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Joshi, Yeddy, Shobha briefly detained for attempt to lay siege to DC office

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March 18, 2016

Mysuru, Mar 18: The police on Thursday detained BJP leaders B?S?Yeddyurappa, State unit president Pralhad Joshi and hundreds of party workers for making a bid to lay siege to the Deputy Commissioner's office in the city.

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Defying the prohibitory orders, which are in force till March 18, Yeddyurappa, Joshi, BJP MPs Prathap Simha and Shobha Karandlaje, former minister?S?A?Ramdas, city unit president E?Maruthi Rao Pawar and a large number of party workers from Mysuru and the neighbouring Chamarajanagar and Kodagu

districts descended on the city to stage a protest near the DC's office demanding the arrest of the culprits behind the murder of BJP activist Raju at Udayagiri on March 13.

When they tried to break through the security cordon on the road leading to the DC's office, the police arrested them and let them off later.

Rs 10 lakh relief, site

Later, Yeddyurappa met the members of Raju's family at Kyatamaranahalli in the city and consoled the slain party worker's mother Chandramma, his sisters and other relatives.

He handed over a cheque for Rs 5 lakh from the State unit of the party as a relief to the family members. Another cheque for an equal amount was issued by president of?Karnataka Pradesh Hotel Owners Association M?Rajendra.

Yeddyurappa also handed over the gift deed of a site measuring 20x40 feet to?Raju's mother Chandramma. S?M?Shivaprakash of SMP?Developers, Mysuru, has donated the site developed near Basaveshwara Layout, Mahalakshmi Layout, 3rd Stage, 3rd Phase, at?Varuna on Mysuru-T?Narsipur Road to Raju's mother.

BJP plans to besiege Vidhana Soudha

The BJP has decided to intensify its protest over party worker Raju's murder in Mysuru by raising the issue of during the ongoing parliament session. It has also decided to lay a siege to the Vidhana Soudha in?Bengaluru on March 22 after the Budget Session.

Announcing this to media here on Thursday, State BJP unit president Prahlad Joshi said the party MPs from the State would raise the issue in parliament and that they had given a notice in advance to the Lok Sabha authorities to allow for discussion on the matter.

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IBRAHIM.HUSSAIN
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Friday, 18 Mar 2016

I am very much pleased seeing Yeddi and Shobha always together in every events of BJP. I don't see the mangalasutra of Shobha, as there was news that Shobha married old horse Yeddi. Wish them happy married life, unfortunately, who killed Yeddi Wife???

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People visited the mall wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.

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June 23,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 23: Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar's wife and daughter have tested positive for COVID-19, a day after his father was confirmed to have been infected with the virus.

"Test results of our family members have come. Unfortunately, my wife and daughter have tested positive for #Covid19 and are undergoing treatment," the minister tweeted on Tuesday.

He said he and his two sons have tested negative.

Sudhakar's father P N Keshava Reddy tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. He was admitted to the hospital with a cough and fever.

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January 15,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 15: The Indian startups secured 12.7 billion in funding last year -- a 15% growth compared to 2018 - and Bengaluru startup community topped the list, with securing $5.3 billion across 267 deals, a new report said on Tuesday.

In total, the Indian startups attracted 766 deals in 2019, taking total deal count between 2014-2019 to 5,011, said DataLabs by Inc42 in its annual startup funding report.

Sequoia took the top spot as the most active VC in 2019 with 53 deals, followed by Accel that participated in 38 deals. Blume Ventures, Matrix Partners and Tiger Global were in the top five VCs in 2019.

"The Indian startup economy is entering new decade with over $58 billion in fundraising and 2,984 funded startups between 2014-2019," the findings showed.

With an average of $21 million, the ticket size value of funding increased by 15% in 2019.

Ecommerce and fintech -- with $2.6 billion funding each -- took the top slot with 93 deals and 125 deals, respectively.

"Ecommerce continued to remain at the top by the end of 2019. The growing investor confidence towards sub-sectors such as vertical ecommerce, social commerce and private label businesses is one major factor for ecommerce maintaining its lead," a DataLabs spokesperson said in a statement.

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The enterprise tech had a blockbuster year with total funding of $1.15 billion across 114 deals in 2019. The sector recorded a 49% surge in total funding amount, compared to 2018.

The Indian startup economy saw 275 unique VCs participating in funding in 2019, said the report.

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