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Karnataka’s Indira Canteens to become ‘Maharshi Valmiki Anna Kutira’

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December 18, 2019

Bengaluru, Dec 18: Revenue minister R Ashoka on Tuesday said the government will rename Indira canteens, barring those in Bengaluru city, as 'Maharshi Valmiki Anna Kutira', drawing sharp reactions from the Congress that it was indulging in "cheap politics".

Ashoka told reporters the decision to rename the government-sponsored subsidized canteens after Valmiki following a suggestion from Shorapur MLA Narasimha Nayak (Raju Gouda). There are more than 260 Indira canteens outside Bengaluru. On why did the government leave out canteens in Bengaluru from the renaming exercise, Ashoka said: "I do not handle the Bengaluru department portfolio. The CM will make a decision on this."

The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government launched the canteens in Bengaluru in August 2017 ahead of the assembly elections and extended them to rest of the state following their huge success.

Siddaramaiah hit out at the Yediyurappa government for indulging in "cheap politics" by renaming a party-neutral scheme for the poor. He said, "The BJP government's intent to rename Indira Canteens shows it's playing cheap politics. While we are proud of Maharshi Valmiki, Indira Gandhi was a leader of this nation and not restricted to the Congress. It is an absolute shame that BJP is replacing her name with that of Maharshi Valmiki for political gain."

Launching #SaveIndiraCanteen campaign, the former chief minister said, "BJP has neither the power nor the intent to bring pro-poor schemes and it's indulging only in name-changing politics."

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January 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 5: Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries Jagadish Shettar warned of strict action against officers who demand bribe from farmers while acquiring land.

Mr Shettar, who paid a surprise visit to defense, aerospace hi-tech industry layout in Haraluru, Devanahalli in Bengaluru Rural district, warned the officials who demand a bribe for sanctioning compensation funds.

He said, 'Lands have been acquired from farmers for the development of the industrial area. It's the duty of state government to provide compensation to these farmers. Complaints must be registered against officials who demand a bribe for functioning compensation funds.'

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May 6,2020

Mangaluru, May 6: Three more coronavirus positive cases have been reported in Dakshina Kannada district. 

According to fresh bulletin of health and family welfare department, an 11-year-old girl and a 36-year-old woman from Boloor in Mangaluru and a 16-year-old girl from Bantwal tested positive for the covid-19. 

All of them are undergoing treatment at Wenlock Hospital. Their condition is said to be stable. 

With this the total number of cases in the district reached 28 including 22 residents of Dakshina Kannada, 4 from Kasaragod, 1 from Udupi and 1 from Uttara Kannada.

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May 19,2020

Udupi, May 19: Within minutes after health and family welfare department announced four fresh covid-19 cases in Udupi district, a girl who had come from central part of Karnataka tested positive for the coronavirus thereby taking the count of cases detected after last evening to five. 

With this the total number of confirmed covid-19 cases in the district rose to 16. Three among them have recovered. One patient died last week. There are 12 active cases. 

According to sources, the 17-year-old girl from Chitradurga had visited KMC hospital in Manipal for cancer treatment on May 16. 

Her throat swabs were sent for corona testing on the following day. Today she obtained a positive report. Hence, she was shifted to Dr TMA Pai Covid hospital.

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