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Kumar Bangarappa to be BJP candidate against his JDS brother in Sorab?

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February 21, 2017

Bengaluru, Feb 21: Former Minister Kumar Bangarappa appears poised to shift loyalties from the Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party, as he is “frustrated with the ill-treatment” meted out to him in the ruling party. He has, however, said that he is yet to take a final call.

Untitled-1 copyIn the event of Mr. Kumar joining the BJP, it will again be a straight fight between his brother — Madhu Bangarappa (JD-S) and him — in Sorab constituency in 2018, once represented by their late father and former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa. H. Halappa, who contested on the KJP ticket in 2013, and is now in the BJP, is expected to migrate to another constituency in the district to make way for Mr. Kumar.

While Mr. Kumar may be the latest to join the bandwagon, it is speculated that at least half a dozen other Congress leaders will follow in the footsteps of former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna and senior leader V. Srinivas Prasad, who moved out of the Congress recently. Leaders like M.H. Ambareesh, Suresh Gowda, and L.R. Shivarame Gowda, leaders from Mandya, are likely to quit the Congress, sources in the party said.

Like his late father, who used to convene a meeting of his supporters in Sorab town prior to taking important political decisions, Mr. Kumar convened one recently. “In the Sorab meeting, people forced me to join the BJP. I will take a final call after holding another round of consultations with my supporters in Sorab,” he said.

Lashing out at Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa, he said JD(S) activists were nominated for the taluk-level bagair hukum regularisation committee in Sorab constituency, which is represented by his younger brother, Madhu Bangarappa (JD-S).

Mr. Kumar said there was deep discontent among Congress activists against the style of functioning of the government and the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. “The KPCC has remained deaf even to the displeasure expressed by senior leaders C.K. Jaffer Sharief, B. Janardhana Poojary, and H. Vishwanath,” he said.

Meanwhile, Madhu Bangarappa, president of the state youth wing of the JD(S), ruled out the possibility of his brother Kumar Bangarappa joining the party. “He is in a national party; I am a member of a regional one. We cannot be in the same party. That being the case, there is no possibility of him joining the JD(S),” Madhu told reporters in Shivamogga.

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shaji
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Tuesday, 21 Feb 2017

Both these are ruining their future. Its unfortunate that few leaders wants to be in higher position always for their own benefit and they start blaming the party whenever they are not given chance. These are selfish parties who are caring of themselves only and not caring for party or public. These people are now joining the most corrupt party BJP.

dodanna
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Tuesday, 21 Feb 2017

Dear Brothers,

Both are same blood belongs to ONE family let them stay together and allow them to lead a peaceful and happy life.

why the politicians are playing such dirty politics with innocents.
One Shakuni is playing a big game behind the screen is a well known news.

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February 6,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 6: Karnataka government has launched an aggressive awareness campaign against the novel coronavirus across the state with a special focus on its bordering areas in wake of the three confirmed cases of the deadly pathogen in neighbouring Kerala.

According to Health Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey, "All necessary information on the virus, its symptoms and precautions are being announced at public places like bus stops via radio from time to time."

“A video regarding the same is also being played in 500 cinema halls, advising masses to take precautions," he said.

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June 22,2020

Bengaluru, June 22: Even as the covid-19 positive cases are steadily increasing in Karnataka, an expert has claimed that community transmission has begun in Bengaluru and cases could keep rising over the next two months.

“If you look at the natural course of this virus across countries around the world, it is about six months. Now we’re in the fourth month. This will go on for another two months. It also sounds like this is the beginning of the peak. There is also a possibility of the number of cases going up from now on. Even across India, cases are increasing,” says Dr CN Manjunath, director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research and State Task Force member.

Besides the increase in number of cases, the virus is advancing silently, stealthily. A lot of people who are testing positive are asymptomatic. In areas like Padarayanapura, Nanjangud and many places in north Karnataka, there have been positive cases who have not had any contact with infected individuals. Some cases recorded in Bengaluru over the last two to three days have not had any contact with Covid-positive people.

Dr Manjunath adds: “We are in community transmission. This will happen because nature is ahead of everything. We have to take all possible precautionary measures at our command. This has to happen. Only then some kind of herd immunity will be developed.”

“We are expanding the guidelines of testing to include a large number of people to be tested. Now, according to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines, only symptomatic Influenza like Illness (ILI) or Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), or a person coming in contact with an infected person are being tested.

But since we have crossed 100 days in Karnataka from the first reported case and we’re getting cases with no travel history or contact with a Covid-positive person, we have to start random testing across the sub-group population. Only then will we understand the burden of the disease and what precautions need to be taken,” he says.

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March 8,2020

Shivamogga, Mar 8: In a tragic incident, three people died on the spot and one person severely injured after a car, in which they were travelling dashed against a wayside tree in Kaspadi village in Sagar Taluk on Sunday.

Police said that the deceased have been identified as Siddappa (40), Venkatesha (50), G Tippanna (60), while injured Nagaraj, was admitted to Hospital at Sagar.

The mishap took place when the victims were their way to visit Kargal Village from Raichur.

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