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Maharashtra minister faces protests for singing Kannada song

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January 23, 2018

Mumbai, Jan 23: Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil faced protests in his hometown Kolhapur on Tuesday for singing a Kannada song.

Karnataka and Maharashtra are locked in a bitter border dispute. Maharashtra claims the areas of Belgaum and Karwar and the matter is before the Supreme Court.

The minister, invited to a private function near Gokak in Karnataka, sang a Kannada song which drew the ire of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti leaders, which is fighting for the inclusion of Belgaum and Karwar in Maharashtra.

According to media reports, the song praises Karnataka and its culture.

Incidentally, Patil, a senior BJP leader, heads a coordination committee set up by the Maharashtra government to find solution to the dispute.

Some activists of Ekikaran Samiti on Tuesday took out a protest march to Patil's house in Kolhapur, however, police stopped them at some distance away, an official said.

The minister told a news channel that all he recited at the function were four lines of a Kannada song in praise of the goddess Durga, and he saw nothing wrong with that.

"I had gone to a village near Gokak for `vastu-shant' of a Durga temple. When we visit another state, we say a few lines in the local language. So I said four lines in praise of goddess Durga. A non-issue is being turned into an issue," Patil said.

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May 10,2020

Mangaluru, May 10: A young photographer has drowned in River Phalguni near Maravoor on the outskirts of the city.

The victim has been identified as Kaushik, 22, who was working for Diya Studio in Kavoor. A resident of Kavoor, he was the only son of his mother.

The tragedy occurred when he had been to the river along with four friends to collect freshwater snails.

It is learnt that local residents rushed to the spot when Kaushik’s friends raised alarm. However, they could not rescue him.

Kaushik’s body was retrieved from the water after sometime. A case has been registered at Kavoor police station.

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February 12,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 12: As many as 54 house surgeons from Kasturba Medical College (KMC) staged a protest near the casualty of the Wenlock Hospital on Wednesday over over non-payment of monthly stipend.

House surgeons, who have studied MBBS under the government quota, have not received their stipend from last 11 months. They have to get a monthly stipend of Rs 20,000 during their one-year internship at the government hospital.

The protesting house surgeons alleged that their stipends have not been released despite Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s written order dated December 24.

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April 10,2020

Kasaragod, Apr 10: Eleven people died so far in Kerala's northern district Kasargod as they could not access medical facilities in Mangaloru since the border roads were blocked by the Karnataka Government, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.

Addressing a press conference at the Government Secretariat here, the Chief Minister said, "It is really unfortunate that people from Kasargod district in Kerala are still being denied treatment in hospitals at Mangalore in Karnataka State."

"We will improve the medical facilities in Kasargod and if necessary, patients will be airlifted to the neighbouring districts in Kerala to provide emergency medical assistance," he added.

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