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GPs should give utmost priority to sanitation: Palemar

June 20, 2011

Mangalore, June 20: Sanitation should be a matter of utmost prominence for all Gram Panchayats, said District-in-charge Minister Krishna J Palemar.

He was speaking after inaugurating the Karnataka State Sanitation Award for 2009-10 ceremony organised under the joint auspices of State Water and Sanitary Mission, Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat at Nethravathi Auditorium in the city on Monday.

Mr Palemar, who also holds the environment portfolio, said that the state government is mulling to constitute a new 'environment award' like sanitation award in order to promote public awareness about the environment.

DK Zilla Panchayat has been awarded first place in state level for sanitation with the cash prize of Rs. 30 lakhs. Even though the award was announced in the month of March itself, certificates and cash prize was handed over in this ceremony.

Hosangadi taluk has won four awards at state level, division level, district level and taluk level respectively with a total prize amount of Rs 19 lakhs.

K T Shailaja Bhat, President, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, Mangalore presided over the function. MLAs Yogish Bhat and B Ramanath Rai were present on the occasion.

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Bengaluru, May 17: Karnataka Government on Sunday decided to appoint Administrative Committees, to over 6000 Panchayat Bodies, in the state, who’s five-year term would comes to an end this month.

Speaking to the media here, the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Minister, K S Eshwarappa informed that the state cabinet met recently had favored to appoint committees which would replace the elected bodies.

Informing that there is provision in the Panchayath Raj Act to appoint the committees, he said that the concerned Deputy Commissioners of the district, would appoint the members, to the committee, who were eligible to be nominated to the committees.

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March 23,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 23: The magisterial enquiry into the police firing during the anti-CAA protest on December 19 in Mangaluru, has been postponed following the lockdown of Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi DC G Jagadeesh announced on Monday.

The inquiry by Udupi DC G Jagadeesh was scheduled on Monday. Already, City Police Commissioner Dr P S Harsha and others have deposed before the magistrate. The Deputy Commissioner and the Assistant Commissioner were supposed to appear before the magistrate.

Following the December 19 violence and the death of  Nausheen and Jaleel due to alleged police firing, the state government had commissioned two probes-- one magisterial and the other, a CID inquiry.

 As per the government order, a report on the inquiry was to be submitted before March 23. On the request by the magistrate for more time since the documents and videos had to be examined, the government had asked him to submit the report by April 23.  
 

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March 1,2020

Udupi, Mar 1: Acting on credible information, Udupi district police arrested five persons and seized 1.35 kg of crude gold worth Rs 56.99 lakh from the possession of the accused, custom department said on Sunday.

A case has been registered against four people at Kundapur and one at Byndoor on charges of gold smuggling. The accused were transporting gold from Calicut to Bhatkal, informed Joannes George, joint Commissioner of Customs.

Off these five accused, four persons were held at Kundapur, while other at Byndoor on Saturday evening.

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