Will be dealt with in court: Speaker on rebel MLAs' letter seeking time

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July 23, 2019

Bengaluru, Jul 23: After rebel MLAs wrote a letter seeking time to appear before him, Karnataka assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday said the matter will be dealt with by the court.

"It is all related to the court proceedings. It will always be dealt with in the court," Kumar told ANI when asked to comment on the letter.

13 rebel MLAs, who are currently at a hotel in Mumbai, wrote a letter to the assembly speaker earlier today, asking for four weeks' time to appear before him.

This comes less than a week after the Supreme Court allowed freedom to the rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs from participating in the trust vote in the assembly.

When asked whether the rebel MLAs would come back and meet him after the notice asking them to appear, Speaker said, "It is a matter before the court. I will deal with it as I deal it as a judge."

Amid allegations from opposition party leaders on Kumar intentionally delaying the trust vote, he said, "I pray to God to give some sense to them."

Kumar set 6pm today as the deadline to complete the voting, amid objections by the BJP.

"Tomorrow we will finish the floor test after some of our members speak. By 4pm tomorrow we will finish the discussion, by 6pm we will finish the floor test," senior Congress leader and former chief minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah had said on Monday.

The Congress-JD(S) government slumped into a minority earlier this month following the resignation of several dissident MLAs. Sixteen MLAs from the ruling coalition including thirteen Congress and three JD(S) MLAs have resigned.

The state assembly has 225 members, including one nominated MLA. The halfway mark in the 225-member assembly is 113.

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March 16,2020

Kalaburagi, Mar 16: A family member of the 76-year-old man from Kalaburgai who died of COVID-19 on March 10 has been tested positive for the virus.

Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner B Sharat said, "One member of the family of the 76-year-old man from Kalaburgai, who died due to coronavirus has tested positive for the virus."

The disease which originated in China's Wuhan city in December last year has so far spread to more than 100 countries, infecting over 1,30,000 people.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared coronavirus a pandemic.

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June 4,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 4: All shops, offices, malls, commercial establishments and others in Karnataka must not allow Covid-stamped people to enter their premises before the completion of the prescribed quarantine time, said a top official on Wednesday.

"They should not allow those with quarantine stamp to enter before the end of their quarantine period or till they get current Covid negative test report," ordered Chief Secretary T.M. Vijay Bhaskar.

Bhaskar has also issued the order to all religious places, hotels and others to first check for quarantine stamp on all their customers or visitors before they enter the premises.

"All shops, commercial establishments, offices, factories, malls, religious places, hotels and etc.. are required to check for quarantine stamp on all their customers or visitors before they enter the premises," he said.

In the event of a violation, Bhaskar said the police should be informed at 100.

He issued the same order to the general public and resident welfare associations asking them to be vigilant.

"General public and resident welfare associations are advised to report any violation of the quarantine in their neighbourhood to the police at telephone number 100," said the chief secretary.

The orders came under the head aRole of general public, resident welfare associations and commercial establishments''.

General public, commercial establishments and resident welfare associations have been empowered to report quarantine violations at a time when many activities are set to reopen from June 8 as part of Unlock - 1, after more than two months of lockdown.

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February 13,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 13: A college student was killed when a bullet tanker knocked his motorbike down near Nanthoor Circle in the city today. 

The deceased has been identified as Karthik Malya, a resident of Mannegudda. He was a final year degree student of Besant College in the city. 

The incident took place when Karthik was from Suratkal to Mangaluru. The bullet tanker reportedly hit the two-wheeler from behind and ran over him. He died on the spot.

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