Karnataka polls: With assets over Rs 1,020-cr Priya Krishna is the richest candidate

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April 21, 2018

Bengaluru, Apr 21: This 34-year-old Congress candidate from Govindarajanagar in Bengaluru with assets worth over Rs 1,020 crore appears to be the richest candidate in the fray for May 12, 2018 Karnataka assembly polls.

The incumbent MLA of Govindarajanagar, Priya Krishna, son of Housing Minister M Krishnappa aka Layout Krishnappa was the richest candidate in 2013 too with the declared assets of Rs 910.9 crore. In five years he saw a growth of 11%.

Priya Krishna was first elected from Govindarajanagar in the 2009 bypoll. Most of the immoveable assets of this young politician are ‘gifted,’ as he mentions in the affidavit accompanying the nomination papers for the election.

N. Nagaraju, the Congress candidate from Hosakote, has more than doubled his wealth at Rs. 1,010 crore. In 2013, the businessman had declared Rs. 470.13 crore. D.K. Shivakumar, Energy Minister, may be the third richest candidate this time after reporting wealth of Rs. 841.372 crore now.

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Mohan
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Saturday, 21 Apr 2018

He proved he is a congress leader... a (Rahul) Gandhian

Ganesh
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Saturday, 21 Apr 2018

Why these people entering into politics.. actually these people dont want to serve poor people. If they really wanted to help, then they might have been choose some other social services

Yogesh
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Saturday, 21 Apr 2018

Agsin he wanted to raise his wealth thats why he chose congress. You people should learn from BJP leaders

Danish
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Saturday, 21 Apr 2018

What about BM Farooq

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June 20,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 20: Amid calls for boycott of Chinese products in the backdrop of Indo-China border face-off, former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy sought to know from the BJP government in Karnataka the status of the "Compete with China" policy brought during the previous JDS-Congress rule.

Boycotting Chinese products was not easy like sloganeering but required a creative policy and the coalition government's initiative was a model for it, he said in a series of tweets.

"After the border skirmish, some people got the realisation to boycott the Chinese products but during my tenure (as chief minister) a serious thought was given to it," the JDS leader said.

He was apparently referring to growing clamour for boycott of China-made products after a violent clash between Indian and Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh left 20 Indian Army personnel dead early this week.

Mr Kumaraswamy said he had brought the Compete With China policy to effectively deal with the neighbouring country.

"My government's objective was to offer jobs to the local residents, snatch away market opportunities for China and discard the Chinese products."

"However, what has the present government done to our scheme? It is not known whether it is still continuing or not," Mr Kumaraswamy said.

The Kumarswamy government had identified clusters and earmarked Rs 2,000 crore for their development.

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April 2,2020
Bengaluru, Apr 2: About 1,500 people from Karnataka might have attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin in the national capital between March 8 to 20. Of these, the State has been able to trace 800 people.
 
Of the 800 persons, 143 people have been found to be symptomatic.
 
Mr Jawaid Akhtar, Additional Chief Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), in a statement here on Thursday said that the Centre had sent the list of 1,500 people to the State.
 
“We cannot say if all these have attended the congregation. Some of them may have attended and some may be the contacts of those who have attended. We have been able to trace 800 from the list and samples of 143 symptomatic persons have been sent for tests."

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May 30,2020

Bengaluru, May 30: Health Minister B Sriramulu banned the consumption of chewing tobacco in public places on Saturday, which is marked as World Tobacco Day. The ban would include chewing paan masala and spitting in public places.

In June 2013, the state banned the manufacture, storage, sale, or distribution of gutka and paan masala containing tobacco or nicotine as ingredients to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use. On October 26, 2016, the state proscribed all kinds of chewing tobacco, containing tobacco or nicotine or both in accordance with the Supreme Court order.

Karnataka is the second state in India to ban e-cigarettes. The state also prohibited single cigarettes. Until September 2019, the state counselled 15,698 patients in tobacco cessation centres set up in private dental colleges.

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