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ZP president warns absent officials at KDP meet

April 17, 2012
Mangalore, April 17: Upset over the absence of some senior officials at the monthly meeting of the Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) review committee here on Monday, president of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat K.T. Shailaja Bhat said that she would inform the Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda if officials do the same next month onwards.

The KDP meeting pertained to reviewing progress of development works in the district. President of the panchayat was the chairperson of the committee. The Chief Executive Officer of the panchayat K.N. Vijay Prakash, who is the member secretary of the committee, ordered for issuing show-cause notices to officials who did not attend the meeting on Monday.

When issues pertaining to the Revenue Department and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) were to be discussed, the authorities concerned remained absent. Following this, attendance of the officials present was taken.

The president said that since the Chief Minister hailed from Dakshina Kannada, he was concerned about the progress of works in the district. Chairman of the Standing Committee for Social Justice Janardhana Gouda and Mr. Prakash were not convinced with the replies of executive officers of taluk panchayats over issues such as reserving land for solid waste management projects and drinking water supply.

When Mr. Gouda wanted to know more about the Koraga welfare and solid waste management projects, the Chief Executive Officer said: “I am not able to defend my officers.”

The Chief Executive Officer also said that he felt ashamed that the officials did not come prepared for the meeting.

The Chief Executive Officer said that the panchayat was in consultation with some cooperative societies on adopting 602 children with severe disabilities in the district by providing necessary facilities. The district had 5,054 children with disabilities aged between 6 and 14.

Mr. Prakash said that the Government had allocated Rs. 150.62 crore under the plan expenditure to the panchayat for its annual action plan for 2012-13. The State's share stood at Rs. 84.64 crore and the Centre's share was Rs. 65.98 crore. The total allocation was up by Rs. 39.25 crore when compared to the action plan for 2011-12.

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March 5,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 5: New Tulu movie Pingara has bagged the NETPAC International Jury Award at the 12th edition of Bengaluru International Film Festial (BIFFes) on Wednesday.

Written and directed by Preetham R Shetty, the movie revolves around people who worship daivas (spirits) of Tulu Nadu.

The narrative goes back and forth in time, to tell the story of a family to Sinchana (Chaitanya Chandramohan), a journalist from Bengaluru who visits a village in Tulu Nadu to ‘write on Tulu culture.’

The film speaks about the caste system in Tulu Nadu and the struggle for land in the post-independence period.

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May 1,2020

Bengaluru, May 1: As Mumbai link surfacing in some COVID-19 cases in Mandya district in Karnataka, JDS leader and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday blamed the district administration for the situation, accusing it of not quarantining 7,000 labourers who 'returned' from the Maharashtra capital.

"The information we have is that there are about 16,000 labourers from Mandya were working in Mumbai of which 7,000 people reached the district. None of them was quarantined properly," Kumaraswamy told reporters in Bengaluru.

He claimed the district, a stronghold of JDS, was staring at a major spurt in cases due to the careless attitude of the district administration. "Government should initiate action against those who are responsible for the laxity," he said.

However, he did not specify when the 7,000 workers returned to Mandya. When asked about Kumaraswamy's claim, officials said they have to verify it. Of the eight cases reported from Mandya on Friday, three had a travel history to Mumbai, a major COVID-19 hotspot in the country, officials said.

A Health Department official said four of the fresh cases were contacts of a patient who tested positive on April 8 and admitted to a hospital. After weeks of coming in contact with him, the four were confirmed for COVID-19, an official said. The Three people with travel history to Mumbai had, in fact, brought the body of a man who died of a heart attack there on April 24, the official added.

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May 25,2020

Udupi, May 25: In an early morning robbery, two miscreants snatched around 1.2 kilo grams of gold jewelleries from a jeweller and ran away in Udupi.

The incident took place at around 5:30 am near Beedinagudde junction when jeweller Vijay was carrying the gold for lapidary work from his house at Bannanje to his store at Sri Laxmi Towar in Beedinagudde. 

They bumped into him when he going to the second floor of the Sri Laxmi Towar.

According to him, the miscreants who were wearing helmets threatened him with a knife then robbed jewelleries worth around Rs 50 lakh.

While decamping, the robbers also snatched his mobile phone and threw down from building.

Udupi town police conducted the spot investigation and registered a case. Further investigations are on.

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