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Rail Roko seeks extension of Bangalore-Kannur train to Karwar

February 15, 2011

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Udupi, February 15: Politicians and activists, under the banner of Railway Yathri Sangha, Udupi, on Tuesday held a Rail Roko demanding the extension of Bangalore-Kannur train till Karwar.


When the Poorna Express reached the Udupi Railway Station at Indrali, at 9.05 am, agitators boarded Railway engine, shouted slogans against the Union government and Railway Minister from the state KH Muniyappa and disrupted the movement of the train.


Udupi MLA K Raghupathi Bhat, Kaup MLA Lalaji R Mendon, former MLA UR Sabhapathi, Udupi Zilla Panchayath President Katapady Shankar Poojary, District JD(S) President Deviprasad Shetty, President of Railway Yathri Sangha RL Dias, Vice President Venkatesh Kini, Udupi CMC Vice President Bharathi Chandrashekhar, Chairman of the Dakshina Kannada Co-operative Fish Marketing Federation Yashpal Suvarna and others participated in the Rail Roko. Police team headed by Circle Inspector of Police Girish arrested the agitators and released on self-bond.


Members of the Udupi District Post and Telecommunication Pensioners' Association also participated in the rail roko.


MLA Raghupathi Bhat demanded the central government to announce the extension of Bangalore-Kannur train to Karwar. `If they fail to announce the extension, we will extend the Rail Roko throughout the district'', Bhat threatened.


Yathri Sangha President RL Dias said that as per the information obtained under the RTI, the Bangalore-Kannur train had been incurring a loss of Rs 2 lakhs per day and that could be overcome by extending the train services till Karwar.

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June 14,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 14: Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Sunday said there was no question of reimposition of the lockdown amid speculation that it would be done.

"The question of lockdown is not in front of us. There is such speculation as the Prime Minister is holding a video conference with all Chief Ministers on June 16 and 17.

On June 17 our state will be taking part in it at around 3 pm," Mr Sudhakar said in response to a question.

Speaking to reporters at Kalaburagi, he said the current situation would be discussed in that meeting. Mr Sudhakar said the Prime Minister has repeatedly been holding such video conferencing exercises to take stock of the situation and plan for the future.

"There will not be a lockdown anymore according to me," he added.

There has been speculation that there would be another shutdown from this month owing to a rapid rise in the number of cases.

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Mr Sudhakar had on Friday said experts have indicated a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state in August and that the government was taking all precautionary measures in that direction.

As of June 13 evening, cumulatively 6,824 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 81 deaths and 3,648 discharges.

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Kalaburagi, Mar 3: Former Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday in a letter requested Karnataka Assembly Speaker Sri Vishveshvaraya Hegade Kageri that the restricted media coverage in Assembly Budget session was not the right thing and it will be danger of for healthy democracy.

The letter written by Mr. Kharge to the Karnataka Assembly speaker which available to the press said that the fourth pillar of democracy 'Media' ban from covering assembly proceedings was not a healthy move and requested to immediately withdraw the government order in this regards, he said.

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May 8,2020

Mangaluru, May 8: Twenty-two students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Mudipu on the outskirts of Mangalur city, stranded in Uttara Pradesh due to lock-down reached the campus on Friday morning.

These Class 9 students (12 girls and 10 boys) had studied at JNV Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, as part of an exchange programme, 21 students of Amroha campus studied in Mudipu. 

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JNV Mudipu Principal V Srinivasan said the 22 students, along with escorts, reached the campus at 7.15 a.m today.

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