And this Kateel claims, both Modi and BSY govts did good flood relief work in Karnataka!

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October 5, 2019

Bengaluru, Oct 5: Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Saturday claimed that both the governments at the state and Centre have done a 'good' job in handling relief work during the floods, amid the agony of people of flood-hit regions of Karnataka.

The Member of Parliament from Dakshina Kannada constituency Katteel asked opposition parties to cooperate with the state government in providing relief to those affected by the calamity instead of indulging in 'politics.'

"The state government has not failed in relief work, our Chief Minister Yediyurappa has done things that no government in the past was able to do. He has taken decisions which no government has taken so far," he said.

"Relief work has been taken up quickly...our government has done a good job in handling flood relief," Kateel said.

Speaking to reporters here, he said, As support, the central government too, by sending NDRF teams, study teams and releasing funds, has done its work."

In the face of criticism over the delay in release of central funds for relief, the central government on Friday had announced the release of Rs 1,200 crore in 'advance' from the National Disaster Response Fund to the flood-ravaged state. Referring to measures like grant of Rs 5 lakh to fully-damaged houses, Rs 10,000 as immediate relief for those affected, and Rs 5,000 monthly as rental amount for those displaced, he said the state government has released Rs 3,000 crore for relief and various initiatives have been taken so far.

As many as 103 taluks in 22 districts were affected due to floods in August, in which over 80 people were killed.

Around seven lakh people were shifted to safe areas and thousands of houses damaged.

BJP governments at both the Centre and the state have been facing criticism from the opposition Congress and JDS regarding the 'delay' in grant of central funds despite Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman and inter-ministerial central team visiting the affected region.

The Opposition parties have accused Modi government of showing its 'apathy' towards Karnataka, despite state sending 25 BJP MPs.

Even BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and MP Srinivas Prasad, also some staunch RSS and BJP supporters, have expressed strong reservations about delay in the release of central funds.

Rubbishing criticism about lack of cooperation from the Centre, Kateel said, as soon the calamity happened NDRF and SDRF teams swung into action and did an excellent work in rescue and relief. Union Ministers visited the flood-hit regions and did and aerial survey, and Prime Minister was in direct contact with the Chief Minister.

Chief Minister and Prime Minister had proper coordination, and due procedures have been followed in releasing Rs 1,200 crore. I thank the Prime Minister, Home Minister, Finance Minister, Union Ministers from the state and the Chief Minister, he said.

Reacting to the show-cause notice being issued to party MLA Yatnal by the party, the BJP state president said, "The party functions under discipline and rules, every one have to conduct themselves accordingly. If not, explanations are sought." Taking serious note of his statements against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior party functionaries over 'delay' in central relief, the BJP central leadership on Friday had issued show-cause notice to Yatnal.

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ahmed ali k
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Sunday, 6 Oct 2019

Which language Mr. Kateel is communicating with our PM??

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April 12,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 12: A 10-month-old baby who tested COVID-19 positive on March 27 completed treatment and discharged from hospital on Saturday.

He was the youngest positive case in Karnataka, from Sajipanadu village in Bantwal taluk.

The child had been with his mother to a relative's house at Monetepadau village, situated on the Karnataka-Kerala border in the first week of March.

A few days later the child developed an acute respiratory illness and tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

Treating the breastfeeding child was challenging for doctors as he had to be isolated. A team of doctors from Wenlock Hospital took up this challenge and successfully cured the baby.

Test reports on his mother and grandmother too have returned negative. They too had been under quarantine and were discharged with the baby.

Another positive development was that no COVID-19 case has been reported from the child's village.  

The entire Sajipanadu village was completely sealed after the child tested positive and the district had provided all the necessary supplies to the villagers.

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April 10,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 10: Complaints have been registered after it came to light that the conditional permission to enter the Dakshina Kannada district for non-COVID-19 patients from Kerala has been misused on two occasions.

Police said on Friday that the Patients are allowed into the district after filling an online form and getting it authorised from the medical officer from Kasargod district hospital.

On April 9, a patient had arrvived at the district hospital complaining of head ache. After preliminary check up by the physician he left in an ambulance that had arrived from Kasargod earlier carrying another patient without informing the physician.

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July 12,2020

Bosnia, Jul 12: Bosnians commemorated on Saturday the massacre of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, marking the 25th anniversary of killings that shocked the world and have stood out as Europe's only atrocity since World War Two constituting genocide.

Nine newly identified victims were buried at a flower-shaped cemetery near the town, where tall white tombstones mark the graves of 6,643 other victims.

"After 25 years we succeeded in finding his mortal remains, so they can be laid to their final rest," said Fikret Pezic, who buried his father Hasan.

The remains of some 1,000 victims of the massacre in the eastern town during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war are still missing.

Ifeta Hasanovic decided to bury incomplete remains of her husband, saying: "We were aware they cannot be complete after 25 years, at least there are some, I did not want to make any new delays."

World leaders addressed the ceremony by video link, unable to attend because of coronavirus epidemic. Instead of the tens of thousands visitors who typically attend the commemoration each year, only a few thousand came after organisers banned organised visits.

During the Bosnian war, Bosnian Serb forces pushed non-Serbs out of territories they sought for their Serb statelet. Fleeing Muslims took shelter in several eastern towns, including Srebrenica, that were designated as United Nations "safe zones".

On July 11, 1995, the Serb forces commanded by General Ratko Mladic overran Srebrenica, which was protected by lightly armed Dutch peacekeepers.

They sent women and children away and captured and executed the men and boys they found. The bodies were dumped into mass graves and later exhumed by U.N. investigators and used as evidence in war crimes trials of Bosnian Serb leaders.

"We grieve with the families that tirelessly seek justice for the 8,000 innocent lives lost, all these years later," said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Washington brokered Bosnia's peace deal months after the massacre.

Most people at the commemoration were Muslim Bosniaks, reflecting conflicting narratives about the bloodshed - which hinders reconciliation nearly 25 years after the end of war in which about 100,000 people were killed.

The U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia convicted Mladic and his political chief Radovan Karadzic over Srebrenica genocide but they remained heroes for Serbs, many of whom deny that genocide happened.

On Saturday, the Serbs in the nearby town of Bratunac organised an event marking July 11 as the "Srebrenica Liberation Day".

Sefik Dzaferovic, the Bosniak chairman of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, called for legislation that would ban denial of genocide.

"There can be no trust as long as we witness attacks on the truth, denial of genocide and glorification and celebration of executors," Dzaferovic told the commemoration gathering.

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