Poojary demands Tanvir Sait's resignation; UTK says party will decide

November 11, 2016

Mangaluru, Nov 11: Congress veteran B Janardhan Poojary has asked Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanvir Sait to immediately quit the ministry in the wake of allegations of unacceptable action at a public function.

utpoojary On Thursday attending Tipu Jayanti at Raichur in north Karnataka where he is the district in charge minister, Mr Sait was seen in the video footage, telecast by Kannada TV channels, purportedly surfing through the girls' pictures.

Mr Sait claimed he was just going through the images and messages sent to him on WhatsApp by unknown sender and he did not deliberately watch any obscene pictures. “I am ready to face any probe,” he said.

However, Mr Poojary said that Mr Sait's action has caused damage to the State government and the Congress party. “If he fails to submit resignation, Chief Minister Siddaramiah should sack him immediately,” he said.

On the other hand, Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader said that party leaders have sought report on the episode. When media persons asked about demand for Mr Sait's removal, Mr Khader said that party leaders will take a decision after studying the matter.

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Once upon a time JP was a political Guru fr utk, nw even he is not in favour

Its really surprise why cant Mr.Poojary understand this whole episode very well written andl played by RSS and its well wishing company!! they are trying to create communal clashes before election. A ordinary secular minded person can understand their game plan. A person like Mr.Poojary should not comments for all these non sense matters.

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Mangaluru: Youth who arrived from Dubai arrested with gold worth Rs 9.39 lakhs

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February 13,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 13: The Customs Officers of Airport Team-II at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) on Thursday intercepted a passenger who attempted to smuggle gold worth Rs 9.39 lakhs.

The team led by Rajesh Poojary nabbed the passenger who attempted to smuggle 233.18 grams of gold strips concealed inside a rechargeable emergency light and solar sensor wall light.

The officials said a passenger named Mohammed Mahir Patla (24) from Kasaragod, who arrived from Dubai yesterday evening by Air India flight number IX384 attempted to smuggle the gold.

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Virus hampered development plans; if necessary we'll take loans: BSY on completing one year as CM

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July 27,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 27: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, on completion of one year of his government, today said coronavirus hampered his development plans for the state.

He said the state will not see a lockdown again "at any cost".

"Due to coronavirus we couldn't meet people's expectations but now we'll not have lockdown in Karnataka at any cost. In future we're going to fulfill whatever I announced in Budget. If necessary we'll take loans and complete all development work," said Yediyurappa.

"Covid has hampered development plans of Karnataka, lot more needs to be done, i'm committed to providing an able, stable government," he said.

Arrangements were made for virtual celebrations to mark the one-year anniversary of Yediyurappa government at Banquet Hall in Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru. Social distancing was maintained at the event.

A record 5,199 new COVID-19 cases and 82 deaths were reported from Karnataka on Sunday, the state's health department said.

With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in the state stands at 96,141, including 58,417 active cases and 35,838 recoveries.

So far, 1,878 deaths have been reported from Karnataka. Karnataka is the only state to have over 50,000 active cases with overall tally below 1 lakh.

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Long awaited Pumpwell Flyover inaugurated, finally!

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January 31,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 31: The Pumpwell flyover, part of the four-laning of Talapady-Kundapura stretch of National Highway 66, was finally inaugurated today.

Work on four-laning NH 66 between Talapady-Kundapur, excluding the Nanthoor-NITK Surathkal stretch, started in September 2010 and Pumpwell (Mahaveera Circle) flyover was a part of the project. Concessionnaire M/s Navayuga Udupi Tollway Pvt., Ltd., failed to execute many flyovers on the stretch within the prescribed time, including Thokkottu and Pumpwell in Mangaluru, Karavali Circle in Udupi, and Shasri Circle in Kundapur.

Thokkottu and Karavali Circle flyovers are complete now while Shastri Circle flyover as well as the four-lane road within Kundapur town are still incomplete. Similarly, a small bridge and portion of the road in Padubidri too is yet to be completed.

District in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Pojjary and MP Nalin Kumar Kateel inaugurated the long-pending Flyover

MLA Vedavayas Kamath, MLA Bharath Shetty were also present on the occasion.