BJP workers rejoice as Shankaramurthy, Karnik win Council poll

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June 13, 2012

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Mangalore, June 13: Bharatiya Janata Party activists in the city erupted in joy on Wednesday as their candidates D H Shankaramurthy and Ganesh Karnik were declared winners in the recently held elections to the Legislative Council.

Mr Shankaramurthy was elected to Legsilative Council from graduates constituency for the fifth time while Capt Ganesh Karnik was elected for the second time.

However, both of them could not reach the target (quota) in their respective constituencies. While Mr?Shankaramurthy polled 13,926 votes, S?P?Dinesh (Cong) managed to secure 10,140 votes and S?L?Bhoje Gowda (JDS) secured only 6,875 votes. Similarly, in the Teachers' constituency, Capt Ganesh Karnik (BJP)?polled 4,139 votes, Hosur Ramesh Joyappa (Cong) managed to secure only 627 votes.

Independent candidate K?K?Manjunath Kumar gave a tough competition to Karnik by securing 3,393 votes. The quota for graduates constituency was 14,066 votes while the quota for teachers' constituency was 4,558 votes. Both the winners could not achieve the desired quota.

The results were announces on Wednesday afternoon a couple of hours after the counting was started at Mysore. Polling for three Graduates' and three Teachers' Constituencies had taken place in the state last Sunday.

Soon after the results were announced the BJP workers celebrated 'Vijayotsav' in front of their party office in the city. Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly N Yogish Bhat was also present.

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JDS against amendment to labour law and APMC Ordinance

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Bengaluru, May 12: In a scathing attack on the ruling BJP in Karnataka and warning the Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa government against any move to amend the Labour laws and APMC through an ordinance, former chief minister and JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday asked Mr Yediyurappa to work in the interest of the people and not to budge under any pressure from the Centre or to please party bosses.

Speaking to media here on Tuesday he questioned the urgency to bring forward such ordinances on important subjects and asked the government to have a public debate on it and also discuss it in the assembly.

“I'm warning the government… I have been watching everything silently till now, I have not caused any embarrassment to the government. I want to tell the government, don’t push us to do it,” Kumaraswamy said

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9 new COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka

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Bengaluru, Apr 23: Nine new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours.

Out of these nine coronavirus positive cases, five have been reported from Kalaburagi and two each from Mysuru and Bengaluru.

According to the government of Karnataka, the total number of positive cases in the State now stands at 427 including 131 cured or discharged cases and 17 deaths.

The total number of positive coronavirus cases across the country are 19,984, including 15,474 active cases of the virus. So far, 3,869 patients have either been cured or discharged while 640 deaths have been recorded in the country, as per data provided by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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Two arrested in Kundapur for threatening to kill ASHA workers

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Kundapur, Apr 28: The local police have arrested two people for threatening and preventing an Associated Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers from discharging their duties during the lockdown.

Police said on Tuesday that the arrested are Sandeep Mesta and Mahesh Kharvi.

According to official sources, the health officials had put Sandeep under quarantine for 28 days.

However, he was seen wandering in the streets and ASHA worker C Laxmi warned him to stay indoors.

Irked by the warning Sandeep, along with his friend Mahesh Kharvi waylaid her and threatened to kill for objecting his movement.

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Unfortunately both patriot Indians are not belong to any minor community other wise it will be a SUGGHI for karnob Bhow Swamy. Fellow finally lost a bumper crop news.