Poll campaign heats up as DVS, Eshwarappa lash out at Indira Gandhi

February 29, 2012

Udupi, February 29: The campaign by Bharatiya Janata Party for the impending Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency has heated up with Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and State BJP chief K S Eshwarappa lashing out at former prime minister Indira Gandhi.

Addressing the BJP workers convention here on Wednesday, Mr Gowda said neither Congress party nor its leader Indira Gandhi had fulfilled the promises made by latter during her election campaigns.

“Indira Gandhi had assured to give a railway line from Kadur to Chikmagalur. If at all the dream is coming true by the next January, it's only because of efforts of former Chikmagalur MP late Srikantappa and me. We want to extend it till Sakaleshpur”, he said

Mr Eshwarappa on his part said that leaders like C M Ibrahim and Siddaramiah when they were in JD(S), had been calling Indira Gandhi an international prostitute. However, the same leaders after joining Congress started accusing BJP leaders and praising Indira and Sonia, he said.

Law Amendment

The Chief Minister said that his Government had been amending laws to take stringent action against the land grabbers.

He said Union ministers of Congress party who represented Udupi and Chikmagalur region did not strive for the development of the region.

He questioned what was the role of Congress leaders in the development of fisheries harbors of the Karnataka coast? Whatever developments taken place in the harbours its due to the efforts of the BJP MLAs and MPs, who took up a struggle at the government level to get it done, he added.

Bangalore South MP Ananth Kumar promised in the name of late Dr VS Acharya to make their candidate V Sunil Kumar win in the elections.

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Karnataka's Davanagere district reports 21 COVID-19 positive cases

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May 4,2020

Davanagere, May 3: Karnataka's Davanagere district on Sunday reported 21 COVID-19 positive cases, said Mahantesh Beelagi, Deputy Commissioner.

The number of COVID-19 patients has suddenly taken a giant leap in the district.

"We had sent 94 samples on May 1, on May 2 we sent 72 samples. Today we sent 164 samples for testing. In the last two days, 21 samples have tested positive for coronavirus, we are tracing to know how did all of them came in contact with COVID-19 infected person," said Mahantesh Beelagi.

"Our surveillance team and police team have started tracing the primary and secondary contacts of all 21 people," he added.
Davanagere is currently in the Green Zone.

Meanwhile, 13 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Karnataka till 5 pm on Sunday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 614, according to the State Health Department.

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Rains continue to lash coastal Karnataka; 1 killed in compound wall collapse

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June 13,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 13: A bus agent died after the compound wall of his house collapsed on him at Matadagudde, near Gurupura-Kaikamba, on Friday afternoon. This is the first rain-related death reported in Dakshina Kannada.

The victim is Narayana Naika, 52. According to police, heavy rain on Friday afternoon blocked a small water stream adjacent to his compound wall, and the deceased was clearing it. The stone compound wall then suddenly collapsed on him, and he got buried underneath. He sustained grievous head injuries and died on the way to hospital.

Narayana is survived by his wife and two children.

Dakshina Kannada received an average rainfall of 26.1mm in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am on Friday. The highest rainfall was recorded at Puttur and Mangaluru taluks at 31.3mm and 30.3mm, respectively. Bantwal and Sullia taluks received 26.3mm and 24.6mm of rain, respectively.

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Transfer racket is root of graft in govt offices: BS Yediyurappa

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March 5,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 5: Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday admitted in the legislative assembly that corruption was deep-rooted in government offices and held transfer racket as the root cause of the graft menace.

“Unless we root it out from the system, we can never uphold the spirit of the Constitution and ensure equitable justice to people. If legislators lend support (to this cause), then we can weed out this menace,” Yediyurappa said during a special discussion on the Constitution.

Successive governments have been accused by opposition parties of running a transfer racket, but there’s very little done to institute a probe or order a crackdown following the allegations.

The chief minister’s candid admission came after senior Congress MLA HK Patil, quoting a report from Amnesty International, said 63% of people in Karnataka give bribe to get their work done in government offices. The CM said he agreed with the report in toto.

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