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CREDAI Convention to discuss ways to provide homes for all'

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August 1, 2012

Mangalore, August 1: The Confederation of Real Estate and Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI) will organize the second Karnataka State level CREDAI Convention – STATECON 2012 on August 25 at TMA Pai International Convention Centre in Mangalore.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, here, Chairman of STATECON 2012, K.C. Naik said that the theme for the convention was 'Homes for All'. There will be panel discussions on the topics Affordable Housing, Environmental Conservation Building Code Norms, Skill Development – on how to convert unskilled labour to skilled, and Single Window Clearance – on how to reduce delays in getting clearances on projects, he said.

The convention will be inaugurated at 9 a.m. by Chief Minister of Karnataka Jagadish Shettar. A two-day Real Estate exhibition will be inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister K.S. Eshwarappa. Minister for Housing and Urban Development S. Suresh Kumar will be the chief guest on the occasion and National President of CREDAI Lalith Kumar Jain will preside. Dakshina Kannada District In-charge Minister C.T. Ravi, Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation Gulzar Banu, Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Mangalore North MLA J. Krishna Palemar and MLC Ganesh Karnik will be the guests of honour, he said.

Speaking on the current scenario, he said that due to rise in land prices and some incidents taking place in the city, investment by NRIs had decreased considerably over a period of time. In the STATECON 2012, we shall also discuss the Code of Conduct to bring discipline into the building industry, he said, adding that as much as 50,000 units of land were in demand for the next five years in Mangalore.

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President of CREDAI-Mangalore P.M.A. Razak said that there was a shortage of 30 million houses in the country which could be eradicated by public participation. The convention aims at discussing ways to provide homes for not just families with high and middle income, but also the economically weaker section of the society, he said.

The valedictory function of STATECON 2012 will be held on the same day at 4.30 p.m. Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath will be the chief guest on the occasion and Lalith Kumar Jain will preside. General Secretary of AICC Oscar Fernandes, Minister for Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India, M. Veerappa Moily, Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly N Yogesh Bhat, Mangalore MLA U.T. Khader and MLC Monappa Bhandary will be the guests of honour.

Secretary of CREDAI Pushparaj Jain and Treasurer Felix Albuquerque were also present at the press conference.


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Bengaluru, Feb 24: Fugitive underworld don Ravi Poojary, with more than 90 criminal charges pending against him, was brought to the city in the wee hours of Monday after he was arrested from Senegal in South Africa.

Police said that he was wanted in more than 92 criminal cases. In Bengaluru alone, he was involved in more than 39 cases, including double murder of Ravi and Shobana in 2007, an attempt to murder attack on Mantri developers 2009, extortion and other crimes etc. He had committed crimes in various parts of the state including Myusuru, Hubballi, he had involved in extortion, threatening builders, politicians, etc.

"Though Senegal police had nabbed him about six months back to get him to India it took more than six months since there was no agreement to deport criminals from that state to us. However, now all legal hurdles have been removed and we have succeeded in bringing him", a top police official told media.

A team of Bengaluru Police headed by Additional Director General of Police Amar Kumar Pandey, Joint Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil reached Senegal on Saturday and brought him to the city by Air France flight.

Ravi Poojari was wanted in cases of extortion and murder and was active in the Mumbai underworld. He was part of the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's gang and later is said to have worked with 'Chota Rajan' for some time. Claiming to be an enemy of Dawood, Poojari reportedly finished off all his associates and anti-India elements in the country. His men were involved in a shootout on the Shabanam Developers office in Bengaluru in which a woman staffer was killed.

He is also said have been involved in the shootout case of Shahid Azmi, an advocate from Mumbai. There are cases against him in Kerala, Gujarat, and Maharashtra.

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India's coronavirus tally is at 12,380 cases, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

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