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I'm not footwear to be used and thrown: Ambareesh

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June 22, 2016

Bengaluru, Jun 22: “Am I footwear to be worn whenever wanted and leave it when not wanted? Is the chief minister a Hitler? He should have maintained some dignity.”

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This is how former housing minister M?H?Ambareesh reacted on Tuesday to the manner in which he was shunted out of the state cabinet.

Addressing a press conference at his residence here, Ambareesh did not hide his anger against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. While remaining firm on not withdrawing his resignation as MLA, Ambareesh said that if the chief minister had called him and sought his resignation, he would have happily paved way for others. But the chief minister did not show that kind of courtesy, he said.

“I am a popular personality. Each household in every village knows me. I am known to the entire world. I am not a slipper to be thrown out whenever not required.

Siddaramaiah did not even have the dignity to call me,” he said to a query.

On why he has resigned as MLA and was letting down his constituents, he said when the chief minister has considered him not competent enough to be a minister, it is better not to continue as MLA too. Asked why he has not personally submitted his resignation as per the rules, he hit back saying he knows the rules and would do accordingly if required.

Indirectly stating that Siddaramaiah had benefited because of his clout in Mysore and Mandya, Ambareesh said when he resigned as union minister, he had promised Congress president Sonia Gandhi that he would help Siddaramaiah get elected in the Assembly by-elections from Cha¬mu¬nd¬e¬shwari in 2007.

“I kept my promise. I campaigned extensively in villages where the Congress had no presence. I used even my caste tag Gowda to lure voters to help Siddaramaiah win. Now he must have forgotten all these,” he recalled. On the reports that Siddaramaiah has ordered probe into the decisions he had taken as the housing minister, Ambareesh said: “Let them do so. I have nothing to hide. No case has been filed against me. Let anybody access records under the RTI.” Meanwhile, Bangalore Development Minister met Ambareesh later in the day and tried to convince the latter.

Meanwhile, the supporters of Ambareesh blocked Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway for 30 minutes near Nidaghatta in Maddur taluk of Mandya district. They burnt an effigy of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and raised slogans against him.

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Saleem
 - 
Wednesday, 22 Jun 2016

Go back to movies my friend.

SK
 - 
Wednesday, 22 Jun 2016

You are worse than a foot wear.... At least foot wear is giving some service to the people who wear it.....Be cool dont think that cabinet post is Fathers property.....

suleman beary
 - 
Wednesday, 22 Jun 2016

Take rest man. Otherwise cong has to rest for entire future.

Ahmed Ali K
 - 
Wednesday, 22 Jun 2016

Ambareesh jee
why you are comparing yourself with footwear?
Just sit somewhere and think since you got this portfolio, what is your input for the society as a minister?. You came in picture when there was a fight between filmy couples. that's it. nothing else.
Footwear is giving some sort of service to people if they buy and use.
Power Monger...!!!

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June 26,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 26: Karnataka recorded 445 new Covid cases, majority of whom were contacts of earlier positive cases, breaching the 11,000 mark to settle at 11,005, an official said on Friday.

"New cases reported from Thursday 5 p.m. to Friday 5 p.m., 445," said a health official on Friday.

In the past 24 hours, 10 patients succumbed to the virus in Karnataka, three in Bengaluru Urban and one each in Kolar, Dharwad, Shivamogga, Bagalkote, Bidar, Kalaburagi and Ballari.

Like everyday, contacts of earlier cases outnumbered domestic returnees in the number of infections, constituting 39 per cent.

Positive cases with domestic travel history numbered 65, a mere 15 per cent and majority to Maharashtra.

There were also 21 cases with international travel history to countries like Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Dubai.

On Friday, cases spiked in Bengaluru Urban, Ballari, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Dakshina Kannada, Dharwad, Raichur, Gadag, Chamarajanagar, Udupi, Yadgir, Mandya, Uttara Kannada, Bagalkote, Shivamogga, Kolar and Mysuru.

Among the new cases, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 144, followed by Ballari (47), Kalaburagi (42), Koppal (36), Dakshina Kannada (33), Dharwad (30), Raichur (14), Gadag (12), Chamarajanagar (11), Udupi (9), Yadgir (7), Mandya, Uttara Kannada, Bagalkote, Shivamogga and Kolar (6 each).

Mysuru (5), Chikkamagaluru and Kodagu (4 each), Hassan and Bengaluru Rural (3 each), Vijayapura, Tumkur and Haveri (2 each) and Bidar, Belagavi, Davangere, Ramanagara and Chitradurga (1 each).

As many 144 patients are suffering from Influenza-like Illness (ILI) and 19 from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).

In all, 5.68 lakh samples have been tested so far, of which 5.41 lakh tested negative.

Meanwhile, 178 patients are admitted in the ICU.

Of the total 180 deaths, Bengaluru Urban has accounted for 81, followed by Bidar (16), Kalaburagi (15), Ballari (9) and Dakshina Kannada (8), among others.

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January 1,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 1: On the first day of 2020, Bajpe Police became somewhat of a Guardian Angel for a college student, who was wandering around the city in the wee hours of Wednesday, convincing and escorting him to his home safely, after coming to know about his residence.

According to Bajpe Police Probationary Sub-Inspector Anita Nikkam and Police Officer Devappa Hosamani, they noticed a youth, hailing from Handelu in Todaru and studying in a college at Moodbidri, wandering at around 0245 hrs.

When asked about his whereabouts, the boy did not respond initially. However, police managed to collect his address and his mother's phone number after half an hour of interrogation.

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: The Karnataka government would provide Rs 10,000 immediate relief to families affected by heavy rains and flooding in districts across coastal, central and southern areas of the state, an official said on Thursday.

"Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has directed all the Deputy Commissioners in the rain-cum-flood-hit districts to provide Rs 10,000 interim relief to the affected families and Rs 5 lakh to those whose houses were completely damaged in the natural disaster," a Revenue Department official told media persons here.

As the south-west monsoon advanced and intensified, heavy and widespread rains with gusty winds have been lashing 12 of the 30 districts across the state, wreaking havoc and disrupting normal life due to flooding, landslides, lakes and ponds overflowing, and rivers and their tributaries in the spate.

"The Chief Minister also instructed the officials to make use schools, colleges and public places as relief centres to shelter the rain-cum-flood-hit families, as hostels and community halls have been converted into Covid care centres in the affected districts," said the official.

The affected districts have also been advised to conduct a survey of crop loss suffered by farmers for compensation under the centrally-sponsored Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and the Weather Based Crop Insurance Schemes.

Deputy Commissioners have been told to take preventive measures to protect and provide relief to the people from heavy rains, floods and landslides in the affected districts.

"Yediyurappa also directed ministers in-charge of the districts to remain in their constituency and visit the affected areas to assess damage caused by the rains and flash floods for compensation and relief aid," noted the official.

The Chief Minister on Wednesday announced Rs 50 crore for rescue and relief operations in the affected districts across the state.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological department has issued a red alert on heavy rains in the affected districts of Kodagu, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttar Kannada in the coastal region and in Shivamoga, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Haveri in the Malnad region.

"Bagamandala in Kodagu district where Cauvery river springs near Talakaveri received a whopping 486 mm rain during the last 24 hours, causing flash floods and disrupting normal life as offices, shops and eateries remained shut and public transport was affected," added the official.

The water-level in Cauvery and Lakshmanatheertha is flowing at high level while the Sayi layout and Kuvempu layout Kushalnagar is inundated and the affected residents were shifted to safer location.

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