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Cabinet reshuffle by month-end, says Siddaramaiah

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April 14, 2016

Bengaluru, Apr 14: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday reiterated that he would reshuffle his council of ministers by this month end, rekindling hopes of party MLAs who are aspiring to be ministers.

sidda22Speaking to reporters at his official residence Cauvery, he said he has discussed about the reshuffle with AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka Digvijaya Singh. The reshuffle will be done by the end of this month, he added.

Many Congress MLAs, who met Singh earlier in the day at Kumara Krupa Guest House, were disappointed as the Congress leaders indicated that the reshuffle was not likely to happen till May-end. Singh was in Bengaluru to attend a seminar organised by the KPCC on B R Ambedkar.

Not appropriate'

Sources in the Congress said Singh told the MLAs that it would not be appropriate for the party to undertake the reshuffle exercise when the state is reeling under drought. Moreover, the party leadership is currently busy in the Assembly elections to five states.

The elections are scheduled to conclude in the third week of May. R V Devaraj, Dr A B Maalakaraddy, S T Somashekar and Munirathna were among over a dozen MLAs who met Singh at Kumara Krupa guest house.

The MLAs had recently submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, urging him to reshuffle the council of ministers. They demanded that at least 25 non-performing ministers should be dropped.

Siddaramaiah was scheduled to visit Delhi on April 15 and 16 to discuss the reshuffle with the party high command. But he later cancelled his Delhi visit and, instead, chalked out a plan to tour the drought-hit areas of the state.

CM's discretion'

On seeking his reaction on the demand for reshuffle, Singh told reporters that the reshuffle is left to the discretion of the chief minister.

“Whether to reshuffle or not is left to the chief minister's discretion. He will take an appropriate decision at the right time,” he added.

The Congress leader ruled out the possibility of leadership change in the state, saying that the question does not arise.

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Mohan
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Thursday, 14 Apr 2016

Cabinet alla yenu melu kelage madidru nimma yella corruption horege baruthade. karnataka's no 1 corrupted politician.

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May 4,2020

The government of India today said it will begin evacuating its nationals stuck abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic from May 7 in a phased manner. This facility would be made available on payment basis. 

A Standard Operating Protocol has been put in place and the travel would be arranged by aircraft as well as naval ships and will be available on a payment-basis, the government said.

"Medical screening of passengers would be done before taking the flight. Only asymptomatic passengers would be allowed to travel. During the journey, all these passengers would have to follow the protocols, such as the health protocols, issued by the ministry of health and the ministry of civil aviation," it said in a statement.

Specifying the protocols upon entry in India, the government said the returning Indians would be medically screened and will have to be quarantined for 14 days, either in a hospital or in an institutional quarantine on payment-basis, by the respective state government.

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February 13,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 13: 'Karnataka Bandh' call given by various Kannada organisation demanding implementation of Sarojini Mahashi report for ensuring job reservation to local people (Kannadigas) in the Private and government organisation, including industries, evoked mixed response in the State on Thursday.

The Bandh call was given by the “Karnataka Sanghatanegala Okkoota”, comprising a few factions of “Karnataka Rakshana Vedike” (KRV) and was backed by Ola-Uber Cab Drivers’ Association, a few auto unions, farmers’ associations, street vendors association, trade unions and transporters’ associations.

Meanwhile, Airport Taxi Services also supported the Bandh which forced flight passengers to find it difficult in finding the transport for reaching their destination in time. Fortunately, BMTC bus services at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) was available at the Airport.

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March 25,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 25: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has so far given nod to three private laboratories in Karnataka for testing COVID-19. The ICMR comes under the Department of Health, Government of India

The three labs are KMC Hospital Manipal, Shankar Research Centre's laboratory, and SRL laboratory on Bowring Hospital Road at Shivajinagar, Bengaluru.

Eight private labs from Maharashtra, two from Haryana, three from Tamil Nadu, four from Delhi, and three each from Karnataka and Gujarat have been given permission. 

These labs have over 15,000 collection centres all over the country. Blood samples and throat swabs of coronavirus suspects can be given at these centres.

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