BJP leaders tried to lure me Rs 30-cr cash plus ministerial berth: Lakshmi Hebbalkar

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September 28, 2018

Belagavi, Sept 28: Lakshmi Hebbalkar, Congress leader and MLA from Belagavi district has revealed that the BJP had tried to poach her by offering her Rs 30 crore cash and with a promise to make her a Minister after toppling the coalition government.

“Some BJP leaders from Karnataka called me when I was in Hyderabad a few weeks ago and made an offer on the phone. They said I would be made a Minister and that I would get ₹30 crore. I told them ‘Operation Lotus’ was an unethical way to come to power and refused their offer,” she told presspersons here today.

“Some other leaders sent me messages,” she said. But she did not divulge the names of the leaders who contacted her.

She said she had handed over the details of the phone calls and messages that she had received, to senior party leaders. She refused to give further details.

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ajith kumar
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Saturday, 29 Sep 2018

Madam one salute to you ,for being al honest congress person.   

good job,

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March 31,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 31: Ten persons who were under home quarantine in Bengaluru and had escaped to their native places, were arrested on Monday.
A case has been registered against them at Gurmitkal Police Station, said BH Anil Kumar, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) Commissioner.

Seven new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Karnataka between Saturday 5 pm and Sunday 2 pm.

The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 83, out of which five have been cured and three have lost their lives, according to the Karnataka Health Department.

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April 10,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 10: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, expressing his concern over the plight of stray animals struggling during lockdown, called upon people to feed the animals near their houses and provide them drinking water.

In a tweet he said "Due to scorching heat and Lockdown, cats, dogs and birds are suffering without water and food. In cities this situation much serious. So I appeal to people that people should see that dogs and birds their get food and water.

Please be kind and take some time off to feed stray animals and birds around your homes. Try providing them with water and leftovers so they're not parched and left hungry. Stray animals depend on wastes and leftovers from hotels and restaurants and have been hit by the Lockdown to check the spread of Corona virus.

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May 13,2020

Bengaluru, May 13: 26 new covid-19 cases have been reported in Karnataka taking the total cases to 951. This includes 32 COVID deaths, one non-COVID death and 442 discharges.

The new cases include eleven cases from Bidar - all of whom are from the containment zone - , four from Hassan, two each from Davangere, Kalaburgi, Vijayapura and Uttara Kannada and one each from Bengaluru Urban, Ballari and Dakshina Kannada.

All the cases reported in Hassan and Vijayapura are with a travel history to Mumbai. In Bengaluru Urban, a nurse from a designated COVID hospital who was under quarantine has tested positive.

32nd death

The latest death reported was that of a 60-year-old man in Kalaburgi district. The deceased man from a containment zone was brought dead on May 11 to a designated hospital in Kalaburagi, and he has tested positive for COVID-19, it said.

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