Prajwal's 'suitcase' remark was not aimed at me: Kumaraswamy

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July 11, 2017

Bengaluru/Mysuru, Jul 11: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said his nephew Prajwal Revanna had done nothing wrong and there was no need for him to tender an apology for his “suitcase culture” remark.

Speaking to the media for the first time after Prajwal stated at a party convention that “suitcase culture” was prevalent in the JD(S), Kumaraswamy said, “He (Prajwal) has nowhere stated that he was referring to me.... I do not know what the issue is all about, I have only been reading about it in the media.”

Prajwal, apparently unhappy that he was being denied an opportunity to contest from Hunsur (a constituency of his choice in Mysuru district), had stated that people with wealth get front row seats in the JD(S), while those who are loyal to the party are assigned back row seats.

JD(S) national president H D Deve Gowda on Sunday had stated that Kumaraswamy was hurt by the statement and Prajwal has to tender an apology to him. “Suitcase politics did exist in our party and those with suitcases used to sit in the front row...but, now they have left the party,” Kumaraswamy on Monday said, apparently referring to the seven rebel MLAs of the party.

One of the rebel MLAs H C Balakrishna told reporters that Kumaraswamy is giving a twist to Prajwal’s comment to save his own skin. “Kumaraswamy is a hit-and-run politician. He is reacting to Prajwal’s comments after three days. The suitcase containing ‘B’ forms (tickets) to contest polls has always been with the Gowda family,” Balakrishna said.

‘Vishwanath is candidate’

JD(S) leader MLA from Chamundeshwari G T Devegowda on Monday announced in Mysuru that former minister A H Vishwanath, who recently joined the JD(S), will be the party candidate from Hunsur Assembly constituency in the 2018 election.

It was said that either G T Devegowda or his son G D Harish Gowda would contest from Hunsur, which had been represented by the former a couple of times in the past.

G T Devegowda announced the candidature of Vishwanath at a programme organised to welcome the former vice chancellor of University of Mysore K S Rangappa into the party fold. The MLA promised to work for the victory of Vishwanath and said, “I and my son and also Prajwal, the son of H D Revanna, who were aspirants for the JD(S) ticket from Hunsur, will work for Vishwanath’s victory.”

JD(S) president H D Deve Gowda said the Assembly elections would be advanced and the state government is preparing for the polls in November.

Prajwal's 'suitcase' remark was not aimed at me: HDK

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BJP govt slammed for neglecting irrigation projects in Karnataka

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March 13,2020

Belagavi, Mar 13: Former Karnataka Minister and Senior Congress leader H K Patil on Thursday alleged that the ruling BJP government headed by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has shown negligence towards completion of the irrigation projects in North-Karnataka region.

Mr. Patil said that no sufficient provision was made in the Budget for 2020-21 presented by Yediyurappa on March 5.

North Karnataka region people, farmers, and leaders expected more fund allocation to complete the pending and ongoing irrigation projects, but they are disappointed.

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Steady improvement in Karnataka's COVID recovery rate, says Medical Education Minister

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Karnataka has seen a substantial increase in COVID-19 recovery rate, which was 5.67 per cent in the last week, state Medical Education Minister Dr. K Sudhakar said.

"Every day there is an increase in recovery rate which is higher by 9.17 per cent in Bengaluru city. The overall recovery rate of the state by Sunday evening was 42.81 per cent and it is 35.14 per cent in Bengaluru," the Minister wrote in a tweet.

Minister Sudhakar also directed officials to resolve the issue raised by a woman who had written to him about her struggle to take possession of the body of her father in St. Johns hospital, Madivala.

The hospital she claimed was charging money to hand over the body.

"It is inhuman on part of the hospital to refuse handover of the body. I came to know about this incident in the media and responded immediately to help out the woman," Dr. Sudhakar wrote in his tweet.

Karnataka has so far reported 74,598 active COVID-19 cases, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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Reopening of mosques in Turkey creates spectacular scenes

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May 30,2020

Istanbul: Mosques in Turkey reopened on Friday for mass prayers after more than two months as the government further eased strict restrictions to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.

Turkey has been shifting since May to a "new normal" by easing lockdown measures and opening shopping malls, barbershops and hair salons.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said many other sites -- restaurants and cafes as well as libraries, parks and beaches -- will reopen from Monday.

Hundreds of worshippers wearing protective masks performed mass prayers outside Istanbul's historic Blue Mosque for the first time since mosques were shut down in March.

In the Ottoman-era Fatih mosque, worshippers prayed both inside and outside, with the municipality handing out disinfectants and disposable carpets.

"I have waited a lot for this, I have prayed a lot. I can say it's like a new birth, thanks to God, he has brought us back here," he said.

Another worshipper, Asum Tekif, 50, said: "It has a been a long time... we missed the mosques."

Turkey, a country of 83 million, has so far recorded 4,489 coronavirus-related deaths and 162,120 confirmed cases.

Prayers in Hagia Sophia

Muslim clerics on Friday recited prayers in the Hagia Sophia, the world famous Istanbul landmark which is now a museum after serving as a church and a mosque.

The prayers were held to celebrate the anniversary of the conquest of Constantinople, today's Istanbul, by the Ottomans in 1453.

"It is very important to commemorate the 567th anniversary of the conquest ... through prayers in the Hagia Sophia," said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who attended the ceremony via videoconference.

The stunning edifice was first built as a church in the sixth century under the Byzantine Empire as the centrepiece of its capital Constantinople.

After the Ottoman conquest, it was converted into a mosque before being turned into a museum during the rule of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, in the 1930s.

But there have been hints about reconverting the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Last year, Erdogan himself mooted the possibility of turning Hagia Sofia museum into a mosque.

Such calls have sparked anger among Christians and raised tensions with neighbouring Greece.

In 2015, a Muslim cleric recited the Koran in the Hagia Sophia for the first time in 85 years to mark the opening of an exhibition.

After Friday prayers at the Blue Mosque, a small group of Muslim worshippers shouted: "Let the chains break and let the Hagia Sophia open".

The group was later dispersed by the police who stopped them from protesting near Hagia Sophia that sits immediately opposite the Blue Mosque.