JD(S) protesters demand expulsion of tainted MLAs

February 9, 2012

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Mangalore, February 9: The protests erupted in the city against the disgraced BJP MLAs who caught watching porn clippings during Assembly proceedings, continued on Thursday with JD(S) members staging a demonstration in front of the DC office, demanding the expulsion of the tainted trio.

Addressing the protesters JDS State Secretary MG Hegde said that his party would continue protest until expulsion of Mangalore North MLA Krishna J Palemar and his two colleagues from the Assembly for undermined the sanctity of the Assembly. The issue is a permanent black spot in the history of Karnataka politics.

Calling Mr Palemar as 'Polymer', Mr Hegde accused the former of being a distributer of 'blue films'.

“May be the saffron party's manifest for the forthcoming election manifesto will be offering a mobile set with free downloading option to each citizen,” he ridiculed.

Mr Hegde went on to hold RSS responsible for the issue, as the MLAs who involved in porngate hailed from Sangh Parivar.

Lashing out at the regional chief of RSS Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, he asked where the former was hiding when his pet ministers were watching blue film clippings inside the temple of democracy.

“You accuse the people of minority communities of spoiling the culture of the country. But, what is your reaction for the shameless behaviour of BJP ministers?”, he questioned Mr Bhat.

He also recalled that when JDS and Congress members had consumed non-vegetarian food in the Vidhana Soudha, BJP leaders had gone to the extent of conducting 'homa' for 'purification'. What kind of ritual should be conducted now to purify the Assembly now?, he questioned.

JDS leaders Amarnath Shetty, Shashidhar Raj, Vasanth Poojary, Aziz Kudroli, and Venkatesh N Rao among others were present.

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July 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Amid difficulties being faced by COVID-19 patients in getting beds, the Karnataka government on Wednesday made bed allocation display board mandatory in all hospitals registered under Karnataka Private Medical Establishment (KPME).

"It is made mandatory that all hospitals registered under KPME in Karnataka State should display at the reception counter, a bed allocation display board," a notification issued by the state government read.

"It should display the name of the hospital, the total number of beds (as per of KPME registration) and the total number of beds allocated for COVID-19 patients referred by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)," it said.

The notification further stressed that the data must corroborate with the data of the central bed allocation system of BBMP. The display board should be arranged by July 16.

Non-compliance to the order issued by the state government will attract punishment under relevant sections of the Disaster Management Act 2005 and Indian Penal Code, the order read.

The state government on June 23 issued a notification making it mandatory to reserve 50 per cent of the beds in private hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients referred by public health authorities.

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February 13,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 13: After pro-Kannada outfits called for a state-wide bandh today, the police are on high-alert to avoid any untoward incidents.

The dawn to dusk bandh was called demanding implementation of Sarojini Mahishi report which recommended certain percentage of jobs to Kannadigas in private & public sector companies.

There is no official holiday declared for schools and colleges. Besides, all government institutions and private establishments are open.

But, in some parts of Karnataka, autorickshaws and taxis, including Ola and Uber stayed off the roads.

Even though the bandh is unlikely to hit normal life in coastal Karnataka, stones were pelted on a Tirupati-Mangaluru bus in Farangipet.

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: The condition of former Chief Minister and leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah, who recently tested positive for COVID-19, is clinically stable and he is responding to COVID-19 treatment, the hospital authorities said on Friday.

"Leader of the opposition and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is clinically stable and responding to COVID-19 treatment. He is comfortable and his appetite has improved. Our team of experts will continue to monitor him closely," Manipal Hospital said in a health bulletin.

Siddaramaiah had informed on Twitter on August 4 that he tested positive for COVID-19 and admitted himself to a hospital.

Since then, he had been active on twitter and attacked the BS Yediyurappa government in Karnataka over their handling of COVID-19 and heavy rainfall situation.

Earlier on Friday morning, Siddaramaiah remembered Nobel laureate and poet Rabindranath Tagore on his death anniversary.

The former Chief Minister of Karnataka also condoled the demise of Karnataka State Wakf Board chairman Dr Mohammed Yusuf on Friday.

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