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Haladi was our unanimous choice: Srinivas Poojary

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July 15, 2012

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Bangalore, July 15: Haladi Srinivas Shetty was the unanimous choice of BJP?leaders in Udupi for the ministerial berth, but the party changed its decision, said Kota Srinivas Poojary, who was sworn in as minister on Thursday instead of Shetty.

The last-minute change has led to Shetty's resignation as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. Shetty has said that he felt humiliated with the party denying him a ministerial berth, especially after inviting him to the swearing-in ceremony in Bangalore. The resignation has not been accepted by the Speaker.

Meanwhile, protests have continued in the Kundapur Assembly constituency over the “injustice” meted out to Shetty, but no one is questioning as to why Poojary was preferred over Shetty.

Poojary said he does not foresee any immediate solution to the problem being faced in the district unit of the party. State-level leaders should intervene to find a solution, he said.

Poojary maintained that he did not dream of becoming a minister. The district unit of the party was in favour of a Cabinet berth for Shetty.

“When Jagadish Shettar called me on Wednesday to inform me that I will be a minister, I told my colleagues. They advised me not to accept it as Shetty should be the natural choice. Accordingly, I decided against going to Raj Bhavan. But later, I received calls from Eshwarappa and Ananth Kumar. I could not refuse the offer then because I have no courage to go against the party direction. I had never lobbied for ministership because I have no contacts in Delhi,” he said.

Poojary added that his family members were also not in Bangalore to witness the swearing-in ceremony as he was in the City to see Shetty take oath as minister.

When asked if he was ready to resign to accommodate Shetty, he said: “The party, keeping social justice in view, has taken some decision and made me the minister. If it wants me to resign, I will do so.”

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July 13,2020

Mangaluru, July 13: With the confirmation of four more deaths related to novel coronavirus, the covid-19 death toll in Dakshina Kannada has mounted to 50.

In fact, the four fatalities had occurred on Saturday. Today the authorities concerned that they were tested positive for Covid-19.

The deceased include two septuagenarians, a sexagenarian, and a 53-year-old. All of them were male.

Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh revealed that their comorbidities were diabetes in ICU, pneumonia in ICU, hepatitis in ICU, severe acute  respiratory infection and carcinoma of the lung respectively.

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February 14,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 14: In a unique initiative, students of a government school in Dakshina Kannada have made a food stop in the campus to provide water and food to birds and squirrels.

The students have hung coconut shells on trees in the school premises with food and water in it for birds and squirrels.

Speaking about the same, the Principal of the school said: "Students are taking a lot of interest in the activity. Various types of birds visit the school campus, making the ambience very nice."

He added that he wants children to become socially and environmentally conscious. "The one area where children need to be given exposure is the protection of the environment, the upkeep of the campus and the greenery in and around their homes as well as in their schools."

Commenting on the recent initiative of the school's eco-club, he said, "Using this small idea, we can have a great beginning towards taking up bigger initiatives to take care of the environment."

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March 24,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 24: Underlining the seriousness of the coronavirus, which is spreading like wildfire in Karnataka, renowned Heart Surgeon and founder of Narayana Hrudayalaya Dr Devi Shetty on Tuesday predicted that Karnataka alone will have more than 80,000 people affected with the dreaded killer disease COVID-19 if people fail to protect themselves.

He urged the people to cooperate with the Government in preventing its further spread and immediately treat those who are affected.

Dr Shetty, urging the people to remain indoors and not to venture out, said those who are affected should not come out and remain in isolation even in their houses and take all precautions advised by doctors.

He said if 80,000 people in the state were affected, more than 20,000 need to be admitted to Hospital for treatment.

"More than 2000 affected need to be kept under ventilation and it requires more infrastructure in the hospitals," he said.

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