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With an eye on Dalit votes, JD(S) announces alliance with BSP for Karnataka polls

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February 8, 2018

The Janata Dal (Secular) and Bahujan Samaj Party have announced an alliance for the Karnataka assembly elections with an eye to consolidate dalit voters.

JD(S) leader Kunwar Danish Ali and BSP leader S C Mishra on Thursday told media persons that the alliance will be formally launched at a rally in Bengaluru on February 17, which will be addressed by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and BSP supremo Mayawati.

As per the alliance, BSP will contest 20 from 14 districts, where it will try to defeat Congress candidates. Three seats of Kollegal, Chamarajnagar, Gundlupet in Chamarajnagar district, Anekal of Bengaluru urban, Nippani, Raibagh, Chikkodi-Sadalga of Belgaum, Honalli of Davangere, Bidar (North) from Bidar district, Chittapur and Kalburgi rural from Kalburgi, Vijaynagar from Ballari, Bagalkot city, Karkala in Udupi, Hubbali-Dharwad (East), Byadgi of Haveri, Shirahatti and Gadag city in Gadag district, Babaleshwar in Bijapur and Suliya in Dakshina Kannada have been earmarked for BSP to contest from. Eight out of the 20 constituencies are reserved for SC candidate.

Mishra and Ali said JD(S) State President H D Kumaraswamy will be the chief ministerial candidate of the alliance.

In 2013 Karnataka polls JD(S) had won 40 out of the 224 seats with a vote share of 20.19 per cent in the previous assembly election in Karnataka. The BSP contested 175 seats in the previous election but failed to secure a single seat with a vote share of 0.91 percent.

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Thursday, 8 Feb 2018

Leaders may make alliance, may break alliance, may form seperate party... People who believe in that leaders, are fools.. All the best

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July 17,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 17: An expert team from Bengaluru has arrived here on Friday to study the factors that have led to the sudden spurt in death due to Covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka in the recent past.

The team has arrived following a request made by the district administration. The team comprising three experts has already held talks with specialist Doctors, according to official sources.

It will examine the reports on the treatment provided to the patients who have succumbed to the infection and will submit a report citing reasons for the increase in deaths, the sources added.

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May 13,2020

Mangaluru, May 13: Dakshina Kannada today recorded its fourth death due to novel coronavirus.

The victim, identified by number P-536, is a 58-year-old woman from Boloor area of Manglauru. She was tested covid-19 positive on April 30. 

A patient with TB meningitis, the woman had been treated and discharged from Mangaluru’s First Neuro Hospital, which has emerged as covid-19 hub of coastal Karnataka.

In hospital she had reportedly come in contact with patient No 501 who worked as a sweeper in the same hospital. 

With this death, the number of active covid-19 cases reduced to 16 in Dakshina Kannada. The district has so far reported 34 covid-19 cases including four deaths. 14 have been discharged.

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June 14,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 14: A 26-year-old man, who had recently returned to Mangaluru from Maharashtra, succumbed to coronavirus today. With this number of covid-19 deaths in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada rose to eight.

After returning from Mumbai, he had undergone institutional quarantine on May 28 and 29. Later, he was under home quarantine as he was suffering from kidney related ailment. He completed his home quarantine on June 10.

On June 12, the youth was admitted to the private hospital in the city due to kidney related ailment. He did not respond to treatment and died.

His throat swab sample was tested after which it was confirmed that he was having coronavirus infection also.

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