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'Let Advani give accounts of the Yathra'

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October 25, 2011

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Udupi, October 24: The Congress has questioned as to what credibility the BJP has to take out 'Janachethana Yathra'.

“At a time when the BJP led State government is caught in one or the other scam how can BJP leader L K Advani take out a Yathra against corruption,” said AICC Secretary Shantharam Nayak.

Addressing a press meet here on Monday, he said that crores of rupees were spent on similar yathras in the past. However, the BJP has failed to provide any account on the expenditure of the yathra till today.

'Give accounts'

He urged Advani to provide accounts of the yathra after completing the yathra.

“The BJP is losing its popularity in the State. The BJP has been demanding to bring back black money stashed abroad. In reality, it was one of the BJP leaders who had deposited huge amount in the Swiss Bank. Unfortunately, the leader is no more,” he said.

“The BJP President Nithin Gadkari acts the way RSS wants him to act. Hence, the BJP does not have any control over him,” he said.

“The image of the State has been spoiled by the former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa. If given a chance, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Nithin Gadkari would have denotified even Taj Mahal,” he ridiculed adding that Team Anna has no respect for the Constitution. The Jan Lokpal Bill will not help any commonman, Nayak said.

Ready for polls

He said the Congress is ready to face the forthcoming Udupi-Chikmagalur by-election.

“We have held meetings in Udupi, Kaup, Karkala and Kundapura to discuss on the by-election. However, we have not taken any decision on the candidate.” Former ministers Jayaprakash Hegde, Vasanth Kumar Salian were present.

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May 12,2020

Shivamogga, May 12: Roopa Praveen Rao, an expectant mother and a nurse at a hospital in Shivamogga's Karnataka, has chosen to continue to serve the patients amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

Rao who hails from Gajanuru village is nine months pregnant and works at Jayachamarajendra Government Hospital as a nurse.

She travels every day to Thirthahalli taluk to attend to the patients at the hospital.

"The taluk hospital is surrounded by many villages, people need our service. My seniors had asked me to take leave but I want to serve people. I work six hours a day," she told news agency.

She added that Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa too called her up and appreciated her dedication and suggested that she should take rest.

Rao is one of the many frontline COVID-19 warriors who have been risking their lives to ensure that everyone stays safe as the country fights the coronavirus.

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July 31,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 31: Muslims across coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada today observed Eid al Adha following the safety guidelines issued by the government amidst covid-19 pandemic. 

While coastal Karnataka is celebrating the festival of sacrifice today, it will be observed in other parts of Karnataka and country tomorrow. 

Congregational Eid prayers were held in many mosques while ensuring physical distancing norms. Only 50 devotees were allowed in mosques. Children below 10 years of age and elders above 60 years of age weren’t allowed. 

Eidgahs in the region wore a deserted look as the government has temporarily prohibited prayers in the open grounds. The Eidgah at Lighthouse Hill in Mangaluru, which usually witnessed huge crowd during Eid celebrations, was also closed this time. 

As expected, the celebration this time was a low key thanks to the restrictions placed in tune with the threat of coronavirus infection.

Prayers were held in Kudroli’s Nadupalli and Bundar’s Zeenat Bakhsh Central mosque. All those who entered mosque were wearing masks. 

In Udupi city, Eid prayers were held at Jamia Masjid and other mosques with limited number of devotees. In Bhatkal took some of the mosques hosted Eid prayers with all precautionary measures.

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May 22,2020

Bengaluru, May 22: Karnataka Congress delegation met Chief Election Commissioner, Dr B Basavaraju in Bengaluru, urging him to guide Karnataka Government to conduct local body elections and not to allow State government to nominate their party men to the local bodies.

The delegation was led by Congress leader Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D K Shivakumar.

"They (State government) wants to postpone the election, they have a lot of other provisions. We are demanding to protect the law, the government doesn't have the power to interfere in the system. We will not allow the state government to nominate their party men.

The CM and his entire team is responsible for this, they are killing the democracy and Panchayati Raj system of the State," said Shivakumar while speaking to the reporters.

The local body elections were scheduled to take place in the month of March or April, which were postponed in view of the COVID-19 crisis.

However, the date for conducting the local body elections has not been decided yet.

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