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Bangarappa not to campaign
Bidar Oct. 4. The former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa may not campaign for the BJP in the Bidar Lok Sabha byelection because of his disenchantment with the party. Party sources said that Mr. Bangarappa's decision had forced the district party unit to rearrange its campaign plans. Earlier, the party had formed four teams under the leadership of State unit president, H.N. Ananth Kumar; the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, B.S. Yediyurappa; K.S. Eshwarappa and Mr. Bangarappa. The teams were supposed to visit villages, clustered on the basis of various caste groups. Mr Bangarappa's team was to visit Aland, Kamalapur and Humnabad taluks, where the presence of Idigas is considerable. Now the reconstituted teams will cover these areas under different leaders. All the teams will take out a `padayatra' to cover over 126 select clusters of villages. Mr Bangarappa, who communicated his decision to the district-level leaders last week, has not mentioned any reason for his decision to stay away. But senior leaders connect this development to his conspicuous absence at Mr. Yediyurappa's birthday celebrations in Bangalore last week. "We have, however, decided not to request him to reconsider his decision," a senior leader said.
Good rainfall in six districts
BANGALORE OCT. 4. The monsoon was active only in a few parts of the State and six districts received excess rainfall from September 24 to 30, according to the weekly report of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. Rainfall was excessive in Chitradurga, Davangere, Chamarajanagar, Chikmagalur, Dakshina Kannada and Haveri districts, while it was normal in Bangalore Rural, Tumkur, Hassan, Mysore, Dharwad and Gadag districts. Of the 175 taluks, 42 taluks recorded excess rainfall and 32 normal rainfall during the period. In 47 taluks, rainfall was deficient, scanty in 53 and there was no rain in one taluk (Hospet in Bellary district), according to the report.
Kharge wants decision changed
GULBARGA Oct. 4. The Water Resource Minister, M. Mallikarjun Kharge, who also holds the Transport portfolio, said today that the Transport Department had sought the reversal of the Government's decision to allow private bus operators to run bus services within a 20-km radius of cities and towns. Talking to presspersons here, Mr. Kharge said the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) had informed the Government that it should be given a chance to present its case on the issue of allowing private operators to operate buses within a 20-km radium of cities and towns in the State since it was eating into the resources of the KSRTC and the other transport corporations. When the issue came up for discussion in the Cabinet, Mr. Kharge said he had taken strong exception to the new policy and asked the Law and Transport departments to legally study the issue and find a solution. He said he would look into the demand for introduction of more city buses in Gulbarga and to revive the City Bus Stand to operate city bus services. Mr Kharge said he would examine the demand for providing laminated driving licences in the Gulbarga Regional Transport Office.
Soldier's body arrives
Bangalore Oct. 4. The mortal remains of paratrooper Alla Sab (29) of 10 Para (Special Forces) Regiment reached Bangalore late on Monday night from Delhi. An official note said that the soldier was killed in an encounter with militants in Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. The body of the soldier was later taken by road to his home town, Hittalnal village in Koppal district. He is survived by his mother, father, two sisters and two brothers.
Plea to lease land to KIOCL
BANGALORE Oct. 4. Kudremukh Mazdoor Sangh (KMS) has urged the Government to lease the iron ore-rich areas of Ramanadurga in Bellary district to Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL) to prevent over 12,000 people from becoming unemployed. The KMS president, Allampalli Venkataram, told presspersons here today that the State should act immediately as the Supreme Court had ordered that KIOCL should end its mining operations in the Kudremukh area by the end of 2005. The closure of the company would render 2,200 KIOCL employees and 10,000 others working in various capacities jobless. A vast area in Ramanadurga had been taken over by private concerns. Fortunately the "de-reserved" area, which came under block numbers 13, 14, 15 and 17, was still with the Government, he added.
