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No role in Mahadayi bandh; will support the cause: CM

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January 24, 2018

Bengaluru, Jan 24: Denying the Bharatiya Janata Party’s charge that he is behind the proposed Karnataka bandh over the Mahadayi issue, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that he only support the cause of Kannadigas.

Responding to BJP State president B.S. Yeddyurappa’s charge, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the bandh had been called by Kannada groups and farmers’ organisations. “Actually it will be a problem for the government as it has to close schools and stop buses,” he said.

Earlier, Mr Yeddyurappa had said that even the protests outside the BJP’s office were “Congress-inspired”.

Referring to the Karnataka bandh called on January 25, coinciding with the BJP’s Parivarthana Yatra rally in Mysuru which is to be attended by the party’s national president Amit Shah, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the BJP was worried about poor turnout at the rally. He said the party leaders were embarrassed by the empty chairs during the previous rally attended by Mr. Shah in Bengaluru and were worried of a repeat in Mysuru.

He also dismissed the BJP charge that the government had ordered withdrawal of buses on Thursday to prevent crowds from gathering for the BJP rally. “The KSRTC may be planning to not ply buses in order to prevent their damage during the bandh. I don’t have such a petty mindset [to orchestrate it],” the CM said.

Meanwhile, the Congress said it supported the call for bandh demanding Modi's intervention to resolve the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute.

"Everybody must support the bandh call given by farmer groups and pro-Kannada organisations seeking Modi's intervention," Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee working president Dinesh Gundu Rao told reporters in Bengaluru.

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Kumar
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018

Well said siddaramaiah

Suresh
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018

Yeddy loosing grip. So that he talks rubbishes

Danish
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018

Other states BJP MLAs can degrade Kannadigas. If CM stands for Kannadigas that will be big issue for Yeddy.

Hari
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018

If it for good cause, then what wrong in sponsorship.

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February 13,2020

New Delhi, Feb 13: Two SpiceJet pilots have been suspended today for an improper landing at Mangalore Airport which damaged three runway edge lights. The incident took place on October 31 last year when the private carrier's Boeing 737 aircraft was returning from Dubai.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) suspended the licenses of the pilots for four-and-half months from the date of the incident.

DGCA had issued a show cause notice to the Pilot in Command and the First Officer demanding explanation of the "lapses" and found their replies unsatisfactory, the aviation watchdog said in a statement.

Investigation revealed that the touchdown was improper as it deviated to the the left on the runway in turn damaging three runway edge lights.

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February 9,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 9: Senior JD(S) leader and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda has called upon all the regional parties and secular parties to join hands with the Congress and work in tandem to take on the BJP.

Noting that mere speeches would not help, he said the regional and secular parties should enhance their strength politically in the country.

"We all need to join together with Congress and work in tandem with the available strength only then will we be able to stop them (the BJP)," the JD(S) supremo said at a public meeting organised by the party in Hassan district on Saturday.

Gowda cautioned the regional and secular parties against sitting idle watching the developments in the country.

"If the small and regional parties do not exercise the powers given by Dr B R Ambedkar to the country, they (BJP) are going to the extent of finishing them up," he said. Interestingly, the JD(S) patriarch, had in the run-up to the December bypolls to Karnataka assembly said he would not align with the Congress and dubbed it as "not trustworthy."

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May 8,2020

Mangaluru, May 8: Twenty-two students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Mudipu on the outskirts of Mangalur city, stranded in Uttara Pradesh due to lock-down reached the campus on Friday morning.

These Class 9 students (12 girls and 10 boys) had studied at JNV Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, as part of an exchange programme, 21 students of Amroha campus studied in Mudipu. 

While Amroha students could return after completing their studies, the Mudipu students were among many JNV students who were unable to return because of the lock-down.

JNV Mudipu Principal V Srinivasan said the 22 students, along with escorts, reached the campus at 7.15 a.m today.

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