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Bypolls to 3 assembly constituencies in Karnataka on February 13

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January 13, 2016

Bengaluru, Jan 13: The bypolls to three assembly constituencies in Karnataka on February 13 will have political parties on their toes, with Hebbal in Bengaluru being the hotly contested one.

bypollThe Election Commission has announced bypoll dates to Hebbal, Bidar and Deodurg (in Raichur district). Polling will be on February 13 and counting of votes on February 16. Of these three, the BJP held two seats and the Congress one.

The vacancies were caused following the death of A Venkatesh Naik, who represented Deodurg, in the Bengaluru-Nanded train accident in August 2015, while Gurupadappa Nagamarapally from Bidar and R Jagadeesh Kumar from Hebbal, died due to a cardiac arrest. Hebbal, with a little over 2 lakh voters, has many from the Congress eyeing the ticket. A new constituency carved out during delimitation in 2008, it has been the BJP's domain since then. Congress sources said there are at least a dozen contenders, including three MLCs.

Congress MLCs HM Revanna, Byrathi Suresh and RV Venkatesh are lobbying for the ticket. While Revanna had a long innings till June 2020 in the council, he was a serious contender for the seat in the 2013 assembly polls.The ticket was given to Congress veteran CK Jaffer Sharief 's grandson Rahman Sharief, who lost by 5,036 votes.

The tenure of Suresh and Venkatesh in the council will end in June 2016. Suresh, who is the cousin of Congress MLA Byrathi Basavaraj, won the council seat from the legislative assembly defeating the party's official candidate Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi. He was the JD(S) sponsored candidate and upset the calculations of all parties by bagging the highest number of votes due to cross-voting.

Sources said the Congress leadership may opt for a Muslim candidate and this narrows the choice to state youth Congress president Rizwan Arshad and Sharief 's grandson. Arshad was asked to make way for Rahman Sharief in 2013. With the constituency having roughly 65,000 Muslim voters, the chances of the party giving the ticket to a Muslim, considering there was none in the recently concluded polls to 25 seats to the council from the local authorities' constituencies, are high.

The Bengaluru Karavali Samudaya, an association of people from the coastal region settled in the city , want the ticket to be given to Ravi Shankar Shetty who lost out from the same constituency in 2008. The ticket was given to Revanna, who lost to BJP's Katta Subramanya Naidu.

Meanwhile, the BJP is considering to give the ticket to Kumar's wife as it plans to cash in on the sympathy factor. Naidu is said to have asked the ticket for his daughter-in-law as he is facing court cases on land denotification.

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Media Release
March 11,2020

Mangalore, Mar 11: There everybody busy in hailing ‘Padmashree’ Harekala Hajabba. They wondered how an orange seller turned into an educationist with his grit and high objectives. However, the center of attraction- Harekala Hajabba was thinking how to transfer a cheque of rupees one lakh to a current account of his school!

Dakshina Kannada District Kannada and Culture Department had an interaction program with Harekala Hajabba at Ravindra Kalabhavana of University College Mangaluru on Wednesday. The department, as well as Dakshina Kannada District Bus Owners’ Association felicitated the achiever. They also honored Hajabba with a cash of rupees one lakh. Instantly, the man decided to utilize the amount for his school! 

In his address, Guruvappa N T Balepuni, who introduced Harekala Hajabba to society opined that with his simplicity, humbleness, moreover his service without any expectation, Hajabba is being respected everywhere. Though he is an illiterate, three universities have made his life as lessons for students. “He has kept around Rs 50-55 lakh, including his award money for the development of school. January 25, the day on which ‘Padmashree’ award has been declared to Hajabba is a memorable day for me too,” he added. 

Dakshina Kannada District Bus Owners’ Association President Dinram Alva and former president Jayaram Shekha opined that there is lot to learn from Hajabba and he is a model for the society. Recalling his old- harsher days, Hajabba said, “Parents should make mind to save government schools. A literate can achieve anything, he can lead the society,” he said and called upon for the communal harmony. 

Presiding over the function, Principal Dr. Uday Kumar M A said that Harekala Hajabba is best example how a pure-hearted man achieves any height, simplicity can make someone so rich. In his welcome speech District Kannada and Culture Department Deputy director Rajesh G, depicted Hajabba as ‘modern time Mahatma Gandhi’. Economics PG Coordinator Dr. Jayavantha Nayak and M.Com Coordinator Dr. Abobakkar Siddiq were present on the occasion.

 

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News Network
May 30,2020

Mangalore, May 30: The first chartered flight to the city of Mangalore, Karnataka in South India is scheduled to depart from the Ras Al Khaimah airport of UAE on June 1.

The SpiceJet flight, chartered by Praveen Shetty, chairman of the Fortune Group of Hotels and president of the Karnataka non-Resident Indian Forum (KNRI), will repatriate 105 staff members of the hotel group, who have been placed on leave, according to a statement issued here on Saturday.

Consul General of India to Dubai Vipul confirmed the reports and said the flight, which will depart at 0945 hrs, will carry home a total of 180 passengers.

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April 2,2020
Bengaluru, Apr 2: About 1,500 people from Karnataka might have attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin in the national capital between March 8 to 20. Of these, the State has been able to trace 800 people.
 
Of the 800 persons, 143 people have been found to be symptomatic.
 
Mr Jawaid Akhtar, Additional Chief Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), in a statement here on Thursday said that the Centre had sent the list of 1,500 people to the State.
 
“We cannot say if all these have attended the congregation. Some of them may have attended and some may be the contacts of those who have attended. We have been able to trace 800 from the list and samples of 143 symptomatic persons have been sent for tests."

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