BSY govt is safe as BJP wins 12 out of 15 seats in Karnataka bypolls

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December 9, 2019

Bengaluru, Dec 9: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday registered a thumping victory in the Karnataka by-elections, winning 12 out of the 15 Assembly seats, and secured a comfortable majority in the House with Congress managing just two and Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S) failing to open its account.

With these results, the BJP now has 117 MLAs and there are now 222 legislators in the state Assembly. The four-month-old government led by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has a majority in the 224-member House, getting to the magic number of 112.

The Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S), had a dismal performance in the bypolls, failing to win a single seat. An Independent has won one seat.

The Congress now has 68 MLAs while JD-S has 34 legislators in the House.

Shivaram Hebbar of the BJP has won over Bhimanna Naik of the Congress by over 31,000 votes on Yellapur seat while BJP's K Sudhakar emerged victorious from the Chikkaballapur constituency beating Congress' M Anjanappa by over 34,000 votes.

In Vijayanagara constituency, Congress' VY Ghorpade lost to BJP's Anand Singh by more than 30,000 votes.

BJP's Shrimant Balasaheb Patil trumped Congress candidate with over 18,500 votes in Kagwad, while Jarkiholi Ramesh Laxmanrao of the BJP defeated Congress' Lakhan Laxmanrao Jarkiholi with over 29,000 votes on Gakok seat.

On Hirekerur seat, BJP candidate defeated BC Patil Bannikod Basappa of the Congress with a margin of over 29,000 votes.
At Yeshvanthapura, BJP's ST Somashekar defeated JD-S candidate TN Javarayi Gowda with over 27,600 votes.

In Shivajinagar constituency, Congress candidate Rizwan Arshad got the better of BJP's M Saravana with a margin of 13,521 votes. On the other hand, HP Manjunath of Congress emerged victorious over BJP's AH Vishwanath with a margin of 39,727 votes.

Independent candidate Sharath Kumar Bachegowda defeated BJP's N Nagaraju from Hosakote constituency with 11,486 votes.

The elections were held for 15 Assembly seats which were left vacant after the legislators resigned in July, triggering the collapse of the Congress-JDS coalition led by HD Kumaraswamy and paving the way for the BJP to come to power. Resignations tendered by the disgruntled MLAs had reduced the majority mark in the 224-strong Assembly to 104.

Ahead of the counting, Yediyurappa had said that BJP will win at least 13 seats and the government will be "safeguarded".

Congress' poor performance in the by-polls led to Siddaramaiah resigning as the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP). He has submitted his resignation to interim party president Sonia Gandhi.

Senior Karnataka Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao also followed suit, resigning as the state party unit chief.

As the BJP marched ahead during counting, Yediyurappa thanked the voters for reposing their faith in the party and said he would now continue to provide a "stable and pro-people government" in the state.

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Ahmed Ali
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Tuesday, 10 Dec 2019

Good to keep BJP in power - at least we can avoid communcal clashes.

How come Yedioorappa's prediction comes to reality.

Last MP election , he predicted 2 months before the election that BJP in karnataka will win 42 seats and the same happened.

This time, before the election, he confirmed that BJP will win 12 out of 15 and the same thing happened.

Questionalble!!!!

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March 15,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 15: The week-long ban imposed by the Karnataka Government from Saturday is yet to get a total response in the State to fight against the spread of killer disease Coronavirus (COVID-19).

The ban has witnessed a considerable reduction in the travelling public by Bus and train. Bus terminal and Railway stations wore desert look or only a very few public travelling. KSRTC, which was maintaining service for every 10 minutes once between the State Capital and to City of Palaces, was forced to cancel most of the service due to very little patronage. 

"We were left with no option but to cancel the fleet since there are no passengers," sources at the KSRTC Bus terminal told media persons.

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July 24,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 24: Low-cost airline IndiGo airlines would be operating between Mumbai and Mangaluru four days a week - Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The operation will begin today (July 24).

The flight will take off from Mumbai at 9.30 am and will land at Mangaluru International Airport at 11.00 am. 

The flight will take off from Mangaluru at 11.40 am and will reach Mumbai at 1.15 pm. To avail the flights for Mangaluru, passengers can report to Terminal T2 in Mumbai.

Before boarding the flight, a standard procedure regarding quarantine regulation has been issued. The passengers boarding the flight from Mumbai will have to undergo thermal screening at the airport. The airport officials will also be required to apply a quarantine stamp on the passengers.

The airline will be required to provide a detailed list of passengers arriving, along with flight information, arrival time, mobile number of the passengers and their residential addresses and share these with the nodal officer.

It is mandatory for the passengers to download Aarogya Setu app. In addition to this, passengers intending to exit Mumbai within seven days of the arrival should be able to produce a confirmed ticket for onward/return journey to get quarantine exemption.

Domestic passengers will have to undergo 14 days of home quarantine. However, all domestic passengers intending to exit Mumbai within seven days of the arrival will be exempted from quarantine, provided they are able to produce a confirmed ticket for onward/return journey.

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June 8,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 8: More than two months after the nationwide lockdown was imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus, people offered prayers at Bengaluru's Saint Mary's Church and Shree Dodda Ganapathi Temple as the government has allowed reopening of religious places from today.

Fewer devotees here visited Saint Mary's Church in Shivaji Nagar and were seen maintaining social distancing inside the church premises.

Meanwhile, people queued outside Shree Dodda Ganapathi Temple at Basavanagudi to offer prayers in the wee hours of Monday.

Floor markings have been made here to maintain social distancing.

Social distancing norms are also being followed in Hubli's Nagashetty Koppa where only a few devotees thronged the temple on Monday morning.

In Kalaburagi's Sharana Basaveshwara Temple the visiting hours for devotees have been fixed from 7 am to 10 am and three hours in the evening from 5 pm to 8 pm.

Thermal screening is being conducted here and a disinfectant tunnel has also been installed at the entry point.

Floor markings have also been made here to ensure social distancing while barricades have also been installed on the temple premises.

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