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I've not come here to seek personal favour, says Yeddi after darshan at Dharmasthala

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June 27, 2011
Dharmasthala, June 27: “I have not come here to seek anything for me. I have sought God's blessings for the welfare of the state. I have prayed the God to shower his blessings on the annadatha (farmers) and to make him self-dependent,” said BS Yeddyurappa here on Monday.

The chief minister spoke to the media after having the darshan of Lord Manjunatheshwara. He reached here by train from Bangalore early Monday morning along with several BJP MLAs and ministers.

As expected Mr Yeddyurappa stayed away from testifying before the presiding deity at Dharmasthala in his battle of attrition with his arch rival and JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy and insisted, he retracted from the decision following suggestions from religious leaders including Veerendra Heggade and as per the instruction of party chief Nitin Gadkari.

“Karnataka has witnessed good rains over the last three years because of the blessings of God. The farmers in the state are also in a happy state of mind. The finances and the law and order situation is also very satisfactory, “ he said and declared that in the remaining two years he and his colleagues would work towards making Karnataka the number one state in the country.

As expected he did not take any questions from the media and shot back with a pre-deliberated sentence: “I have come here to seek God's blessings. I have decided not to speak anything related to politics at this holy place.”

The statement assumes significance in the wake of the impending visit of Kumaraswamy to the shrine and would make the former chief minister think twice before launching a personal attack against Yeddyurappa.

Yeddyurappa was accompanied by his cabinet colleagues Renukacharya, Umesh Katthi, Narayana Swamy, Bacche Gowda, V Somanna, Murugesh Nirani, C C Patil and Krishna J Palemar.

Mr Yeddyurappa later left for Kukke Subrahmanya. He will proceed to Bangalore after having the darshan of God there.

Kumaraswamy will offer prayers at Dharmasthala after the chief minister, as per the revised programme, in a short while from now.

More than 20 JD(S) MLAs, MLCs and their supporters are expected to accompnay Kumaraswamy.

Kumaraswamy will do the “satyada nivedane” (submission of truth), a ritual before the deity to say he stands by his allegations against Yeddyurappa.

While Yeddyurappa would stay in 'Sri Sann¬idhi,'a VVIP guest house, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy along with his followers would stay at Shanthi Vana, about two km away from Dharmasthala.

JD(S) sources said Kum¬araswamy plans to place before the deity on Monday, a copy of the letter that he had written to Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Veerendra Heggade on June 19 on the entire issue.

Earlier when asked about why he (Veerendra Heggade) did not suggest the chief minister or HDK against taking truth test (just like the way many seers suggested), Heggade said: “Being a Dharmadhikari, how can I turn down their request, especially when they want to submit before the lord.”

He said: “It would be better if there is 'dharma' in politics and not vice versa.” A large contingent of police has been deployed at the site. The media, both print and electronics, had gathered in strength here to report the unfolding drama on Monday.

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April 2,2020

The Ayodhya police booked a senior journalist on Wednesday for raising questions on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's visit to the Ram Janmabhoomi for a religious ceremony amid the lockdown over the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The FIR mentions a tweet by Siddharth Varadarajan, editor of news portal 'The Wire', where he said: "On the day the Tablighi Jamaat event was held, Adityanath insisted a large Ram Navami fair planned for Ayodhya from March 25 to April 2 would proceed as usual and that 'Lord Ram would protect devotees from the coronavirus."

Varadarajan had clarified in another tweet that it was "Acharya Paramhans, Hindutva stalwart and head of the official Ayodhya temple trust, who said Ram would protect devotees from coronavirus, and not Adityanath, though he allowed a public event on 25/3 in defiance of the lockdown and took part himself".

Taking the suo-motu cognizance, Faizabad Kotwali police station incharge Nitish Kumar Shrivastava registered an FIR under sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 505(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code for doing "disreputable" comment against the chief minister.

Statement by the Founding Editors of The Wire: pic.twitter.com/frw5oRxw18

— The Wire (@thewire_in) April 1, 2020
Reacting to it, Varadarajan termed the FIR "politically motivated, saying that the offences invoked were not even remotely made out.

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July 1,2020

Mangaluru, July 1: The district administration has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 in entire Dakshina Kannada between 8pm and 5am in the entire month of July.

Notice in this regard was issued today by Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Roopesh. The order will come into force with immediate and will be in place ill July 31, the DC said.

The decision was taken days after Karnataka government took steps to tighten covid restriction and imposed lockdown from 8pm to 5am. 

Under the imposed Section 144, the presence or movement of one or more persons in public places are prohibited. Besides, the gathering of any sort anywhere, including religious places subject to certain conditions in view of the COVID-19 pandemic will also be restricted. 
 

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March 14,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 14: Following the avian flu outbreak in neighboring Kerala, authorities at Pilikula Biological Park in Moodushedde, on the outskirts of the city, have taken all precautionary measures to prevent the death of birds in the park.

Park Director H J Jayaprakash Bhandari said that "the behaviour of the birds is being monitored near open water sources on the premises'.

Though no deaths were reported in the Zoo or on lake premises, the staff continue to maintain a strict vigil on open water sources like lakes. He said the Park was being sanitized.

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