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6 drones, 700 CCTV cameras, 4k cops to ensure security during harmony rally

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February 23, 2017

Mangaluru, Feb 23: Over 4,000 police personnel, 700 CCTV cameras and six drone cameras will keep a watchful eye over the harmony rally of CPM to ensure law and order, which will be addressed by Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in the city on Saturday.

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At a joint press conference on Thursday, city police commissioner M Chandra Sekhar and superintendent of police Bhushan Gulabrao Borase, said all measures will be taken to ensure a peaceful atmosphere during the rally that will be addressed by the chief minister of Kerala.

"Freedom of speech and the freedom to protest are rights of every individual as per the Indian Constitution. We cannot prevent one from making speech and all measures will be taken to let Kerala chief minister to address the rally in the city peacefully," said Chandra Sekhar.

He said the city police will deploy over 2,000 policemen including six SPs, 10 DySPs, 20 inspectors on Saturday. "In addition to the deployment of policemen from other districts, we will also install 600 CCTV cameras at identified locations and use six drones to monitor the situation," the commissioner said and requested people not to pay heed to the social media rumours.

"Report any rumours that spread false messages regarding the rally or any other law and order situation to the nearest police station. We will take necessary action as per law. We have already made 120 people execute bonds of good behavior as a preventive measure. Those organizations that oppose the visit of Kerala chief minister have given in writing that they will not resort to any illegal activities," Chandra Sekhar said.

Meanwhile, SP Borase said, "As per a verdict of Kerala high court, which was later upheld by the Supreme Court, nobody can give call to hold bundh and hartal."

The DK police will deploy six platoons of KSRP, 10 platoons of DAR, 550 constables/head constables, 300 home guards, 123 officers, 4 DySPs, an ASP and 2 SPs in the district. In addition, 17 check posts, 100 vehicles, 2 rapid intervention vehicles and 100 CCTV cameras will also enhance the security measures, Borase said.

"We will also take necessary action to recover the damage from those who protest against Kerala CM's visit," he added.

The commissioner said miscreants had set fire to files and an almirah of a CPM office in Thokkottu on Wednesday. Similarly, two cases of destroying publicity materials of CPM were also registered in Mangaluru North and East stations. Inquiry into the case is under progress, he added.

Minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs U T Khader said that it is the duty of the government to ensure safety and security when chief minister of a neighbouring state arrive in Karnataka. "It is our duty to ensure all security measures. Ensuring peace in the district should be the main aim of all organisations. Giving bundh or hartal call reflects their destructive mentality. They cannot be considered as social leaders. State government will prove that the police is efficient to ensure peace during the rally on February 25," he added.

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April 1,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 1: Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu on Wednesday said that 200 people, out of 342 from the state who had attended the religious gathering at Markaz building in Delhi's Nizamuddin area, have been quarantined.

"200 people including four from Bengaluru and five from Belgaum, who participated in Tablighi Jamaat (in Delhi's Nizamuddin), have been quarantined. Total 342 people from Karnataka had attended the event," Sriramulu told reporters here.

The gatherings organised by the Tablighi Jamaat at the Markaz building in Nizamuddin came into the spotlight after multiple coronavirus cases were confirmed amongst those who attended the event held in March.
Twenty-four cases were reported from the national capital alone, apart from Telangana, the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands amongst others.

The minister had earlier said that Bengaluru Urban and Mysuru have been identified among the prime 25 COVID-19 hotspots in the country.
Chikkaballapur, since the last fourteen days, has been emerging as another hotspot, according to Sriramulu.

The total number of coronavirus cases in India has risen to 1,637 after 240 new cases were reported in the country, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Wednesday.

The total number of active cases rose to 1466 in the country, while 132 people have been cured and discharged after receiving treatment, as of 9 am.

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May 14,2020

Hubballi, May 14: South Western Railway (SWR) has so far ferried about 54,000 passengers, including migrant workers, students and stranded people to 11 states to reach their home towns by Shramik Special trains.

So far 40 Shramik Specials were run one each from Kabakaputtur in Mysuru and Hubballi and remaining 38 from Chikkabanavara/Malur from Bengaluru area. About 54,000 passengers were ferried to different parts of the country. Maximum Shramik Specials trains train services were run to Lucknow (9) and Danapur (7).

Shramik Specials were run to Bihar (Bakora, Danapur, Baruni, Darbhanga), West Bengal (Purila, Bankura, New Jalpaiguri), Jharkhand (Hatia, Barkakana), Rajasthan (Jaipur, Udaipur), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Gorakhpur), Orissa (Bhubaneswar), Madhya Pradesh (Gwalior), Uttarakhand (Haridwar), Himachal Pradesh (Una), Tripura (Agartala) and Jammu and Kashmir (Udhampur).

SWR is transporting passengers to their destination as per the demand of the State Government with proper protocol and the receiving State Government is ready to accept them.

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January 22,2020

Mysuru, Jan 22: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah here on Wednesday urged the state government to initiate an unbiased investigation into the Mangaluru airport bomb case.

Addressing media persons here, he said, “The incident has created panic among the public and such incidents are being repeated due to the failure of intelligence agencies of the state”.

On accused Aditya Rao, the suspect in the case, who surrendered before Bengaluru police on Wednesday morning, the senior Congress leader said, “I have not yet gathered complete information about the accused in the case, therefore I would not like to comment about him.”

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