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Kannada Rajyotsava: Muted celebrations due to code of conduct

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November 1, 2018

Bengaluru, Nov 1: In a first since the reorganization of states in 1956, the government will hold limited Rajyotsava celebrations because of the model code of conduct in seven districts for the November 3 Lok Sabha and assembly byelections.

Rajyotsava awards — a major feature of the state formation day in which achievers from many spectrums are feted — will be announced after the first week of November. Only a reception will be hosted in the morning after hoisting the Kannada flag. The poll code forbids the government from hosting state-sponsored events or unveiling welfare schemes.

RAJYOTSAVA AWARDS

CM to hold 2nd meet with selection panel

Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, who’s on poll tour, has been indicating he would increase the pension for senior citizens, announce easy daily loan for street vendors, and hand out monthly financial assistance for pregnant women. All these will have to wait till the second week of November.

Government officials in the know said chief secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar had held a meeting earlier this week with the Rajyotsava awards selection panel and recommended to the CM the government could announce the list of awardees, barring those picked up from the seven districts of Karnataka which come under the poll code.

Kumaraswamy shot down the suggestion, saying it’s an embarrassment to the government and recipients.

The CM is reportedly calling a second round of meeting with the selection panel after the bypoll results are announced on November 6.

Chief electoral officer Sanjiv Kumar said the Election Commission has given permission for Rajyotsava, but speeches made by dignitaries must remain apolitical.

Codava protest in Delhi today

The Codava National Council will stage a peaceful satyagraha on November 1 at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, to highlight the Codavas’ quest for autonomous status and to express their opposition to the celebration of Karnataka Rajyotsava Day.

“November 1 is a black day for us as it was on that day that our homeland Coorg became part of Mysore state, now Karnataka, under the States Reorganisation Act 1956. We are being forced to accept this,” said leader of CNC, NU Nachappa Codava.

Around 50 Codava members from different parts of Kodagu district are expected to participate in the satyagraha in their traditional attire.

They will also protest in front of the French embassy to urge the French government to apologise to the Codavas for the massacre of thousands from the community by French colonisers in Devati Parambu in 1785.

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August 8,2020

Nagpur, Aug 8: "He was a great son and always the first one to help others in need. He sacrificed his life for the country," said Neela Sathe, the mother of late captain DV Sathe, who was flying the Air India flight that crash-landed at Kozhikode airport on Friday, claiming 18 lives.

Indian Army Retired Colonel Vasant Sathe and his wife Neela lost both their sons in line of duty. The couple is originally from Nagpur, Maharashtra.

Speaking to news agency, Neela broke into tears and said, "He was a great son and always the first one to help others in need. 

His teachers still appreciate him. During the Ahmedabad floods, he saved the children of the soldiers by lifting them in his arms. I wish God would have called us instead of him."

"Both our children sacrificed their lives for the country," she added.

Remembering DV Sathe's childhood, Neela talked about every that moment when he made his parents proud.

Neela told with great pride that Captain DV Sathe had received the Sword of Honor and had also won eight medals in the Air Force.

Neela last talked to DV Sathe over phone call a few days ago during which captain told her mother not to go out of the house amid COVID-19 crisis as if something happens to her, he won't be able to bear that.

Vasant, captain's father retired as a colonel after serving in the Army for 30 years, following the footsteps of their father, both his sons joined too the Army.

Their elder son Vikas, was in the Army, and at the age of 22, he was martyred in an accident in Ferozepur in 1981. Their younger son Deepak (DV Sathe), who served as a pilot in Air India after serving in the Indian Air Force, died in the plane crash on Friday.

An Air India Express plane carrying 190 passengers including 10 infants skidded while landing at Karipur Airport in Kozhikode on Friday evening.

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July 6,2020

New Delhi, Jul 6: India's COVID-19 tally neared the 7 lakh mark with 6,97,413 cases after 24,248 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

As per the Health Ministry, there are 2,53,287 active cases in the country while 4,24,432 patients have been cured or discharged. While one patient has migrated.

425 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in the country due to COVID-19, taking the number of patients succumbing to the deadly virus to 19,693.

As per the Health Ministry, Maharashtra continues to be the most impacted state from the infection with 2,06,619 cases and 8,822 fatalities due to the virus. Tamil Nadu in second place has a total of 1,11,151 cases and 1,510 fatalities.

The national capital's COVID-19 cases are also nearing the 1-lakh mark with 99,444 coronavirus cases and 3,067 deaths.

The total number of samples tested up to July 5 is 99,69,662 of which 1,80,596 samples were tested yesterday, informed the Indian Council of Medical Research on Monday. 

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February 29,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 29: With Saudi Arabia indefinitely suspending visas for visit to Islam's holiest site for the Umrah pilgrimage in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, more than 10,000 people in the state who are awaiting their turn this year for the annual Hajj pilgrimage are a worried lot.

"This year more than 10,000 people in Kerala have been cleared by the Hajj committee," said C Muhammed Faizy, chairman, Kerala State Hajj Committee.

"There is no cause of worry. We hope that during the time of the pilgrimage, the travel restriction by Saudi Arabia will be lifted," he said.

Umrah is a pilgrimage to the holy site that can be undertaken at any time of the year, while the annual Hajj pilgrimage has specific months according to the lunar calendar.

"The move by the Saudi Arabian Government to impose travel restriction was due to the outbreak of coronavirus. It is a preventive step to contain it. In such large gatherings, if one person is affected, it will spread to others. So we fully understand the concerns of the Saudi Government," Muhammed Faizy added.

He said that the Hajj Committee only processes the requests of annual Hajj visit pilgrims and not Umrah.

"This year we expect the Hajj pilgrimage season to be from June to August after Ramzan. But it may vary according to the Ramzan date. We are yet to get any official correspondence from the Saudi Government regarding travel restrictions," he added.

The Saudi Arabian Government suspended visas for tourists from countries affected by the coronavirus, with many having to cancel their Umrah pilgrimage at the last minute.

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