A hero's welcome awaits Sadananda Gowda in Mangalore

August 11, 2011

Mangalore, August 11: The Dakshina Kannada district BJP has decided to extend a warm welcome to the new Chief Minister Sadananada Gowda on his first visit to the district.

Padmanabha Kottari, District BJP President told media persons that CM would be brought in a procession from the airport and would be felicitated at Sangha Niketan.

“The CM might visit either on Saturday or after Independence day”, said Kottari. However the exact date of CM's visit is not yet fixed.

'Cong Frustration'

Reacting to the remarks made by DK Congress President B Ramanath Rai, who described the new cabinet as 'Alibaba and his 40 associates', Mr Kottari said it shows the frustration and disappointment of a Congressman, who dreamt of failure of BJP Government.

Funds

Mr Kottari said that district had received an annual fund of Rs 6 crore. “Zilla Panchayat has received Rs 1 crore while all the five Taluk Panchayats have received Rs 1 crore each for development,” he informed.

“Rs 200 crores have been granted to MCC by, out of which 100 crores have been spent on development activities”, he said.

Dixit should resign

He also demanded that Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit to step down from office as she is accused of being involved in the Commonwealth Games scam.

Shailaja Bhat, President, Zilla Panchayat, Nitin Bhat, Vice-President, Zilla Panchayat were among the others present in the press conference.

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Mangaluru | Pilikula Biological Park to be shut from July 4 to 31

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July 2,2020

Mangaluru, JuJ 2: Dr Shivaram Karanth Biological Park at Pilikula, which was recently reopened after covid-19 lockdown, will again be shut from July 4 to 31.

“The authorities have decided to close the park for visitors from July 4 to July 31 due to the rapid increase of the spread of coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada,” said, Jayaprakash Bhandary, director of the Park.

Mr Bhandary said that after the reopening of the Park, the number of visitors has drastically decreased due to corona scare.

“There are around 100 staff and over 30 caretakers at the zoo. After closing the zoo, only essential staff will come to the zoo take care of the animals. We are planning to reopen it for visitors on August 1,” he said.

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HDK accuses Mandya district admn of not quarantining 7,000 Mumbai labourers

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May 2,2020

Bengaluru, May 2: JDS leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy accused the Mandya district administration of the surge in COVID-19 cases in the district and not quarantining 7,000 labourers who arrived here from Mumbai.

"As we know that 16,000 labourers from Mandya were working in Mumbai, out of which 7,000 people have arrived in the district. However, none of them was quarantined properly which is a violation of COVID-19 lockdown," Kumaraswamy told reporters here on Friday.

He claimed the district administration has shown "gross negligence" in their duty in following the procedure of COVID-19 as "one COVID-19 patient's dead body which was brought here from Mumbai has led to more cases in the district and those who accompanied the body have also tested positive for the virus."

Kumaraswamy appealed to the state government to strictly maintain lockdown norms and do not allow any relaxations in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases, stating that "any kind of relaxation could lead to a huge disaster."

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Mangaluru: Massive protest against CAA, NPR, NRC held at Kudroli

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February 25,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 25: The coastal city of Mangaluru today witnessed yet another major agitation against infamous CAA, NPR and NRC with large number of people gathering at Kudroli’s Tipu Sultan Garden to register their protest against union government’s racist policies.

Addressing the gathering activist B R Bhaskar Prasad said, he knows the RSS inside out as he was associated with it for a prolonged period.

He said the ultimate aim of RSS is to establish a casteist society in India with the micro-minority community of Brahmins having complete control over all other major communities.

Lambasting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for constantly harassing people of India through back to back contentious legislations, he said that the duo poised to destroy the country.