Mangaluru meet: BJP leaders resolve to bury differences, exert pressure on govt

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November 10, 2017

Bengaluru, Nov 10: Burying internal differences among BJP leaders and exerting pressure on chief minister Siddaramaiah to drop Bengaluru City Development Minister K.J. George from the cabinet before the commencement of 10-day legislature session in Belagavi are among the prominent decisions taken by the saffron party leaders during their core committee in Mangaluru on Thursday.

In the meeting BJP's election in-charge for Karnataka Assembly polls Prakash Javadeka raised the issue of BJP state leaders failing to fight against the Congress-led government in Karnataka. 

"The failures of the state BJP were visible in the motorbike rally, the Parivarthana Rally and also the fights against Minister K J George and Ministers who were raided by the IT sleuths in Karnataka," said Javadekar. He has warned that if the BJP shows poor performances then the party would find difficult to come to power.

The BJP leaders also introspected over the failure of the launching ceremony of Parivartana Ratha Yatra in Bengaluru on November 2 wherein empty chairs had welcomed their national president Amit Shah. They decided to work hard to make the mass convention and motorbike rally at Hubballi on December 21 as part of the Yatra a success.

Briefing reporters after the party's core committee meeting here, Aravinda Limbavalli, member of the committee deliberated on the Ganapathi case in length. "It has been decided at the meeting not to rest till such time that George steps down or CM sacks him from his ministry," Limbavalli said, adding the onslaught will start from day one of the session. "If the government wants issues of public importance to be deliberated on, George must go by then," he said.

The core committee also decided to extend time for ongoing booth strengthening activities up to November 30. "The voters list has been released in many places and party has already appointed booth level agents to vet the list and strive to ensure that eligible voters are added and omissions and commissions in the list addressed," he said. Party will meet target of adding 20 new backward classes and dalits to existing booth workers in each of the booths under this activity.

With sub-committees to finalise names for upcoming polls to teachers and graduates constituencies yet to be framed, the core committee did not finalise names for these constituencies in the state legislative council. "State party chief B S Yeddyurappa will for these sub-committees at the earliest and they will meet. The names will follow due processes in the party before the party's central committee clears them," he said adding no specific names were discussed.

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March 8,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 8: A cruise ship with a Panama flag has been turned back at the New Mangalore Port here following the Centre's advisory in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said.

The vessel 'MSC Lirica' was sent back on Saturday as the Union Ministry of Shipping had directed all ports not to allow any cruise ship from foreign destinations to call on Indian ports.

No further details about the ship were disclosed.

New Mangaluru Port Trust chairman A V Ramana said the ministry has directed all ports to deny entry to cruise ships till March 31 in the wake of the coronavirus scare.

Around 25 vessels were expected to call on the port here during the cruise season.

Meanwhile, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) conducted an awareness programme on prevention of coronavirus COVID-19 at Mangaluru International Airport.

The stakeholders were sensitised on handling passengers affected with covid-19 and precautions to be taken for dealing with affected passengers.

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February 24,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 24: Wanted gangster Ravi Poojary, who was arrested in South Africa and brought to India, was on Monday sent to police custody till March 7 by a Bengaluru court.

First Additional City Magistrate V Jagdish, while sending Pujari to police custody, said that there should be no interference in the investigations.

The court also asked the police to record video and audio of the interrogation process.

Poojary, who was wanted in over 200 cases of serious crime including murder and extortion, was brought to India by a team of senior officials and arrived at the Kempegowda International Airport here.

Pujari was extradited from Senegal on February 22 pursuant to an extradition request made by India in early 2019.

"He is physically fit. Questioning will begin from tomorrow. He is supporting our investigation and answering questions," Additional Director-General of Police Amar Kumar Pandey told reporters here earlier today.

Poojary, who parted ways with underworld don Chhota Rajan had jumped bail after he was arrested in Senegal in 2019 and had escaped to South Africa, where he was involved in drug trafficking and extortion.

According to sources in the Indian intelligence, Ravi Pujari was hiding with a false identity of Anthony Fernandes, a Burkina Faso passport holder, in a remote village in South Africa.

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February 26,2020

Mysuru, Feb 26: Twenty-nine students of the Government Primary School fell sick after consuming milk supplied at the school on Wednesday morning at Kiranguru village, in Hanagodu hobli, in the hunsur taluk in the district.

Police said the students were immediately rushed to the primary health centre in Hanagodu and provided first aid.

Tahsildar and Police personnel visited the health centre and inquired about the health of the students. "All the students are responding to the treatment," sources said.

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