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Editor, Health @TheSouthfirst . Former Assistant Editor @NewIndianExpress ; City Editor @DeccanChronicle ; Opinions shared here are all mine, for better or worse.

Bengaluru, India
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2 years
Oh My Gawwwd 😳😅 @NammaBengaluroo @BLRrocKS
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#COVID19 Recieved as forward. The msg claims to be from Ballari. Language heard in the background is Kannada. This is from karnataka. what’s happening? Is this mass burial? @sriramulubjp @DHFWKA @mla_sudhakar @bellaryvartha @BallariSp answers pl? @XpressBengaluru @santwana99
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Kadalekai Parishe or groundnut fair in Bgudi. During the reign of Kempegowda, the area was full of gn crops. But a raging bull used to run amok every full moon night & damage it. To prevent this, the farmers offrd to give the lord their first crop. @XpressBengaluru @santwana99
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It’s time @fssaiindia periodically test our Indian products. #Hongkong food regulators find cancer-causing ingredient in 4 MDH, Everest products. #Singapore too recalls one of the Everest products. Read to know more @NammaBengaluroo @MoHFW_INDIA
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Loved this one @satishacharya
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This @aproko_doctor is too good! His tweets are always fun and informative!
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How smoking can affect your penis.
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What’s happening @mla_sudhakar ? Caught on cam: #Karnataka PHC doctors suspended for demanding bribe to discharge mother and newborn @TheSouthfirst @NammaBengaluroo @NammaKarnataka_ @CMofKarnataka @drashwathcn
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NMC's relentless guidelines are baffling. Their latest one says no establishments of medical colleges and no new MBBS seats in South India. @WHO 's recommended ratio of doctors is 1:1000; as per this, all South Indian states have crossed this. There is one doctor for every 505
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Chetana Belagere
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One year already….ಅಪ್ಪ ನನ್ನೊಂದಿಗಿಲ್ಲದ….ನನ್ನ ಈ ಬದುಕಿಗೆ…..ಇಂದು ಒಂದು ವರ್ಷ😥. Thank you @jogi_mane for this wonderful write up.
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Chetana Belagere
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Finance Minister @nsitharaman has set the cash ringing for these women of #Dharwad . Red Ilkal saree with #Kasuti work on it that she wore on budget day has made orders pour in for Aratikrafts. @minmsme @DC_Dharwad @NammaBengaluroo @hublimandi
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Chetana Belagere
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#coronavirusinindia @CMofKarnataka clarifies that No positive cases reported so far in #Karnataka . @BSYBJP says, No need to panic. Stop spreading rumours. “Follow hygiene and stay hydrated” say docs. @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @MoHFW_INDIA
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Chetana Belagere
4 years
#karnataka DCP South East @DCPSEBCP Isha Pant’s effort to learn Kannada and sing a song from movie ‘Geeta’ is highly appreciated by netizens! Here’s the video @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @sharadasrinidhi @ShankarnagFans
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1 year
All that #NEETPG2023 students want to know from @mansukhmandviya is whether their exams will be postponed or not? Plain YES or NO. Why isn’t the gov answering this? @FAIMA_INDIA_ @ProudFMG @Dr_ManishJangra @DrRohanKrishna3 #PostponeNEETPG2023 @official_aimsa
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Some of the IAS officers who have been working 24/7, trying their best to contain the spread of #COVID19outbreak . #Karnataka let’s not disappoint them. Stay indoors. @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @BBMPCOMM @Ratnaprabha_IAS @mani1972ias @iaspankajpandey @ShikhaRajputIAS @DHFWKA
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Chetana Belagere
1 year
Madness! Now, Modi roadshow extended to two days. Apparently, they are respecting public concern! 😡🙄 @NammaBengaluroo @BLRrocKS @namma_BTM
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3 years
Brilliant. This is the absolute truth. @NammaBengaluroo @PMOIndia @ICMRDELHI @icmr_nie
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Chetana Belagere
3 years
A FIR has been registered against Nagaraj and Hemanth, employees of City Primary Health Center in Kodigehalli after the video of them faking the covid 19 tests went viral. The two have been suspended. @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @mla_sudhakar @NammaBengaluroo @COVIDNewsByMIB
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Chetana Belagere
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This FIR is no less than a movie script😛 #Chaitra Kundapura, a self proclaimed Hindu activist, former ABVP leader, allegedly duped a man of Rs 5 crore promising a #BJP seat. Those who can read Kannada here you go: @NammaBengaluroo
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Chetana Belagere
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#Sasikala , a close aide of late #TamilNadu CM Jayalalithaa who is serving jail term in a disproportionate assets case in Bengaluru jail is taken to Bowring hospital after she complained of breathing trouble, fever. She is awaiting release on 27th. @XpressBengaluru @santwana99
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Chetana Belagere
3 years
On a lighter note...a Whats app forward recieved..... Rajanikanth escaping coronavirus.. he did it 37 years ago😅
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Chetana Belagere
2 years
Man books an entire flight from Mysuru to Bengaluru for these 35 blind students to take their first flight. Know why! watch full video on the link via @YouTube @TheSouthfirst @NammaBengaluroo @aaimysairport @BLRAirport @AAI_Official @airindiain @PMOIndia
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Chetana Belagere
4 years
#karnataka As a custom, Seer is being worshipped inside the Mutt @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @prakash_TNIE @vinndz_TNIE
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Chetana Belagere
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#Karnataka 's TFR is on a constant decline from 2.5 in 1999 to 1.7 in 2020. Prescribed TFR is 2.1. UP, Bihar have around 3. @CTRavi_BJP aware of this?
