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Karnataka Governor seeks details on proposed names for KPSC

January 4, 2015

Bengaluru: Jan 4: Governor Vajubhai Vala has kept the ruling Congress guessing by seeking details of the persons whose names have been recommended for appointment to the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC).

valaThe Governor had sought in writing certain details from Chief Secretary Koushik Mukherjee on Saturday. The government submitted to the Governor in the evening.

On Friday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had met the Governor to greet him New Year wishes. During the interaction, he had also raised the KPSC nomination issue. The BJP had petitioned to the Governor not to give his assent to the appointments as some of the nominees have political background and some are facing charges. It is said that the Governor would take the final decision only after taking legal opinion.

Siddaramaiah was touring Hassan on Saturday. Mukherjee kept him informed about the development over the phone. The details may be submitted to the Governor on Monday, it is learnt.

When contacted by this paper, Mukherjee said: “It is a fact that the Governor has sought more details of the persons sought to be appointed to the KPSC. And, the details have been submitted.”

The chief minister has recommended the name of former legislative council chairman V R Sudarshan for the post of the KPSC chairman, which is a constitutional post. The names of Dr Ravikumar, medical advisor to the chief minister, Raghunandan Ramanna, who had unsuccessfully contested the assembly elections, Prof Nagabai Bulla, Michael Simon, IPS?officer Syed Ulfat Hussain and Prof Govindaiah have been recommended as members, to the Governor on December 24. Without the consent of the Governor, the appointments can’t be made.

The BJP has been arguing that Sudarshan and Raghunandan Ramanna have been active in politics, while Govindaiah, Ravikumar and Hussain have been facing various charges. T J Abraham, an activist, had not only petitioned to the Governor against the appointments but also had threatened to move the Supreme Court.

BJP leaders and Abraham have said that even Prof Govindaiah had once contested the Lok Sabha elections. Those who are active in politics should not be appointed as this would go against the Supreme Court direction. Govindaiah is also facing charges of getting a false caste certificate for his wife. The Lokayukta had warned Dr Ravikumar when a patient had alleged that he had accepted bribe while working at the K C General Hospital.

Hussain had given permission for possessing a licensed revolver by one Memon Ibrahim, who was related to the Memon family involved in the Mumbai blast case. The permission was given when Hussain was the Hubli-Dharwad DCP. The officer had given permission much against the rules to M A Dosa and A A Dosa to possess revolvers.

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January 11,2020

Kochi, Jan 11: Two of the four illegal apartment complexes were brought down by controlled implosion here on Saturday.

However, the other two apartments-- Golden Kayaloram and Jain Coral-- will be demolished on Sunday.

The demolition of the first building Holy Faith H2O, slated to be carried out at 11 am, was delayed by 18 minutes while the twin towers of Alfa Serene, which is surrounded by 36 houses, were brought down at 11.43 am.

As per authorities, as many as 343 kgs of explosives were used for the demolition of twin towers of Alfa Serene, which had 80 apartments and 16 floors each.

Section 144 has been imposed within a 200-metre radius of the complexes on Saturday and Sunday. Moreover, traffic has been halted on land, water and air in the evacuation zone during the process.

There are concerns that some concrete pieces of the second tower of the building may have fallen into the lake nearby. It is yet to be estimated if the debris or concrete pieces have affected the buildings nearby.

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March 24,2020

New Delhi, Mar 24: Thirty-two states and Union Territories (UTs) have announced complete lockdown to check the spread of the coronavirus in the country, informed the Central government on Tuesday.
There is a complete lockdown in as many as 560 districts of the country affecting several hundred million people.
Earlier, the complete lockdown was imposed in 30 districts, as of now, almost the entire country is in lockdown to restrict public movement in an attempt to break the chain of transmission of coronavirus.
Three states -- Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha -- have announced lockdown in select districts with the governments continuously monitoring the situation and ready to extend the restrictions to other districts as well.
The Union Territory of Lakshadweep has announced restrictions on certain activities.
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May 3,2020

New Delhi, May 3: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that India's COVID-19 mortality rate of 3.2 per cent is the lowest in the world and over 10,000 coronavirus patients have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the disease so far.

"Today more than 10,000 COVID-19 patients have been discharged. Those still admitted at hospitals are on the road to recovery. If in last 14 days doubling rate was 10.5 days, then today it is around 12 days," the Minister told ANI after visiting Lady Hardinge Hospital.

"Our mortality rate of 3.2 per cent is the lowest in the world," he said.

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