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LS bypoll: Yeddyurappa confident of his son Raghavendra’s victory in Shivamogga

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October 8, 2018

Shivamogga, Oct 8: Karnataka BJP chief and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa breathed a sigh of relief after the district committee of the saffron party passed a unanimous resolution proposing his son B Y Raghavendra as the candidate for the byelection to the Shivamogga parliamentary seat.

Mr Raghavendra’s name was proposed by K S Eshwarappa, Shivamogga MLA. The proposal was seconded by M B Bhanuprakash, former MLC. Eshwarappa had earlier stated that there were multiple aspirants for BJP ticket for Shivamogga parliamentary seat. However, at the district committee meeting on Sunday, only Raghavendra’s name came up for discussion.

Mr. Eshwarappa told presspersons later that the name of Mr Raghavendra would be sent to party’s State committee. He is likely to file his nomination papers on October 15.

Speaking to presspersons later, B S Yeddyurappa, who had chaired the meeting said that the BJP camp in the district was in a positive frame of mind following its impressive performance in the recent elections for State Assembly and Shivamogga City Corporation. He expressed confidence that, Mr. Raghavendra would win the byelection by a huge margin.

D H Shankaramurthy, former Chairman of State Legislative Council; S. Rudre Gowda, president of party district unit; H. Halappa, Kumar Bangarappa, Araga Jnanendra and K.B. Ashok, MLAs were present in the meeting.

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May 21,2020

Bengaluru, May 21: Karnataka reported 116 fresh cases of coronavirus on Thursday, taking the state tally to 1578. 

So far, 570 people have been cured and discharged while 41 have succumbed to the virus, informed the state health department.

Out of the 116 cases, 71 have a history of inter-state travel history to Maharashtra.

Out of the 116 cases, 27 are from Udupi alone, 15 cases are reported from Mandya and 13 are from Hassan. Bengaluru Urban saw seven new cases.

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March 21,2020

Hubbali, Mar 21: South Western Railway suspended an employee on Thursday, for allegedly hiding her son's travel history who returned from Spain. The employee's son has now been kept under isolation.

Earlier it was reported that the man had a travel history of Italy- among the worst affected countries by Coronavirus.

He was working in Germany and had taken a flight from Spain to return to India.

In an order issued by General Manager of South Western Railway, the employee was further asked to leave the headquarter without obtaining permission from the competent authority.

The suspended Railway Officer is posted in Bengaluru.
According to the official data, the total number of Covid-19 cases in India has risen to 206, according to ICMR. Timely diagnosis and isolation have been considered vital to check the spread of the deadly disease.

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May 2,2020

Bengalur, May 2: Two people died of COVID-19 in Karnataka on Saturday taking the toll in the state to 25, whereas nine more tested positive for the virus, pushing the tally to 598, the health department said. Two deaths were reported in Bidar and Bengaluru urban, the health department said in a statement.

An 82-year-old person with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Illness died in Bidar. While the second fatality was a 62-year-old man with a history of diabetes, hyper-tension, renal failture and was on multiple myeloma on chemotherapy, in Bengaluru. He too had complained of breathlessness on April 30 and died on Saturday at the designated hospital.

Among the nine new cases, two each are from Tumakuru, Vijayapura, one each from Bidar, Chikkaballapura, Belagavi, Bagalkot and Bengaluru urban. Cumulatively, 598 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state and it includes 25 deaths.

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