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Defeat of casteist politics; Victory of multicultural society'

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March 21, 2012

PoojaryMangalore, March 21: Congress veteran B Jandardhan Poojary has described the victory of Congress candidate Jayapraksh Hegde in Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency bypoll as the defeat of casteist politics of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Addressing a press meet in the city on Wednesday he said that people of the two districts have together taught an unforgettable lesson to the ruling state government, which according to him is engulfed in corruption and various scandals.

The mature voters have thwarted the conspiracies of BJP leaders, who tried to divide people in the name of 'Billavas' and 'Bants'.

Mr Poojary also said that Congress too has learnt a lesson in this election. “The people have sent a clear message to the Congress leaders and workers that their victory will continue if they maintain their unity and work together”, he said.

He also congratulated Rajya Sabha MP Oscar Fernandes for taking the complete responsibility of election campaign in the prestigious constituency.

Dissolve Assembly

Mr Poojary demanded that Chief Minister D V Sadanada Gowda should dissolve the state Assembly immediately since people of latter's home constituency have given their mandate against BJP.

Victory of Plural Society

In a separate statement Mangalore MLA U T Khader has depicted Mr Hegde's victory as the triumph of plural society and multi-culture of coastal Karnataka.

“Soon after filing nomination, BJP candidate V Sunil Kumar had stated that he did not want minorities' votes. Interestingly people of majority community themselves taught him a good lesson”, said Mr Khader.


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March 26,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 26: Karnataka Primary and Higher Education Minister Suresh Kumar on Thursday clarified that the SSLC examinations have not canceled as being claimed by many. 

Taking to Twitter, he said there was confusion among students and parents as wrong news was published in a some of the news papers and even in social media also.

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June 7,2020

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jun 7: Coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have recorded 17 and 13 new coronavirus positive cases between 5 p.m. on June 6 and 5 p.m. on June 7. 

16 among 17 new covid patients in Dakshina Kannada are returnees from Maharashtra, while one returned from Goa recently.

Maharashtra returnees comprise 14 males, including three teenagers t, and two females aged 32 and 41. The Goa returnee is a 32-year-old male.

All of them have all been admitted to the designated COVID hospital in the district.

With this, the total tally of coronavirus cases in Dakshina Kannada has risen to 203, out of which 47 are currently active. As many as 150 patients have recovered and been discharged, and seven have died.

Among the 13 in Udupi, 12 are Maharashtra returnees, while process of contact tracing of one patient, a 30-year-old woman, is going on.

The patients comprise eight males, including a 7-year-old boy, and five females. They have all been admitted to the designated hospital.

This takes the total number of coronavirus cases in Udupi district to 902, out of which 798 are currently active, 103 discharged, and one patient has died.

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January 10,2020

Davanagere, Jan 9: Residents of SVR colony of Channagiri Taluq here on Thursday built a temple in the memory of a male monkey, who died here 'unexpectedly'.

A group of monkeys entered the SVR colony around three months back. The monkeys have never disturbed anybody in the area and they used to play with children living in the colony.

Locals said that the monkeys are very obedient to them.

Unfortunately, one of the monkeys died suddenly on Wednesday, causing distress among people who were very fond of him.

Showing their love for the deceased monkey, locals performed his final rite according to Hindu tradition.

Later, the residents approached the president of the village Panchayat to allot funds to build a temple in the monkey's memory.

The construction of the temple has already begun in the area at the same place where the monkey's funeral was conducted.

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