SM Krishna complains to Sonia, Rahul against Siddaramaiah

March 30, 2016

New Delhi, Mar 30: Senior Congress leader S M Krishna on Tuesday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi here, to present what was described as a candid' picture of the state of affairs in Karnataka under Siddaramaiah.

krishnaThe veteran leader conveyed to the party high command that things would be dangerously on the slide, if they went unchecked and correctives were not applied soon.

Krishna impressed upon the two top leaders about the scenario in the State on account of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's approach to issues, including the handling of the severe drought and more importantly, the “unwarranted” controversy caused by setting up the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which will take over corruption cases being probed by the Lokayukta, Congress insiders said.

He reiterated the views of a large number of Congressmen that the move on ACB was a bad development'. He said that the Karnataka Lokayukta had earned a good reputation under some able Lokayuktas.

MLAs unhappy'

Krishna told Sonia and Rahul that many Congress MLAs were very unhappy with the drop in popularity of the State government in view of the controversies and perceived lack of good governance.

Setting up of the ACB was a unilateral decision of Siddaramaiah and he had not taken the party into confidence, Krishna is learnt to have told the party leaders.

The State is facing unprecedented drought this year and there is an impression that the administration is not focusing adequately to address the situation, he reportedly said.

While the chief minister's luxury watch row had embarrassed the party as well as the government, Siddaramaiah's defence on this issue was not convincing.

Krishna's interaction with the party high command was seen as an attempt to convey a “wake-up” signal from the State leaders over a growing political situation, which could be exploited by the opposition parties, particularly the BJP, ahead of the 2018 polls.

The former chief minister was worried that unless urgent corrective steps were taken, it would be difficult to stave off the possibility of dissidence, which could be exploited by BJP, like in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

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Irsa
 - 
Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016

Banglore na singapore madiddaithu...innu next Gujarath madok hortidya..

All Secular minded should resist Brahminisms to the knees....who propogate RSS ideology

Abu Muhammad
 - 
Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016

S.M. Krishna modern day Shakuni and a liability to the state.

raaz
 - 
Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016

Yes opportunist..RSS Chela

Abdullah
 - 
Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016

He is the person helped Bajarangadal in Karnataka.
He is RSS supporter in congress same like Pranab mukerji.

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July 5,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 5: A COVID-19 patient escaped from a hospital in Mangaluru on Sunday, Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Vikas Kumar.

A total of 1,925 cases of COVID-19 and 37 deaths recorded in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 23,474.

The health department informed that the death toll rose to 372 while active cases stood at 13,251 in the state.

According to the Union Health Ministry, India has recorded 6,73,165 numbers of COVID-19 cases and 19,268 deaths. 

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June 5,2020

Bantwal, Jun 5: A very rare white python, which had entered a house at Kavalakatte in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada, was caught by snake catcher Snake Kiran on Friday handed over to the authorities of Pilikula Nisargadhama.

This extremely rare white coloured python known as Albino was seen in the house of one Naushad.

The occupants of the house as well as residents of the area were panicky over seeing it. 

Later a friend of Naushad informed Snake Kiran who caught it and handed over to the care of Pilikula as per the advice of forest officer Sridhar.

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May 26,2020

Newsroom, May 26: A migrant worker died of hunger while a 10-month-old boy suffering from fever and breathing difficulties died negligence in two separate incidents onboard Shramik Special trains in Uttar Pradesh.

The 46-year-old dead migrant worker’s nephew, who was accompanying him, said that the victim had not eaten anything in the last 60 hours.

Raveesh Yadav said that no food or water was provided on the train, which they had boarded from Mumbai to travel to their native place in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

Yadav and his uncle were working as construction workers in Mumbai.

Yadav told the paper that the train had left the Lokmanya Terminal in Mumbai, at 7pm on May 20 and arrived at its final stop, Varanasi Cantonment station, at 7.30am on May 23.

“But my uncle, who was complaining of hunger and pain all over his body, fainted half an hour before we reached Varanasi Cantonment and died within a few minutes,” Raveesh was quoted as saying.

He added that he and his uncle were hungry when they boarded the train but could not find food or water to buy.

Railways’ apathy

Meanwhile, the family of 10 month old child, who died in the train, alleged that the railways did not arrange for a doctor despite their repeated pleas.

The railway doctors had been moved to Covid-19 hospitals and by the time a doctor was provided at Tundla railway station, it was too late, the report quoted the child's grandfather, Dev Lal, as saying.

Lal said that the family members had tried to speak to the GRP at many stations, including at Aligarh, where the train had halted. "But they showed no interest and said any help would be available only in Tundla,” Lal said.

Railways officials then took the kin to a quarantine centre in Tundla, as they suspected that the baby had died because of the novel coronavirus.  It was only on Monday that the incident came to light when another individual at the quarantine facility intimated journalists after the condition of the child's mother worsened.

Last November, the mother of the child, Priyanka Devi of Bihar's Notan village in West Champaran, had gone to visit her parents who reside in Noida with the baby, who was then just four months old. Her husband Pramod Kumar is a farmer, the report added.

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andh bakth
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020

Vote for BJP and you need only hindutva dont worry about food, job etc.......jai modiji

very sad for baby:(

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