Decision sought on medical college
SHIMOGA Oct. 4. The Shimoga Government Medical College Action Committee has warned the Government that it will give a call for `Shimoga Bandh' on October 30 if the Cabinet does not take a decision to set up a government medical college in Shimoga, before October 20. Announcing this at a press conference here today, the president of the action committee and general secretary of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, H.R. Basavarajappa, said it had become necessary for the committee to bring pressure on the Government in view of the reported opposition of a senior Minister to the proposal to start a government medical college in Shimoga. He declined to name the Minister who is said to be opposed to the proposal. He said preparations were on to mobilise support in all the taluks for the proposed bandh. The proposed bandh had the support of many prominent leaders, including the noted writer U.R. Ananthamurthy, he claimed. He hoped that the Government would take a decision soon to end the uncertainty over the proposal taking into consideration the growing resentment over the delay in the announcement.
Woman dies in house collapse
The police gave the name of the dead as Mallavva Lakshman Choudki, alias Madar (50). She was alone in the house when the incident occurred.
DC's plea to people
Opposed
In a press release, Laxmikant Reddy and Zahir Ahmed of the association accused Mr. Patil of making a personal attack on Mr. Odugoudar and said that it was an insult to members of the federation.
21 arrested
Meanwhile, a police squad raided a house in the Fort area in the city and seized liquor worth Rs. 13,200. The squad arrested Yerriswamy in this connection, the police said.
Ban orders
An official press release issued here on Monday said the orders would be in effect at the examination centres in the government junior colleges at Madikeri, Somwarpet, Kushalnagar, Virajpet, and Ponnampet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Secures rank
Narasimha Bhat is the only candidate to have passed the examination from Dakshina Kannada. He is a student of tenth standard at Milagres High School, Mangalore, and the son of Jayaram Bhat and Lakshmi Bhat.
Elected
The other office-bearers are: D. Gopal Krishna Kamath (vice-president); Krishnanath P. Mallar (treasurer); B. Rahul Kamath (secretary); and P. Subraya Pai (joint secretary). The administrative committee members are H. Satish Pai, Ananth Krishna Rao, B. Prakash Prabhu, Raghavendra Hemmana, Bola Sreepathi Kamath, M. Vinayak Prabhu, Kiran Kumar Kodgi, K. Sudhakar Kamath, K. Ganesh Kamath, Bola Srinivas Kamath, A.M. Kumar, and Rajaram.
Pulse polio programme
The authorities will rope in the services of anganwadi workers, voluntary organisations and medical students and establish centres at bus stands and railway stations to cover those travelling during the period. A meeting of the officials was held recently to review the arrangements for the campaign.
Theatre fete
Applications
Camp at AIISH
About 100 hearing aids were repaired free of cost on the first day of the camp.
Yoga therapy
For registration, contact S.Jayakumar, Yoga teacher, Department of Studies in Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Sports Pavillion, Mysore-05 between 3.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. For details contact over phone, Ph.No.2426883 or 94484 13125, the release said.
Seized
Ban orders imposed
An official press release issued here on Monday said the orders would be in effect at the examination centres in the government junior colleges at Madikeri, Somwarpet, Kushalnagar, Virajpet, and Ponnampet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Woman dies
The police gave the name of the dead as Mallavva Lakshman Choudki, alias Madar (50). She was alone in the house when the incident occurred.
Appeal
Opposed
In a press release, Laxmikant Reddy and Zahir Ahmed of the association accused Mr. Patil of making a personal attack on Mr. Odugoudar and said that it was an insult to members of the federation.
21 arrested
Meanwhile, a police squad raided a house in the Fort area in the city and seized liquor worth Rs. 13,200. The squad arrested Yerriswamy in this connection, the police said.
Theatre fete
About 200 children aged five to 15 from various districts will participate in the festival. The former Vice-Chancellor, Javare Gowda, will inaugurate the festival. The programme is open to all.
Applications
For details, contact the office located at Doddakere Maidan (ph: 2446887/ 2440828).
About 100 hearing aids were repaired free of cost on the first day of the camp.
Seized
The police officials have seized two lorries and the spirit worth Rs. 30 lakhs. On getting authentic information, the police officials stopped the lorries at Punajanoor check post. The arrested are Shoukath, Shaktivelu, Santhosh, Sridhar, Fayaz Pasha, Amjad, Gopal and Kumar.
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