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Deve Gowda: Does Karnataka CM need BJP’s consent to go to US?

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July 1, 2019

Bengaluru, Jul 1: JD(S) patriarch H.D. Deve Gowda on Sunday attacked the BJP for objecting to his son and Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy's ongoing visit to the US, asking whether he should have sought permission for it from saffron party chief B.S. Yeddyurappa.

Gowda said his son had gone to the US for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Vokkaliga community's Kalabhairaveshwara temple. "He has not gone for anything else. Our community's Adichunchanagiri Matha's Kalabhairaveshwara temple is there. No one from here has given money, Vokkaligas in America have gathered Rs 20 crore for it," Gowda told reporters.

"Is Yeddyurappa's  permission required for it? What is wrong in going for three days...is it a joke?" He was responding to a query over senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister K.S. Eshwarappa questioning the chief minister's priorities and the number of days he was spending in the US. "If someone asks chief minister about it he will question whether you have voted for me, rename your party from Janata Dal Secular to unquestionable Janata Dal," Eshwarappa had tweeted Saturday night.

The BJP has been questioning the priorities of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government at a time when most parts of the state are reeling under a severe drought. It has also termed the chief minister's 'Grama Vastavya' (overnight stay in villages) programme, aimed at making the administration more effective, a "political drama", and has asked him to instead tour drought affected areas to assess the ground situation.

Ahead of his departure from here on June 28, Kumaraswamy had tweeted, “Heading to the USA to take part in two private functions” and  gave details of the programmes. Besides taking part in the temple ceremony, he is slated to address a convention of Vokkaligas  on July 5.

Meanwhile, Kumaraswamy in a tweet Sunday said, “I will attend the Compete with China Investor Meet on Business Opportunities in Karnataka, organised by Kannadigas in Washington DC and New York on July 2 and 4. The government is keen on driving investment to the state, especially to its tier 2 and 3 cities.”

He also shared pictures of the temple groundbreaking ceremony on Twitter.

Gowda, replying to a question, said that the JD(S)’ proposed statewide foot march aimed at strengthening the party after its rout in the Lok Sabha polls will be organised in such a way that it does not cause any threat to the coalition government in the state.

“...without causing threat to coalition government, without hurting anyone's sentiments it will be organised...I will personally look into the preparations and flag it off,” he said.

The Janata Dal (Secular) party’s padayatra announcement in the backdrop of Gowda's recent remarks about mid-term polls  had caused a flutter in  political circles, especially in its alliance partner Congress. 

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May 24,2020

Udupi, May 24: As many as 23 people tested positive for coronavirus in Udupi in past 24 hours, according to the latest bulletin released by the health and family welfare department.

While 18 were tested positive till noon, five more tested postive by evening.

With this the total number of covid-19 cases in the district rose to 76 including a death. Three have recovered. There 72 active cases.

Among 23 fresh cases, many had reportedly come from Maharashtra. A 44-year-old woman had returned from UAE. A 26-year-old man returned from Telangana.

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June 24,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 24: Three weeks after the BMTC resumed running air-conditioned buses in the state capital, the state-owned Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has announced plying AC buses to eight cities to begin with, including to Mangaluru and Mysuru, from Thursday.

From tomorrow travellers can travel to Mysuru, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Madikeri, Chikkamagaluru, Davanagere, Shivamogga and Virajpet in AC buses, KSRTC said in a statement released here.

Listing out the measures taken to check the spread of Covid-19, the Corporation said that the temperature inside the buses will be maintained at 24 to 25 degrees Celsius and no blankets will be provided in the night service buses.

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July 21,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 21: The total number of Covid-19 cases in Karnataka breached the 70,000 mark on Tuesday as the state reported 3,649 fresh infections, while 61 fatalities took the death toll to 1,464, the health department said.

The day also saw 1,664 patients getting discharged after recovery. Out of 3,649 fresh cases reported on Tuesday, a whopping 1,714 were from Bengaluru urban alone. As of July 21 evening, cumulatively 71,069 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Karnataka, which includes 1,464 deaths and 25,459 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.

It said that out of the 44,140 active cases, 43,557 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 583 are in Intensive Care Units.

Twenty-two out of 61 deaths reported on Tuesday are from Bengaluru urban, followed by five each from Dakshina Kannada, Mysuru and Dharwad, four each from Kolar and Belagavi, three each from Hassan, Tumakuru and Haveri, Bidar 2, and one each from Chikkaballapura, Chikkamagaluru, Chamarajanagara, Gadag and Vijayapura.

Most of the deceased either had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI). Out of 3,649 cases tested positive on Tuesday, contacts of the large number of the cases are still under tracing.

Among the districts where new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 1,714, Ballari 193, Dakshina Kannada 149, Mysuru 135, Yadgir 117, Uttara Kannada 109, Hassan 107, Kolar 103, followed by others.

Bengaluru urban district topped the list of positive cases, with 34,943 infections, followed by Dakshina Kannada 3,829 and Kalaburagi 2,966. Among discharges Bengaluru urban was on top with 7,476 discharges, followed by Kalabuagi 1,834 and Udupi 1,731.

A total of 10,64,734 samples were tested so far, out of which 43,904 were tested on Tuesday alone, the bulletin said. It said that 19,328 of the 43,904 samples tested today were rapid antigen tests.

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