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A hero's welcome awaits Sadananda Gowda in Mangalore

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August 11, 2011

Mangalore, August 11: The Dakshina Kannada district BJP has decided to extend a warm welcome to the new Chief Minister Sadananada Gowda on his first visit to the district.

Padmanabha Kottari, District BJP President told media persons that CM would be brought in a procession from the airport and would be felicitated at Sangha Niketan.

“The CM might visit either on Saturday or after Independence day”, said Kottari. However the exact date of CM's visit is not yet fixed.

'Cong Frustration'

Reacting to the remarks made by DK Congress President B Ramanath Rai, who described the new cabinet as 'Alibaba and his 40 associates', Mr Kottari said it shows the frustration and disappointment of a Congressman, who dreamt of failure of BJP Government.

Funds

Mr Kottari said that district had received an annual fund of Rs 6 crore. “Zilla Panchayat has received Rs 1 crore while all the five Taluk Panchayats have received Rs 1 crore each for development,” he informed.

“Rs 200 crores have been granted to MCC by, out of which 100 crores have been spent on development activities”, he said.

Dixit should resign

He also demanded that Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit to step down from office as she is accused of being involved in the Commonwealth Games scam.

Shailaja Bhat, President, Zilla Panchayat, Nitin Bhat, Vice-President, Zilla Panchayat were among the others present in the press conference.

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August 3,2020

Manjeshwar, Aug 3: In a horrific incident, a man hacked four of his relatives to death at Bayar near Kaniala Gurukumeri in Manjeshwar taluk of Kasaragod district.

According to police, Udaya (40), a resident of Sudanbala, killed three of his maternal uncles and a maternal aunt who were staying together at a house at around 7:30 p.m. today. 

The deceased have been identified as Sadashiv (54), Vittal (52), Babu (50), and maternal Revati (58).

Locals caught him and handed him over to the police after tying his hands and legs. 

A preliminary investigation revealed that a familial clash led to the gruesome murder. A police team led by Kasargod DSP Balakrishnan are investigating the matter.

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July 7,2020

New Delhi, Jul 7: Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao's wife Tabu Gundu Rao informed that four of their employees have tested positive for coronavirus.

"Well sadly our PA, one more Gunman and 2 house staff tested positive. We are all thankfully negative but in isolation and quarantine for 10 to 14 days from today, to check if we develop symptoms as we are primary contacts to them. Hopefully we should get through this," Tabu tweeted.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 23,474 coronavirus cases in Karnataka including 13,255 and 372 deaths.

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May 4,2020

Davanagere, May 3: Karnataka's Davanagere district on Sunday reported 21 COVID-19 positive cases, said Mahantesh Beelagi, Deputy Commissioner.

The number of COVID-19 patients has suddenly taken a giant leap in the district.

"We had sent 94 samples on May 1, on May 2 we sent 72 samples. Today we sent 164 samples for testing. In the last two days, 21 samples have tested positive for coronavirus, we are tracing to know how did all of them came in contact with COVID-19 infected person," said Mahantesh Beelagi.

"Our surveillance team and police team have started tracing the primary and secondary contacts of all 21 people," he added.
Davanagere is currently in the Green Zone.

Meanwhile, 13 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Karnataka till 5 pm on Sunday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 614, according to the State Health Department.

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