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State rankings: BJP, JD(S) fight for credit

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December 28, 2019

Bengaluru, Dec 28: Shortly after the central government announced state rankings on Thursday, placing Karnataka third on the Good Governance Index (GGI), BJP and JD(S) engaged in a brief credit war on Twitter.

Both claimed Karnataka's ranking was the positive outcome of the work done by their respective administrations.

Chief minister BS Yediyurappa wasted no time to associate his government with the top three finish, tweeting: "In maintaining fiscal discipline Karnataka is number one. In good governance too, the state gets third rank. The GGI ranking prepared by the Centre on 50 indicators is an inspiration for us to give good governance."

Kannada and culture minister CT Ravi praised the chief minister. "Karnataka has got a top rank in GCI. I congratulate @BSYBJP for this achievement," he tweeted.

JD(S) claimed the rankings reflected the efforts made by the previous Congress-JD(S) coalition government headed by HD Kumaraswamy. It accused BJP of grabbing recognition for someone else's work.

"This 'disqualified' government is shamefully claiming credit by trying to portray HD Kumaraswamy-led coalition government's achievements as its own," JD(S) tweeted. It used the word "disqualified" to refer to disqualified Congress-JD(S) legislators who are now a part of BJP. Most of them won in the December 5 bypolls.

"For those who stole opposition party MLAs, stealing other's achievements is not a big deal," JD(S) wrote.

The Union department of administrative reforms and grievances and the Centre for Good Governance released the state rankings on Thursday. Karnataka bagged the first spot for economic governance. Tamil Nadu, which secured an overall score of 5.62 in the 10-sector index, was the top performer in creation of public infrastructure and delivery of justice and providing public security. Karnataka's overall score stood at 5.1.

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July 14,2020

Udupi, Jul 14: Kundapura police in Karnataka have booked a case against a businessman who had violated home quarantine rules as many as 163 times.

Accused Sahab Singh had arrived at his rented house at Koteshwara from Mumbai on June 29. He was asked to remain quarantined in his house till July 13. 

However, he was found loitering and visiting hotels in Udupi. Officials tracked his movement through mobile GPS. He breached the quarantine period 163 times. 

Following the violation, Flying Squad officer N G Bhat filed a complaint against Singh in Kundapura Police Station under IPC Sections 269, and 270.

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January 14,2020

Udupi, Jan 14: The Udupi district police on Tuesday arrested two suspected terrorists at the Indrali railway station in Udupi.

The two, who had reportedly arrived from Kerala at around 6 ap.m., were standing at the Indrali railway station platform.

Suspicious of their behaviour, the police took them to custody and subjected them to interrogation.

According to reports the duo had involved in the murder of Tamil Nadu police Special Sub-Inspector Wilson.

However, top cop of the district has refused to comment regarding the arrest of the youths.

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July 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Aiming to forge a citizen-government partnership in combating the Covid pandemic, the Karnataka government is seeking plasma donations from survivors for a token appreciation of Rs 5,000, a minister said on Wednesday.

"I request all those who have recovered from Covid-19 to donate plasma and save lives. As a token of our appreciation, we will give Rs 5,000 to patients who come forward and donate their plasma," said Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar.

He said the battle against the pandemic can only be won through citizen-government partnership.

On Wednesday, Covid cases swelled by 1,975 infections in Bengaluru, ground zero for the pandemic in the southern state, raising its total number of cases to 22,944, out of which 17,051 are active.

In the past 24 hours, the state as a whole registered a record 3,176 cases, raising Karnataka's tally to 47,253, even as 87 people succumbed to the virus.

Meanwhile, Sudhakar said 8,134 booth level workforce will conduct a house to house survey along with other Covid control measures in Bengaluru.

He said many locals and block level officers will be the members of the workforce.

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