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To save govt, Kumaraswamy reaches out to dissidents

TNN
May 28, 2019

Bengaluru, May 28: Ahead of the crucial Congress legislature party (CLP) meeting on May 29 and in a desperate bid to save his government from falling, Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday met the confidante of dissident Congress leader Ramesh Jarkiholi, Mahesh Kumatalli, who is also an MLA of the party.

Kumaraswamy's efforts to pacify the rebels came on a day when former Congress MLA KN Rajanna struck a discordant note saying the coalition government will "collapse after June 10". Rajanna also blamed the defeat of CM's father and JD(S) leader HD Deve Gowda in Tumakuru on deputy CM and Congress leader G Parameshwara. The deputy CM hails from the Tumakuru district. CLP leader Siddaramaiah is already holding talks with Congress rebels who are being wooed by BJP. Kumaraswamy joined the peace moves as a major grievance of Congress MLAs is the inaccessibility of the JD(S) leader. At the CLP meeting on Wednesday, Congress leaders do not rule out the possibility of some MLAs demanding an end to the coalition with JD(S), which they feel did more harm than good to the party.

Kumaraswamy is all set to fill the three vacancies in his cabinet to accommodate disgruntled MLAs, especially Ramesh. The expansion could take place this week if all goes well in the coalition.

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January 27,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 27: Leaders cutting across political parties in Karnataka condoled the demise of former minister Amarnath Shetty, who passed away on Monday after a prolonged illness.

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa expressed “shock” over the death of the former minister. “May his soul rest in peace. My deepest condolences to his family members,” tweeted CM’s official Twitter handle.

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March 29,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 29: Dakshina Kannada Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited in a statement announced that their milk collection centres across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts will be closed on March 29 and 30.

Due to a shortage of storage space with them, the Union has decided to stop collecting milk on these two days, according to the statement issued here on Saturday.

The sale/retail of milk and milk products won’t be affected in these two days.

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February 20,2020

New Delhi, Feb 20: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the non-bailable warrants issued against the state Director General of Police (DGP) and Inspector General of Police (IGP) by the Karnataka High Court.

A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde stayed the non-bailable warrants while hearing a plea filed by the Karnataka government.

Earlier today, the apex court had agreed to hear the matter today itself after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta mentioned the matter before it.

Tushar Mehta had pointed that Home Secretary has been asked by the High Court to execute the non-bailable warrants and said that this order is "unusual".

Karnataka High Court had earlier issued non-bailable warrants against the top cops in a case.

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