Am already 71; faced 13 elections so far... it’s time to retire: Siddaramaiah

coastaldigest.com web desk
October 17, 2018

Bengaluru, Oct 17: Former chief minister Siddaramaih has once again announced his retirement from electoral politics. The fresh announcement comes a time when the Congress is looking to absorb Siddaramaiah into a national role.

Speaking to party workers at Guledgudd town of Bagalkot district on Wednesday, he said he does not wish to contest any more elections. "I have faced 13 elections so far and after completing my five-year term as MLA, I will not contest any more elections. I am already 71 years old," he said. As part of the Congress working committee, Siddaramaiah hopes to continue working for the party.

It could be recalled here that after being elected the Chief Minister in 2013, Siddaramaiah had announced he would not contest any more elections. But in 2018 assembly polls he contested from two seats- Badami and Chamundeshwari claiming that he had to take such a decision only with the intention of preventing communal forces. 

"He has already decided not to contest Lok Sabha polls. While the party would like him to contest, he is not keen. He has already conveyed his no to AICC President Rahul Gandhi," said a close aide of Siddaramaiah. 

The Congress, that will begin seat-sharing discussions with the JD(S) shortly, hopes to retain the Mysuru seat. Siddaramaiah, according to many in the party, would be the ideal candidate for the seat.

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lalitha
 - 
Thursday, 18 Oct 2018

Karnataka's lonely lion who dint care for anything only given importence to the karnataka state, with your good work karnataka has become very developed. thank u sir for this sweet memory

Jay veeru
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Thursday, 18 Oct 2018

great sir, this s enough and end politcs. rest of the like enjoy with family.

Mohesh
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Thursday, 18 Oct 2018

wow in this age also u roar like a tiger. we want to see in politics more then 100 years

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April 7,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 7: The virology lab set up in Wenlock Hospital here to test COVID-19 samples will start functioning from Tuesday, Karnataka District in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said.

In his tweeter Mr Poojary said “After receiving approval from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV), the Virology Research and Diagnostic Laboratory set up at district Wenlock will start operating from April 7. The samples for COVID-19 will be tested in the district itself. I thank the state government for helping us set up the lab.”

The new Lab becomes the 10th government lab for testing COVID-19 samples in the state.

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May 5,2020

Newsroom, May 5: Following the union government's nod, preparations are afoot to bring back Indian nationals stranded abroad from May 7 onwards.

According to sources, in the first phase from May 7- 14, the government would allow more than 60 “non-scheduled, commercial” flights to operate from about 12 countries to India to bring back 15,000 citizens. At least half of those flights will be from the Gulf region, including UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman, while the rest would bring passengers from the U.S., the U.K., Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Bangladesh.

The flights would be spread over 10 States identified as having the largest numbers to return, with Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Delhi (NCR) receiving the maximum number of flights.

A meeting held at the Ministry of Civil Aviation looked specifically at flights, mainly operated by Air India, while it awaits a final plan from countries where Indians need to be airlifted from. The first flights planned at present are from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh and Doha, flying directly to Kozhikode and Kochi.

While the full estimate of Indians needing to return home could cross ten lakhs (a million), with more than two lakhs having registered to return from the UAE alone, officials said their return would be “prioritised and staggered”.

Flight plan for return of Indian nationals stranded abroad:

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Thursday, 7 May 2020

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Wednesday, 6 May 2020

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Anwar
 - 
Wednesday, 6 May 2020

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Anwar
 - 
Wednesday, 6 May 2020

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Wednesday, 6 May 2020

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Tuesday, 5 May 2020

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Tuesday, 5 May 2020

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January 14,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 14: Mangaluru city police commissionerate his notified traffic diversions on NH 73 in view of massive protest at Adyra Kannur in the city against CAA, NPR and NRC on January 15. It also has issued guidelines for the public, protesters and organisers of the protest.

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