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It's women's raj in ZP; KT Shailaja elected Prez, Dhanalaxmi her Deputy

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February 8, 2011

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Mangalore, February 8: BJP re-established its firm grip on Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat when its nominees KT Shailaja Bhat and Dhanalaxmi Janardana D got elected as President and Vice-President respectively on Tuesday in the election held at Nethravathi Auditorium of ZP here.

While Shailaja from Vittla constituency defeated former ZP President Mamatha D S Gatti of the Congress to the post of President, Dhanalakshmi from Dharmasthala defeated former ZP member Yashawanthi Alva to the post of vice-president by an identical 24-11 margin.

Mysore Regional Commissioner M.V. Jayanthi, who conducted the election, declared that KT Shailaja and Dhanalaxmi got elected and will be holding the office till October 7, 2012. CEO of ZP P Shivashankar, Additional Deputy Commissioner Prabhakar Sharma were present.

Speaking to media persons later, Shailaja Bhat said she would accord priority to basic amenities in the district and would focus on roads and other amenities in rural areas.

“I had never been an aspirant to the post of ZP President. But I am grateful to my party which selected me,” she said.

Women's raj

With this election, both the top posts of the district-level local government have gone to women as both the posts were reserved for women's category.

MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, BJP District unit President Padmanabha Kottary, former ZP President Santhosh Kumar Bhandary and BJP workers in large numbers congratulated the winners.

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 29: A day after Congress staged a nationwide 'Save Democracy' protest, Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy slammed Congress for "dividing" the political parties and "buying MLAs" and questioned their "democratic behaviour" to lure Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLAs who supported them.

Kumaraswamy, in a media statement, said, "Is it a democratic behaviour to lure MLAs of other parties through political shenanigans and later merging with them?"

"Congress is an expert in dividing political parties and purchase of MLAs," said Kumaraswamy adding, "If you are dividing the like-minded party MLAs through deceit, who would support you?"

He alleged that the term "horse trade" in politics came to be used because of Congress.

Congress had tied to divide the Janata Dal (Secular) in 2004. To this, he added, "To avoid the party being hijacked by the Congress, I had to oust the Congress-JD(S) coalition government through a political coup."

Kumaraswamy further accused, "Haven't the Congress who is making a big noise about the purchase of MLAs divided the JD(S) in the past? Is it not a fact that for the sake of one Rajya Sabha seat, the Congress government in Karnataka purchased eight JD(S) MLAs?"

Both -- Congress and BJP -- are "criminals" in purchase matter, he added.

Rajasthan Congress is in turmoil after simmering differences between Sachin Pilot and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot came out in the open. Pilot was removed as the Deputy Chief Minister and the state unit chief of Congress.

The Congress has accused the BJP of indulging in horse-trading to bring down the Gehlot government. The BJP has rejected the allegations.

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July 26,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 26: A total of 5,199 new COVID-19 cases and 82 deaths were reported from Karnataka on Sunday, the state's health department said.

With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in the state stands at 96,141, including 58,417 active cases and 35,838 recoveries.
So far, 1,878 deaths have been reported from Karnataka.

Meanwhile, India reported a spike of 48,661 cases and 705 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.

A total of 9,46,777 tests have been done so far and the number of tests per million in the national capital stands at 49,830.

The total COVID-19 positive cases stand at 13,85,522, including 4,67,882 active cases, 8,85,577 cured/discharged/migrated, and 32,063 deaths, it added. 

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February 25,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 25: In the view of 2nd PUC exams from March 4, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has approved free travel for students from home to exam centre on Monday.

"BMTC has extended free travel facility to all PUC students from their residence to examination centre on production of exam hall/admission ticket," said a press note.

BMTC has been issuing student concessional passes to travel from their residence to college at concessional rates for the benefit of students. 

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