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BJP's search for Ramanath Rai's election opponent begins

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October 13, 2012

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Mangalore, October 13: The BJP has begun its hunt for a worthy equivalent to challenge Congress heavyweight Ramanath Rai in Bantwal Assembly constituency.

The BJP is currently up against the challenge of fielding a powerful enough contestant against Mr. Rai especially after the departure of B Nagaraj Shetty, Former Minister, from the BJP. Attempts are being made to fulfill this void in the next four months.

Although rumours did rounds that Padmanabha Kottary may contest against Mr. Rai, voices from within the BJP have reportedly said that he is not the right candidate against the Congress veteran as he has failed to make an impact as the district president of the BJP. The party is likely to field Mr. Kottary against U T Khader from the Mangalore constituency where he did reasonably well last time around, it is said.

Businessman Jitendra Kottari on the other hand has been making attempts to get an election ticket from the past one year, it is learnt. He has made Bantwal his home from the past one year and has been engaging himself in social and religious programmes with greater enthusiasm, trying to draw the attention of the Sangh Parivar, it is said.

The BJP, like Congress, is also reportedly taking caste permutations into account and hence may field Bunt candidates to cash in on the Bunt influence on the Bantwal constituency. In the BJP's Bunt list, prominent names that feature are those of Santhosh Kumar Rai Boliyaar, ZP member, and Rajesh Naik Ulepady. Both of them are active members of the party and are also reportedly close to Prabhakar Bhat. Rajesh Naik has meanwhile said that he is not interested in contesting elections. Hence, Mr. Boliyaar's name is coming to the fore and although there are chances that he may get the post of Vice President of DK Zilla Panchayat, he may well be elevated to contest for the Assembly seat.

In the meantime, it is also being said that Sadananda Poonja, a staunch critic of Ramanath Rai within the Congress, is likely to contest elections from BJP against Mr. Rai.

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July 4,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 4: Normal life was thrown out of gear as heavy rain under the influence of South East Monsoon started lashing coastal districts of Karnataka including Dakshina Kannada on Saturday.

The heavy rain is likely to continue till July 7, according to the meteorological experts. 

The water level in Netravati river is increasing and district administration has warned the people living in the low lying areas and has asked them to move to safer places.

Owing to lack of storm water drains, water logging of the roads inconvenienced the motorists at KS Rao Road, Pumpwell, Bejai, and other areas. 

The Met department sounded warning for fishermen not to venture into the sea observing that strong winds with speed reaching 50-60 kmph are likely to prevail over Southwest and West Central Arabian Sea till July 5.

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: No private hospital in Karnataka can turn away a patient without attending to him or her, irrespective of the Coronavirus status, an official has said.

"Private medical establishments shall not deny treatment and admission to any patient approaching the establishment irrespective of the fact that such patient may or may not be suffering from Covid-19," an official from the state Health and Family Welfare Department said on Wednesday.

Likewise, no private hospital can insist on a patient for a Covid-19 test report, said the official invoking the Disaster Management Act.

"The establishments also cannot insist for Covid test report," he said, directing all private hospitals to strictly abide by their responsibilities.

According to the department, it is the duty of every private hospital to provide first aid and take lifesaving steps when any patient approaches it.

"It is the duty of every private medical establishment to provide first aid and take lifesaving measures to stabilise the patient," he said.

The department also invoked statutes from Karnataka Medical Establishments Act 2017, under sections 11 and 11 (A) to drive home the message.

The directives assume significance at a time when several cases of private hospitals denying admissions and fleecing patients across the state have emerged.

"It has been noticed that some of the private hospitals are refusing treatment and admission to emergency patients, causing distress and this has resulted in complications, leading to death in certain cases," said the official.

The district authorities have been directed to take action on the erring hospitals as the department reiterated the responsibilities of private medical establishments.

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Police said that the theft took place in the MESCOM sub-division office at Chembugudde. It was said that the thieves broke open the room where the MESCOM customers bill payment machine was located and stole 70,000 rupees cash from the ATP machine.

This machine had nine lakh rupees cash. The amount was reported to have been transferred at around 1500 hrs on Saturday.

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