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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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March 2,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 2: The Opposition Congress and the JD(S) members protested in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Monday over the BJP leader Basavaraj Patil Yatnal's alleged derogatory remark against veteran freedom fighter H S Doreswamy.

Opposition Leader in the Assembly and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, raised the issue, immediately after the obituary reference of sudden demise of former Minister C Chanigappa, and sought permission from the Speaker to raise the issue of Yatnal's outburst in the House stating that the matter of hurling defamatory remark against Gandhian Doreswamy, by Mr Yatnal, was very much serious. However, the treasury bench members protested and urged the Speaker not to allow the matter to discuss as the issue was not in the agenda.

The Speaker, Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri, promised the Congress leader about permitting the issue after the House adopts resolution on the thanksgiving motion for the Governor's address of the joint House recently and asked Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to continue his reply to the Governor's address.

The opposition Congress and the JD(S) members, protesting the Speaker's action, trooped into the well of the house and raised slogans against the BJP government.

The Chief Minister continued his reply amidst the din before the Speaker adjourned the House for 30 minutes after the House adopted the thanksgiving motion to the Governor's Address.

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July 27,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 27: Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that when COVID-19 has made life and livelihoods difficult, it is unfortunate that charges have been levelled of irregularities in the procurement of COVID-19 equipment.

"The Congress which has levelled charges against the ruling BJP has not so far filed a complaint with any investigating agency. Instead, the Congress has limited itself to getting publicity. On the other hand, the ruling BJP instead of coming clean by ordering a probe into the main charges is indirectly admitting the scam," Kumaraswamy said on Sunday.

"By washing dirty linen in public, both the Congress and the BJP are playing a cruel joke on people instead of protecting their lives," he said.

Hitting out at the BJP, he asked, "Why is it that the BJP is not ordering an investigation into the Rs 2,000 crore Covid 19 corruption charges levelled against the government by the Congress? Why is the government keeping quiet on the corruption charges?"

He said, "Is this the leadership provided by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa? There could be political pressure on seeking resignation of his Ministers. But why has no action been initiated against any officers? Is there any effort to destroy the evidence by retaining officers in their existing postings?"

"Hunger for publicity is evident when we look at the press conference by five Ministers at a time," he said.

The government has countered the charges of the Congress but backtracked on ordering an investigation, he said.

"Would this not give rise to suspicion that the government is involved in the scam?" he asked.

He also asked why Congress leaders have not filed a complaint before any investigating agency despite "possessing documents to prove the charges".

"Are the Congress leaders trying to get publicity or are they concerned about the welfare of the people? The Congress Legislative Party leader is seeking an account (Lekka Kodi) while the BJP president is seeking answers (Uttara Kodi). Is it enough to give such questions and answers?"

Is there a concrete legal plan to deal with the irregularities? he asked.

"Looking at the way the Congress leaders have addressed media conferences and taken to social media campaigns, it appears that they are trying to get publicity," he said.

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June 18,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 18: Examination for PU II English paper, which was postponed for more than three months due to threat of Coronavirus, was held on Thursday across the state.

The authorities were forced to postpone the examination of the English subject, scheduled in March, abruptly due to the threat of Covid-19 which spread like wildfire and has so far claimed lives of more than 100 in the state.

There are over 1,016 examination centres across the state. All the students were put to thermal scanners and were ensured wearing face masks. Each centre has sanitisers. Those with cold, cough and fever were assigned a separate room.

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