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

DHNS
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.Kumaraswamy

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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June 19,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 19: The Karnataka government has been advised by its Educational Advisor to cancel holidays observed in educational institutions on the occasion of various Jayantis (birth annivesaries).

Advisor to Karnataka government on Education, Professor MR Doreswamy, has recommended cancellation of holidays on Jayanti and celebrate the day with more meaningful programmes remembering the great personalities.

The state government has declared public holidays on Valmiki Jayanti, Basava Jayanti, Kanaka Jayanti, Mahavir Jayanti, Ambedkar Jayanti and Gandhi Jayanti.

On Thursday, Doreswamy submitted a report containing seven key suggestions including cancelling holidays, to Deputy Chief Minister CN Aswath Narayan, who holds higher education portfolio.

Doreswamy in his report suggested to hold thematic workshops, lectures, conferences and other such activities to celebrate the life and works of the great personalities, instead of declaring holidays.

"It would not only educate our youth about the significance of the great personalities to our culture and society and also reinvents the tradition of paying tributes to their contributions to our civil society,'' he said.

Dr Narayan said that the decision on cancelling holidays on Jayanti's has to be taken by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.

Moreover, to bring education back on track during the present COVID-19 pandemic situation, Doreswamy made a few suggestions to complete exams of final semester engineering and graduate students. He also said that it was a challenge for the education sector to overcome the pandemic crisis and structure the next academic year 2021-22.

He also advised implementation of a mentoring system in all higher education institutions in Karnataka and empowering specially-abled students.

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May 22,2020
Bengaluru, May 22: Evacuation planes from Male in Maldives and Doha in Qatar landed in Bengaluru with returnees from Karnataka after they were stranded for two months due to suspension of international flights since March 23 and the extended lockdown, an official said on Friday.
 
"An Air-India flight (#0266) with 152 passengers from Male and its subsidiary Express flight (IX-0822) with 177 returnees and 5 infants from Doha landed here safely at 6.50 pm. and 9.05 pm respectively," an airline official told media persons in Bengaluru.
 
Both the flights are first from their respective countries to Bengaluru, bringing in returnees to the southern state in the second phase of the Vande Bharat mission, being carried out to evacuate Indians stranded the world over.
 
"As per the standard operating procedure and guidelines of the state health department, all the passengers were screened with thermal device and tested to ensure they were asymptomatic before leaving the airport," a nodal officer said.
 
The returnees were given a spare mask to wear all the time and a sanitiser to wash their hands.
 
"The luggage of all passengers was screened and disinfected before handing over to them after they completed formalities such as filling the self-declaration form and downloading of the Quarantine App for contact tracing later,” said the official.
 
The passengers were ferried from the airport in state-run buses in batches for 14-day institutional quarantine in hotels and resorts across the city.
 
The flights were the 6th and 7th flights to Karnataka, of the national carrier and its Express arm, which are operating the service to repatriate thousands of Indians, including distressed workers, migrants, students, senior citizens and tourists, stranded overseas.
 
Five flights have flown about 650 returnees till date from May 18-21 under the mission's second phase to Bengaluru and Mangaluru on the west coast. The passengers have been brought from Dubai in the UAE, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Muscat in Oman, Dammam in Saudi Arabia and San Francisco in the US.
 
The remaining flights to Karnataka will land in Bengaluru and Mangaluru over the next 12 days till June 3 from 9-10 more destinations the world over.
 
In the first phase of the mission from May 7-17, the airline and its arm flew 6 flights to the state from May 11-15, bringing in 800 passengers, including 623 to Bengaluru and 177 to Mangaluru from London, Singapore, San Francisco and Dubai.

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May 29,2020

Bengaluru, May 29: The Karnataka government has requested the Civil Aviation Ministry to reduce the number of flights, emanating from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to the state in view of the high number of Covid-19 Cases prevalent there.

In a clarification issued to the Media this evening, the Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Mr J C Madhuswamy has said that Karnataka has not sought for imposing a ban on flights emanating from these places, as reported in some sections of the Media.

Karnataka has appealed to the Civil Aviation Ministry to take steps to lessen the air traffic to the State, with the sacred intention that there may not be adequate quarantine facilities if there is huge turnout at a short period, he added.

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