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Chetana Belagere
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My! My! After drive in vaccination, now hotel packages for vaccination. But I don't see guidelines on this @MoHFW_INDIA ? @NammaBengaluroo @mla_sudhakar @Radisson @santwana99 @CovidKarnataka @COVIDNewsByMIB @epigiri
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Such a humble person. Honoured to sit next to #Padmashri awardee Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa of Shidlaghatta Taluk. Privileged to learn few beats on #Thamate , the #Dalit pride! Story in thread @NammaBengaluroo @Kannada_Culture @DalitWomenRise @Bharatashree
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Chetana Belagere
4 years
What’s he trying to indicate? Siddhalinga Swamiji of the Andola Karuneswara Mutt says those who talk ill about Modi, Amit Shah will meet the same state as #gaurilankesh . Does he even know what this would mean @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @gaurilankesh @BSYBJP
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4 years
This might not be new for @mani1972ias Captain Manivannan but what happened today was uncalled for. His efficiency and honesty was something which no one could question. Transferred without posting. No answers yet. We will dig it too @NammaBengaluroo @BJP4Karnataka @nimmasuresh
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4 years
And now this started. @mepratap can you also deliver masks and gloves to homes of #AshaWorkers ? Some food to homeless? Some water bottles to policemen manning the streets? @santwana99 @anusharavi10 @NammaBengaluroo @CPMysuru @mysurucitycorp @BSYBJP @siddaramaiah @hd_kumaraswamy
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Why so much anger and foul language in these men? What are u doing about this @CPBlr @blrcitytraffic it’s not people who need humanity lessons sir these men in the dept do. @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @ManjuS_TNIE @iffathfathima6 @mg_chetan
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Chetana Belagere
4 years
Former IPS officer popularly known as 'Singham' K Annamalai joins BJP. He tells my colleague @anusharavi10 that he is a nationalist at heart and “BJP is the only party that doesn't have nepotism or sychopancy” @XpressBengaluru @annamalai_k @NammaBengaluroo @BJP4India
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“Chetana, Let’s do an interview on dangers of sugars” he had msgd recently. A doc who always responded to my queries. His legacy will forever shine through the countless eyes he restored, allowing people to see the beauty of the world around them. RIP sir. #DrKBhujangShetty
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4 years
IAS officer Manivannan who was shunted out yesterday without posting is now posted as Secretary to Govt, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Dept. @NammaBengaluroo @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @mani1972ias
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#Bengaluru school marks 6-year-old UKG student ‘Fail’; miffed parents demand action. Girl didn’t recite rhymes. Principal says child will fare better in future if she is told that she is failed! @NammaBengaluroo @VoiceOfParents2 @KAMSKARNATAKA @ICSEBOARD
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Chetana Belagere
4 years
A 63-yr-old man, who had tested positive for #COVID19 felt breathless, waited 3 hours for ambulance to arrive. Came out to get admitted on his own. But collapsed on the road and died a few metres from his house in Hanumantha Ngr @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @NammaBengaluroo
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3 years
Video of @PuneethRajkumar spending some lovely time with friends who are like family. This video was apparently shot on Thursday night. Source: WA @NammaBengaluroo @sumalathaA @sharadasrinidhi @PowerStarPunith
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3 years
#Bengaluru doctor with no travel history among #India 's first two #Omicron cases. Five of his contacts also test positive. @BBMPCOMM and @mla_sudhakar ask people not to be complacent. @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @DHFWKA
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Meet the Mangaluru physician couple who exposed the blind spot in India’s TB care and won #Lancet laurels. Dr Anurag and Dr Madhavi Bhargava are India's second — and world's third — couple to be featured together in The Lancet. @dranuragb @dr_madhavib @paimadhu @AnantBhan
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4 years
A four storeyed building behind Kapali Theatre collapsed. Details awaited @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @upparpeteps @upparpetetrfps @NammaBengaluroo
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3 years
Read my interview with top virologist @GKangInd . #India wasted valuable info on 300 million Covid #vaccine doses administered. Integration of data important. @xpressbengaluru @santwana99 @MoHFW_INDIA @DHFWKA @mla_sudhakar @drashwathcn @epigiri @ICMRDELHI
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3 years
where r your lathis? Why are you using these pipes? @DgpKarnataka this needs to be seriously looked into.
