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Who will be Karnataka's next HM? Cabinet expansion after June 16

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June 2, 2017

Mysuru, Jun 2: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said the Cabinet expansion will take place after the legislature session which is scheduled from June 5 to 16.

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Interacting with media persons in Mysuru, Mr. Siddaramaiah said he will decide on inducting new Ministers and their portfolios. But, it would be premature to announce their names at this juncture.

There are three ministerial berths that are vacant. G Parameshwara had yesterday formally resigned as home minster to focus on his duty as KPCC chief. According to sources former home minister K J George and Energy Minister D K Shivakumar among a few others are eying the powerful post.

In reply to a query, the Chief Minister said the Congress will fight the next elections under his leadership. But it was for the Legislature Party to decide who would be the Chief Minister and the choice cannot be speculated upon now,” he added.

Asked if D K Shivakumar, who was also a strong contender for the post of KPCC president, was unhappy with the decision of the high command to retain G Parameshwara as state Congress chief, Siddaramaiah said there is no question of anybody being unhappy.

“All the 18 important leaders of the party in the state were summoned by the high command for talks. All the leaders had agreed to abide by the decision of the high command. The post of chairman of the election campaign committee, which has been given to Shivakumar, is also a very important one,” he said.

Defending the appointment of S R Patil as KPCC working president, he said the high command felt that one working president for North Karnataka and one for South would be convenient. “Former Mandya MP Ramya is also a Congress leader. She has already been made in-charge of the social media cell of the party by the high command. She will also be consulted on matters related to the state,” he said.

Reacting to reports that some ministers have offered prayers, seeking divine intervention for rains, the chief minister said it has not come to his notice. “I have never offered puja for rains. I don't have faith in such rituals. However, I am confident of a good monsoon this year,” he said.

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April 2,2020

Kasaragod, Apr 2: Kerala reported 21 new cases of coronavirus with eight from the worst affected Kasaragod district, taking the tally of active patients to 256, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday.

Besides, Kasaragod, five positive cases have been detected from Idukki, two from Kollam and one each from Thiruvananthapuram, Pathnamthitta, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kannur, he told reporters here.

At least 1.65 lakh people are under survillence in the state, 643 in various hospitals.

Presently, 256 people are under treatment for the virus in the state where two fatalities have occurred, Vijayan said.

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July 22,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 22: As many as 184 people from Karnataka stranded in UAE arrived at Mangalore International Airport.

According to sources, the chartered flight, which landed on Tuesday night, was arranged by the UAE Karnataka Cultural Foundation and Beary Cultural Foundation for Kannadigas who had been stranded following the lockdown and also those who had lost their employment.

A team of officials with Puttur Assistant Commissioner Yathish Ullal and Horticulture Department Assistant Director Praveen who were in charge of quarantine facilities for international passengers verified the documents and sent them for institutional quarantine.

Of the 184 passengers, 141 had remained quarantined in Mangaluru while 42 left for Udupi and one to Honnavara in Uttara Kannada, said sources.

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April 5,2020

Chikmagalur, April 5: BJP Lok Sabha MP from Udupi Chikmagalur Shobha Karandlaje on Saturday claimed that "efforts to spread coronavirus throughout the country" began at Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi and termed it as "corona jihad".

"Efforts began at Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi to spread coronavirus throughout the country.

Most of the attendees of that event are untraceable. There seems to be 'corona Jihadi plan' behind that meeting," she said while speaking to reporters here.

Meanwhile, according to officials, out of the seven new cases from Mysuru, two cases are connected to the Jubilant Generics cluster while the rest five cases have a travel history to Delhi.

Total positive cases of COVID-19 in India stand at 3072.

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