Ministry rejig: rift widens in Cong, Parameshwara sulks

DHNS
September 2, 2017

Bengaluru, Sept 2: The rift between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and state Congress president G Parameshwara widened on Friday with the former expanding his council of ministers.

Parameshwara and many senior party leaders kept away from Friday’s swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan where three new ministers took oath.

Parameshwara is said to be upset with Siddaramaiah for not taking him into confidence before selecting candidates for the expansion, sources in the party said.

The sources said Parameshwara was in favour of Tiptur MLA K Shadakshari under the Lingayat quota since it would have helped him woo the Lingayat community in his constituency, Koratagere, which is adjacent to Tiptur. Parameshwara is of the opinion that though Shadakshari’s name was shortlisted, Siddaramaiah decided to induct Geetha Mahadeva Prasad (also a Lingayat) and wife of former minister the late H S Mahadeva Prasad to nurture his own political constituency, sources said.

Mahadeva Prasad was a prominent Lingayat leader in the Mysuru-Chamarajnagar belt and had close ties with the influential Suttur Math. There are a considerable number of Lingayat voters in the 15 Assembly constituencies coming under this belt including Siddaramaiah’s Varuna, which he is now grooming for his son Yathindra. Siddaramaiah himself is planning to contest from Chamundeshwari, which also comes under this belt in next year’s Assembly polls.

It was felt that Geetha’s induction into the council of ministers will help Congress electorally at a time when the BJP is trying to make inroads in the Mysuru-Chamarajnagar region. Siddaramaiah, it is said, got sufficient feelers in this regard during his two-day stay in the region earlier this week.

Besides, Parameshwara (who is a Dalit Right) had been supporting the demand for inducting a person belonging to Dalit (Right). Instead, the Chief Minister chose Dalit (Left) wing and inducted R B Timmapur, much to the chagrin of Parameshwara.

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April 21,2020

Bengaluru: Seven fresh Covid 19 positive cases are reported in 24 hours which includes one death from Kalburgi. Of the 7 cases, Kalburgi and Vijayapura share 3 cases each and one case is from Dakshin Kannada, as per the Tuesday mid day health bulletin issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare.

The deceased has been identified as a 80 year male from Kalburgi. He was bedridden from the past 3 years and was suffering from Parkinson’s Disease since 4 years. Health officials said that he came with the complaint of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) and expired on Monday night.

Along with his death, the total death tally now stands at 17 and the total positive cases in the state is 415.

Kalburgi which recorded the first death for Covid 19 in India has so far reported 4 deaths including the above one. The first slot for recording more deaths in the state is now shared by Bangalore urban district and Kalburgi district with each recording 4 deaths each.

Kalburgi district now has 24 active cases.

All the three cases are females, reported from Vijayapura were the primary contacts of a Corona positive patient (P306), who inturn got infected from a patient with history of SARI.

Apart from the deceased male who tested positive, the other cases from Kalburgi is of 29 year old male with influenza like illness and other case is of a 61 year old male whose source of infection is yet to be traced by the health department.

The case from Dakshin Kannada district is from Bantwala region and the positive patient is a 67 year old female with history of SARI. She is getting treated at designated hospital at Dakshin Kannada.

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March 11,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 11: Nitte Education Trust is among the top 50 reputed institutions in the country selected by NITI Aayog for setting up Atal Incubation Centre under Union government's Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) scheme.

NITI Aayog has sanctioned Rs 9 Crore to Nitte Education Trust for setting up a full-fledged Incubation Centre at Nitte, of which Rs 2.5 crores has been received as first instalment according to a press release here on Wednesday.

Atal Incubation Centre- Nitte provides start-ups with valuable guidance, technological aid, access to investors, networking and facilitating a host of other services required for start-ups to survive and scale. Start-ups also receive direction through the robust chain of mentors who give sector-specific information and real-time practical guidance.

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January 21,2020

Yadgir, Jan 21: A bag was found abandoned at the Yadgir Bus Stand on Tuesday morning that left the commuters in panic.

After receiving the information, a police team, along with a sniffer dog, rushed to the spot. When the bag was checked, the police found clothes and cash in it.

It is stated that a passenger might have left the bag in a hurry to catch the bus.

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