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Ivan D’Souza threatens to file Rs 300-cr defamation suit against 3 BJP leaders

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October 12, 2017

Mangaluru, Oct 12: Congress leader and chief whip of the government in the Legislative Council Ivan D’Souza has threatened to file a defamation suit for Rs 300 crore in damages against three legislators from BJP for levelling baseless allegations against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

BJP MLC and former minister B J Puttaswamy, former BJP MLC Go Madhusudhan and MLA Ravi Subrahmanya had stated that CM had mislead courts to get 6 acre and 26 guntas of land in Bhoopsandra (RMV II Stage) in Bengaluru denotified.

Briefing media persons here on Wednesday, D’Souza said that the BJP leaders have been engaged in levelling false allegations against Chief Minister and State government.

“I am pained by such false allegations. Hence, I have decided to file a defamation suit against the three legislators in the local court in Mangaluru within a day or two. I have already spoken to legal experts in this regard,” D’Souza added.

Puttaswamy claimed that the denotification had resulted in a loss of Rs 300 crore to the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). Which is why I will file the suit,” he said.

Stating that he has verified all the documents pertaining to the denotification of the land, he said that all the proceedings are as per the High Court and Supreme Court order. The chief minister had no role in denotifying it, D’Souza reiterated.

“I am confident that my government has not committed any mistake. The BDA acquired the said land in 1978. As the land was not used for the purpose it was acquired, the owners had approached the courts to denotify it. The court had ordered the BDA to return the land to its original owners. Hence, the question of interference by the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah does not arise,” he said adding levelling false allegations is the only agenda of the BJP.

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March 21,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Three new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of infections to 18, the state government said on Saturday.

Earlier in the day, Health Minister B Sriramulu giving details about one positive case said, a 32-year old person from Gauribidanur in Chikkaballapura district, who has returned from Mecca has been confirmed for coronavirus infection.

The person has been admitted in a designated isolated hospital for treatment, he said in a tweet.

Details regarding the other two patients are still awaited.

The mid-day situation update by the government also said a circular has been issued to Health and Family Welfare Department officials and staff at all levels to work even on Sundays and general holidays without fail till March 31 in view of COVID-19.

A total of 48 government hospitals and 35 private hospitals have been identified as first respondent hospitals for the case management of COVID-19 cases, it said.

Mental health counselling is being done for positive COVID-19 cases and suspects in the identified hospitals and quarantined persons at home and hospital.

A total of 4,390 counselling sessions have been held till date, it added.

Sriramulu in a tweet, also said the government as a precautionary measure is planning to install thermal test CC cameras at government offices and certain important places.

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March 14,2020

Hassan, Mar 14: Karnataka Health Department officials took help of the Police to get a man, who returned from pilgrimage to Mecca (Saudi Arabia), admitted to hospital as he refused to undergo clinical tests for suspected Coronavirus, official sources said on Saturday.

According to the sources, a family from Arkalgud taluk, who was on a pilgrimage to Mecca and Madina, returned on March 5 and the woman from the family developed fever and symptoms of flu.

On Friday evening, in view of the Coronavirus scare, a team of Health Department officials visited their house and directed them to get admitted to a hospital in Hassan for treatment.

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: Firebrand BJP Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday said that control of state power by Hindus is absolutely essential for sustenance of Dharma.

His comments, in a series of tweets, came on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the Lord Ram temple at Ayodhya.

"Dear Hindus, Most important lesson is that control of State power by Hindus is absolutely essential for sustenance of Dharma. When we didn't control State, we lost our temple. When we regained, we rebuilt. The 282 (seats) in 2014 and 303 (seats) in 2019 to Sri Narendra Modi made today possible!", Surya, who is also the party's BJP youth Wing state general secretary, tweeted.

He also said that the survival of India depends on the survival of Sanatana Dharma.

"The Sanatana Dharma, that is nationalism,' Sri Aurobindo had said in his Uttarapara speech. But what does it mean? Along with Jai Sri Ram, the purohits also chanted Bharat Mata Ki Jai - That is Dharmic nationalism. If Dharma survives, India survives," he said in another tweet.

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