‘CM had even asked us to launch campaign’: Actors Shashi, Bhavana in shock after ticket denial

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April 17, 2018

Bengaluru, Apr 17: Two prominent Sandalwood who had launched campaign in their respective constituencies hoping they would get tickets to contest May 12 Karnataka assembly polls, are now in deep shock as the party preferred other candidates over them.

Actors Shashikumar and Bhavana had started canvassing for votes last month in Molkalmuru (ST-reserved) and Chitradurga constituencies respectively. However, the Congress party fielded Dr Yogish Babu and Hanumali Shanmukhappa from those two constituency respectively.

The actors had even claimed that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had instructed them to begin campaigning as they would get the tickets.

Bhavana, referring to her mother's roots in Chitradurga, said she was the right choice. The actor had even taken a house on rent in the city two months ago. She was even taking part in party programmes.

Shashikumar had begun campaigning on the strength of his work as the Congress MP from Chitradurga in the past.

The actor has expressed outrage over the denial of ticket. "The party took my help in the past elections and has now betrayed me. I will decide on my future course of action in the next couple of days," he said.

But Bhavana seemed reconciled to her fate. She said she would continue to work as a party activist in Chitradurga. She had learnt a lot from these elections, Bhavana added.

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shahid
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Wednesday, 18 Apr 2018

Over smartness has cost her denial of ticket and rude attitute towards religious faith also cost her, good she didnt get ticket... how can a rude person feel the problem of a poor

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March 12,2020

Hassan, Mar 13: In what could have been a major tragedy, an under construction flyover across Hassan-Mangaluru railway level crossing, near the new KSRTC Bus stand here collapsed today.

Fortunately no casualties occurred despite six concrete beems of 50 feet height, collapsed and broke into pieces.

The much awaited project was completely neglected by the successive governments for over a decade due to politics.  It was sanctioned eight months ago.

The Rs 42 crore project was taken up by a joint venture between state, center and South Eastern railway. The contractor or the Engineer were not present when the incident occurred.

Blaming the contractor, the locals alleged that poor quality of work led to the incident. No contractor or engineer was present even during construction, they added. Siddaiah, who runs an eatery near KSRTC bus stand said that it could have been a major tragedy if people were underneath the flyover when it crashed. The incident should be probe and the contractor should be punished, he added.

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May 11,2020

Bengaluru, May 11: Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar today held a video conference with Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja to discuss measures to tackle COVID-19.

The ministers discussed in detail the protocols for testing, quarantine and treatment for COVID-19 that are being followed by both the states.

The Karnataka Health Department on Monday said that 10 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the state, taking the total number of positive cases to 858.

"31 people have lost their lives due to coronavirus in the state and 422 persons have been discharged after recovery," the Health Department added.

Kerala, on the other hand, has tackled the coronavirus crisis better than most other states of the country. There are only 19 active cases of COVID-19 in the state while 489 people have recovered. The death toll in the state is 4, according to the data published by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.

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August 4,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 4: The Kasaragod district administration has decided to restore the e-pass system for daily commuters between Kasaragod and Mangaluru amid covid-19 crisis. 

As covid-19 cases began to increase in Dakshina Kannada, the Kasargod district administration had unilaterally newly introduced of daily pass system on July 6 for entry and exit from Talapady border. This had inconvenienced hundreds of employees, who visited Mangaluru daily to eke a living. 

The decision to resume the pass system was taken in a video conference of Kerala Revenue Minister Chandrasekharan with officials and elected representatives on August 3.

The minister said the Kasaragod district administration will resume issuing of passes for daily commuters between Kasaragod and Mangaluru. But they should undergo rapid antigen test for every week to renew their passes.

"Similarly, one-time interstate passes will be issued for those who want to take part in marriages, funeral and other functions in both states. Even they should undergo antigen test after returning from the functions,” the minister added.

As per the previous order, daily commuters, especially employees, had to stay in Mangaluru for 28 days before returning to Kasargod. Later, Kerala government relaxed rules on July 23 allowing only bank employees from Kasaragod to travel daily in their private vehicles to their workplace in Dakshina Kannada.

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