Is Siddaramaiah forcing Ramanath Rai to accept home portfolio?

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July 25, 2017

Bengaluru, Jul 25: Minister for Forests B. Ramanath Rai’s closed-door meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah late on Tuesday fuelled speculation that he may be named the next Home Minister.ramanathe

Rai met Siddaramaiah at his official residence ‘Krishna’ on Tuesday evening and held discussion on the possible change of portfolio.

A source close to Rai said that an initially reluctant Mr. Rai agreed to take up responsibility after being persuaded by the Chief Minister that he should do so as a senior member of the Cabinet.

However, when contacted over phone, Rai was non-committal. “I will abide by the decision of the high command and the Chief Minister,” he said.

However, there was no formal confirmation from the chief minister's office in this regard. The home portfolio is currently with the chief minister.

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May 8,2020

Mangaluru, May 8: Dr Arathi Krishna, former deputy chairman of Karnataka NRI Forum, today called on Karnataka chief secretary Vijaya Bhaskar and urged him to exert pressure on the Centre through chief minister to expedite evacuation of Kannadigas stuck in Saudi Arabia amidst covid-19 lockdown. 

She also conveyed the message from labourers in Gulf countries requesting for free quarantine facility upon their arrival. Positively responding to the demand, Mr Bhaskar said that free quarantine facility will be arranged at BSF base in Bengaluru apart from paid quarantine facility in different hotels and guest houses.

Dr Arathi Krishna told coastaldigest.com that she also spoke to the officials in-charge of Gulf in the Ministry of External Affairs  and requested them to take necessary steps to add more special flights from Gulf countries to Karnataka. 

The officials have promised to consider operating flight from Riyadh to Mangaluru via Dammam in the second wave of evacuation, the schedule of which is expected to be announced in a few days, she said.

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May 4,2020

Mangaluru, May 4: District Health Officer Dr Ramachandra Bairi on Monday said that a special team, comprising of six members, has been constituted to find the source of Corona infection in Dakshina Kannada .

The team is expected to file its report by May 6. It is still not clear if Bantwal was the source was the infection or not.

He said 1st phase of investigation in this regard is complete and the samples taken on the 12th day will give a clear picture.

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May 23,2020

Udupi, May 23: Five more persons tested positive for coronavirus in the coastal district of Udupi today. 

They include three men aged 37, 55, 31 and two women aged 48 and 34. 

Among them four are returnees from Mumbai and one is foreign returnee.

With this the total number of covid-19 cases in the district rose to 55.

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