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Udupi Congress holds demo against anti-pension move

March 10, 2011

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Udupi, March 10: Members of Udupi Block Congress Committee headed by its president Pramod Madhwaraj on Thursday evening staged a dharna infront of the Gandhi statue at Service Bus Stand here protesting against the state government's decision to stop accepting applications for the Sandhya Suraksha (old age pension), widow pension and handicapped pension.

Hundreds of Congress activists participated in the dharna and shouted slogans against the state government.

Speaking on the occasion Pramod Madhwaraj said that government's decision to stop accepting application for its ongoing programmes amounts to insult to the poor and also to the democracy. "It is not fair to stop accepting applications quoting the reason of misuse of the scheme. If at all there are any cases of misuse, government employees are responsible and not the poor people. This decision shows the failure of the administrative machinery in the BJP ruling''.

Pramod also said that state government has been distributing rice, sugar and kerosene supplied by the central government and it failed utterly in providing ration cards to the poor. "BJP government in the state has been depending on the central government, which released over 25,000 crore grant to the state annually. Unless for that Yedyurappa should have closed his shop a two years back'', Pramod added.

Former Vice President of Udupi CMC Kushal Shetty said that BJP had been winning the elections using money and has been busy making money after coming to power. "Even the BJP councilors or local representatives are not exception to it. BJP councilors in Udupi are busy in real estate business'', Shetty added.

Former District Congress President MA Gafoor, ZP members Diwakar Kundar, Mallika Balakrishna, Mallika Ashok, leader of the opposition in the Udupi CMC Jayananda, District Congress Vice President Kishan Hegde Kolkebail, Taluk Panchayath members Dr Sunitha Shetty, Umesh Naik, state yough congress general secretary Amrith Shenoy, Janardan Bhandarkar, Hareesh Kini and others participated in the dharna.

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January 16,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 16: Following the widespread protests against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), former minister and MLA UT Khader on Thursday urged the Centre and State government to address the concerns of the people.

Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, he said there is widespread confusion among the public with regard to the implementation of the Act. People are reluctant to open their doors to Asha workers, out of fear that the NRC exercise is being implemented, said Khader.

He urged the chief minister and home minister to gain the trust of the people on the CAA issue.

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May 19,2020

Mangaluru, May 19: With lockdown 4.0 coming into force, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) started bus services from Mangaluru to various destinations today.

According to officials, buses started plying from Mangaluru to Bengaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Hubballi and other areas with limited passengers. A bus, which left for Bengaluru from Mangaluru had less than 30 passengers on board.

“Depending on the demand, the buses will be operated with 50% of the capacity. Measures have been taken to ensure that social distancing norms are adhered to while purchasing tickets from the counter,” said S N Arun, KSRTC Divisional Controller.

However, the KSRTC is yet to take a decision on operating Nagarasarige buses in the city. 

“Only those destinations, which can be reached by 7 pm has been considered by the KSRTC while operating the buses. As a result, after 11 am, no buses will travel to Bengaluru from Mangaluru. Further, permission will not be accorded for the travelling of pregnant women, children below 10 years old and senior citizens above 60 years old. Thermal scanning is used for checking the temperature of the passengers before boarding the buses. All the buses are sanitised after each trip,” he said.

Further, he said the contact number, name and address of the passengers are collected by the officials during the travel.

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January 11,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 11: Reacting to the recent video clippings provided to the media by former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy in connection with the December 19 unrest in Mangaluru, city Police Commissioner Dr PS Harsha on Saturday said that the video has to be seen in a proper sequence to come to a conclusion on the happenings of that day.

Releasing videos in bits and pieces on social media or any platform will not help disclose the truth, said Harsha.

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