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BJP takes jibe at upright IAS officers, who quit protesting Modi govt’s policies

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September 8, 2019

New Delhi, Sept 8: The BJP on Sunday took a jibe at the IAS officers who recently resigned from their posts citing the shrinking space for "dissent and debate" in the country as the reason while accusing them of sharing a "cozy relationship" with the Left.

"Three IAS Officers resigned from their positions just because a thought process other than that they were infected with moves on in the country with a full mandate. Imagine the intolerance of Left, a liberal ecosystem with whom they share a cozy relationship. Nation understands you perfectly," BJP General Secretary (Organisation) B L Santhosh said in a tweet.

Last month, G Kannan, a 2012-Batch IAS officer from the AGMUT cadre, resigned from the service. Just days later, another IAS officer, Sasikanth Senthil of the Karnataka cadre, resigned.

In January, IAS officer Shah Faesal had resigned to protest the "unabated" killings in Kashmir and the marginalisation of Indian Muslims. He later formed a political party.

Kanan and Senthil had resigned citing similar reasons as they claimed that the space for dissent and debate was shrinking in the country.

Both of them have not yet announced their future course of action.

Kannan had said he was "disillusioned" after the crisis in Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

In a strongly-worded note, Senthil, a 2009-batch officer, said it was "unethical" to continue as an IAS officer when "fundamental building blocks of diverse democracy are being compromised".

Senthil, a 2009 batch Indian Administrative Service officer, is the second, after Kanan, to announce his decision to exit the bureaucracy over the last month.

An engineering graduate from Tamil Nadu, Senthil was posted as the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district.

Santhosh, recently appointed to his post, has worked as BJP's General Secretary (Organisation) for eight years in the party's Karnataka unit and was in-charge of southern states in 2014 by Amit Shah. He was involved in the growth of the party in Tamil Nadu and Kerala besides Karnataka.

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Monday, 9 Sep 2019

Very Sad to hear this. Hats off you sirs. Thank you Sirs for your decision for not standing with corrupt & worst administration. Huge loss for the country. Democracy in danger.

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May 24,2020

Bengaluru, May 24: Karnataka Tourism Minister CT Ravi said that coronavirus lockdown has severely marred the tourism industry in the state and the government will revive it in a phased manner.

"It would be beneficial if hotels are opened keeping in mind few restrictions. At present, the tourism industry has fallen flat making it very difficult to promote tourism in the state," Ravi said.

"Our department has planned to promote tourism in a phased manner. In the first phase, we would focus on native tourism; then in the second phase, we will promote inter-district travel; in the third phase, we will put weight behind inter-state tourism and in the fourth phase, we would be promoting international travel and tourism," he added.

Karnataka's COVID-19 count surges to 1,958 with 216 new cases of the virus reported in the last 24 hours, said the Health Department in a bulletin on Saturday.

Out of the total number of cases, 1,307 patients are active cases and 608 patients have been discharged. The total number of fatalities due to COVID-19 in the state has risen to 42.

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March 4,2020

New Delhi, Mar 4: Tech giant Intel has said one of its employees in Bengaluru has "potentially been exposed" to coronavirus and is currently under quarantine.

The company also said it has implemented precautionary measures like travel restrictions, increased frequency of office sanitisation, and work-from-home provisions in India.

"An Intel employee in Bangalore has potentially been exposed and is currently under quarantine in accordance with government requirements," Intel said in a late night statement on Tuesday.

The company said it is monitoring the coronavirus situation closely and working to ensure that its employees have the information and resources they need to stay safe and informed.

In India, we have implemented precautionary measures such as travel and event restrictions, visitor screenings at all our offices, increased frequency of office sanitisation, and work-from-home provisions," it said.

The virus outbreak, which has seen cases being registered across the world including South Korea, Iran, Italy and Japan, has had a significant impact on businesses across industries.

Microblogging platform Twitter has asked its employees to work from home while other tech giants like Tata Consultancy Services and HCL Technologies instructed staff to avoid non-essential travel as IT firms put in place measures to safeguard workers against the deadly coronavirus.

The coronavirus outbreak claimed over 3,000 lives globally, and fresh cases being reported in India.

The government has stepped up its efforts to detect and check the virus outbreak whose epicentre was in China.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, July 31: Denying irregularities in covid-19 equipment purchase by the Karnataka government, the state unit of the BJP has issued legal notices to Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar demanding that they apologize or face a defamation suit. 

The notices seek a public apology for the allegations levelled against the government on irregularities in the procurement of Covid-19 equipment and supplies. 

Both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, the Karnataka Congress president, have been doggedly pursuing allegations of corruption against the BJP government and have demanded a judicial inquiry. 

BJP general secretary N Ravi Kumar said that while the Congress leaders claimed that Rs 4,157 crore was spent during Covid-19, they also allege that the government has not responded to any of the 20 letters written by them. "If the government has not provided any answer to the Opposition, where did they get the figures from," he said.

None of the allegations of corruption is specific and the statements made are factually incorrect. "These statements, without any basis, have been issued calculatedly to lower the image and damage the reputation of the government, the Bharatiya Janata Party, representatives of the party and the ministers in the government," the notice issued on behalf of Ravi Kumar read.

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