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Denotification: Apex Court orders notice to BSY, Shivakumar

DHNS
January 10, 2018

New Delhi Jan 10: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and Enery Minister D K Shivakumar in a case pertaining to denotification of land in Bengaluru.

A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan sought response from the two among others on a plea by complainant-petitioner Kabbalegowda.

The petitioner claimed the public servants abused their position for benefit of Shivakumar.

The issue relates to the denotification of 4.20 acre of land in contravention of the Karnataka (Restriction of Transfer) of Land Act, 1991. In a special leave petition, Kabbalegowda, a social worker from Ramanagaram district, has challenged the December 18, 2015, order of the High Court of Karnataka, quashing the proceedings initiated against the leaders and others. The trial court had on February 5, 2012, taken cognisance of the offences allegedly committed by the accused.

According to the complainat filed by Kabbalegowda, land measuring 5.11 acres in Bengaluru was said to have been purchased by one B K Srinivasan in 1962.

An extent of 4.20 acres was then converted from agricultural to industrial use. The land was subsequently said to have been notified for acquisition under the provisions of the Bangalore Development Authority Act.

It was alleged that Shivakumar, after assuming office as the Minister for Urban Development and with the full knowledge that the land was notified for acquisition, is said to have purchased the said land from Srinivasan, on December 18, 2003, for a sum of Rs.1.62 crore, which was in contravention of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Subsequently, Shivakumar allegedly in 2004 converted 4.20 acres for residential purposes in collusion with officials. He was said to have entered into a joint development agreement with a firm in respect of the land. It was alleged that the accused thus used his official position as an MLA and as a leader of the Congress party to persuade the then Chief Minister Yeddyurappa to accord sanction for the withdrawal from acquisition in respect of the land on May 13, 2010.

Value grew manifold

The value of the land in question had grown manifold over the years and was then estimated at over Rs 29 crore.

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July 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Former Prime Minister and JDS supremo H D Devegowda on Thursday gave a clarion call to party workers to take steps to strengthen the party from the grossroots level and to 'expose the failures' and 'anti-people' policies of BJP government both at the Centre and State.

In an open letter to the workers here, he alleged that the urgent need is to create awareness among the people about failure of the governments which have brought in policies which are deterrent to the poor and downtrodden.

BJP government headed by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa in Karnataka has come up with an amendment to the Land Reforms Act,1961, which is 'against' interests of the small and medium farmers as even a non-agriculturist can purchase agriculture land, thus giving an opportunity to the rich people to 'exploit' illiterate farmers and purchase their land and use it for some other purpose after some time.

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July 28,2020

New Delhi, Jul 28: Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Sadananda Gowda on Monday said that India has proved that it is the "pharmacy of the world" in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Speaking at a press conference here, Gowda said, "India is often referred to as 'the pharmacy of the world' and this has been proved true especially in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic when India continued to export critical life-saving medicines to the countries."

Meanwhile, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandviya said that three bulk drug parks will be developed in the country in partnership with the states at Rs 3,000 crores.

"Three bulk drug parks will be developed in the country in partnership with the states at Rs 3,000 crores. Four medical device parks will also be developed with a government grant of Rs 100 crores for one park," Mandaviya said.

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June 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 5: The much awaited Southwest Monsoon entered Karnataka with widespread rain in coastal and central regions of the southern state, an official said on Friday. Rain and thundershowers are likely to occur at most places over coastal areas and at a few places over the interior parts over the next 24-48 hours.

"The southwest monsoon entered the state on Thursday as predicted from Kerala and the Arabian Sea, with moderate to heavy rainfall in the coastal districts and central or Malnad region of the state," Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre Director Srinivas Reddy told media here.

Though the monsoon has set in on time in the state, Reddy said its progress was likely to be slow in the next three days, as cyclone Nisarga induced high-speed winds took away rain-bearing clouds from the southern peninsula.

According to the regional meteorological office, Karwar in Uttar Kannada district received a whopping 15cm rainfall on Thursday, followed by 11cm each at Kundapur in Udupi district and Shivamogga in Malnad region.

Kadra and Gersoppa in Uttara Kannada and Kottigehara in Chikkamagaluru district had 10cm rainfall, followed by 8cm at Virajpet in Kodagu district and 7cm each at Shirali and Gokarana in Uttara Kannda.

Isolated to scattered rainfall also occurred in many places across the north and south interior regions of the state.

"The monsoon will advance in the state to south and north interior areas after June 8 as there is lull in its movement due to lack of rain-bearing clouds and winds to carry them," said Reddy.

Noting that the four-month monsoon from June to September, crucial to the rain-dependent state would be normal this year, Reddy said its progress and spread, however, would depend on various factors like cloud formations and wind movements.

"Conditions are likely to become favourable for monsoon advancement in the state over the next 2-3 days," asserted Reddy.

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