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Karnataka to protest against imposition of Hindi: Siddaramaiah

DHNS
June 29, 2017

New Delhi, Jun 29: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said Karnataka would lodge a protest with the Centre on imposition of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states.siddaramaiah

Responding to growing protests against “imposition” of Hindi in Bengaluru Metro, the chief minister said, "The Karnataka government will not tolerate imposition of Hindi. Hindi is being used in Metro rail citing the three-language formula. Metro is not a central government project. The major funding is by the state government.”

“Just because Hindi is spoken in several north Indian states, it should not be seen as a language which is spoken across the country,” he told reporters here. Criticising Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu's recent statement that everyone in the country should learn Hindi, the chief minister said, “This is not acceptable.”

The chief minister, who was present when the joint Opposition presidential candidate Meira Kumar filed her nomination, also said he would apprise the Centre of increasing opposition to imposition of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states.

On the issue of sentencing two journalists by the Karnataka Assembly in Bengaluru, the chief minister said, “Though it was a decision of the Speaker, I have instructed the police not to arrest journalist Ravi Belagere due to his ill health.”

However, Siddaramaiah refused to comment on Pejawar Mutt seer Vishwesha Theertha Swami holding an Iftar at Krishna temple in Udupi.

Meanwhile, the chief minister met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and invited her to chair an international seminar planned by the state government on the 125 birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar at Bengaluru.

The chief minister also clarified that he did not discuss the expansion of his Cabinet with Sonia. He said he would visit Delhi again later to discuss the issue with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who is now out of the country.

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January 16,2020

Mangalore, Jan 16: Medical fraternity of the state are racing and thrilled to be participating in the upcoming Karnataka Medical Council election to be held on 23 Jan 2020 polling will be held at IMA House Mangalore by direct ballot.

The results will be announced on Jan 25, 2020.

This Election is a historic one since the inception of KMC, It is being conducted across the state by direct voting by all the registered MBBS doctors of the state for 12 seats numbering more than 65,000.

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March 4,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 4: Fifteen Iranian fishermen, arrested for illegally entering Indian waters, were shifted from Mangaluru to Central Prison Bengaluru at Parappana Agrahara recently.

 On October 21, coast guard officials intercepted two fishing vessels near Gayathri island, about 168 nautical miles off Mangaluru Coast and took into custody 15 crew members after they failed to produce necessary documents.

While one of the boats capsized after developing a technical snag, the other boat was brought to Mangalore Port.

On the basis of a written complaint lodged by Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Deputy Commandant Kuldeep Sharma, Karnataka State Coastal Security Police (KSCP) station in Mangaluru filed case against the 15 Iranian fishermen under Maritime Zone of Indian Act 1981.

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July 23,2020

Bengaluru, July 23: The Janta Dal (Secular) and Congress that had joined hands together in Karnataka ‘to keep communal forces at bay, have once again turned archrivals. The development comes a year after the collapse of JD(S)-Congress coalition government in the state.

Recently, Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah claimed that the Congress would have won at least 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections had it not been for the alliance with the JD(S). In response, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy of the JD(S), who headed the coalition government, blamed the Congress for its many 'conspiracies'.

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Kumaraswamy said he was prompted by Siddarmaiah's claims to recall what transpired during the coalition government. 

"There will never be a future alliance with Congress," Kumaraswamy declared, in a letter to his party colleagues on Wednesday. He claimed that there were many conspiracies on part of Congress, which led to the fall of the coalition government.

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