decided to take a nap soon after entering the house.

He grabbed a bunch of keys kept near the TV stand and then lied down on the sofa. He woke up only when the house owner hit him with a stick the next morning.

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Naina Kudla
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Thursday, 27 Feb 2020

Inspired by the Rabbit which was defeated by the Tortoise

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News Network
July 10,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Karnataka health minister B Sriramulu on Thursday said that the government is planning to increase number of COVID-19 testing labs and technicians in the state.

Speaking to news agency, Sriramulu said, "We have 72 labs where COVID-19 tests are conducted. They are under pressure with increased number of tests. When lab technicians are quarantined, it gets difficult to complete work. So we are considering to increase number of labs and technicians."

Speaking on the community transmission of COVID-19 in Bengaluru, he said, "The experts are already deliberating over the issue of community transmission. According to me the community spread has not taken place yet."

Meanwhile, Cabinet Minister Madhu Swamy said that the government is calling for foreign investment for which Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has been hired by the state government.

Speaking to the reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Swamy said, "We call for foreign investment in Karnataka for which we need an agency who has to coordinate, who has to bring outsiders in Karnataka to invest in the state. For that we have hired a company by name Boston consulting Group(BCG) we will be paying them Rs 1 crore for twelve months."

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April 6,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 6: The Covid-19 Task Force aims to conduct 80,000 throat swab and blood tests over the next three weeks here.

According to Task Force Nodal Officer C N Manjunath an order for one lakh anti-body test kits has been placed, and was expected to arrive on April 12.

"From January 20 to March 23, more than 1.2 lakh people arrived at international airports from abroad. Of these, we have kept 37,358 under observation. The Health officials and personnel in fever clinics and hospitals are being trained to conduct the tests. There is no necessity to obtain a clearance to test people with suspected infection. Only laboratories need to get permission to test their blood and throat swab samples."

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