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Roadside vegetable vendors beaten up in an attempt to move them by the police at #Hirekerur of #Haveri on Monday. Police said the vendors were sitting even after 10 am @DgpKarnataka @santwana99 @BSBommai @ramupatil_TNIE @KiranTNIE1 @XpressBengaluru @karnatakacom @Namma_HD
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Needed action taken! On Jan 20, I reported on #Karnataka 's 28,657 teen pregnancies in 11 months. @CMofKarnataka 's office reached out for more info as well. Now, @siddaramaiah announces a task force to tackle this issue. Thank you @osd_cmkarnataka
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20 transfers in 20 years of his service! Each time there has been no answers from the govt. this time too...read @santwana99 @XpressBengaluru @BJP4Karnataka @ShivaramHebbar @Karnataka_DIPR @DIPR_COVID19 @mani1972ias @NewIndianXpress @NammaBengaluroo
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Chetana Belagere
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Mysterious loud sounds in Bengaluru. @KarnatakaSNDMC denies any earthquake. @HALHQBLR denied any sortie. @IAF_MCC to respond. Residents say it was very loud and many of them said their window panes rattled too. @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @NammaBengaluroo @WFRising
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@AltNews does it again! It’s not Nizamuddin and it’s a a Video of Sufi ritual which was falsely viral as mass sneezing in Nizamuddin mosque to spread coronavirus infection via
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3 years
Novel initiative by @ManipalHealth to train security personnel and gym instructors on administering of Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to save lives. @drnaveenchandra @sharadasrinidhi video by @ashishhpendse @XpressBengaluru @santwana99
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4 years
Good news for #Karnataka . Govt to set up AIIMS for Karnataka under Centre's active consideration: Union Health Minister @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @mla_sudhakar @sriramulubjp @BSYBJP @epigiri
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#Karnataka chief minister @BSYBJP tests positive for #COVID ー19 for the second time. He was admitted to @RamaiahHospital with fever. He is now being shifted to @ManipalHealth in #Bengaluru . @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @NammaBengaluroo @BJP4Karnataka @COVIDNewsByMIB
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Happy to inform that I was conferred with 11th International Women's Day Award by Garden City University! Thanks to my RE @santwana99 , @NewIndianXpress and @XpressBengaluru for all the encouragement. @GardenCityUni @NammaBengaluroo @NammaKarnataka_
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This is damn scary. Map showing spread of positivity in Bengaluru. @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @NammaBengaluroo @namma_BTM @DHFWKA @BLRrocKS
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3 years
This 121 year old Administrative Block building of Victoria Hospital constructed in 1900, lit up for the first time ever for Deepavali. @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @NammaBengaluroo @mla_sudhakar @DHFWKA
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#Omicronindia : High chances of community spread. The second person tested positive for Covid 19's Omicron variant in #Karnataka is one with no travel history. BBMP Commissioner Gaurav Gupta warns people to follow covid norms. @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @NammaBengaluroo
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Chetana Belagere
4 years
Finally it’s fixed. Now pay only Rs 2,000 for RTPCR inclusive of screening, confirmatory test and PPE kit at govt labs and Rs3,000 for pvt labs. 700 for antigen. Inform authorities if u r charged more @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @NammaBengaluroo @DHFWKA @mla_sudhakar @WFRising
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2 months
One more food product in question!Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has recalled #Everest Fish Curry Masala due to the presence of ethylene oxide at levels exceeding the permissible limit. @TheSouthfirst @NammaBengaluroo
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'Oxygen man' of Bengaluru provides cylinders to families in need during Covid lockdown - The New Indian Express @NammaBengaluroo @LavanyaBallal @mla_sudhakar @nimmasuresh @MoHFW_INDIA @DHFWKA @WeAreBangalore @COVIDNewsByMIB @citizensforblr
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A volunteer @covidhelpblore , educationist, a strong minded and humble soul is actually in tears, seeking @NammaBengaluroo people to stay indoors. @mla_sudhakar @DHFWKA see this is the reality. Dnt give us sheer numbers when nothing is happening on ground. @ameenemudassar
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Apparently it’s a Deepavali special mask🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ karma kanda😂😂 received as what’s app. Next would be mask with with wiper I guess. ⁦ @NammaBengaluroo ⁩ ⁦ @Amitsen_TNIE ⁩ ⁦ @AshwiniMS_TNIE ⁩ ⁦ @BLRrocKS
