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'Unhappy' Congress high command asks Karnataka CM to clarify flag row

DHNS
July 18, 2017

New Delhi, Jul 18: The Congress high command is "unhappy" over the Karnataka Government's decision to constitute a separate committee for designing a state flag and has asked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to come up with a clarification to end the controversy.cm

With the opposition parties targeting the Congress for what they charged flaring up separatists mindset among the public, the party top brass wanted to put an end the controversy.

"The Congress does not have a policy for a state having a separate flag. I have asked the government to clarify the issue," K C Venugopal, AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka told DH. He also said that the country has only one flag and that is the national flag.

Congress senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Renuka Chaudhury also said one country should have one flag. "I don't know what is the reason for Karnataka to have a separate flag, she commented.

Sanjay Raut, the Shiv Sena spokesperson, demanded the dismissal of the state government. "The Congress ruled government in Karnataka is triggering separatism in the state" he said demanding the imposition of presidential rule immediately.

The Karnataka government has formed a nine-member committee to submit a report on designing a separate flag for the state and providing a legal standing for it. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah defended his government's move on the grounds that constitution does not bar states from having its own flag.

State Congress sources said that the party was trying to build a narrative on Kannada pride to counter BJP's Hindutva agenda ahead of next year's assembly elections.

The committee, headed by the principal secretary, Department of Kannada and Culture, was set up last month after a representation from noted Kannada writer and journalist Patil Puttappa, and social worker Bheemappa Gundappa Gadada.

Puttappa and Gadada in their representation had requested the government to design a separate flag for 'Kannada Naadu' and accord it legal standing.

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Thursday, 20 Jul 2017

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June 18,2020

Mangaluru Jun 18: Dakshina Kannada on Thursday, June 18, reported 23 fresh covid-19 cases, taking the total number of the cases detected in the district to 401.  

Among the 23 corona-positive patients, there are 21 males and two females. 

21 are Saudi returnees, while the other two have contracted infection from P-6618.

No cases were reported in Udupi district on Thursday.

The total number of cases in Udupi is 1,039, with only 92 cases being currently active. As many as 946 patients including 38 on Thursday who recovered have been discharged from hospital.

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January 24,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 24: The Srushti Kala Vidyalaya will be conferring it's 'Srushti Kalabhushan Award' to ace Yakshagana Bhagvatha Patla Sathish Shetty.

The award ceremony will be held at RV Dental College and Hospital in JP Nagar, Bengaluru on February 2, as part of the decennial celebrations of the Vidyalaya.

Chayapathi Kanchibail, founder of the Vidyalaya, said, "The award is being given to Shetty for his services to promote the art of Yakshagana and for his welfare work through the Yakshadhruva Patla Foundation."

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January 13,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 13: Supporting former state chief minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy who released a "CD on the December 19 Mangaluru violence", Dakshina Kannada party unit president Mohammed Kunhi on Monday demanded a probe into the violence.

Mr Kumaraswamy, who released 35 video clips related to the violence, had demanded the suspension of the Police Commissioner and also sought a house committee to probe the incident.

Addressing media personnel here, Kunhi questioned, "If the police department did not commit any mistake why is the state government looking worried about the CDs released by Kumaraswamy?"

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