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'Then Veerappan, now Yeddyurappan'

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July 23, 2011
Mangalore, July 23: “Once there was a Ripper Chandran who killed people ruthlessly, then there was a Veerappan who looted the jungles and now there is Yeddyurappan, the Chief Minister of our state,” said Bantwal MLA and DK district Congress President B Ramanath Rai.

He was addressing a demonstration organised by the Dakshina Kannada district Congress Committee in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner here on Saturday morning to protest the phone tapping of Justice N Santosh Hegde and the leakage of Lokayukta report.

Mr Rai, who held Yeddyurappa led State Government responsible for leakage, demanded that phone tapping incident should be handed over to the CBI for a thorough investigation. He alleged that this was one of the foul tactics of the ruling party to pressurise on the Lokayukta

Criticising the State Government's 'negative approach' towards the Lokayukta, he said the tears on the eyes of Justice Hegde reveal the height of anarchy in the state.

He said that those ministers of UPA government, who had involved in scams were behind the bars, whereas the BJP led Karnataka state government was full of corrupt ministers such as Halappa, Renukacharya and Reddy brothers.

Chief Whip of the Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly and Mulki-Moodbidri MLA Abhayachandra Jain lamented that it is a big shame to have a corrupt man like Yeddyurappa as the Chief Minister of our state. “The illegal activities of the State government have caused great shame to the people of Karnataka,” he added.

Former MLA Vijayakumar Shetty, comparing the BJP led state Government to the Hitler's rule in Germany, questioned the silence of RSS over the unabated corruption of its political arm.

Local leaders of Congress party Ivan D'souza, Mamatha Gatti and members of DK district Congress Committee and Youth congress were among the protesters.

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March 22,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 22: A 22-year-old man from Bhatkal who had returned from Dubai on March 19 has tested positive for coronavirus.

Sindhu B Rupesh, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada confrimed this today.

The youth, after landing at Mangaluru International Airport had got admitted to Govt Wenlock Hospital.

The total number of coronavirus positive patients in India rose to 342 on Sunday, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

A total of 16,999 samples from 16,109 individuals have been tested for COVID-19 as of 10:00 am on March 22, as per ICMR data.

India reported two deaths today from the highly contagious virus - one each in Maharashtra and Bihar - taking the tally to six, as per state authorities.

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May 17,2020

Bengaluru, May 17: Karnataka Government on Sunday decided to appoint Administrative Committees, to over 6000 Panchayat Bodies, in the state, who’s five-year term would comes to an end this month.

Speaking to the media here, the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Minister, K S Eshwarappa informed that the state cabinet met recently had favored to appoint committees which would replace the elected bodies.

Informing that there is provision in the Panchayath Raj Act to appoint the committees, he said that the concerned Deputy Commissioners of the district, would appoint the members, to the committee, who were eligible to be nominated to the committees.

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July 18,2020

Mangaluru, July 18: The Dakshina Kannada district administration is likely to earmark a common burial ground in the wake of growing resistance from residents of various localities in Mangaluru against burial of Covid-19 victims in their vicinity.

Recently, following protests by residents on Bolar, the body of a Covid-19 victim remained in the ambulance for hours together. The residents refused to allow the victim to be laid to rest at a burial ground attached to a mosque. The victim, who had been a resident of Idya in Surathkal, was subsequently laid to rest after DC’s intervention.

In a bid to avoid such instances in the future, the district administration has identified a burial ground on the outskirts of Mangaluru. 

Former minister and incumbent Mangaluru MLA UT Khader said that he had discussed the problem at length with the officials of the Dakshina Kannada district administration, and had suggested they look for a relatively isolated space on the outskirts of Mangaluru city in order to avoid confrontation with the public.

“A parcel of land at Badaga Yekkuru, some 20km from the city has been identified as being suitable for the burial ground, but the district administration is yet to take a final decision,” Khader said.

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