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BJP workers protest MB Patil’s inaction against leaders of Cong, JD(S)

TNN
May 7, 2019

Mysuru, May 7: Activists of the BJPprotested in the city wearing black ribbons to express their outrage against what they called the ‘abuse’ of power by Karnataka home minister MB Patil. The activists, who assembled near the deputy commissioner’s office on Monday, raised slogans against Patil, whom they accused of failing to act against former MLA Belur Gopalakrishna and JD(S) MLA Narayanagowda. While Gopalakrishna has been accused of instigating the public to kill Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, Narayanagowda allegedly threatened Kannada film actors Darshan Thoogudeepa and Yash, who campaigned for actress Sumalatha, an Independent contesting in the Mandya Lok Sabha constituency.

The protesters alleged that both leaders in question had tried to disrupt peace in society. “Despite the seriousness of these cases, the state home department has failed to initiate any action against them. Even the media is being threatened by the coalition government,” the BJP activists alleged.

Taking a swipe at chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, who recently stated that he was none too keen on interacting with the media, the protesters said, “The CM recently hailed a senior journalist for posting a message that was critical of the coalition government.”

The BJP workers charged the Karnataka home department of intimidating, and mentally harassing Mahesh Vikram Hegde, Shruthi Bellakki, Hemanth Kumar and Abhijit Shetty Heranji by filing false cases against them. “Cases are being filed to muffle those voices questioning the functioning of the coalition government. This is an attempt to curb their freedom of expression. The governor must take heed of the situation, and ensure that principles of democracy and fundamental rights of the people are protected,” the protesters said.

Kote Shivanna and BJP’s Mysuru city unit president BP Manjunath were among those who participated in the protest.

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April 6,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 6: Popular Kannada comedy actor Prakash, popularly known as Bullet Prakash in the film industry, died due to multi-organ failure at a private hospital in the City on Monday.

He was 44.

He is survived by wife, one son and a daughter.

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News Network
July 18,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 18: Karnataka minister R Ashoka on Friday said that the COVID-19 lockdown will not be extended further in Bengaluru.

While commenting on the COVID-19 lockdown extension R Ashoka said, "We have taken expert opinion, and the lockdown will not be extended. It will end on July 22."

Earlier today, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Mayor, M Goutham Kumar called for an extension of lockdown in the city for one more week due to rise in the COVID-19 cases. "It will be better if we get more time to tackle COVID-19 cases. We wish for the extension of lockdown for one more week. We have given the proposal to the government," said Kumar.

Lockdown had been imposed in the city for seven days with effect from 8 pm on July 14 till 5 am on July 22 to curb the further spread of COVID-19.

As many as 3,693 new COVID-19 positive cases and 115 deaths have been reported in Karnataka on Friday, the State Health Department said.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the state now stands at 55,115 including 33,205 active cases. While there are 20,757 recoveries, the death toll stands at 1,147.

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Media Release
June 14,2020

Mangaluru, June 14: The management of Barakah International School and College has announced to waive off 33% of tuition fee in order to lessen the burden on parents who are undergoing financial crisis due to covid lockdown. 

This decision was taken after a series of virtual meetings with the Managing Director, Academic Director, Principal, Manager and PRO.

“While the school needs to continue to meet all the commitments and responsibilities towards the staff salaries, software, networking, etc, we fully understand that in the prevailing circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, job loss, reduction in salaries, general hardships of the self-employed businesses and the slowdown in the economy,” sated a release issued by the school.

“We would support our parent fraternity pro-actively and at the same time continue to meet the high-quality standards of our teaching- learning process and infrastructure so it has been decided that 1/3 of the tuition fee to be waived off for 2020-21,” the release said.

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