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Poojary demands Tanvir Sait's resignation; UTK says party will decide

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November 11, 2016

Mangaluru, Nov 11: Congress veteran B Janardhan Poojary has asked Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanvir Sait to immediately quit the ministry in the wake of allegations of unacceptable action at a public function.

utpoojaryOn Thursday attending Tipu Jayanti at Raichur in north Karnataka where he is the district in charge minister, Mr Sait was seen in the video footage, telecast by Kannada TV channels, purportedly surfing through the girls' pictures.

Mr Sait claimed he was just going through the images and messages sent to him on WhatsApp by unknown sender and he did not deliberately watch any obscene pictures. “I am ready to face any probe,” he said.

However, Mr Poojary said that Mr Sait's action has caused damage to the State government and the Congress party. “If he fails to submit resignation, Chief Minister Siddaramiah should sack him immediately,” he said.

On the other hand, Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader said that party leaders have sought report on the episode. When media persons asked about demand for Mr Sait's removal, Mr Khader said that party leaders will take a decision after studying the matter.

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Mohammed
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Friday, 11 Nov 2016

Once upon a time JP was a political Guru fr utk, nw even he is not in favour

Aaakhash
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Friday, 11 Nov 2016

Its really surprise why cant Mr.Poojary understand this whole episode very well written andl played by RSS and its well wishing company!! they are trying to create communal clashes before election. A ordinary secular minded person can understand their game plan. A person like Mr.Poojary should not comments for all these non sense matters.

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May 20,2020

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 20: The twin districts of coastal Karnataka today reported seven new coronavirus cases. Six cases were reported from Udupi district and one from Dakshina Kannada.

All the six new coronavirus patients in Udupi have been admitted to Dr TMA Pai Covid hospital.

With the new case, 22 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported so far in the district, including a one death. Three have recovered, and 18 are active.

55th case in Mangaluru

The new coronavirus patient in Dakshina Kannada is a 40-year-old woman from Neermarga near Mangaluru.

With this, the total number of cases in Dakshina Kannada has risen to 55 out of which 33 are currently active.

The woman had travelled from Rajajinagar in Bengaluru along with her son to Mangaluru on May 10.

Sources said that she was residing in two houses at Kudupu and Kuttikala.

She was suffering from Asthma and respiratory problems. She was admitted to Wenlock COVID hospital on May 17.

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July 19,2020

Kasaragod, Jul 19: An accused in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Prevention) Act (POCSO) killed self minutes before being shifted to the jail on Sunday.

Police sources said the criminal, Shaiju, was admitted to Covid-19 observation ward after he was arrested and remanded to judicial custody after he was charged with a case under POCSO for unnatural sex with a neighbour boy recently.

The accused had made a similar attempt last month but was implicated in a case after his treatment.

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June 10,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 10: The Karnataka Anti-Corruption Bureau on Wednesday conducted raids at 14 places linked to four government officials in the state.

On receiving received credible information about the officials amassing disproportionate assets, an illegal assets case was registered and raids are being conducted at 14 places linked to them, ACB said in a release.

It said the raids are still on and investigation is being carried out about their assets.

Raids are being conducted on properties linked to L Sathish Kumar, Additional Commissioner, Department of Commercial Tax; N Ramakrishna, Divisional Forest Officer, Srinivasapura, Kolar; Gopalshetty Mallikarjuna, Executive Engineer, District Development Cell, Raichur; Raghappa Lalappa Lamani, Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd official in Almatti, Bagalkote, the release said.

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