SDPI activists gherao police station after cops take 3 into custody
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December 31, 2020
Belthangady, Dec 31: Dozens of activists of Social Democratic Party of India gathered in front of a police station in Benthangady demanding the release of three people, who were taken into custody by the police.
Mohammad Harshad (22), Dawood (36) and Ishaaq (28), residents of Kuwettu village are taken into custody by the connection with a sedition case.
The police are inquiring whether they had involved in raising pro-Pakistan slogans in front of a vote counting centre in Ujire yesterday.
However, SDPI activists are claiming that those who were taken into custody by the police are innocents.
26 UK returnees tested covid positive in Karnataka; 7 among them contracted UK variant
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December 30, 2020
Bengaluru, Dec 30: Seven people who returned to Karnataka from the UK, were found to be infected with the mutated strain of coronavirus, state Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Wednesday.
The swab samples of 26 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were sent to NIMHANS to ascertain whether it is the new strain and seven of them were found to have contracted the UK variant.
The 26 were among the 1,614 UK returnees, who were subjected to the tests. Of the seven people, three are in Bengaluru and four in Shivamogga. All of them have been admitted to designated hospitals, Sudhakar told reporters here.
Karnataka to trace all UK passengers arrived in Mangaluru, Bengaluru since Dec 7
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December 22, 2020
Bengaluru, Dec 22: Karnataka has noted that 531 passengers from the UK had arrived into the state on Sunday and out of them, 138 did not have COVID-19 negative certificates though all of them were asymptomatic.
Amid concerns about a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said, I came to know about a person who tested positive after arriving from UK. We are following all guidelines. Whoever will come from UK will be tested at the airport.
Now, the Karnataka government has decided to trace all passengers who had arrived in Bengaluru and Mangaluru from the UK since 7th December.
Karnataka Council uproar: Chairman issues showcause to Secretary
The notice issued by Chairman Pratapchandra Shetty has sought an explanation from the Secretary on what transpired in the House before he could enter and after he left the premises. Updated: December 19, 2020 9:16:08 am
BJP, Congress MLCs clash in the Karnataka Legislative Council on Tuesday. Deputy Chairman S L Dharme Gowda was pushed off his chair (seen above) in the ruckus over a no-confidence motion against the Chairman. (PTI)
A show-cause notice has been issued to Karnataka Legislative Council Secretary K R Mahalakshmi after the
Upper House witnessed chaoswith the Deputy Chairman trying to begin proceedings before the Chairman’s arrival leading to legislators manhandling him on Tuesday.
Kota Srinivas Poojari flays Congress for chaos in council
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December 17, 2020
Mangaluru, Dec 17: Karnataka Fisheries Minister Kota Srinivas Poojari on Thursday criticised the Congress for creating chaos in the state legislative council.
Addressing reporters at Udupi, 55 kms from here, he accused the Congress leadership of politicising an issue and not following democratic decorum in the council.
Leaders of the Congress were responsible for the trouble in the council on Tuesday before a no-confidence motion was moved against the chairman K Pratapchandra Shetty, he said.
He said in the past when the Congress had moved a no- trust motion against the then chairman D H Shankaramurthy of the BJP, he had left the chair and asked the deputy chairman to conduct the proceedings.