<ul><li>India’s oldest sitting legislator, <keyword id="3210979" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="shamanuru-shivashankarappa" source="Orion">Shamanuru Shivashankarappa</keyword>, is contesting from <keyword id="17193873" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="davangere-south" source="Orion">Davangere South</keyword>. </li><li>The nonagenarian is known to be a heavyweight in the politically strong <keyword id="68040" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="lingayat-community" source="Orion">Lingayat community</keyword> of the state. </li><li>Shivashankarappa who declared assets to the tune of ₹312 crore, is an eminent educationist. </li></ul>The grand old party, Indian National Congress is fielding India’s oldest sitting legislator, Shamanuru Shivashankarappa, as its candidate from Davangere South. Fighting fit Though he walks with support, a confident and sharp Shivashankarappa calls himself a ‘galloping horse’. The five time MLA and former Lok Sabha member was not short of wit and wisdom, as he spoke to reporters who received the re-nomination. Horses for races Shivashankarappa claimed that he will win with the highest margin in the election. This state assembly election will be closely watched as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will try and hold on to its only bastion in the South. A Lingayat heavyweight The nonagenarian is known to be a heavyweight in the politically strong Lingayat community of the state. Who are lingayats? They are followers of a sect of Hinduism called Lingayatism and are followers of Kannada reformer Basava, who reject temple worship. As many as 100 of 224 Karnataka constituencies are known to be lingayat bastions. A businessman &amp; millionaire Shivashankarappa who declared assets to the tune of ₹312 crore, is an eminent educationist and is the chairman of the Bapuji Educational Association. Sugar and movies He also has interests in sugar distilleries, and has also produced a Kannada movie. Bringing back the former CM The Congress party has recently brought in former CM Jagadish Shettar, a former BJP leader and another Lingayat community heavyweight, into its fold. Shivashankarappa has been key to bringing him in. It’s all in the family Shivashankarappa has seven children – three sons and four daughters. One of his sons Shamanur Mallikarjuna is also a politician and was MLA of Davanagere North.

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leave with over 9,000 people (Eds: Adds details, combines related stories)Bengaluru, May 10 () Karnataka witnessed its highestsingle day spike of 54 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking thetally to 847 as the government announced guidelines forreturning stranded people while eight special trains carryingover 9,000 migrant workers and others left the state fordifferent destinations. One more COVID-19 death was reported in the state, as thetoll due to the disease rose to 31. Belagavi bordering Maharashtra with 22 cases, Bagalkoteand Shivamogga with eight cases each and Bhatkal in UttaraKannada with seven, were the biggest contributors to the tallyon Sunday, the health department said. This was the highest number of cases for a single day inthe state so far, a senior government officer told . Shivamogga, home district of Chief Minister B SYediyurappa, lost its green zone tag with eight people,testing positive for the deadly virus. Kalaburugi (4), Bengaluru (3) and Chintamani inChikkaballapura district and Davangere accounted for one eachamong the new cases. Eight of the nine people affected in Shivamogga hadreturned from Ahmedabad and were contacts of infected peoplebelonging to Tablighi Jamaat, district administration sourcessaid. A 56-year-old woman in Bengaluru Urban district becamethe latest fatality. The woman, also a case of Severe AcuteRespiratory Illness (SARI), had been admitted to a privatehospital on May 4 and shifted to another two days later. She died on May 7 and the lab reports on Saturdayconfirmed that she had COVID-19, the health department said. While Karnataka battled to contain the rising number ofcoronavirus cases, government sources said a special flightcarrying 240 people would land here from London in the earlyhours of Monday.The government took a slew of decisions with regard tothe stranded people returning to Karnataka from abroad andother states. At a meeting chaired by Yediyurappa, it was decided theywill have to undergo tests and compulsory 14 days quarantine. The government also agreed to foot the train fare of thosereturning from other states but they will be allowed based onthe availability of quarantine facilities. According to an official release, it was decided that ifsomeone from Karnataka dies in other state, the body shall notbe brought back and similar would be the rule for those fromoutside whose death occurs in the state. The last rites shallbe performed wherever a person died.Meanwhile, eight special trains -- six from Bengalururegion and two from Mangaluru -- left for various destinationsin the country carrying over 9,000 passengers, a large numberof them migrant workers and students. The trains that left Bengaluru headed for Udhampur,Bankura, Gwalior, Danapur, Gorakhpur, Dinapur and Agartalawhile the other two were bound for Bihar and Uttar Pradesh,South Western Railway sources said. All the passengers were provided with meal and drinkingwater bottles. Each pack contained rice, chapati, biscuits,pickles and buttermilk, they said."No pantry car is there as a precautionary measure.Throughout the journey food will be provided from IRCTC basekitchens. Number of meals depend on duration of journey," theofficials added.A report from Mangaluru said the train to UP left around2 pm, while the train to Bihar in the evening. Both the trainscarried 1,150 passengers each. Earlier on Saturday night, a special train carrying 1,140migrant workers stranded in Mangaluru due to the lockdownleft for Jharkhand.These passengers were selected from among those who hadregistered for return to home states on the state governmentsSeva Sindhu portal.The report also said no new cases of coronavirus wasreported from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Sunday. GMS MVGVS VS

