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Rahul Gandhi storms Mangaluru, goes all guns blazing against Modi-Shah, BJP

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March 20, 2018

Mangaluru, Mar 20: Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday stormed the coastal city of Mangaluru as part of the Janaashirvad Yatra of the party in poll bound Karnataka, attacking holding a roadshow and addressing a huge rally where he made scathing attacks against the Bharatiya Janata Party, its supremo Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Addressing a huge crowd at Nehru Maidan in the heart of the city, Rahul alleged that the saffron party can do anything for the sake of power: from resorting to violence to purchasing of MLAs. It formed governments in Goa and North Eastern states of Meghalaya, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh by purchasing MLAs.

Likening the BJP to Kouravas in the Mahabharata, he said that the BJP craved for power and it was the voice of an organisation which controlled it.

The people knew which organisation controlled it. On the other hand, the Congress was the voice of people, he said.

Referring to the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France he alleged that the Modi government had caused over Rs. 40,000 crore loss to the exchequer as the purchase has been finalised at a higher price by the NDA government than the previous deal negotiated by the UPA government.

The UPA had negotiated it to Rs. 526 crore per plane. But the Modi government paid Rs. 1,670 crore instead, he said.

The Congress president said that the government was to purchase the fighter jets from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in Bengaluru. But the “Hindustan Ki Chowkidar” changed the contract and ensured that his friends got it. Where did Rs. 40,000 crore go? he asked.

Mr. Gandhi said that the Union Defence Minister lied to people by saying that the cost of purchase cannot be revealed as the deal with France was a secret pact. But the French president has denied it. Finally, it was revealed through the company which supplied it.

He said that the State was the land of Basavanna, Narayana Guru, Koti Chennaya and Rani Abbakka who showed the way to the world and not only to the country.

Mr. Gandhi said that the erstwhile Congress government in the Centre ensured that the banking services reached every village in the country.

Questioning the BJP for stating that the Union government was supplying rice for Anna Bhagya scheme of the Congress government, the Chief Siddaramaiah questioned why the BJP ruled states in the country did not have such a scheme.

He said the BJP did a U-turn in its stand over supporting Aadhaar. When it was in the Opposition it opposed it. But when it came to power in the Centre it has made it mandatory from “birth to death”.

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angel of death
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Wednesday, 21 Mar 2018

very good move by people of mangalore irrespective of religion, we all must unite and kick the bast*rd BJP party & chela's from the mangalore root.

 

 

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April 15,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 15: Police on Wednesday conducted surprise raids at nearly 120 shops in Bengaluru following complaints of black marketing and sale of foodgrains above the MRP rate.

Sandip Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Bengaluru in a tweet said that action has been initiated against these shopkeepers.

Though the government has maintained the supply chain of essential items, few shopkeepers have used the lockdown opportunity to charge higher prices for essential items.

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Sharief
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Thursday, 16 Apr 2020

Need tough punishment.

Instead of helping with lesser price, troubling the people. These are cruels.

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April 29,2020

Newsroom, Apr 29: Abdul Rahman Al Sudais, the imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah has hinted that Muslims will be allowed to perform prayers again at the holiest mosque after a few days. 

Al Sudais, who is also the president of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, predicted this while answering a question from a reporter about the possibility of having worshippers gather again at the mosque.

He said that soon people will be allowed to return to the mosque for prayers and for circumambulation around the holy Kaaba.

The authorities care about people more than anything else, he said. "All Muslims should pray to Allah to help us through this pandemic. People must be careful and take necessary precautions to protect themselves and others," he added.

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July 8,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 8: Karnataka on Wednesday reported the biggest single-day spike of 2,062 coronavirus cases and a record 54 fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 28,877 and the death count to 470, the health department said.

778 COVID-19 patients were also discharged after recovery in the state.

Out of the fresh cases reported today, 1,148 cases were reported from Bengaluru alone with 22 deaths.

The previous biggest single-day spike was recorded on July 5 with 1,925 cases.

As of July 8 evening, cumulatively 28,877 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 470 deaths and 11,876 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.

It said out of 16,527 active cases, 16,075 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and stable, while 452 are in ICU.

The dead include 22 from Bengaluru urban, Dharwad seven, Ballari four, three each from Hassan and Raichur, two each from Ramanagara, Chikkaballapura, Vijayapura, Tumakuru, Mysuru, and one each from Bidar, Dakshina Kannada, Kalaburagi, Chikkamagaluru and Bengaluru rural.

Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 1,148 cases, followed by Dakshina Kannada 183, Dharwad 89, Kalaburagi 66, fifty nine each from Ballari and Mysuru, Bengaluru rural 37, Ramanagara 34, Chikkaballapura 32, 31 each from Udupi and Haveri, Bidar 29, Belagavi 27, Hassan 26, and 24 each from Bagalkote and Tumakuru.

While Chikkamagaluru reported 23 cases, it was 20 in Mandya, Uttara Kannada 19, Davangere 18, 17 each from Raichur and Shivamogga, Kolar 16, 11 each from Yadgir and Koppal, Gadag five, Vijayapura four, and Chitradurga two.

Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, with 12,509 infections, followed by Kalaburagi 1,816 and Dakshina Kannada 1,534.

Among discharges, Bengaluru urban tops the list with 2,228 discharges, followed by Kalabuagi 1,351 and Udupi 1,178.

A total of 7,59,181 samples were tested so far, out of which 19,134 were tested on Wednesday alone.

According to the bulletin, so far 7,11,319 samples have been reported as negative, and out of them 16,503 were reported negative today.

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