Bypolls to Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha on Mar 18

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February 16, 2012

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Mangalore, February 16: The Election Commission announced the schedule of by-elections to Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka.

Polling would be held on March 18 and the counting would take place on March 21.

The notification would be issued on February 22 and the last date for filing nomination papers is February 29. The last date for withdrawal is March 3.

The Udupi Chikmagalur Parliamentary seat was vacated by Karnataka Chief Minister D Sadanand Gowda.

Besides, the Election commission also announced by-elections for 11 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Odisha and one seat in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council. However, counting for the J&K Legislative Council seat, if required, would be held on March 22 and the counting would take place the same day.

For filling up the lone seat of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council, the EC has decided to issue the notification on March 6, with the last date for filing nominations being March 12 and scrutiny on March 13 and last date for withdrawal is March 15. The seat had fallen vacant on December 27, 2011, after the death of Yashpal Khajuria.

The assembly by-elections will be held in Mahabubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Kovur, Ghanpur Station-SC, Kollapur, Adilabad and Kamareddy (all Andhra Pradesh), Mansa (Gujarat), Piravom ( (Kerala), Sankaran Kovil-SC (Tamil Nadu) and Athgarh (Odisha).

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July 2,2020

Bengaluru, Ju 2 As many as 19 deaths and 1,502 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Karnataka till 5 pm on Thursday, as per information provided by the State Health Department.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the state now stands at 18,016, including 9,406 active cases.

While 8,334 patients have been discharged after treatment, 272 people have succumbed to the virus.

India's COVID-19 tally breached the 6 lakh cases mark with 19,148 new coronavirus cases being reported in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

The total cases now stand at 6,04,641 of which there are 2,26,947 active cases while 3,59,860 patients have been cured/discharged/migrated. 434 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours taking the number of COVID-19 deaths in the country to 17,834.

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February 25,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 25: The coastal city of Mangaluru today witnessed yet another major agitation against infamous CAA, NPR and NRC with large number of people gathering at Kudroli’s Tipu Sultan Garden to register their protest against union government’s racist policies.

Addressing the gathering activist B R Bhaskar Prasad said, he knows the RSS inside out as he was associated with it for a prolonged period.

He said the ultimate aim of RSS is to establish a casteist society in India with the micro-minority community of Brahmins having complete control over all other major communities. 

Lambasting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for constantly harassing people of India through back to back contentious legislations, he said that the duo poised to destroy the country.

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February 20,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 20: A wild tusker was spotted in Kukke Subrahmanya town here, in the early hours of Thursday.

Range Forest Officer (RFO), Kukke Subrahmanya Tyagaraj said that it was seen walking from Kashi Kattte in the town to Nuchila around 0530 hours without creating any havoc.

The same elephant was spotted some days ago at Harihara, a small village town near Kukke Subrahmanya.

It has been roaming around in the forests nearby for some time now. So far, it had not caused disturbance to people nor had it damaged any property, Mr. Tyagaraj said.

Kukke Subrahmanya is on the foot of the Western Ghats.

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