Bengaluru, Jun 3: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka will form an alternate government if the ruling JD(S)-Congress coalition government loses majority in the Assembly, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers D V Sadananda Gowda said today.
Addressing a Press conference here on Monday, he said that "BJP having emerged as the single largest party in the 2018 Assembly elections will form an alternate government in Karnataka in the event of the collapse of the State government".
Mangaluru, Apr 5: As the number of Covid 19 cases continue to spike across Karnataka, there are patients who are recovering from this deadly virus as well. The first case of Covid 19 detected in Mangaluru has fully recovered and all set to return home.
The first case of corona infection was reported on March 22 in Dakshina Kannada district.
A 22-year-old youth hailing from Bhatkal had landed at Mangaluru International Airport on March 19.
As he was suffering from mild fever and cold, he was quarantined in Mangaluru. He had come from Dubai.
His throat swabs were sent for testing on the same day and on March 22 he was tested positive for coronavirus.
He has undergone 14-day long treatment at the Wenlock Hospital, Mangaluru.
On April 2 and 3, his throat swabs were sent for testing again. Both times he was tested negative for coronavirus. He is expected to be discharged on April 6.
So far a dozen coronavirus positive cases have been confirmed in Dakshina Kannada. With the recovery of one patient, there are 11 active cases in the district.
Bengaluru, Apr 4: Sixteen coronavirus cases have
been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of the affected in the state to 144, the Health department said here on Saturday.
A 75-year old man, who is a resident of Bagalkote, who was confirmed positive on Friday and was being treated at a designated hospital in the district, expired last night.
"Till this evening, 144 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes four deaths and 11 discharges," the health department said in a bulletin.
Out of the 129 active cases, 126 patients (including 1 pregnant woman) are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable and three in Intensive Care Units (one on oxygen and two on Ventilators), it said.
Among the total of 144 cases detected and confirmed so far, eight are transit passengers of Kerala who landed in airports in Karnataka and are being treated in the state, it said.
Mangaluru, Apr 23: The scarcity of water in Kukkavu area of Belthangady town in Dakshina Kannada district has forced school-going children to dig a well with their hands.
The children studying in primary schools were seen lifting the heavy buckets of water from the well.
The residents were facing the water shortage from the past couple of days, amid the coronavirus lockdown.
A group of five adolescents managed to dug the well as deep as 12 feet within just a span of four days.
" We are facing water problem now. With the support of my five more friends, we dug this well. At the beginning we just found soil, then in the deeper layers, we also found stones. We got access to the water at 10 feet down," said Dhanush, a class 9th student, while speaking to news agency.
The shortage of water during the summer months is a perennial problem in across several states in India, and the growing population has only added to the woes.
In extreme conditions, poor have to draw water from small water holes.
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