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K'taka will have a young CM from regional party after polls: Sriramulu

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August 2, 2012

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Mangalore, August 2: The current age is the age of regional political parties rising to power and BSR Congress' will prove it by sweeping the upcoming Assembly elections, Sriramulu, the political heavyweight from Bellary and supremo of BSR Congress said.

He was speaking at a convention in Mangalore on Thursday as part of his 'Swabhimani Sankalpa Yatre' in the coastal belt.

Although a few regional parties have in the past have died down in Karnataka, BSR Congress will not meet the same fate, Sriramulu said. “Today it is the regional parties who have been making it big in various parts of the country. The youth have become more aware. Today UP has a young Chief Minister hailing from a regional political party. Mamata Banerjee is another Chief Minister from a regional party. In Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir too, regional parties have come to power. In the next Assembly elections, Karnataka too will witness a young Chief Minister from a regional political party come to power”, he said.

Mr. Sriramulu who had held a ministerial position in the BJP led state government in B S Yeddyurappa cabinet, lambasted the BJP of not fulfilling its promises. “The BJP government has not executed any of its projects. It speaks about progress but the only progress that the BJP has managed to achieve is appointment of three Chief Ministers. The BJP's achievement is zero. It is only busy in caste politics and the state is being ruled like the British with a divide and rule policy. People say we (Reddys) helped them to come to power but the truth is that they came to power because of people's mandate. But they have not fulfilled their promises and the BJP's time is over in Karnataka. They have no future in the state”, Mr. Sriramulu said.

The BSR Congress chief also took a dig at the Congress party. “If the Congress led UPA government was free from corruption, it would have passed the Lokpal Bill. The Congress is marred by corruption”, he said.

Promises galore

Giving a slew of assurances to address people's woes Mr. Sriramulu said that if his party comes to power, he will arrange for employment to the displaced families of Mangalore Special Economic Zone.

Students who qualify for Pre University Colleges would be given laptops by his government, he said, besides provision of scooters for physically handicapped, free treatment for the poor in super specialty hospitals, employment for unemployed graduates, price security of crops for farmers irrespective of market trends, addressing of the problems of fishermen, beedi workers, areca growers and so on.

Speaking on the occasion Rakshita, actress and member of BSR Congress, condemned the attack on young girls by Hindutva activists at a homestay in the city.

Girish Rai, regional chief of BSR Congress also spoke. Other party core committee members Venkatesh Gowda, Praveen Peter, Khalid, Siraj Shaikh were present among others.

New inductions to the party were also made on the occasion.


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June 21,2020

Kannur, Jun 21: Customs sleuths on Sunday seized 432 grams of gold worth around Rs 20 lakh from a passenger who arrived at Kannur International Airport from Dubai in Fly Dubai flight, scheduled under Vande Bharat Mission.

Customs Assistant Commissioner E Vikas-led team seized the smuggled gold from the passenger Usman of Malappuram district and detained him, sources said.

The seized gold was kept in his inner-wear.

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June 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 29: Bengaluru continued to see a sharp spike in covid- 19 cases as 738 more people tested positive on Monday that took the city's tally to 4052 of which 3427 is active.

The surge in Bengaluru pushed up the number of positive cases to 1105 across Karnataka. The total number of cases in Karnataka now stands at 14,295 of which 6382 are active.

The death toll stood at 230 as 19 more people died in the 24 hours till 5 pm on Monday.

Karnataka, particularly Bengaluru, has seen a sharp rise in cases over the last two weeks indicating the possibility of community transmission and further rise in cases.

Estimates by government authorities project that Karnataka will have around 25,000 cases by mid-August.

R.Ashok, the revenue minister incharge of covid- 19 in Bengaluru on Monday told doctors that they would have to dedicate another six months to contain the virus indicating that authorities were expecting the case count to rise in subsequent days and months.

The city reported over 3,200 cases since 19 June as against 844 cases between 8 March and 18 June.

There are around 500 containment zones in Bengaluru that is likely to have an impact of business and activities in the state's growth capital and its efforts to revive the economy.

The state government on Monday held meetings with private hospitals to increase the number of beds available for treatment of covid- 19.

The number of people in intensive careunits (ICU) jumped to 268.

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March 28,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 28: After a youth from Dakshina Kannada who tested positive for the deadly Covid-19 revealed that he had travelled by a bus, authorities have requested all his fellow passengers to visit their nearest district hospital. 

The 21-year-old man hailing from Belthangady taluk had flown from Dubai to Bengaluru on March 21 and on the same day travelled to Mangaluru by the KSRTC bus bearing registration number KA 19, F3329. 

As he was suffering from fever and cough he was admitted to Puttur government hospital on March 24. He was tested positive for the novel coronavirus on March 27.   

It is not yet know how many passengers were there on board the above mentioned bus which had departed Bengaluru at 4:30 p.m. on March 21. It is believed that most of the passengers who travelled by this bus are residents of Dakshina Kannada. 

Hence, the KSRTC authorities today requested all the passengers who travelled by this bus to visit their nearest district hospital for necessary checkup. The passengers also were urged to quarantine themselves for next couple of weeks.

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