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‘Communal forces adopting ‘guerilla’ techniques to disrupt peace’

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July 14, 2017

Mangaluru, Jul 14: B Ramanath Rai, Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister has said that the principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) boycotting the all-party meeting indicates that it does not want restoration of law and order in the district.

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Presiding over the meeting here, Mr. Rai said that the May 26 stabbing of a minority youth by others at Kalladka was a plot to foment communal disturbances in the district.

While the district had witnessed intense communal clashes claiming more life earlier, the present disturbance has been continuous, being created through “guerilla” techniques. Besides the BJP, which had declared its intentions to boycott the meeting earlier, the Janata Dal (Secular) leaders too boycotted the meeting protesting against the administration’s refusal to allow party president H.D. Deve Gowda to hold a peace march in the district.

Responding to suggestions in the meeting, Mr. Rai said that he would lead a “peace march” in the district comprising political and religious leaders after prohibitory orders under Section 144 were lifted. He asked the administration to use its discretion while considering the plea to lift Section 144 in Sullia, Puttur and Belthangady taluks.

“The demand could be to foment trouble in those taluks too,” he said.

The Minister said that he and his Ministerial colleague U.T. Khader have decided not to react to some statements, as otherwise the war of words would not end.

Meanwhile, Mr. Rai said that he would offer a “harike” at Uddabettu Dargah to prove his “innocence” which is disputed by the BJP and Sangh Parivar leaders in the communal unrest.

Participants in the meeting, including a few Christian priests and Left leaders, urged the administration to deal with the trouble-makers with an iron hand. Everyone knows who is creating trouble and such people should be dealt with accordingly.

The police force at the lower level should be reshuffled as a majority of them have remained in the same place for years together, some suggested.

Mr. Khader [Food and Civil Supplies Minister] said that though the murdered Ashraf Kalai and Sharath Madiwala belonged to certain organisations, they did not have any criminal record. The government would pay compensation to their kin, he said.

MLAs K. Abhayachandra Jain, B.A. Mohiuddin Bava, Shakuntala Shetty, Mangaluru Mayor Kavita Sanil, Deputy Commissioner K.G. Jagadeesha and senior police officials were present.

Also Read: Peace meet: Police urged to be ruthless towards hatemongers; BJP boycotts

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Sunday, 16 Jul 2017

we know the PEACE society very well who are killing people in the name of animal(cow)

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July 10,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Alarmed by the surging COVID-19 cases across the state, especially in Bengaluru, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday urged the state capital’s residents not to visit their villages to prevent the infection’s spread.

“I urge the people of Bengaluru not to travel to their villages and prevent the infection from spreading in rural areas,” Yediurappa told reporters.

Admitting that the battle against the virus would be long, he said that the fight against COVID-19 could be won only through persistent efforts and with people’s cooperation with the frontline ‘warriors’.

“Combating the pandemic through preventive measures, providing treatment to the infected and saving lives are our priority,” he said.

With a record 2,228 positive cases on Thursday, the southern state’s COVID-19 tally shot up to 31,105, including 17,782 active cases, while 457 people have died of the infection till date, 17 just in the last 24 hours.

Of the new cases in the state, Bengaluru accounted for 1,373, taking its tally to 13,882, including 10,870 active, while 177 have succumbed to the virus since March 9.

No deaths were, however, reported in the city on Thursday.

Of the 457 patients in intensive care units (ICU) across the state, 292 are in Bengaluru hospitals.

Since unlock began on June 1, COVID-19 cases shot up to 15,242 on June 30 from 3,221 on May 31 and to 31,105 in 9 days since July 1.

Similarly, in Bengaluru, positive cases shot up to 4,555 on June 30 from 358 on May 31 and rose to 13,882 in 9 days since July 1.

The Chief Minister also appealed to all legislators of the ruling and opposition parties to give priority to contain the disease in their Assembly segments.

“Visit the COVID-19 designated hospitals and inspect if the required facilities are in place and bring any shortcomings to our notice,” the CM said

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April 16,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 16: Former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy had said that his son Nikhil's marriage ceremony will take place at bride Revati's residence in Bengaluru, however, the wedding preparations are also going on in his farmhouse at Ramnagar.

This comes amid the lockdown in the country due to COVID-19 outbreak. The farmhouse is located at Kethaganahally, near Bidadi in Ramnagar.

Kumaraswamy has said the marriage will be simple and only his family members will attend and no one from outside would be invited.

Earlier Kumaraswamy has said that his son's marriage will take place on April 17 at bride house.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, July 31: Denying irregularities in covid-19 equipment purchase by the Karnataka government, the state unit of the BJP has issued legal notices to Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar demanding that they apologize or face a defamation suit. 

The notices seek a public apology for the allegations levelled against the government on irregularities in the procurement of Covid-19 equipment and supplies. 

Both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, the Karnataka Congress president, have been doggedly pursuing allegations of corruption against the BJP government and have demanded a judicial inquiry. 

BJP general secretary N Ravi Kumar said that while the Congress leaders claimed that Rs 4,157 crore was spent during Covid-19, they also allege that the government has not responded to any of the 20 letters written by them. "If the government has not provided any answer to the Opposition, where did they get the figures from," he said.

None of the allegations of corruption is specific and the statements made are factually incorrect. "These statements, without any basis, have been issued calculatedly to lower the image and damage the reputation of the government, the Bharatiya Janata Party, representatives of the party and the ministers in the government," the notice issued on behalf of Ravi Kumar read.

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