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Minister flags off KSTDC Mangaluru special package tour

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April 17, 2016

Mangaluru, Apr 17: R V Deshpande, Minister for Tourism, Large and Medium Scale Industries, flagged off the Mangaluru Special Package Tour, initiated by the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation, at Dr Shivaram Karanth Pilikula Nisargadhama on Sunday.

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Speaking on the occasion, the minister said that the state government has taken several measures to provide basic amenities and to ensure protection of visitors to various tourists spots in the state. The Department of Home Guards has deployed 125 trained security personnel at 319 tourist destinations. Another 250 people will be trained and the selection process is going on. Another new programme has been introduced by the government, with private companies adopting and developing tourist spots, as corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, Deshpande added.

Development of beaches

The minister said that Rs 13 crore will be sanctioned soon to provide necessary equipment – including roads and drain facilities – at the beaches at Talapady, Surathkal, Ullal, Someshwar and Tannirbavi in the district.

He, meanwhile, said that relaxation to the Coastal Security Zone regulations has been sought by the state government from the Central Government Ministry of Environment, and added that the ministry has been requested to decrease the limit for carrying out beach development activities, from 250 metres to 90-100 metres, on selected beaches.

Minister R V Deshpande expressed a need for the district administration to improve the marketing strategy for the Pilikula Nisargadhama. The district administration also has to establish perfect coordination among various departments involved in the development of the Nisargadhama, he said.

The Tourism Department has plans to organise open street programmes in Mangaluru, said the minister, explaining further that on a particular day, zero traffic will be observed on MG?Road and cultural activities will be held.

K Abhayachandra Jain, Minister for Youth Empowerment, Sports and Fisheries, said that the government has allocated Rs six crore for surfing and other adventure sports. Also, a fund of Rs 15 crore is reserved in the budget to install an aquarium at Pilikula.

S A?Prabhakar Sharma, executive director of the Nisargadhama said that the Tourism Department had sanctioned Rs five crore for development works at Pilikula and Rs four crore had been used for the works. A project plan for second phase development work has been submitted to the Department of Tourism, he added.

MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLA B A?Mohiuddin Bava, MLC Ivan D'Souza, Jungle Lodges President Asagodu Jayasimha, KSTDC Chairman S A?Hussain and Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim were present among others.

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Gopal Shetty M
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Monday, 18 Apr 2016

The Mangaluru Darshana tour should also include a visit to the Govt. Museum at Bijai

Gopal Shetty M
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Monday, 18 Apr 2016

The Mangaluru Darsjhana tour should also include a visit to the Govt. Museum at Bijai.

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February 13,2020

New Delhi, Feb 13: Two SpiceJet pilots have been suspended today for an improper landing at Mangalore Airport which damaged three runway edge lights. The incident took place on October 31 last year when the private carrier's Boeing 737 aircraft was returning from Dubai.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) suspended the licenses of the pilots for four-and-half months from the date of the incident.

DGCA had issued a show cause notice to the Pilot in Command and the First Officer demanding explanation of the "lapses" and found their replies unsatisfactory, the aviation watchdog said in a statement.

Investigation revealed that the touchdown was improper as it deviated to the the left on the runway in turn damaging three runway edge lights.

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April 11,2020

Kundapur, Apr 10: Police have lodged a case against Nagaraj Mogaveera, 28, a resident of Karwadi Saukur in Kundapur, for sharing a communal hatred and sensitive post over Facebook.

On his Facebook page, he wrote, "1,500 persons went to Delhi mosque from Karnataka. Each person's test costs Rs 4,500 which becomes expenditure of Rs 67,50,000 in all. If they be encountered, each bullet costs Rs. 63 and the total expenditure will be Rs 94,500."

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January 19,2020

New Delhi, Jan 19: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday asserted that every state assembly has the constitutional right to pass a resolution and seek the amended Citizenship Act's withdrawal, but if the law is declared constitutional by the Supreme Court then it will be problematic to oppose it.

His remarks came a day after he had said there is no way a state can deny the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) when it is already passed by the Parliament.

"I believe the CAA is unconstitutional. Every State Assembly has the constitutional right to pass a resolution and seek its withdrawal. When and if the law is declared to be constitutional by the Supreme Court then it will be problematic to oppose it. The fight must go on!" Sibal said in a tweet.

His remarks on the CAA at the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) on Saturday had caused a flutter as several non-BJP governments, including Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra, have voiced their disagreement with the CAA as well as National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR).

"If the CAA is passed no state can say 'I will not implement it'. It is not possible and is unconstitutional. You can oppose it, you can pass a resolution in the Assembly and ask the central government to withdraw it.

"But constitutionally saying that I won't implement, it is going to be problematic and going to create more difficulties," said the former minister of law and justice.

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