Chikkaballapura, Oct 28: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Dr Ashwath Narayana on Monday ruled out the possibilities of celebrating the birth anniversary of erstwhile Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan by the state government.
Speaking to media here, the senior BJP leader said that those who want to celebrate Tipu Sultan Jayanti are free to do so but the state government will not as the Mysore ruler had unleashed terror against a particular community.
Bengaluru, Mar 12: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwathnarayan on Wednesday said rumours that the state government has asked offices to remain closed tomorrow are false.
He clarified that the government has asked employers to explore the option of work from home amid the coronavirus scare.
"The rumours that the Govt has asked offices to remain closed tomorrow are false. We have asked employers to explore options of work from home for their employees. Let us be vigilant about this issue and not fall prey to any such rumours," Ashwathnarayan tweeted.
Meanwhile, Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi has cancelled all seminars, workshops or conferences in the premises in the wake of coronavirus spread.
"All the functions including seminars, workshops, conferences are to be cancelled. This is for urgent and necessary compliance," officials from the hospital said.
Mangaluru, Feb 20: A wild tusker was spotted in Kukke Subrahmanya town here, in the early hours of Thursday.
Range Forest Officer (RFO), Kukke Subrahmanya Tyagaraj said that it was seen walking from Kashi Kattte in the town to Nuchila around 0530 hours without creating any havoc.
The same elephant was spotted some days ago at Harihara, a small village town near Kukke Subrahmanya.
It has been roaming around in the forests nearby for some time now. So far, it had not caused disturbance to people nor had it damaged any property, Mr. Tyagaraj said.
Kukke Subrahmanya is on the foot of the Western Ghats.
Thrissur, Feb 11: The latest test result of the woman medical student, who arrived here from China's Wuhan region and was the first positive case from India for the novel Coronavirus (nCoV), has come out negative, health officials said on Monday.
Her condition was "stable", they said.
According to the state health department as of now, 31 people are in isolation wards across various hospitals in the state.
"The blood test result of the first patient from Thrissur, from the National Institute of Virology (NIV) testing centre at Alappuzha, shows a negative result.
But we need confirmation from the NIV at Pune," a senior medical officer told news agency.
After the first positive case was reported from Thrissur, two other Keralite students from Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus, had tested positive in Alappuzha and Kasaragod districts.
The health department had earlier said those in isolation wards of various hospitals in the state have come down to 34.
"A total of 3,367 are under observation across the state, of which 3,336 are under home quarantine," a release issued by the health department said.
The department has already sent at least 364 samples for testing at the NIV at Pune and so far 337 results have returned negative.
The ''state calamity'' alert, which was declared on February 3, was withdrawn on Friday after no new positive cases of infection were detected.
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Tippu sultan was the great warrior and patroit, he fought man to man and died in battle field...as a king you will get only few ruler who fought without surrender in the history of mankind, even british people admire him.
Lets come to the point, BJP and hindutva people follow savarkar idology... who is the biggest maron of 19th century and he begged for mercy 4 times and said i will lick your boot and please free me...such a third rated man he was....we all know RSS, BJP & Hindutva are marons of india...they dont have courage to stand and fight only attack poor people and there food...
we indian must bring back our lost glory...we all indian must be tippu sultan for the marons of india(RSS).
jai Hind
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