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Ravikanthe Gowda replaces Reddy as SP of Dakshina Kannada

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January 20, 2018

Mangaluru, Jan 20: Within six months of his posting, Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada, C.H. Sudheer Kumar Reddy, was transferred to Belagavi district.

B.R. Ravikanthe Gowda, Superintendent of Police, Belagavi, would replace Mr. Reddy, according to a notification from the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Bengaluru, issued on Saturday.

Mr. Reddy’s transfer came as a surprise for many. His predecessor Bhushan Gulabrao Borase too was shifted hurriedly when communal tension gripped Bantwal taluk, the home turf of district in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai.

It could be recalled here that Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy during his Mangaluru visit last week had denied rumours of some politicians trying for the transfer of the SP.

Mr. Reddy is a 2010 batch IPS officer. A native of Andhra Pradesh he had learnt Tulu, the language of the region. Mr. Gowda, a 2005 batch IPS officer, is a native of Mandya district and holds a doctorate degree in literature.

Though some attribute Mr. Reddy’s transfer to pressure from the sand mafia, thriving in the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) in the district, Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy described it as a “routine exercise.”

Asked about the transfer, he said Mr. Gowda had completed three years in Belagavi (since September 17, 2014) and had to be transferred before the polls. Belagavi too is a sensitive district like Dakshina Kannada and a tough officer, like Mr. Gowda, had to be posted and the government chose Mr. Reddy, the Home Minister said.

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April 7,2020

Bagalkot, April 7: A group of villagers on Monday attacked three Muslim men at Bidari village in Bagalkot district accusing them of being responsible for the spread of coronavirus in the country.

The three men belonging to Mahalingapura village were walking on the road when they were attacked with sticks by people even when they said that they were nowhere connected to Tablighi Jamaat.

This incident happened within the limits of Mudhol Police Station.

Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police Lokesh Jagasalar said that the police is investigating the matter and no one will be spared who all are involved in this act.

"No one will be spared and we have taken the incident seriously and finding whoever harassed three Muslim men, at no cost the incident be defended by anyone, it was unexpected and case will be booked and stringent action will be taken against those who are involved in the incident," Lokesh told news agency.

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April 16,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 16: With two more people testing positive for COVID-19 in Karnataka, the state's corona cases count has reached 279, including 80 discharged and 12 deaths, said the government on Wednesday.

A total of 19 corona cases were confirmed in the state on Wednesday. 17 cases were reported earlier in the day, of which 15 are male patients and two are female. Of the 17 cases, nine are workers of a pharmaceutical company in Mysuru, the government stated.

Meanwhile, a 65-year-old from Chikkaballapur, who had tested positive for COVID-19, lost his life this afternoon.

"He was referred to a Bengaluru hospital with complaints of H1N1 positive, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with obstructive sleep apnea and a past history of diabetes and hypertension," the government said.

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June 14,2020

Mangaluru, June 14: Private schools under the aegis of Association of English Medium Schools in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi urged the State government to reimburse the arrears of the fee related to admission of students under the Right to Education (RTE) Act.

Speaking to newsmen here on Sunday association president Y. Mohammed Beary said the State government has not cleared the arrears for the last two years. “The 400 private schools in two districts have to get around Rs 2 crore,” he said and added that the overall arrears that the government has to pay to schools in the State are around Rs1,200 crore.

Mr. Beary said arrears have made the school managements like his, who collect annual fees of about Rs 20,000 from a student, hard to function. Due to lockdown from March the schools could not conduct annual examinations and hence they could not collect pending fees from parents.

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