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Congress suffers blow in Devadurga as BJP candidate Shivanagowda Naik wins

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February 16, 2016

Devadurga, Feb 16: Bharatiya Janata Party has managed to snatch Devadurga assembly seat from Congress party in the recently held bypoll to the three assembly constituencies in Karnataka.

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After the 18th and last round of counting, K Shivanagowda Naik of BJP has bagged 72,645 votes while Congress candidate Rajashekhar Naik secured only 55768 votes. Karyamma of JD(S) bagged 9156 votes.

The result is a setback for Congress. The by election was held after popular Congress MLA A Venkatesh Naik A was killed in a rail accident in August 2015.

The accident occurred when Bengaluru-Nanded Express (Train No: 16594) in which Naik was travelling was rammed by a granite laden truck at a level crossing near Madakashira village between Rangepalli and Penugonda Stations in Anantapur district on Dharmavaram Section of Bengaluru division of South Western Railway, leading to the derailment of four coaches and killing six people, including Naik.

Congress had fielded departed leader Venkatesh Naik’s son Rajashekhar Naik from the constituency. 12 ministers, including Chief Minister, campaigned for the Congress.

“Voters rejected Congress. People voted for me considering the developmental work that I had undertaken in Devadurga constituency during my tenure as MLA and Minister. This result would boost morale of party workers and have positive impact on imminent Panchayat polls, " said K Shivanagowda Naik, outside vote counting Centre in Raichur after the last round of counting was completed.

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Tuesday, 16 Feb 2016

I don't understand why the people of India is not thinking. Why they supporting BJP????

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February 28,2020

Feb 28: The Supreme Court on Friday granted more time to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a counter affidavit on a petition filed by Karnataka BJP leader and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy seeking permanent relaxation on his bail condition to allow him to visit Karnataka's Bellari and Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh.

A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Indira Banerjee listed the matter for further hearing on March 16 after the CBI sought more time to do file the counter affidavit.

Earlier, the apex court had issued a notice to the CBI and sought its response on the plea.

Last year, the Court had allowed Reddy to visit the Ballari district for a period of two weeks to meet his father-in-law, who the petitioner claimed had suffered a stroke and also allowed him to move a bail modification application seeking permanent relaxation of his bail condition.

In January 2015, the Supreme Court had granted bail to Reddy in an illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) on the condition that he will not visit any of the mining zones in Karnataka or Andhra Pradesh.

By the time he was granted bail, Reddy had already spent over three years in prison.

Reddy and his brother-in-law BV Srinivas Reddy, who was the Managing Director of OMC, were arrested by the CBI on September 5, 2011.

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April 6,2020

Bengaluru, April 6: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday said he is following the one-time fasting as per the order by BJP President JP Nadda.

"I am following the one-time fasting as per the order by our national President JP Nadda, on BJP foundation day today, as a mark of respect to doctors, nurses, media personnel," said BS Yediyurappa.

In his message to BJP workers earlier today, Nadda stated, "All BJP Karyakartas to give up one meal on our Foundation Day as a way to show solidarity with people facing hardships during the lockdown. Provide food packets to 5+1 needy under #FeedtheNeedy program. In the next one week, put a system in place where we can provide two homemade face covers to each person at our booth. We should circulate videos of preparation and distribution of such face covers with #WearFaceCoverStaySafe."

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Bengaluru, Apr 18: With 12 fresh cases of the COVID-19 infection, including one woman, the total number of novel coronavirus cases in Karnataka surged to 371 on Saturday.

The sources said that as many as three new positive cases were reported from Mysuru district, followed by two each from Kalaburagi, Bhagalkote, one each case from Vijayapura, Belagavi, Dharwad, Gadag and Mandya, districts on Saturday.

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