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Gujarat, HP verdict to set the tone for poll campaign in Karnataka

DHNS
December 19, 2017

Bengaluru, Dec 19: The results of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls have come as a morale booster for the state BJP.

The ruling Congress, on the other hand, may have to tread cautiously in order to retain power in Karnataka - the last major state where the party is in power. The spotlight will now entirely be on Karnataka with the Assembly elections due in April/May next year.

The results in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh have also set the tone of the poll campaigning in the state.

Monday's victory has provided the much-needed stimulus to the saffron party, whose campaign has remained slack and lacked spirit. The party is now hopeful that its rank and file will go for the kill ahead of the polls.

Besides, the party leaders are also confident that they can now seek the mandate on the Modi government's controversial reform measures - demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) - which the Congress had been using to corner it.

However, the saffron party has a tough task in ensuring some of its leaders do not play spoilsport in the lust for power. The state BJP has a history of witnessing dissident activities and oneupmanship ahead of Assembly polls, which can have an adverse effect on its vote bank. BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa, who is the chief ministerial candidate, will face the challenge of taking everyone together.

The Congress, which has been making all-out efforts to retain power, will now have to put in extra efforts to keep its flock together and ensure its internal squabbles do not spill out into the open. The party will have to work out a strategy to fight anti-incumbency.

Several Congress leaders, who are unhappy with the leadership, are said to be keen on jumping ship to either the BJP or the JD(S).

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January 13,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 13: Supporting former state chief minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy who released a "CD on the December 19 Mangaluru violence", Dakshina Kannada party unit president Mohammed Kunhi on Monday demanded a probe into the violence.

Mr Kumaraswamy, who released 35 video clips related to the violence, had demanded the suspension of the Police Commissioner and also sought a house committee to probe the incident.

Addressing media personnel here, Kunhi questioned, "If the police department did not commit any mistake why is the state government looking worried about the CDs released by Kumaraswamy?"

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May 25,2020

Udupi, May 25: In an early morning robbery, two miscreants snatched around 1.2 kilo grams of gold jewelleries from a jeweller and ran away in Udupi.

The incident took place at around 5:30 am near Beedinagudde junction when jeweller Vijay was carrying the gold for lapidary work from his house at Bannanje to his store at Sri Laxmi Towar in Beedinagudde. 

They bumped into him when he going to the second floor of the Sri Laxmi Towar.

According to him, the miscreants who were wearing helmets threatened him with a knife then robbed jewelleries worth around Rs 50 lakh.

While decamping, the robbers also snatched his mobile phone and threw down from building.

Udupi town police conducted the spot investigation and registered a case. Further investigations are on.

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May 18,2020

Bengaluru, May 18: Indian food delivery startup Swiggy said on Monday it would lay off 1,100 employees, or nearly 14% of its workforce, to cut costs, as a weeks-long nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak hits demand for online food ordering.

The company, backed by South African internet giant Naspers, also said it will scale down adjacent businesses and has already shut several of its cloud kitchens - facilities that only cater to takeaway orders - temporarily or permanently.

“The core food delivery business has been severely impacted and will stay impacted over the short term, but is expected to start growing again after that,” said Sriharsha Majety, co-founder and chief executive at Bengaluru-based Swiggy.

Swiggy, one of India’s best known startups, is among many that are laying off employees and reshaping their business in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced 1.3 billion Indians indoors and crippled business.

India is currently under a two-month lockdown, and though several curbs are being eased, public places such as restaurants remain closed, hurting restaurants themselves as well as companies such as Swiggy and main rival Zomato.

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