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(Eds: adding details)Bengaluru, Apr 20 (): The total number of COVID-19infections breached the 400 mark in Karnataka, with 18 casesbeing confirmed on Monday even as the state cabinet decided tocontinue the lockdown measures till May 3 without anyrelaxation.Cumulatively 408 coronavirus have been confirmed in thestate, which includes 16 deaths and 12 discharges, the healthdepartment said in a bulletin.Of the 280 active cases, 278 patients (including apregnant woman) are in isolation at designated hospitals andare stable, while two are in Intensive Care Units.Minister S Suresh Kumar, spokesperson for COVID-19 inKarnataka, told reporters that the government planned toidentify cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI)and Influenza like Illness (ILI) in all districts to controlthe fatality rate.He said action was being taken against hospitals that arenot reporting about such vulnerable cases."Out of 16 deaths that have occurred in the state, 80 percent are those aged above 60 years, 11 of them are with SARIhistory.The minister also appealed to those developing anysymptoms to immediately go to designated hospitals and saidmost of the deaths had occurred as people approached hospitalsat a very late stage.He also said the number of SARI cases tested positive asof date was 29 and ILI, 2.Kumar said all 18 cases reported on Monday, nine of themmen and an equal number of women, were contacts of patientswho had already tested positive.Contact tracing has been initiated and was in progressfor all the cases, the health department said.Nine out of total of 408 cases detected and confirmed inKarnataka so far are transit passengers of Kerala. Bengaluru urban tops the state with 89 cases, followed byMysuru 84 and Belagavi 42.Of the total of 112 patients discharged so far, themaximum of 45 was from Bengaluru, while Mysuru accounted for24 and 11 were fromfrom Dakshina Kannada, the bulletin said.Among the deceased, four are from Bengaluru urban, threefrom Kalaburagi, two each from Chikkaballapura and Vijayapura,and one each from Belagavi, Bagalkote, Gadag, Dakshina Kannadaand TumakuruThe Minister said as on date there are 10 COVID freedistricts -- Chamarajanagara, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Haveri,Kolar, Koppal, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shivamogga and Yadgir.He said not a single positive case was reported fromKodagu in the last 32 days and from Chitradurge in the last 26days.Davangere had not reported any positive case in the last25 days and Udupi in 22 days, he said.The minister said a total of 23,460 samples had beentested so far, of which 2,093 were on Monday alone.So far 19,497 samples had reported negative, of which1,835 were on Monday alone.Sharing details about Nanjanagudu in Mysuru district,which has one of the larger clusters in the state, Kumar said2,098 people were quarantined, of whom 1,960 were tested. Sixty nine among them tested positive, 1,891 were negativeand results of 138 others are awaited, he said.Of the total number tested, 1,483 were employees ofJubilant Pharma company and 477 were their family membersOut of total 84 positive cases in Mysuru district, 69were from the pharma company, 10 were linked with the TablighiJamaat and the others were those who returned from abroad.On Tablighi Jamaat related cases in the state, Kumar saiddirect infections after returning from Delhi was 20, while103 of their contacts tested positive.Meanwhile, the Karnataka cabinet on Monday decided tocontinue the COVID-19 lockdown measures currently in force inthe state till May 3 without any relaxation.However, leaving a window open, it authorised ChiefMinister B S Yediyurappa and the COVID-19 Task Force to meetin three or four days to review and take further decisionabout any relaxation, the minister told reporters here.The Cabinet also decided to promulgate an ordinance,giving it special powers to control the spread of COVID-19,including providing protection to frontline health workers andmaking non- cooperation with government a punishable offence.The government did this after going through similarordinances of the Kerala and Uttar Pradesh governments.Kumar said, as on date 19 containment zones have beenidentified in BBMP (Bengaluru civic body) area based onCOVID-19 cases.Among them eight are in Bengaluru south, East 4, West 3,Rajarajeshwri Nagar and Bommanahalli one each and Mahadevapura2.Containment measures will be strictly followed in thesecontainment zones, the minister said. KSU APRRAVINDRANATH APRRAVINDRANATH

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