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Act of kindness. Well done sir🙏 . @hd_kumaraswamy presented Rs five lakh cheque to @publictvnews reporter Hanumantu’s Family. Hanumantu died in a road accident on Tuesday in Ramanagara. @JanataDal_S @CEORAMANAGARA
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Did our Prime Minister think of these women before banning @TikTok_IN 😂 she’s saying even “if he had to ban why didn’t he inform us? I would have saved all the videos. What am I supposed to do now for all the likes I had got?” @NammaBengaluroo @TrollHaiklu
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#SSLCResults Proud moment for Kaushik, a differently abled boy from Bantwal who refused to take help of scribe and wrote exam with his toes scores first class (424) marks. @nimmasuresh @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @vinndz_TNIE @MangaloreCity @OfficeOfDKDist1 @NammaBengaluroo
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Recieved this on what’s app. An auto driver in Koramangala with an attire similar to PPE. Efforts lauded sir👏🏻 @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @AshwiniMS_TNIE @CMofKarnataka @mani1972ias @RaCKoramangala @DHFWKA @Karnataka_DIPR @aicctukar @nimmasuresh @sakie339
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. @OnlyShivanna Actor Shivarajkumar has a brilliant plan to connect with his NRI fans in USA. Bonds with them on video calls @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @sharadasrinidhi @ShivarajkumarFc @ShivaMuthuraj @kannadafilm_kfi #lockdown
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4 years
Poor Bengalureans! So many of you want to be out? Min Suresh Kumar just announced that 44,46,000 people have requested for passes to roam around and 1,75,000 e-passes have been issued by pol for emergency purposes. @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @NammaBengaluroo @nimmasuresh
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3 years
#karnataka @BBMPCOMM has announced that private ambulances cannot charge any money to carry COVID-19 deceased to crematoria. Also no money should be charged for cremation too. @NammaBengaluroo @Namma100 @COVIDNewsByMIB @CovidKarnataka @BSYBJP @DHFWKA @CMofKarnataka
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Chetana Belagere
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State Health Dept announces email id and what’s app number if anyone can’t reach tollfree 1912. Email:1912covidhelpline @gmail .com Or Whatsapp +91 9480812450 (active from 12 tonight) @DHFWKA @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @iaspankajpandey @Captain_Mani72 @NammaBengaluroo
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Why cut doctor’s and policemen’s day salary @BSYBJP ? Aren’t they supposed to be given extra salary for the service they are doing at this time of crisis? @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @DOHgovph @DHFWKA @DgpKarnataka @BSBommai @BlrCityPolice @NammaBengaluroo
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A guest lecturer of a private college in Rajajinagar is seen assaulting a PU student in the class room. @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @CPBlr @nimmasuresh @ManjuS_TNIE
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It's a shame on part of Karnataka government that a pregnant woman and her twin babies died in front of her 6-year-old daughter. She was refused admission at Tumakuru hospital as she didnt have 'Tayi card' @NammaBengaluroo @MTumakuru @FAIMA_INDIA_ @DHFWKA
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Oh! Next--Doctors to be renamed as 'Pujaris' and nursing staff 'Sevaks' ? What's the point @PMOIndia ?
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4 years
What an idea! At a government school in Gowribidanur where science drawings are done using rangoli powder👍🏻 @nimmasuresh @XpressBengaluru @santwana99
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Watch my EXCLUSIVE interview with our new health minister @dineshgrao . Lists out his priorities, promises corruption free, accessible and affordable healthcare, says no to PPP model. YT link: @NammaBengaluroo @sakie339 @BahutvaKtka @INCKarnataka
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Chetana Belagere
4 years
#karnataka @OfficialViji duniya Viji Bday celebration ok! Cake cut ok but sword yake? By law, no weapons can be publicly used/displayed. @girinagarps have been asked to issue notice @CPBlr @sharadasrinidhi @santwana99 @XpressBengaluru
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Chetana Belagere
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Just few hours after my rant on twitter, I immediately got an apology call and this is what we recieved few hours later. Our #RCB fan is super happy. Thank you @StayWrogn #usplworld for this wonderful gesture. @NammaBengaluroo @RCBTweets
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Chetana Belagere
3 years
Brilliant @satishacharya . Being the prime minister of our country I wish he would have thought twice before gathering that crowd and even then atleast could have said “vote dene ke liye mask pehen ke jaana aur 6ft doori math bhoolna”
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