Karnataka Congress MLA tests positive for COVID-19
Bengaluru: A Congress MLA in Karnataka has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been hospitalized here, party sources said on Monday.
A medical doctor, H D Ranganath from Kunigal constituency in Tumakuru district has been admitted to a private hospital in the city, they said.
State Congress Working President Eshwar Khandre in a tweet said he spoke to the MLA over the phone and that "the confidence in his voice has given me belief that he will be back victorious in the fight against COVID."
On Sunday Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister B Janardhana Poojary had tested positive for the deadly infection.
Recently, Mangaluru City North MLA Bharath Shetty of the BJP had been infected by the virus.
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Two held at Bengaluru airport with hydroponic ganja worth Rs 5.79 cr
Bengaluru (PTI): Two people were arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport here for attempting to smuggle hydroponic ganja valued at Rs 5.79 crore, upon their arrival from Bangkok on Wednesday, officials said
They seized 16.54 kg of hydroponic ganja, which was concealed in the checked-in baggage, the Bengaluru Customs said in a post on 'X'.
Both the accused were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, it said.
Meanwhile, the Customs officials at the Bengaluru Airport also disposed of 287.5 kg of Ganja (Hydroponic Weed) and 1.17 kg of Cocaine seized under the NDPS Act, 1985, in accordance with CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs) Disposal Manual on March 17, it said in another post.
