Rs 1,506 crore investment expected in coastal districts

January 4, 2012

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Mangalore, January 4: Chief Minister D V Sadanaga Gowda has said that a total of Rs 1.506 crore would be investment in coastal districts of Karnataka was expected by as many as 38 major investors.

Inaugurating the Coastal Business Development Summit in Mangalore on Wednesday, he said that Karnataka is an investor friendly State and all facilities and conducive trade environment would be offered to the investors coming to the State.

Speaking on the industrial environment existing in the coastal districts, he said that though the region is well connected with air, rail, road and water ways, business and industries have not been able to make a mark in the region due to some external factors.

He said that the internal income of the region was nine per cent during 2008-09, of which Dakshina Kannada district had five per cent while Udupi and Uttar Kannada had mere two per cent contribution. District Industrial Progress of Dakshina Kannada was 31 per cent during this period while Udupi and Uttar Kannada was 29.8 per cent and 25.7 per cent respectively.

Speaking about the Global Investors' Meet held in Bangalore in 2010, the CM said that the event was a huge success which saw ushering in of an investment of Rs five lakh crore. As many as 387 MoUs were signed promising six lakh job openings.

“As many as 288 projects have already taken off while 89 projects nearing completion,” said the CM.

During the programme, 38 investors including MRPL with a romping Rs 1,100 crore project signed the MoU with the State. Minister for Small and Medium Industries Murugesh Nirani said that an area of 1.19 lakh acre has been set aside for the Land Bank in the State and preliminary steps have been taken to acquire 89,000 acres of land.

Udupi District-in-Charge Minister Dr V S Acharya said that the primary sector in the region contributes to only 19 per cent of the gross production of the State while manufacturing sector contributes to 21 per cent while the tertiary sector (service sector etc) contribute to 45 per cent.

“This means that we need to give importance to tertiary sector,” said Dr Acharya.

Minister for Primary and Higher Education Kageri Vishweshwara Hegde, Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Bangalore) President J R Bangera, Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Latha R Kini among others were present.

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February 12,2020

Belagavi, 12: Even though the investigation into the four abandoned country pistols that were recovered by the Karnataka police on the outskirts of Waghawade village in Belagavi taluk last weekend did not make any headway, the police are verifying if the weapons had been used by the assassin of Gauri Lankesh for training.

Four country pistols were found abandoned on the outskirts of Waghawade on Sunday. Locals informed that the police had taken the weapons for inspection.

Prima facie it appeared that the weapons were rusted and had not been used for long. Cases had been registered against unidentified persons and investigations were in progress.

After reports that the weapons could have been used for training by the assassin of Gauri Lankesh in the forests in Khanapur, a few kilometres away from the spot wherein they were found, police have been looking into this angle too.

Sources said the condition of the weapons indicated that they have not been used for decades but to allay doubt all aspects were being looked into.

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July 11,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Karnataka on Saturday reported the biggest single-day spurt of 2,798 cases and a record 70 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections in the state to 36,216, the health department said.

The day also saw a record 880 patients getting discharged after recovery.

Out of 2,798 fresh cases, a whopping 1,533 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.

The previous biggest single-day spike was recorded on July 10 with 2,313 cases.

As of July 11 evening, cumulatively 36,216 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 613 deaths and 14,716 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.

It said out of 20,883 active cases, 20,379 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 504 are in ICU.

Out of 70 deaths reported, 23 are from Bengaluru urban, 8 from Mysuru, five from Dakshina Kannada, among others.

Most of the dead are either with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).

Out of 2,798 cases tested positive today, contacts of the majority of the cases are still under tracing.

Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounts for 1533 cases, followed by Dakshina Kannada 186, Udupi 90, Mysuru 83, Tumakuru 78, Dharwad 77 and Yadgir 74.

Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 16,862 infections, followed by DakshinaKannada 2,026 and Kalaburagi 2,024.

A total of 7.99 lakh samples were tested so far, out of which 20,587 were tested on Saturday alone.

So far 7.46 lakh samples have been reported as negative, and out of them 17,488 were reported negative today.

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