Bypolls to Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha on Mar 18

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February 16, 2012

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Mangalore, February 16: The Election Commission announced the schedule of by-elections to Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka.

Polling would be held on March 18 and the counting would take place on March 21.

The notification would be issued on February 22 and the last date for filing nomination papers is February 29. The last date for withdrawal is March 3.

The Udupi Chikmagalur Parliamentary seat was vacated by Karnataka Chief Minister D Sadanand Gowda.

Besides, the Election commission also announced by-elections for 11 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Odisha and one seat in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council. However, counting for the J&K Legislative Council seat, if required, would be held on March 22 and the counting would take place the same day.

For filling up the lone seat of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council, the EC has decided to issue the notification on March 6, with the last date for filing nominations being March 12 and scrutiny on March 13 and last date for withdrawal is March 15. The seat had fallen vacant on December 27, 2011, after the death of Yashpal Khajuria.

The assembly by-elections will be held in Mahabubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Kovur, Ghanpur Station-SC, Kollapur, Adilabad and Kamareddy (all Andhra Pradesh), Mansa (Gujarat), Piravom ( (Kerala), Sankaran Kovil-SC (Tamil Nadu) and Athgarh (Odisha).

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Kasaragod, Mar 11: An accused in a POCSO case here has been put in an isolation ward at the Government hospital on Wednesday as he was suspected having symptoms of Covid19.

The accused has been absconding ever since a case under POCSO Act was registered against him a year ago.

However acting on a tip off, the Kasaragod police arrested him at Mangalore Airport recently and was produced before the Court and was remanded to judicial custody.

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January 21,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 21: The city police arrested the auto driver of the auto-rickshaw allegedly used by the suspect to place the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Mangaluru International Airport.

The identity of the auto driver is yet to be ascertained.

The police are currently interrogating the auto driver to obtain details about the suspect, according to reports.

The IED recovered from a bag at the airport was defused in an open field by the personnel of the bomb disposal squad yesterday.

The visuals of the suspect have also been shared by the police for his identification. 

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July 7,2020

Tumakuru, Jul 7: Coronavirus is spreading at the community level in Karnataka, said minister, JC Madhuswamy on Monday.

"Medical condition of eight infected with coronavirus admitted in Tumkur COVID Hospital is critical. There is no guarantee of their lives as per the information. We somewhere feel we are worried that coronavirus is spreading at the community level," Madhuswamy, Tumakuru district-in-charge minister, told reporters here.

"We have reached a point where it is difficult for the district authorities to restrain it, even though we are trying to restrain it. Somewhere the situation is going out of hand," he said.

The minister confirmed that the cumulative toll in the district due to COVID-19 rises to 9.

Earlier, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, Deputy CM Ashwath Narayan, Medical Education Minister Dr Sudhakar have denied of community transmission of coronavirus in Karnataka.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 23,474 coronavirus cases in Karnataka including 13,255 and 372 deaths.

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