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Health Minister UT Khader gets praise from Sonia Gandhi

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June 18, 2016

Mangaluru, Jun 18: Amidst the rumours of Health and Family Welfare Minister UT Khader's removal from the Karnataka Cabinet in its fresh reshuffle, he has earned the praise of Congress high command.

1utkAccording to highly placed sources, Mr Khader, who has topped a series of surveys conducted by various news agencies to assess the performance of ministers in the state, will continue to handle health portfolio even after the much awaited Cabinet reshuffle.

Sources said that AICC president Sonia Gandhi was impressed by the performance of Mr Khader in last three years.

Earlier, a section of Kannada media had reported that Shanthi Nagar MLA N A Harris will replace Mr Khader as the health minister.

However, a senior leader of Congress party, on condition of anonymity, rubbished the reports as mere “baseless rumours”.

“How can we drop a top performing minister? Some miscreants are spreading such rumours. UT Khader will not be dropped from the Cabinet,” he said.

In an exercise aimed at refurbishing the image of his government, Chief Minister Siddaramiah is all set for a fresh cabinet reshuffle within a day or two as Congress high command has reportedly given him a free hand to pick the new ministers.

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A. Mangalore
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Sunday, 19 Jun 2016

A million dollar question : why Siddaramayyah wants to sack UTK ????

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June 19,2020

Jun 19: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray should sign an agreement with neighbouring Karnataka to avoid a repeat of flood in part of the state like it happened in August last year.

In August 2019, Kolhapur, Sangli districts and some other parts of the state faced unprecedented floods triggered by huge release of water from dams in western Maharashtra and from the Almatti dam in Karnataka.

Fadnavis said, The Maharashtra chief minister should hold an urgent meeting with the Karnataka chief minister and enter into an agreement over-discharge of water from the Almatti dam located on the border of both the states."

If water is not released from the Almatti dam in time, it will cause flooding in border areas of Maharashtra such as Kolhapur and Sangli.

"A pact between the two states would benefit both as it would help in keeping water levels in control, the former chief minister said.

The dams in the state already have sizeable water stock. It would be better if the chief minster schedules a meeting with the Karnataka chief minister regarding the same (agreement), the Leader of Opposition in the assembly said.

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: The Central Crime Branch-Bengaluru conducted raids at 35 locations in Hennur and Banaswadi areas on Tuesday morning and arrested seven foreign nationals without valid passports and visas.

The Crime Branch also recovered fake currency during the raid, which is currently underway, informed the police.

"Central Crime Branch-Bengaluru conducted raids at 35 locations in Hennur and Banaswadi area today morning and arrested seven foreign nationals without valid passports and visa, fake currency also recovered," Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Bengaluru said.

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July 16,2020

Tirumala, Jul 16: As many as 14 priests of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) were tested positive for COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, said Anil Kumar Singhal, Executive officer, TTD.

Singhal also held a meeting with temple priests, health and vigilance officials today.

On July 14, Singhal held 'Dial your EO' programme at TTD administrative building conference hall wherein the EO addressed the devotees and media and informed that 91 TTD employees have tested positive for COVID-19 till date.

According to the Union Health Ministry, the state has reported 35,451 COVID-19 cases including, 16,621 active cases, 18,378 recovered and 452 deaths so far.

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