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Shobha Karandlaje alleges scams in health dept, BBMP; demands CBI probe

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October 5, 2017

Bengaluru, Oct 5: Taking on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his remark that his was ‘kam ki bath’ as against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘man ki bath’, Bharatiya Janata Party State general secretary Shobha Karandlaje has alleged that it had become ‘loot ki bath’ in Congress-ruled Karnataka.

 At a press conference in Bengaluru on Wednesday, Shobha Karandlaje alleged that there were irregularities in implementation of various State and Central schemes. She charged the state government with violating rules while awarding contract for the Mathru Poorna scheme meant to meet the nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating women in rural areas.

“The contract has been given to Veda Pharma, which had quoted the highest bid. What is the secret behind this?” she asked. Besides, the state government has claimed the scheme as its own while it was totally sponsored by the Centre.

Shobha accused the Siddaramaiah government of calling for tender for Rs 460 crore for issuing universal health cards without following Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement norms. “I am told Health Minister Ramesh Kumar is not aware of this contract as it is being directly handled by the chief minister. I wonder why Ramesh Kumar is silent on this issue,” she said.

She demanded that Siddaramaiah government furnish answers to the charges of corruption or order a CBI probe.

She charged that Rs 434 crore that the Centre had allotted for Karnataka AIDS Prevention Society was recalled by the Union government because of absence an action plan on the part of the state government.

The BJP leader charged that there has been misappropriation of funds in the setting up of Indira Canteens in Bengaluru. There has been misappropriation of Rs 20 lakh per canteen, she said.

There has been corruption in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) too, she said The cost to remove garbage per ward is Rs 14 lakh whereas it is being cleared by paying Rs 1.04 crore per ward, she claimed.

“An amount of Rs 584 crore is being drawn for salary of 34,000 pourakarmikas whereas there are only 11,000 pourakarmikas in Bengaluru as per the report submitted Chairman of the State Safai Karmachari Commission. What is happening to the extra amount?” Shobha asked.

She claimed that mechanical sweepers had been purchased by the BBMP at a cost of Rs 45 crore recently, but these have going “missing.” A tender for Rs 604 crore has again been called for purchase of more such vehicles, she said.

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Hari
 - 
Thursday, 5 Oct 2017

BJP wanted to rule and loot more so making false allegations

Kumar
 - 
Thursday, 5 Oct 2017

Sobakka, did you forget about yeddy's scams

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May 20,2020

Bengaluru, May 20: Ride-sharing company Ola Cabs said on Wednesday it will lay off 1,400 of its employees due to business uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic while the revenue has come down by 95 per cent in the past two months.

"The COVID crisis continues to unfold all around us causing unprecedented economic and social destruction. It has also become evident that the coronavirus will not be eliminated any time soon," wrote co-founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal to all Ola employees.

"In these circumstances, today I write to all of you with the toughest decision I have ever taken -- the need to downsize our organisation and let go of 1,400 of our valued employees," he said.

Aggarwal said the fallout of virus has been very tough for the cab aggregating industry in particular. "The company's revenue has come down by 95 per cent over the past two months," he said.

Initially, he said, the company hoped it would be a short-lived crisis and that its impact would be temporary. "But unfortunately, it is not been a short crisis. And the prognosis ahead for our business is very unclear and uncertain. It is going to take a long time for people to go out and about like before."
With more companies preferring to have a large number of employees work from home, air travel limited to essential trips and vacations being put off for better times, the impact of this crisis is definitely going to be long-drawn, said Aggarwal.

"The world is not going to revert to the pre-COVID era anytime soon. Social distancing, anxiety and an abundance of caution will be the operating principles for everyone," he told employees.

Aggarwal said the crisis necessitates the need to conserve cash aggressively so that Ola is able to invest in opportunities in the future, adding the downsizing exercise has been a very tough and sad decision for the management team to make.

"While we restructure our organisation to the new realities of our business, we are also going to recommit ourselves to strengthening our operational excellence and leverage a lot more technology to improve efficiencies and reduce cost across all parts of our business," he said.

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July 22,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 22: A total of 4,764 new COVID-19 cases and 55 deaths were reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours.

Out of the new cases, 2,050 cases were reported in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

The total number of active cases stands at 47,069, said the state Health Department.

Death toll rises to 1,519 in the state.

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January 17,2020

Madikeri, Jan 17: Kannada and Telugu actor Rashmika Mandanna is likely to be further interrogated by Income Tax (I-T) officials on Friday.

The residence and properties by the family of Rashmika were raided by I-T officials on Thursday morning. Following summons issued by I-T officials, Rashmika rushed to her residence on Thursday night and gave details on investments and other financial transactions.

After the interrogation, the I-T officials left for Serenity hall, which is owned by Rashmika's father, at Virajpet at around 2.30 am and stayed back there.

The I-T officials have reportedly directed Rashmika and her father Madan Mandanna not to leave the house.

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