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Narendra Modi becomes first sitting PM to visit Dharmasthala

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October 29, 2017

Mangaluru, Oct 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in coastal Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district on Sunday to take part in various functions.

Mr. Modi landed at the Mangaluru airport from New Delhi and flew to Dharmasthala in a helicopter. The Prime Minister offered prayers at the Manjunatheshwara Temple in Dharmasthala.

Mr Modi is the first sitting PM to visit Dharmasthala temple. Though Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi had offered prayers in the same temple in the past, they were not PMs during their visit.

On account of the Prime Minister’s visit, the temple administration has restricted public entry till 2 p.m. on October 29.

Mr. Modi will later address a public rally at Ujjire town near Dharmasthala and hand over RuPay cards to the Pradhan Mantri Jan Than Yojana (PMJDY) account holders.

Later in the day, Mr. Modi will fly to Bengaluru to attend a public function organised by the Vedanta Bharati at the Palace Grounds.

In the evening, he would inaugurate the 110-km Bidar-Kalaburgi railway track in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region that would reduce the distance between Bengaluru and New Delhi by 380-km and travel time by six to eight hours.

Tight Security

Security has been tightened in Dharmasthala and Ujire in the wake of Modi’s visit.

The personnel of the elite Special Protection Group have been keeping vigil on strategic points in the town. Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad teams have also been stationed.

The Public Works department has constructed two helipads at a cost of Rs 15 lakh in Dharmasthala. All the vehicles from Mangaluru to Dharmasthala should ply via Mangaluru-BC Road-Uppinangady-Nelyadi-Periyashanthi-Kokkada-Niddle-Dharmasthala.

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Althaf
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Sunday, 29 Oct 2017

Welcome Mr.Fenku to manglore. He will make fool to all BJP and RSS bhakts in his 45 minuts of speech. At the end all the bhakts will chant MODI.. MODI.. MODI.. 

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January 12,2020

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March 15,2020

Hubli, Mar 15: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said that his government has asked Centre to help in setting up of labs in view of the coronavirus cases.

Speaking to reporters after reviewing the situation in the state on coronavirus, Yediyurappa said, "No new cases were reported on Saturday and Sunday. The cases reported are of people who came from abroad. Government has made all preparation to fight against this. We have asked the central government to help in setting up labs wherever required, shortly we will do it."

"We have taken a lot of precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus. For the first time shutdown has been declared for a week. People are also cooperating with us, we will take a further decision after one week," he added.

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"Till date six COVID-19 cases have been reported in the state including one death. The 5 Coronavirus positive cases are in isolation at the designated hospital in Bengaluru," the Karnataka government said on Sunday.

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