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JD(S) convinces its allies to field candidates in 40 seats to snatch Cong votes

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February 17, 2018

The Janata Dal (Secular), which has forged pre-poll alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Nationalist Congress Party, has reportedly convinced its allies to field their candidates at least in 40 constituencies with the intention of snatching votes from Congress party.

JD(S) state president and H D Kumaraswamy has admitted that his party would ask its alliance partners to contest in 40 seats out of the 224.

In an interview, Kumaraswamy, who had formed government with the BJP in the past, said that JD(S) and allies were trying to get a vote share of about 30 per cent. The party is also open to tie-ups with farmers’ groups since one of the major planks with which the JD(S) is going to polls this time is agrarian issues, including farm loan waiver, he added.

While the BSP will be contesting in 20 constituencies, which have been identified, the NCP will contest in five to seven constituencies in the Bombay Karnataka region. The JD(S) is also in talks with the Left parties to join an alliance which is expected to become an alternative to the Congress.

According to Mr. Kumaraswamy, this is for the first time that the JD(S) is entering a pre-poll alliance. “We had always gone to election alone since 1999 when we made our election debut and contested almost all of the 224 seats.

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March 27,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 27: In the wake of coronavirus, the Council of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) has taken steps to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the city as a task force has been formed to monitor home delivery of essentials and the situation prevailing in the city due to outbreak of the virus.

MCC commissioner Shanady Ajith Kumar Hegde held a meeting of wholesalers to plan the smooth supply of essentials to the people on Thursday.

Speaking on the occasion, he said, the wholesalers of the city have been directed to supply essential goods to apartments in the city. Each apartment should prepare purchase details and must hand it over to the wholesalers. This way residents will not have to go out to buy essentials. The purchasing time will be between 6 am to 12 pm.

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March 3,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 3: Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) on Tuesday issued guidelines to its employees, as per advisory issued by World Health Organisation (WHO), to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

"The BMTC has provided general information on the topic and SOPs for daily life and operations to our employees as per advisory issued by the WHO. The corporation has started a communication campaign about Coronavirus indicating its characteristics, known ways of infection and recommended preventive measures. This information was distributed to the staff, drivers and conductors through Whatsapp, pamphlet and email," informed BMTC.

"The information was also distributed through pamphlets at bus stations. An awareness campaign is being taken up by sharing relevant information through social media," it added.

The BMTC further said that the circular was issued to create awareness among the cleaning personnel who work in depots.

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January 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 5: Rural development and panchayat raj minister K S Eshwarappa has received two threatening calls from Tamil Nadu, according to Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

He said that he had instructed the police to provide adequate security. 

At 12.30 pm on Friday, an unidentified person made a phone call. Speaking in Tamil, he threatened Eshwarappa with life, it is said.

Eshwarappa is known for abusive remarks and issuing threats to non-Hindus.

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