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Hindutva outfits protest against 'Katari Veera'

May 12, 2012

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Mangalore, May 12: It seems troubles for Katari Veera Surasundarangi are never ending, as the one-day-old film has now invited a fresh trouble in the sensitive coastal city.

Dozens of aggressive protesters belonging to Bajrang Dal and Durga Vahini on Saturday morning staged demonstrations in front of Suchithra theatre and Big Cinemas, here.

Burning the posters of the film and shouting slogans against the film-makers, the protesters issued a stern warning to the theatres to immediately stop showing the newly released Kannada movie, which according to them hurts the sentiments of Hindus.

Bajrang Dal leader Sharan Pumpwell, who led the protest, told media persons that some scenes and dialogues, that were against the sentiments of the Hindus.

“Under the pretext of Romanticism the film satirizes the concept of 'Deva Loka' in Hinduism. It shows our gods in poor light”, he said.

'Romantic fantasy'

Katari Veera Surasundarangi is a Romantic fantasy film starring Superstar Upendra and Ramya in the lead roles. Directed by Suresh Krishna and produced by Munirathna, the film is claimed to be the first full length 3D film in Kannada cinema.

The film is a sequel to Upendra's earlier blockbuster movie Rakta Kanneeru which was released in 2003. Upendra a common man who is also the son of Rakta Kanneeru character Mohan, is an enthusiastic youngster who wants to experiment all kinds of risks in life. He aims to be a powerful Underworld Don, and joins the Underworld. Soon he turns into a notorious Underworld Gangster. But he gets killed by his rival gangs in a gang war and reaches Yama Loka (the abode of Lord Yama) where he meets Lord Yama (Ambarish). He gets the chance to explore Naraka (Hell) where he meets his father Mohan (Upendra's character from Rakta Kanneeru). He soon creates fights between Yama and Chitragupta (Doddanna) and manages to travel to Indraloka (the abode of Lord Indra) where he falls in love with Lord Indra's daughter Indraja (Ramya).

The film witnessed an extraordinary opening at the box office on Friday, May 10, in 200 screens across Karnataka.

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February 4,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 4: Congress MLA UT Khader on Tuesday alleged that B.S. Yediyurappa-led government has stopped providing free food to poor families under 'Anna Bhagya' scheme from last two months which was started by the Congress in the state.

"Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had started a scheme 'Anna Bhagya' under which free rice and wheat to 494 education institutions, NGOs, and old age homes were provided and the present government has stopped providing benefits to the poor people," said the MLA.

Alleging that the present government has stopped with the scheme Khadar said, "From last two months the government has stopped providing free food to the institutes and NGOs."

Khadar further demanded to restart the scheme to help the poor students.

"They should restart the scheme which supports poor students and old age houses, or congress will protest if the scheme is not restarted."

Last year in August, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa had said that his government has no plans to stop any "pro-people schemes" including Anna Bhagya.

"Our government has no plans to scrap any of the pro-people schemes. Our Government is a pro-people Government. I have already signed the file to release grants to continue the "Anna Bhagya scheme" the twitter handle of Karnataka Chief Minister's Office had quoted him as saying.

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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.

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