Karnataka crisis: Will drama end today? BS Yeddyurappa is ‘100% confident’

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July 22, 2019

Bengaluru, Jul 22: The fortnight-long political turmoil in Karnataka is expected to come to an end with the trust vote on Monday, as coalition partners Congress and JD(S) grappled with the needed number and the rebels remaining firm on their decision to abstain.

There was only a smidgen of relief on Sunday as BSP chief Mayawati directed the lone MLA from her party, N Mahesh, to vote in favour of CM HD Kumaraswamy. Before she weighed in, Mahesh, who was earlier education minister in the HDK government, had said he would skip the floor test.

Smelling victory, state BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa said he was "100% confident that things will reach a conclusion" and the 14-month-old Kumaraswamy government will be ousted. The ruling alliance, on the other hand, is looking for some respite from the Supreme Court, which is yet to decide on their plea that the court’s July 17 verdict interferes with parties’ right to issue whip to its MLAs.

Kumaraswamy and Gundurao had moved Supreme Court on Friday, accusing the governor of interfering with the assembly proceedings when the debate on the trust vote was underway and sought clarification on the court’s July 17 order, which they said, interfered with their right to issue whips to party legislators. There is speculation that the government may still try to prolong the discussion on the confidence motion if the apex court defers hearing by a day or two. In what appears to be a counter-measure, the two independent MLAs have also moved SC, urging it to ensure that the trust vote is conducted by 5pm on Monday.

Any attempt to further stretch the vote could also invite another missive from governor Vajubhai R Vala who has already issued three ultimatums to the government.

Yeddyurappa said Siddaramaiah and Kumaraswamy had assured the speaker that the vote would be concluded on Monday. “I am confident that tomorrow (Monday) will be the last day of the Kumaraswamy government ” he said.

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Two arrested in Kundapur for threatening to kill ASHA workers

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April 28,2020

Kundapur, Apr 28: The local police have arrested two people for threatening and preventing an Associated Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers from discharging their duties during the lockdown.

Police said on Tuesday that the arrested are Sandeep Mesta and Mahesh Kharvi.

According to official sources, the health officials had put Sandeep under quarantine for 28 days.

However, he was seen wandering in the streets and ASHA worker C Laxmi warned him to stay indoors.

Irked by the warning Sandeep, along with his friend Mahesh Kharvi waylaid her and threatened to kill for objecting his movement.

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Unfortunately both patriot Indians are not belong to any minor community other wise it will be a SUGGHI for karnob Bhow Swamy. Fellow finally lost a bumper crop news.

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COVID-19: India in the process of flattening the curve, says scientist

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April 13,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 13: Eminent scientist and NITI Aayog member V K Saraswat said on Monday the number of COVID- 19 cases is not going to go beyond what's being reported daily in India as he maintained that the country is in the process of flattening the curve.

The former Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister said the coronavirus positive cases have seen a sharper rise in the last four-five days because of increase in the number of testing.

"It's a good sign; all those asymptomatic cases lying hidden they are also coming out," Saraswat told PTI. "We certainly had a catalytic factor which was basically this (Nizamuddin) Markaz problem which has actually created clusters at different places and that has also been one of the factors for the kind of rise that has taken place."

But he said India is in a much better shape compared to other nations in the battle against COVID-19. "I can only say that the rate is not going to go beyond what has been going on now, may be 700 to 800 cases per day. So, we are in the process of flattening the curve."

The government's decision to declare nation-wide lockdown has paid dividends, Saraswat, a former chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, said.

Noting that India has seen a series of virus attacks in the last 15-20 years including Chikungunya and Dengue, he said the emphasis now should be on more and more R & D to find vaccines in advance.

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345 journalists in Bengaluru test negative for coronavirus

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April 27,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 27: As many as 345 Bengaluru-based journalists tested negative for coronavirus on Monday after undergoing a medical check-up got up for them at a hospital here, a top official said.

They had undergone the tests at the Sir C V Raman General Hospital here on April 25 and the results came out negative on Monday. They were among a total of 1,170 journalists who took the tests at the four-day medical check-up camp at the Hospital here from April 23.

"The medical check-up was done in four slots at the Hospital here from Thursday and concluded on Monday. A total of 1,170 journalists undertook the tests, 480 of them on Monday alone, the joint director of the Department of Information and Public Relation D P Muralidhar said.

The test reports of the 480 journalists may come out on Wednesday, he said. Only one journalist tested positive so far and has been admitted to the designated COVID-19 hospital, he said, adding 36 of his primary and secondary contacts have been quarantined.

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