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Cabinet representation continues to elude DK, Udupi

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July 12, 2012

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Mangalore, July 12: The Jagadish Shettar cabinet has brought disappointment to coastal districts of Udupi and Daskhina Kannada with only one MLA from the region being given the ministerial berth.

Kota Srinivas Poojary, MLC, is the lone representative from the undivided Dakshina Kannada district to have made it to the Shettar cabinet.

The BJP fraternity in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts has expressed its disappointment with Kundapur MLA Haladi Srinivas Shetty even shedding tears publicly. The decision has not gone down well with Udupi MLA Raghupati Bhat either, it is being said.

Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Padmanabha Kottary, President of the district unit of the BJP, said that the district expected more in terms of representation in the cabinet. “I had information that Krishna Palemar's name was in the cabinet list. But I now hear that Governor H R Bharadwaj did not want him and C C Patil and Laxman Savadi to be included in the cabinet, though I am not sure about the authenticity of this information. They have given one berth to Udupi district but we should have got ministers from our district too”, Mr. Kottary said.

Dakshina Kannada district has been eluded of a minister, in spite of there being no district in charge minister for quite some time now.

Yogish Bhat, Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, said that he personally accepts the decision of the party.

MLAs Raghupati Bhat, Krishna Palemar, and Haladi Srinivas Shetty were not available for comment.

U T Khader, MLA, and Congress leader, told Coastaldigest.com that injustice had been done to coastal districts. “We welcome their decision to give a ministerial berth to Kota Srinivas Poojary. But leaving out MLAs like Haladi Srinivas Shetty and MLAs from Dakshina Kannada district is unfair. Out of 13 MLAs from our region, only one has been included in the ministry while two MLAs from smaller districts have been given ministerial berths. They dethroned a Chief Minister who hailed from our district and now hardly any power has been given to the coastal districts in terms of ministry. The government in the state, although technically belongs to BJP, it appears as though some coalition government has been formed with caste permutations coming in to decide the CM and Deputy CMs. People will respond to these developments in an apt manner”, Mr. Khader said.

Meanwhile, it is being reported that supporters of Haladi Srinivas Shetty are protesting against the decision of the party. Word is also doing rounds that the likes of Raghupati Bhat are considering resignation.




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January 14,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 14: A woman has sustained burns on the left hand and the left chest in a vicious acid attack that occurred as she walked home in Mallappa Layout, Seegehalli, near KR Puram in Bengaluru.

Prabhavathi, the victim, and her husband, Radhakrishna Reddy, own an acre and six guntas of land in Seegehalli. They had constructed 20 houses on the parcel and rented them while keeping the rest of the land empty and building a boundary wall around it, according to a senior police officer. 

Four men named Ravi, Kumar, Ashirvadam and Shekar laid claim to the land and demolished the boundary wall two years ago. When the couple approached the cops, Manjunath, a sub-inspector from KR Puram police station, visited the spot along with other officers and allegedly abused Reddy and his family. 

Reddy then approached a senior police officer who suggested that he file a complaint against the sub-inspector as well as his rivals for threatening the family. The case is pending in a case. 

On January 7, Ravi, along with four others — Raghu, Kabalan, Ashrivadam and Munireddy — mocked Prabhavathi as she walked home. They asked her to withdraw the complaint. When she ignored them, one of the men motioned to another person. In a flash, a man in the group threw acid on Prabhavathi. The liquid fell on her left hand and left chest, gashing them. Her screams drew her family who rushed her to a hospital. 

Reddy said the suspects had been intimidating them to sell the remaining land. He accused the KR Puram sub-inspector of “threatening” the family.

According to Reddy, following their complaint, a departmental enquiry was launched against the sub-inspector and his promotion was stalled. He suggested that the suspects had used the acid attack as a weapon to “silence” and force them into withdrawing the complaints. 

Following the acid attack, KR Puram police booked eight people — Ravi, Raghu, Kabalan, Ashirvadam, Munireddy, Sachin, Rahul, and Kumareshan — under IPC sections 326 (a) (acid attack) and 506 (criminal intimidation). Efforts are on to track them down. 

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August 1,2020

Bengaluru,  Aug 1: As many as 5,172 new COVID-19 cases and 98 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Saturday, taking the state's count of coronavirus cases to 1,29,287.

The active cases in the state now stand at 73,219 while 53,648 people have been discharged.

"5,172 new COVID-19 cases and 98 deaths reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, taking total cases to 1,29,287 including 53,648 discharges and 2,412 deaths. The number of active cases stands at 73,219," said State Health Department.

So far, a total of 2,412 people have died in the state.

India, on Saturday, reported 57,117 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's coronavirus tally to 16,95,988, said the Union Health Ministry. 

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July 6,2020

Jul 6: At least 8 lakh Indians may be forced to leave Kuwait as the country's legal and legislative committee has approved a draft expat quota Bill, reported.

The Bill, which states that Indians should not exceed 15 percent of the population, was determined as constitutional by the National Assembly, local media reported.

It will soon be transferred to the respective committee so that a comprehensive plan is created.

Expats account for 30 lakh of Kuwait's 43 lakh population. Indian community constitutes the largest expat community in Kuwait, totalling 14.5 lakh.

The move comes as the number of Covid-19 cases has spiked in the country, with 49,000 cases being reported so far.

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