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ZP/TP polls: Congress may face fresh troubles in DK, Udupi

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January 12, 2016

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jan 12: Even though the Congress party in the twin districts of coastal Karnataka has managed to overcome rebellion in recently held Legislative council polls, it may face fresh troubles in the looming Zilla Panchayat and Taluk Panchayat polls in both Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.

congThe massive dissidence in the Congress was evident the last month with some leaders of in the district openly backing the independent candidate K Jayaprakash Hegde, who was expelled for contesting against the official candidate.

Another Congress leader Harikrishna Bantwal, known as the right-hand of party veteran B Janardhana Poojary, has continued his tirade against Oscar Fernandes, Veerappa Moily and Vinay Kumar Sorake, after the poll defeat.

In Udupi, as many as two Congress leaders have been expelled for anti-party activity, and three others have been suspended, while the District Congress Committee (UDCC) has recommended the expulsion of former Zilla Panchayat President B. Bhujanga Shetty to the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Party.

According to sources in the Congress, the fact that the dissidence in Congress had come out so openly was bound to affect the chances of the Congress in forthcoming elections, at least in some pockets of the twin districts.

But this would also depend on the fact on whether supporters of Mr Mr Hegde and M. Bantwal contest the polls or tacitly back someone in it.

“The people will react to the high-handed manner in which some Congress leaders have behaved in the run-up to the Council polls during the ZP polls,” said Rajesh Shetty Birti, a supporter of Mr. Hegde.

Cong vs BJP

The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), which is closely observing the developments in the coastal region, has issued a direction that a district-level election committee be constituted for selecting candidates for the polls. It would be headed by the district in-charge Minister.

Those general aspirants who would like to contest in the zilla panchayat elections would have to pay the party Rs 10,000 and those seeking ticket for the taluk panchayat polls would have to pay Rs 5,000 while filing their applications.

The committee would scrutinise the applications and decide who should contest based on reservations announced, said a senior Congress leader.

Previously, there were 35 constituencies in Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat, which have increased to 36 constituencies after the fresh delimitation process. Similarly, out of the existing 25 constituencies in Udupi zilla panchayat, one was removed and two new constituencies were included, making a total of 26 constituencies.

In the outgoing house in DK, the BJP has 24 seats and the Congress 11 seats. In Udupi, the BJP has 16 seats and the Congress nine.

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Shaan
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Tuesday, 12 Jan 2016

Congress lost his all seats in D.K and udupi, they neglected minorities specially muslims in this area

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June 13,2020

Mandya, Jun 13: Degree colleges will begin classes after the lockdown is lifted and dates for examinations will be announced later, said deputy chief minister CR Ashwath Narayan on Friday.

Speaking at College of Agriculture, Mandya (VC Farm) on Friday, Ashwath Narayan said the lockdown will be completely phased out on June 30 and degree colleges will begin classes after that. “We will speak with all stakeholders to chalk out measures as to how to reopen degree colleges amidst coronavirus scare. All students must continue their studies and be prepared for exams,” he said.

Narayan said the cabinet has approved to upgrade VC Farm as a university and an ordinance will soon be promulgated in this regard. “There is a need to change the present curriculum to meet present day requirements. VC Farm will be made into a world class agriculture university and a vice chancellor will be appointed,” he said.

“Apart from traditional education, we must concentrate on skill-based education as it should create more job opportunities. We are committed to establish more skill-based educational institutes in Mandya district,” Narayan said.

Later Narayan visited Shivaragudda near Maddur and inspected 48 acres of government land which could be used for establishing skill-based education institutions. “This land was earlier used for imparting skill-based education in a collaboration with Denmark. Sir M Visvesvaraya had established skill-based institutions here in 1923 and now they have become defunct. The then prime minister of Denmark had inaugurated this century old institution. We will revive it and this will help local youths,” he said.

‘Ticket promised only to R Shankar’

When asked, Narayan said R Shankar, who quit the Congress-JD(S) coalition and joined BJP will be given a party ticket to contest the legislative council election. “Except Shankar, the high command did not promise council tickets to those who quit congress and JD(S) and joined our party. It is true that there is hectic lobbying in BJP to get tickets,” he said.

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Tejashwini
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Friday, 24 Jul 2020

Sir when does degree clg gets reopen  in karnataka

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June 18,2020

Amidst heightened border tensions between Indian and China, senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's two year old tweet comparing his party with Communist Party of China started going viral. 

The tweet, dated 26 June, 2016 reads: "Communist Party of China & BJP have done numerous works in social field. This way, there is tremendous similarities between the two parties." (sic)

Twitterati dug up this tweet after over 20 Indian Army personnel, including a colonel, were killed in a clash with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh earlier this week.

Soon after Chouhan's tweet went viral, netizens took to the micro-blogging site and slammed BJP. One user said, "Interesting comment by Hindutva ITSELF to recognise how similar they are with China. No doubt. Both believe in Dragon Throne .... and brutal absolute control." Another user said, "No wonder the BJP & China both agree that PLA never crossed into Indian territory."

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July 12,2020

Bosnia, Jul 12: Bosnians commemorated on Saturday the massacre of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, marking the 25th anniversary of killings that shocked the world and have stood out as Europe's only atrocity since World War Two constituting genocide.

Nine newly identified victims were buried at a flower-shaped cemetery near the town, where tall white tombstones mark the graves of 6,643 other victims.

"After 25 years we succeeded in finding his mortal remains, so they can be laid to their final rest," said Fikret Pezic, who buried his father Hasan.

The remains of some 1,000 victims of the massacre in the eastern town during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war are still missing.

Ifeta Hasanovic decided to bury incomplete remains of her husband, saying: "We were aware they cannot be complete after 25 years, at least there are some, I did not want to make any new delays."

World leaders addressed the ceremony by video link, unable to attend because of coronavirus epidemic. Instead of the tens of thousands visitors who typically attend the commemoration each year, only a few thousand came after organisers banned organised visits.

During the Bosnian war, Bosnian Serb forces pushed non-Serbs out of territories they sought for their Serb statelet. Fleeing Muslims took shelter in several eastern towns, including Srebrenica, that were designated as United Nations "safe zones".

On July 11, 1995, the Serb forces commanded by General Ratko Mladic overran Srebrenica, which was protected by lightly armed Dutch peacekeepers.

They sent women and children away and captured and executed the men and boys they found. The bodies were dumped into mass graves and later exhumed by U.N. investigators and used as evidence in war crimes trials of Bosnian Serb leaders.

"We grieve with the families that tirelessly seek justice for the 8,000 innocent lives lost, all these years later," said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Washington brokered Bosnia's peace deal months after the massacre.

Most people at the commemoration were Muslim Bosniaks, reflecting conflicting narratives about the bloodshed - which hinders reconciliation nearly 25 years after the end of war in which about 100,000 people were killed.

The U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia convicted Mladic and his political chief Radovan Karadzic over Srebrenica genocide but they remained heroes for Serbs, many of whom deny that genocide happened.

On Saturday, the Serbs in the nearby town of Bratunac organised an event marking July 11 as the "Srebrenica Liberation Day".

Sefik Dzaferovic, the Bosniak chairman of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, called for legislation that would ban denial of genocide.

"There can be no trust as long as we witness attacks on the truth, denial of genocide and glorification and celebration of executors," Dzaferovic told the commemoration gathering.

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