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Blow to BJP in DK as Ranjan Gowda set to join Congress ahead of LS polls

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March 31, 2019

Mangaluru, Mar 31: In a major to BJP in Dakshina Kannada ahead of April 18 Lok Sabha polls, a youth leader of the party has decided to join Congress.

Ranjan G Gowda, BJP’s Belthangady taluk committee president, will formally join Congress on Monday, April 1, sources said.

Ranjan, son of former minister K Gangadhar Gowda, was the BJP candidate from Belthangady assembly constituency in the 2013 assembly elections. 

Following his defeat, BJP had refused to give him the ticket in the 2018 assembly election. Instead, it was given to Harish Poonja, who became the MLA. Disgruntled by this, Ranjan stayed away from campaigning for the party.

Miffed with BJP denying his son Ranjan the ticket, Gangadhar had in 2018 returned to his parent party, Congress, in the presence of minister D K Shivakumar. Ranjan is now following in his father’s footstep.

The duo’s entry to Congress is seen as a morale booster fort the party workers, especially after the last assembly election, wherein the party’s candidate K Vasanth Bangera had lost to Poonja.

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March 24,2020

New Delhi, Mar 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced total lockdown in the country from 120'clock tonight in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.

"From 120'clock tonight there will be a complete lockdown across the country,"said Prime Minister Modi said during his second address to the nation within days.

He also hailed the people for the success of 'Janata Curfew' saying that they showed how Indians can come together and fight against any trouble which comes before the country.

"The one-day Janta Curfew showed how we Indians come together and fight against any trouble which comes before the country and the mankind,"he added. (ANI)

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February 6,2020

Mysuru, Feb 6: Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu on Thursday said that he would consult experts in Ayurveda and other streams over coronavirus issue.

Speaking to the media here, he said that ''So far no positive case has been reported in the state''.

''However, the Health department officials have taken all precautionary measures to check the epidemic'', he further said.

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August 1,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 1: Former member of Karnataka Legislative Council Ivan D’Souza has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. 

The Congress leader took to social media to break the news. “I and my wife Dr Kavitha have been tested positive covid-19 positive. There are no symptoms. We had voluntarily given our throat swabs for testing,” he said in a Facebook post.

He also requested his friends and well-wishers not to visit him until he recovers. 

Mr D’Souza had participated in a party meeting at Congress Bhavan when KPCC chief DK Shivakumar visited city yesterday. He was seen meeting several Congress leaders including U T Khader.

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