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Hebbal bypoll: Setback to CM as Sharief’s grandson Abdul Rahman gets ticket

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January 27, 2016

Bengaluru, Jan 27: In a major snub handed out to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, top central leaders of Congress picked former Union minister and party veteran CK Jaffer Sharief’s grandson Abdul Rahman Sharief for next month’s bypoll to Hebbal Assembly constituency.

ckarsThe party high command has rejected the nomination of Independent MLC Byrathi Suresh, a close confidant of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Mr. Jaffer Sharief had lobbied hard to get ticket for his grandson. Jubilant over his grandson getting ticket, Mr. Jaffer Sharief said:, “Now the party has to work collectively to grab the Hebbal seat from the BJP.”

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, sources said, strongly opposed giving ticket to an outsider — Mr. Suresh, who is not yet become a Congress member. Apparently, M. Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, too had opposed naming Mr. Suresh as the party candidate. Senior leaders Oscar Fernandes and B.K. Hariprasad too had opposed the candidature of Mr. Suresh, sources said.

The Chief Minister’s morale to lead the election campaign would be dented as “his candidate” (Mr. Suresh) had been denied ticket, a senior leader said.

Sources said that the high command had questioned the State Congress adopting different rules in two constituencies — Hebbal and Bidar. While the State unit had recommended the name of Rahim Khan — who had faced a defeat in the 2013 Assembly election — for the byelection in Bidar, it had opposed giving ticket to another defeated candidate, Mr. Rahman Sharief, in Hebbal.

The Congress high command therefore decided to field “party loyalists” so as to send the right signals to the party cadre ahead of the zilla and taluk panchayat elections next month.

Mr. Rahman Sharief had lost to Jagadish Kumar of the BJP in the 2013 Assembly election by a margin of just 5,000 votes in Hebbal, while Mr. Khan was defeated by Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli in Bidar by a margin of 2,000 votes.

Ms. Gandhi has approved the candidature of Rahim Khan for Bidar and V. Rajashekhar Naik for Deodurg. Mr. Naik is the son of A. Venkatesh Naik, the then Deodurg MLA who died is a train accident in November last.

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Rahmathulla
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Wednesday, 27 Jan 2016

Jaffar Shariff took signature from various religious institution to lobby for his grand son. Still things were not in his favor. He used his ultimate trump card to convince the state and national Congress.

\If you don't give ticket we will fight election on SDPI ticket.\" Blackmailed worked, congrats Rehman."

Rahmathulla
 - 
Wednesday, 27 Jan 2016

Jaffar Shariff took signature from various religious institution to lobby for his grand son. Still things were not in his favor. He used his ultimate trump card to convince the state and national Congress.

\If you don't give ticket we will fight election on SDPI ticket.\" Blackmailed worked, congrats Rehman."

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March 2,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 2: The Karnataka Department of Public Instruction has directed the School heads across the State to grant leave to students and staff suffering from fever, cold, cough and other respiratory infections.

As precautionary measure following the COVID-19 (known as coronavirus) outbreak at the global level, the department issued a circular in this regard here on Monday.

If any student, teacher or staff is suffering from respiratory infections, they should be granted leave. They should be allowed to come back to school only after confirming from the doctor that they are cured, the circular added.

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April 20,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 20: The cumulative positive cases of COVID-19 in Karnataka stand at 408, including 16 deaths and 112 people discharged.

Karnataka's Department of Health and Family Welfare in a media bulletin said: "As of 5 pm on April 20, cumulatively 408 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state. It includes 16 deaths and 112 discharges."

Out of the remaining 280 cases, 278 COVID-19 positive patients including one pregnant woman in isolation at designated hospitals are stable, and two are in ICU, added Health and Family Welfare Department.

"18 new cases have been confirmed for COVID-19 in the State from Sunday 5 pm to Monday at 5 pm," added the department.

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July 6,2020

Bengaluru, jul 6: With coronavirus cases surging and hospitals saturated with patients, the Karnataka government is setting up intensive care units (ICUs) at COVID Care Centres (CCC) in the state for severe cases needing oxygen, Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan said on Sunday.

Covid Care Centres are usually meant for patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.

"Initially, 10 ICUs will be set up at every CCC in Bengaluru and in other cities and towns across the state subsequently," Narayan said in a statement in Bengaluru.

The state government has set up CCCs at the GKVK campus, the Haj Bhavan and the Art of Living Foundation campus in the city so far. The government has also set up a more than 10,000 bed CCC facility in BIEC, on Tumkur road, on the outskirts of the city.

"About 100 ICUs will be set up soon at the new CCCs opened at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Ayurveda College, and Koramangala Indoor Stadium," said Narayan.

The sprawling BEIC in the city's northwest will soon have 10,100 beds for treating Covid patients and asymptomatic cases from state-run hospitals.

The state government has also relieved all Health Department employees from administrative and non-medical duties to depute them at the CCCs.

On complaints about the poor quality of food served to Covid patients and the medical staff, Narayan warned the vendors of cancelling their contracts if they did not supply good quality food as per the guidelines.

The minister also directed the Health Department to ensure adequate supply of drugs and medical equipment to all CCCs and state-run hospitals for treating Covid patients.

With a record 1,925 new cases reported on Sunday, the state's tally touched 23,474, including 13,251 active after 9,847 were discharged (including 603 on Sunday), while 372 succumbed to the infection since March 9, with 37 more deaths on Sunday.

Of the total cases across the state, Bengaluru accounted for 1,235, taking its tally to 9,580, including 8,167 while 145 died so far.

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