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Party is firmly behind BS Yeddyurappa, says Srinivasa Prasad

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May 16, 2019

Mysuru, May 16: Against a backdrop of rifts within the JD(S)-Congress alliance, senior Dalit leader and vice-president of BJP’s Karnataka unit V Srinivasa Prasad said that the saffron party stood firmly behind the state party chief and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa.

The ongoing spat between former CM Siddaramaiah and chief of the Karnataka unit of the JD(S) Adagooru H Vishwanath has thrown the faultlines among the ruling parties into stark relief. Prasad admitted to being curious about the sequel to the political squabble between senior leaders of the parties, which are ruling the state in coalition.

Dismissing charges of having prompted Vishwanath’s attack on Siddaramaiah – Vishwanath’s remarks against the former CM came close on the heels of his meeting with Prasad – the senior BJP leader said that he would not respond to the ‘war of words’ between the two leaders. “Vishwanath and I did not discuss about politics at all,” Prasad said.

Countering Siddaramaiah’s statements about differences in the BJP, the Dalit leader said that the whole party was firmly behind Yeddyurappa.

Prasad, however, denied being aware of those in the reckoning for the post of the president of Karnataka BJP. Queried about the possibility of a Dalit being nominated to the post, he said, “Aravind Limbavalli’s name has been doing the rounds. The party’s top brass will take a decision.”

Expressing dismay over incidents of poll-related violence reported in West Bengal, Prasad said, “When the Communists were in power in the state, it was Mamata Banerjee who fought against the prevalent political system in Bengal. Now, she is the CM of the state, but Mamata appears to have continued the tradition of violence. Such incidents have been reported nowhere else in the country but West Bengal.”

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July 13,2020

Bengaluru, July 13: The results of the recently concluded II PUC examinations in Karnataka will be announced tomorrow, Tuesday, July 14, at 11:30 am.

The results, according to Primary and Secondary Education minister S Suresh Kumar, will be sent in the form of SMS-es to the registered mobile numbers of the students by 11:30 am.

Over 6.5 lakh students had appeared for the II PUC exams. 

Even though examinations for most of the subjects was completed in March, students had to wait close to three months, due to nationwide lockdown, to appear for the last exam -- for English -- which was held on 18th June.

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May 10,2020

Gadag, May 9: It is the month of April, and the season of mangoes is very much here. However, the mango farmers of Gadag are suffering huge losses amid the coronavirus lockdown due to the absence of transportation facilities along with several other issues that have been impacting their business adversely.

Speaking to media persons, Vishwanath Odugowdar, a mango farmer said, "Due to transportation problems we are not being able to export mangoes to different countries. We are trying to sell them in nearby markets."

"We are not in a situation to pack, transport and export the mangoes to different countries as we did earlier especially 
when it comes to Alphonso mangoes which is one of the most loved varieties. So, we are packing mangoes at our place. Somehow this year we have got very good quality of mangoes," he added.

Farmers here are incurring huge losses as mandis and markets across the country are shut while the transport of Alphonso mangoes has also come to a halt owing to the lockdown.

The small and medium scale farmers in places like Gadag, Dharwad, Bagalkote in north Karnataka have started packing the mangoes themselves in their farms in a bid to sell the fruit themselves.

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May 23,2020

Mudigre, May 23: The throat swab sample of a Primary Health Care doctor at Mudigere in Chikkamagaluru district tested negative for COVID-19. 

It was wrongly tested positive for COVID-19 on May 19, clarified DC Dr Bagadi Gautham. 

The doctor's throat swab was tested again in Shivamogga and Hassan labs where it has tested negative. He will be discharged from hospital, said the DC.

All the 28 contacts of the doctor too tested negative. 

A total of 485 primary contacts and 961 secondary contacts of the doctor were quarantined after the throat swab of the doctor was tested positive. All the contacts who have been quarantined will be sent back home from quarantine centres, added DC.

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