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Kumaraswamy says he’ll never address media again

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November 23, 2018

Bengaluru, Nov 23: Alleging that a section of the media is targeting him by twisting even his minor statements, Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday vowed not to address press conferences ever again.

“My comments about a woman farmer leader went viral and caused huge embarrassment to the government after Kannada TV news channels reported my quote out of context,” Kumaraswamy said. “It was done to instigate sugarcane growers and other farmers.”

Officials at the chief minister’s office said Kumaraswamy was hurt by “a few electronic media channels” for highlighting sugarcane farmers’ troubles, despite the CM’s best efforts. Kumaraswamy is said to have been disconcerted by his response to a woman farmer calling him “nalayak” (useless) being quoted out of context and portrayed as an “insult” to women.

“As a result he has decided to distance himself from the electronic media and convey all his statements to the print media by way of his office,” said a spokesperson from the chief minister’s office.

Farmer leader Jayashree Gurannavar said she is planning to file a complaint with the cybercrime police against JD(S) workers for defaming her image through social media.

Gurannavar has been the target of JD(S) activists after she called chief minister HD Kumaraswamy “nalayak” (useless). Comments are being posted branding Gurannavar an agent of the BJP, while others have raised questions over a picture in which she is holding an expensive iPhone.

Gurannavar told TOI she is not the agent of any party and the iPhone she used during the protest in the premises of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi belonged to a journalist.

“I am already hurt by the CM’s statement,” she said. “Please don’t hurt me again. The CM should tell his party workers not to engage in such cheap tactics.”

Comments

Suresh
 - 
Friday, 23 Nov 2018

True.. Once CD exposed that. regarding journo's arrest. Modi bhakt media distorted and given reports as it for speaking against tipu jayanti

Sandeep Ullal
 - 
Friday, 23 Nov 2018

Most of them are Modi media and for that they are getting money. If media goes against Modi, he will take action.

Joseph Stalin
 - 
Friday, 23 Nov 2018

True.. almost all media working for Modi. They are distorting and highlighting distorted statements.

Vinod
 - 
Friday, 23 Nov 2018

Kumaraswamy learning for Modi. Modi never addressed media as a press meet except public blah blah

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April 18,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 18: The residents of Thokkottu welcomed a COVID-19 patient who was cured and discharged from hospital with a standing ovation. 

The man remained in quarantine after returning from Tablighi Jammat religious gathering at Nizamuddin in Delhi. He was tested positive for COVID-19 on April 4 and was shifted to Wenlock Hospital for treatment.

After he was tested positive, a complete lockdown was announced within a 200-metre radius of the apartment where he was residing at Thokkottu.

The cured patient will have to remain quarantined at home for the next 14 days.

He has thanked the doctors, nurses and paramedical staff of Wenlock Hospital who took care of him in the hospital. 

In the meantime, 12 COVID-19 patients out of 13 have been cured and discharged from the hospital in Dakshina Kannada district.

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August 7,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 7: A woman suffered critical injuries after a speeding car knocked down her scooter and then ran over her at Kadri Kambla Junction in the city today.

The woman identified as Vanishri Bhat (22) a resident of Kedila from Puttur. 

A CCTV footage of the accident, which went viral on social media, shows the car hitting the scooter, pushing the woman on road for a couple of meters before climbing over her.

The car stopped when she was under it. A few people including a policeman lifted the car from the front and rescued the woman. 

She was immediately taken to a private hospital in Mangaluru City MLA U T Khader’s car which was passing through that way. 

She has suffered critical injuries on her head, ribs, hands and legs, sources said. She is reportedly responding to treatment. 

It may be recalled that in December last year a lorry-auto accident at the same spot claimed life of a 56-year-old teacher while the auto driver miraculously survived. Following the accident, speed breakers were installed at the junction.

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March 13,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 13: Senior IPS officer KSR Charan Reddy, who was the Additional Director General of Police in Criminal Investigation Department, Karnataka passed away in Bengaluru on Friday after prolonged illness. 

He was reportedly battling cancer for at least three years now and had suffered multiple recurs after treatment. 

"Shri Charan Reddy, IPS, ADGP, Karnataka State, passed away this morning, after a prolonged illness. He was one of our finest officers. Always stood tall and held his head high!! May his soul rest in peace," Retired IPS officer and former Director General of Police (Fire Services) MN Reddi tweeted. 

IPS officer Charan Reddy was heading the Special Investigation Team of the Lokayukta when he arrested Vijayanagara MLA Anand Singh in 2015 for illegally transporting iron ore out of Ballari. The illegal mining scam had rocked the former BJP government in 2011.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa condoled his death and said that he was an honest officer in the state. "Charan Reddy was a dedicated and honest officer. I pray that his soul rests in peace. I pray that god gives his family the strength to go through such a turbulent time after his departure," BS Yediyurappa tweeted. 

A 1993-batch IPS officer, Charan Reddy KSR is originally from Chittoor and has served under various departments of the state's police force. He was serving as the Inspector General of Police in Belagavi division in 2013, when he was transferred to Bengaluru as the IGP (Training). In 2014, he was posted as the IGP of the SIT probing the illegal mining scam in which former Tourism Minister Gali Janardhana Reddy is also allegedly involved.

He was transferred out of the SIT in Lokayukta in 2016 and posted as Additional Commissioner of Police (law and order) in Bengaluru. He served as the ADGP of Crime in Mangaluru in 2018 and was later appointed as the Additional Director General of Police (training) the same year. In 2019, he was transferred and appointed as the ADGP of CID.

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