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Special 'abhisheka' by NRIs at Shravanabelagola on Feb 21, 22

DHNS
January 29, 2018

Shravanabelagola, Jan 29: Vice president of the Non Resident Indian (NRI) Council Arathi Krishna said on Sunday that NRIs would be given an opportunity to take part in special 'abhishekas' during the Bahubali Mahamasthakabhisheka on February 21 and 22.

Mahamastakabhisheka, the anointing ceremony to the 57-foot tall monolithic statue of Lord Bahubali at Shravanabelagola, is performed once in 12 years. This year the event is being held from February 17 to 25.

Speaking to DH after visiting the temporary satellite towns under construction in the town on Sunday, she said already 200 NRIs belonging to Jain religion had registered their names with the NRI group. The members staying in Germany, Kenya, Dubai, Brazil, England, Indonesia and other countries will be visiting Shravanabelagola to be a part of the Mahamastakabhisheka.

The NRIs are expected to contribute for the development of Jain basadis and also for Prakrit language under 'Namma Ooru, Namma Naadu' scheme.

Over the past 10 years, NRIs have been extended an invitation to be a part of the 2018 festival. So, far 200 have registered their names and more are expected to visit the shrine during the month-long festival, she said.

The district administration has been requested to provide them air-conditioned accommodation near the satellite town identified for the police department, Arathi said.

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June 17,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 17: The Opposition leader in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Wednesday strongly urged Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to desist from invoking amendment to the Land Reforms Act, saying it would make buying land easier for the corporate companies and the rich.

In a hard-hitting letter to the Chief Minister, a copy of which was released to the media, the Congress leader had urged to rescind the decision from amending to the Karnataka Land Reforms Act and also Agriculture Produces Marketing Committee Act.

Asserting that the state government's move was only intending to help to the land grabbers, Siddaramaiah, also the former chief minister, said easing of restrictions to buy land to the tune of over 216 acres per individual would sound a death knell to the farm sector.

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July 7,2020

New Delhi, Jul 7: Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao's wife Tabu Gundu Rao informed that four of their employees have tested positive for coronavirus.

"Well sadly our PA, one more Gunman and 2 house staff tested positive. We are all thankfully negative but in isolation and quarantine for 10 to 14 days from today, to check if we develop symptoms as we are primary contacts to them. Hopefully we should get through this," Tabu tweeted.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 23,474 coronavirus cases in Karnataka including 13,255 and 372 deaths.

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June 14,2020

Bengaluru, June 14: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government of Karnataka has once again urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union BJP government to release GST compensation worth Rs 10,208 crore that is due for the state.

The request was placed with Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman during the 40th GST council meeting, in which Karnataka Home Minister and state’s representative to the council, Basavaraj Bommai, participated.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Bommai said that Rs 10,208 crore was due from the Centre as GST compensation for four four months - from March to May.

“We have requested the Centre to release Rs 1,460 crore - pertaining to GST compensation for the month of March - as soon as possible due to the dire financial conditions of the state,” he said.

Bommai said that the state was confident that the funds will be released soon, noting that Karnataka had recently received Rs 4,314 in GST compensation for three months, between December 2019 to February 2020.

Meanwhile, the state also proposed the Council to reduce penalty for delay in filing GST. Bommai said that while people are made to pay 18% of the tax as fine in delay in payment, Karnataka has asked the Centre to reduce the percentage by half to 9%.

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