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Foot-path hawkers stage hunger-strike in front of MCC

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July 25, 2011
Mangalore, July 25: Street-side and foot-path venders of the city along with their sympathisers on Monday staged a day-long hunger strike in front of the Mangalore City Corporation seeking fulfillment of their various demands including appropriate facility for the evicted vendors.

The protesters pledged to continue their 'struggle for justice' under the banner of 'Beedi Badi Vyaparasthara Horata Samiti'

Speaking on the occasion, M G Hegde, State General Secretary, Janata Dal (Secular), lashed out at MCC, whose civic tiger squad has continued to evict venders and seize their commodities in important areas of the city.

Criticizing the negligence of the State Government towards street-side and foot-path vendors, he said that MCC has been following the state government in its policies against the poor.

Pledging to continue their collective struggle to restore the rights of victims of civic tiger, Mr Hegde said those who evicted the street vendors will be evicted from their office soon.

Activist and Professor Rita Noronha said that selling fruits, vegetables and other commodities in the bustling areas of the city is the right of foot-path vendors and the MCC has no right evict them.

Expressing concern over the aggressive policy of City Corporation towards street vendors, she said that it is the responsibility of the civic body to provide proper facilities to them.

CITU leader Sunil Kumar Bajal, Karnataka Pranta Raita Sangha leader K Yadav Shetty, DYFI activist Yogish Jeppinamogaru and Corporator Appilata were among the protesters.

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June 15,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 15: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan''s daughter Veena married top DYFI All India president Mohammed Riaz at the chief minister''s official residence in the presence of selected guests.

Riaz and Veena became husband and wife at a solemn function held under Covid protocols with not more than 50 people present.

This was the second marriage for both, as their first ones ended in divorce.

Riaz has two children, while Veena has a son from their respective previous marriages.

Riaz is a lawyer by profession and had contested the Kozhikode Lok Sabha seat in 2009 but lost to the Congress'' M.K.Raghavan.

Veena runs her own software company in Bengaluru.

While the marriage has already been registered recently, the wedding event was a closed door affair, with just very close relatives of the couple besides a few senior party colleagues of Vijayan.

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May 17,2020

Bengaluru, May 17: A group of 86 college students, who went to Malaysia for internship and have been stranded due to lockdown, have appealed to Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to help them return to Karnataka.

The students in the video have also mentioned Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and Kolar MP S Muniswamy and stated that States such as Kerala and Tamil Nadu have made arrangements to bring back their natives from South East Asia.

The students added that they are in the Selangor State of Malaysia. They had arrived there on March 13 for a three-month-long internship as part of their college studies. They are living in apartments arranged by their college and money with them is almost spent, their college is extending them support in this regard. They are not in a position to complete the remaining two months of internship due to lock-down in Malaysia.

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July 20,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 20: Former Union Minister B Janardhana Poojary has urged the people not to be afraid of coronavirus and lead a healthy lifestyle as he was discharged from hospital after completely recovering from covid-19.

The 83-year-old Billawa stalwart was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the city for over two weeks as he was tested positive for the coronavirus. Today he was discharged from the hospital. 

“There is no need to be worried about the covid-19. People should consume nutritious and immunity boosting food and lead a healthy lifestyle,” he said.

He also urged the people to follow all necessary guidelines such as maintaining physical distance, wearing masks and washing hands frequently to prevent the spread of the virus.

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