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Dhananjay Kumar formally joins Congress, hits out at ‘promise-breaker’ Yeddy

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August 4, 2017

Bengaluru, Jul 4: V Dhananjaya Kumar, former BJP leader, who had quit the saffron party along with former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa to float a regional party in Karnataka, on Thursday formally joined the Congress.

Mr. Kumar, 66, a former Union Minister, met AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi during the latter’s visit to Bengaluru, a few days ago, and expressed willingness to join the party.

He joined the Congress in the presence of KPCC president G. Parameshwara and working president Dinesh Gundu Rao at the party office here.

“Yeddyurappa (after forming KJP) had said he would never ever go back to the BJP in his lifetime. But then, he went back. I’m not like him,” Kumar said, taking a dig at the BJP strongman.

Mr. Kumar began his political career in the youth wing of the BJP and later went on to become a Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1983. In 1991, he was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha by defeating Congress stalwart B. Janardhana Poojary in Mangaluru constituency.

With the rise of the BJP in the State, Mr Kumar represented the Mangaluru constituency in the Lok Sabha for four successive terms and served as the Union Minister. He was Cabinet minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism in 1996, Union Minister of State for Finance from 1999-2000 and Union Minister of State for Textiles from 2000-2003.

The BJP’s central leadership was angered by Mr. Kumar’s criticisms against leaders such L.K. Advani and expelled him on the grounds that he was indulging in “anti-party activities”.

He quit the BJP along with Mr. Yeddyurappa, when the latter floated the Karnataka Janata Paksha in 2012.

Later, on the eve of Lok Sabha elections in 2014, Mr. Yeddyurappa joined the BJP. Later, Mr. Kumar joined the Janata Dal (S).

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May 5,2020

Bengaluru, May 5: Migrant workers blocked national highway near Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in Bengaluru on Monday, demanding to be sent back to their home states.

Revenue Minister R Ashok and CM's Political Secretary Vishwanath visited the spot and sent all migrant workers to BIEC center.

The protest caused more traffic and Peenya Police Inspector also suffered minor injuries while sending the migrants. Most of the migrants hail from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

As per the information from, some migrant workers tried to throw stones at the police while they tried to evacuate them from the road to the BIEC center.

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June 3,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 3: Cyclone Nisarga did not land in Karnataka and has passed its border with heavy rains and strong winds, said an official on Wednesday.

However rains continued to lash parts of coastal Karnataka. There was no report of any casualty, the official added.

"It has already passed. We have not got any reports of fatalities. A heavy rain was expected and the deputy commissioners were alerted. Fishermen too were warned," said Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) Principal Secretary T K Anil Kumar.

Kumar said Nisarga's actual landing is in Maharashtra and the warning was given for that state and Gujarat.

"In the fringe proportion (of Karnataka), high winds were expected and fishermen were warned not to venture into the sea," he said.

Kumar said the department interacted with the deputy commissioners of Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga and alerted them about heavy rains.

Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre Director Srinivas Reddy said the department has kept four National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) teams on standby in Mangaluru and Kodagu for any eventuality.

The teams have been mobilized from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.

"More rain is predicted in coastal districts. Wind speed too will be more in coastal areas," said Reddy.

According to a Met Department official, the track of Nisarga is expected to be 200-400km off Karnataka coast.

"Sudden wind speed had been reported along the coast. We had issued port warnings," said the official.

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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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