‘Kateel, Shobha, DVS should have resigned when opposing bank merger’

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April 2, 2019

Belthangady, Mar 2: The failure of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MPs Nalin Kumar Kateel and Shobha Karandlaje in preventing the merger of Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda will lead to their defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, Minister for Water Resources D.K. Shivakumar said here on Monday.

Launching a campaign for Mithun Rai, Congress candidate in Dakshina Kannada, Mr. Shivakumar said that the two MPs have failed to take any action to prevent the merger of Vijaya Bank.

More than other MPs, Mr. Shivakumar said, Mr. Kateel, Ms. Karandlaje and Union Minister D.V. Sadananada Gowda, who hail from the region, know how dear the bank was for the people here.

“When it (Vijaya Bank) merged with Bank of Baroda, these three MPs should have resigned,” he said and referred to resignation by five MPs from YSR Congress in April 2018 when the Union government refused to give special category status to Andhra Pradesh. “Self-pride is more important. But these three stuck to power,” he said.

District in-charge Minister U.T. Khader asked party activists to work tirelessly in the next 17 days at the booth level and ensure the victory of Mr. Rai. The former MLAs B. Ramanath Rai and Vasanth Bangera spoke.

Mr. Shivakumar and other Congress leaders took part in a rally from Ayyappa Temple to the ground near Ambedkar Bhavan where the public meeting was held. 

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January 21,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 21: The city police arrested the auto driver of the auto-rickshaw allegedly used by the suspect to place the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Mangaluru International Airport.

The identity of the auto driver is yet to be ascertained.

The police are currently interrogating the auto driver to obtain details about the suspect, according to reports.

The IED recovered from a bag at the airport was defused in an open field by the personnel of the bomb disposal squad yesterday.

The visuals of the suspect have also been shared by the police for his identification. 

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February 25,2020

Belagavi, Feb 25: Left Parties will launch countrywide door-to-door campaign from March 1 to 23 against Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR), National Register of Citizens (NRC), Communist Party of India (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference here, he said that CPI (M) and other Left parties were participating in the awareness programme that will conclude on March 23, on the martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekar and Rajguru.

"Till now 13 states have expressed their opposition for NRC and will not implement it, which means more than fifty per cent of country will not have it," he added.

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July 13,2020

Bengaluru, July 13: The Karnataka government today announced the cancellation of I PUC supplementary examinations across the state. 

Primary and Secondary Education minister S Suresh Kumar announced that the government took the decision in the wake of rising cases of Covid-19 and re-introduction of the lockdown. According to sources in the education department, as many as 60,000 students were supposed to appear for the examination.

Previously, the state government had decided to hold these exams at the college level in every district and publish the results by 30 July. However, the government has withdrawn even that arrangement and completely cancelled the exams. 

According to the minister, all the students who failed in the I PUC examination, shall also be promoted to II PUC. "The students who have attended all the subjects but unable to pass the exams will also be promoted to the next class," Suresh Kumar said.

However, those who missed out on the exams due to health reasons or failed in the examinations will be given a small test at the time of commencing classes for II PUC to assess their learning ability at the college level, according to the minister. "Only those students who missed out on the examination due to shortage of attendance will not be promoted to the next class," Suresh Kumar clarified.

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