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Poojary demands Tanvir Sait's resignation; UTK says party will decide

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November 11, 2016

Mangaluru, Nov 11: Congress veteran B Janardhan Poojary has asked Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanvir Sait to immediately quit the ministry in the wake of allegations of unacceptable action at a public function.

utpoojaryOn Thursday attending Tipu Jayanti at Raichur in north Karnataka where he is the district in charge minister, Mr Sait was seen in the video footage, telecast by Kannada TV channels, purportedly surfing through the girls' pictures.

Mr Sait claimed he was just going through the images and messages sent to him on WhatsApp by unknown sender and he did not deliberately watch any obscene pictures. “I am ready to face any probe,” he said.

However, Mr Poojary said that Mr Sait's action has caused damage to the State government and the Congress party. “If he fails to submit resignation, Chief Minister Siddaramiah should sack him immediately,” he said.

On the other hand, Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader said that party leaders have sought report on the episode. When media persons asked about demand for Mr Sait's removal, Mr Khader said that party leaders will take a decision after studying the matter.

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Mohammed
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Friday, 11 Nov 2016

Once upon a time JP was a political Guru fr utk, nw even he is not in favour

Aaakhash
 - 
Friday, 11 Nov 2016

Its really surprise why cant Mr.Poojary understand this whole episode very well written andl played by RSS and its well wishing company!! they are trying to create communal clashes before election. A ordinary secular minded person can understand their game plan. A person like Mr.Poojary should not comments for all these non sense matters.

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January 23,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 23: City Police Commissioner PS Harsha on Thursday said that Aditya Rao, who had surrendered after planting a bomb at the Mangaluru International Airport, had studied how to assemble an explosive device online.

Speaking to media persons here, Dr Harsha said that 36-year-old Rao, who holds engineering and MBA degrees, had worked in the financial sector for some time, but left, after realising that white-collar jobs were not suited for him and turned towards blue-collar jobs.

He took up a job as a security guard of a reputed college in the district. He also worked at few hotels in the city before leaving for Bengaluru.

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April 21,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 21: Karnataka cabinet on Monday decided to continue the COVID-19 lockdown measures currently in force in the state till May 3 without any relaxation, Law and Parliamentary Affairs minister J C Madhuswamy said.

However, leaving a window open, it authorised chief minister B S Yediyurappa and the COVID-19 Task Force to meet in three or four days to review and take further decision about any relaxation, he told reporters.

"Today cabinet has decided it (the norms) will be extended up to May 3... there will be no relaxation and the situation that that exists as of today will continue," he said.

Pending the cabinet decision, chief secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar had on Sunday issued fresh orders directing the continuation of the stringent lockdown measures issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs till the midnight of April 21.

Meanwhile, five new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of infections in the state to 395, the Health department said on Monday.

"Five new positive cases have been reported from last evening to this noon... Till date 395 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed. This includes 16 deaths and 111 discharges," the department said in its mid-day situation update.

All the five fresh cases are from Kalaburagi and contacts of patients who have already tested positive.

Four of them are men of age 17, 13, 50 and 19, and one woman aged 30.

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Kasaragod, Mar 23: With 19 more positive cases reported on Monday, surveillance against people coming out of their houses and wandering around in public places has been intensified in the district.

With today's addition, the total number of positive cases of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has increased to 38 in Kasaragod.

There will be total restriction in place for the public to step out of their houses. Those who are found outside on the streets would be arrested, caution the district authorities. Please log in to get detailed story.

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