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Sorake appointed Congress national secretary, Moily axed

March 5, 2011

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Mangalore, March 5: Former Udupi MP and senior Congress leader of the coastal district Vinay Kumar Sorake has been made AICC secretary in the reshuffle of the Congress Working Committee.

Sorake, who entered political arena as a student leader with NSUI, has been asigned the task of overseeing party affairs in Orissa under party in-charge CWC member Jagdish Tytler.

A prominent leader from the Billava community, Sorake shot into the limelight in late 80s by becoming the MLA of Puthur at a very young age.

Sorake, in his new role, will also look after the affairs of the Congress Seva Dal.

The other major change after the CWC reshuffle is removal of Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily as a permanent invitee and party in charge of Andhra Pradesh.

The removal of Moily is being seen as a result of his failure to give proper inputs to the party as in charge of Andhra Pradesh on the handling of the Telangana issue where it is struggling to tide over the crisis. There were complaints against Moily that he was siding with Jagan Mohan Reddy and failed to rein the rebel Congress MP revolted against the party high command.

Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader C K Jaffer Sharief have been removed as members of the CWC. However, veteran leader and Gandhian M V Rajasekharan has found a place in the permanent invitee list in the CWC, the highest decision making body of the party.

Gandhi family loyalist Oscar Fernandes has been made General Secretary and elevated from existing permanent invitee to CWC member and will be in charge of AICC meetings, sessions, CWC and Central Election Committee and AICC departments.

Former Rajya Sabha member B K Hariprasad has been retained as CWC member and will be in charge of party affairs in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Haryana while he was relieved of his job in Gujarat.

K B Krishnamurthy continued as AICC secretary this time too and has been attached to Union Health Minister and General Secretary Gulam Nabi Azad and made in charge secretary to Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh.

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March 29,2020

Kasaragod, Mar 29: The ban imposed by Karnataka in crossing state borders to Mangalore even for medical emergencies had cost a life here late on Friday.

According to sources, the ambulance carrying a 70-year-old woman for critical care treatment to Mangalore was blocked at Thalapadi border on Kasaragod-Mangalore National Highway on Friday evening.

A pregnant lady had to deliver in an ambulance recently as the police denied permission to cross over to Mangalore.

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April 18,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 18: Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Saturday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deposit at least Rs 10,000 in bank accounts of people belonging to the unorganised sector.

"The unorganised sector comprises barbers, dhobi, cooks, carpenters, sweepers, drivers and autorickshaw drivers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not mention anything about giving subsistence to these people," Shivakumar, told ANI, referring to the Prime Minister's address earlier this week.

Modi had announced the extension of the ongoing nationwide lockdown till May 3 in order to curb the spread of coronavirus.

"I appeal to Prime Minister Modi to register the members of the unregistered sector under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) or deposit at least Rs 10,000 to the bank accounts of each of the members of unorganised sector to help them survive the lockdown," he added.

Though the Congress party will continue the central government and state government's fight against coronavirus, he said, both the governments need to help people who are part of the unorganised sector.

"The farmers have told me that due to the lockdown they are ready to sell the vegetables, which once used to be sold at Rs 100 per kg, at even Rs 5 per kg," he said.

Speaking on the suggestions he made to Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, Shivakumar said, "I requested the Chief Minister to send a team to do a videograph and make an assessment of the on-ground situation. However, till now, no one has gone."

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June 9,2020

Udupi, Jun 9: Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary School S Suresh Kumar on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of either postponing or cancelling SSLC exam in the State and it will start from June 25 as scheduled.

Replying to a question, the Minister said that Telangana and Tamil Nadu States might have cancelled the SSLC exam, but Karnataka will not follow them. "Will hold the examination from June 25 to July 4 by taking all care to protect the interests of the Children.

The SSLC exam was originally scheduled for March 27, but was postponed as lockdown was clamped following the spread of killer Coronavirus.

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