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Shankar Poojary elected Udupi ZP president, Jyothi Shetty deputy

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February 9, 2011

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Udupi, February 9: Senior BJP man Katapady Shankar Poojary, representing Kaup ZP constituency, has been elected as the President of Udupi Zilla Panchayath. In addition to SSLC, Shankar Poojary is a government diploma holder in Co-operation (GDC).

Jyothi S Shetty of BJP representing Mandarthi constituency has been elected his deputy. They will head the Udupi ZP for 20 months from Feb 9, 2011 to Oct 8, 2012.

All the 16 BJP members voted for Shankar Poojary and Jyothi S Shetty, while the Congress candidates Diwakar Kundar and Mallika Balakrishna Poojary, got only nine votes.

Divisional Commissioner MV Jayanthi was the returning officer. Assistant Regional Commissioner Manjunath Nayak, Deputy Commissioner –in charge- Prabhakar, ZP CEO Rajashekhar assisted in the election process.

Speaking on the occasion Shankar Poojary said that his priorities would be facilitating drinking water supply, developing rural minor roads and solid waste management.

With regard to more powers to Zilla Panchayath, Poojary said that as the state government had agreed in principle to implement the Third Finance Commission Report, submitted by AG Kodgi and BJP had also included the same in its election manifesto, he hopes that would come in to effect from April 2011.

Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat, Kaup MLA Lalaji R Mendon, outgoing ZP Presdient Gladis Almeida, District BJP President Uday Kumar Shetty and others congratulated the newly-elected ZP heads.

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Bengaluru, May 27: Karnataka Chief Minister Yediyurappa on Wednesday said that his government will re-open temples, mosques and churches in the state after May 31.

"We are going to open temples, mosques and churches in the state after May 31, he said while speaking to media in Bengaluru.

The Chief Minister added that the "guidelines will be followed" as suggested by experts for opening the worship places.

"We have no objections to open malls and cinema halls, but we are waiting for the guidelines of the central government, Prime Minister will take decisions to allow malls and cinemas to open," he added.

Yediyurappa has said that people from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu will not be allowed in the state till May 31.

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March 14,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 14: In a bid to prevent the coronavirus spread in the city, Mangaluru City Corporation on Saturday disallowed the street vendors to continue their business activities until further notice.

MCC Commissioner Shanady Ajith Kumar Hegde, in an order released today, warned that any vehicles, carts or trolleys that would be seen violating the order will be towed away.

The development comes in the wake of state wide ban on all shopping malls. In Mangaluru too all the malls remained shut today.

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January 8,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 8: No bandh-like situation prevailed in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, despite a nationwide strike called by trade union employees. Day-to-day activities are not disturbed, as buses and auto-rickshaws are moving as usual. 

However, in Bunder area, one of the business hubs of Mangaluru city, most of the shops today remained shut. As a result business was partially hit in the coastal city.

In other parts of Mangaluru city business firms, and market places are also open. Schools and colleges have not declared a holiday. government offices are also functioning as usually.

However, branches of many banks, excluding SBI, are closed for customers.

Members of various trade unions took out a rally and staged a protest in front of the Town Hall in Mangaluru.

Along with minimum wages, cancellation of contract labour system, no privatisation, welfare of farmers and other demands were also highlighted by the protestors. 

Slogans were also raised against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and anti-labour policies of his government. 

Members of AITUC, TUCC, AIUTUC, AIDYO, AIBEA, BSNLEU, INTUC, AIIEA, and associations of Anganwadi workers, mid-day meal workers, medical representatives, KSRTC employees, gram panchayat employees, and others took part in the protest.

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