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M'lore: I-Day celebrated in city; Minister Ravi stresses on development in message

August 15, 2012

Mangalore, August 15: The Independence Day celebration programme under the auspices of district administration was held at Nehru Maidan in the city on Wednesday.


C T Ravi, district in charge minister for Dakshina Kannada, hoisted the national flag.


In his Independence Day message to the people of the district, Mr. Ravi recalled the contributions of the people who fought for the freedom of the country with a special mention of freedom fighters from the district such as Rani Abbakka, Karnad Sadashiva Rao, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya and Barister Attavara Yellappa.


Development of a state is measured in terms of development of basic facilities and infrastructure, Mr.Ravi said, giving a list of works undertaken by the BJP led state government in its four year tenure. Besides giving loans to fishermen at lower interest rates, aid to farmers under Suvarna Bhoomi Project, setting up of 50 new fish markets in the state, free bicycles for schoolchildren, setting up of Karnataka Maritime Board, and other services, the state government has also introduced the 'Sakaala' service to address people's woes in time, he said. The government aims at making Karnataka the numero uno state in the country, the minister said.


Many more projects for the development of the district are in the pipeline including 3D Planetarium at Pilikula, Hanging bridge between Sultan Battery and Tannirbavi, synthetic track at Mangala Stadium, construction of Ranga Mandira, construction of Guest House at Kukke Subramanya temple, construction of mini Vidhana Soudha at Sullia, besides other projects Mr. Ravi said. Under the Chief Minister's Special Grants Programme, Rs. 96 crore has been released, from which 217 of 265 works have been completed, he said. The state government has kept its word of abolishing Moolageni system in Udupi by enacting laws for the purpose, the minister added.


Mr. Ravi was given a guard of honour by police, NCC cadets and other battalions on the occasion. The first prize for march past was bagged jointly by the NCC Air Wing (junior) team led by Charan Raj and Road Safety Patrol (boys) team led by Santosh U Shet. The second prize was won by NCC Navy (junior) team led by Salman. Other achievers were also felicitated on the occasion.


Karkala's Ratnakar Naik of Indian Aeromodeling Society operated a mini helicopter to pay floral tributes to the national flag on the occasion. The spectacular display of helicopter operation caught public attention on the occasion.


DK Deputy Commissioner Dr. N S Chennappa Gowda, Seemanth Kumar Singh, Mangalore City Police Commissioner, Pratap Reddy, IGP (Western Range), Abhishek Goyal, DK SP, Deputy Mayor Amita Kala, Harish Kumar, MCC Commissioner, N Yogish Bhat, MLA and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly, U T Khader, MLA, K T Shailaja Bhat, President, DK Zilla Panchayat, Dr. Vijayprakash, CEO, DK Zilla Panchayat, Bhavya Poojary, President, Taluk Panchayat, were present among others.

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February 17,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Days after 10 MLAs were inducted in the Cabinet, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa is likely to expand his Cabinet again as some BJP MLAs are unhappy, said BJP sources.

Several leaders including Umesh Katti, CP Yogeshwar, Raju Gowda and MP Renukacharya are miffed over the recent cabinet expansion, claim sources.

On February 6, ST Somashekar, Ramesh Laxmanrao Jarkiholi, Anand Singh, K Sudhakar, BA (Byrathi) Basavaraj, Arabail Hebbar Shivaram, Hasavanagowda C Patil, K Gopalaiah, Narayana Gowda and Shrimant Balasaheb Patil took oath as ministers.

It should be noted that many MLAs had won the by-polls on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket in December last year after switching loyalties from the Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) and Congress.

In the December 5 by-polls held in 15 Assembly constituencies, the BJP had won 12, while Congress managed to bag only two. One seat was won by an Independent candidate while the JDS drew a blank.

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: After the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) reduced the syllabi for Classes 9 to 12 due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Karnataka government has followed the suit. The Department of Public Instruction has omitted the chapters on legendary south Indian rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from the textbooks of Class 7 in their attempt to reduce syllabus for state board schools by 30 per cent. 

The department, however, has decided to retain similar chapters on Tipu Sultan in 6th and 10th Classes, though the syllabus in text books for all classes from 1 to 10th has been trimmed. 

The trimmed textbooks uploaded on the website of the Department of State Education Research and Training (DSERT) by Karnataka state Textbook Society revealed removal of chapters on Tipu Sultan for the seventh grade.

Justifying the decision, officials said, "students study similar chapters in Class 6 and more in the 10th grade." Yet another senior official from the Text Book Society said, "Trimming does not mean we have removed half of the syllabus from textbooks. It is only keeping in mind the repetition we have condensed the chapters. In case students study about a particular dynasty in higher grades, then the same had been removed from lower grades."

A few months ago, there was an uproar over dropping of content on Tipu Sultan and MLAs from the ruling BJP also demanded the same and petitioned to the Chief Minister. Even an expert committee led by Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa suggested to not drop any content on the historic figure. However, the department still decided to drop lessons from one of the classes while keeping the syllabus short for the next 120 active academic days.

Earlier this month, a controversy had erupted over the CBSE's decision to omit topics like federalism, secularism, citizenship, etc while reducing the syllabus for Classes 9 to 12. The education board had issued a detailed clarification later, stating that topics claimed to be dropped "are either being covered by the rationalised syllabus or in the Alternative Academic Calendar of NCERT".

"The rationalisation of syllabus up to 30 per cent has been undertaken by the Board for nearly 190 subjects of class 9 to 12 for the academic session 2020-21 as a one-time measure only. The objective is to reduce the exam stress of students due to the prevailing health emergency situation and prevent learning gaps," it said.

Last week, the Congress in Uttar Pradesh expressed its concern over 'deliberate and systematic' deletions of chapters related to the freedom struggle and the party's role in it from the Class 10-12 syllabi of the Secondary Education Board.

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May 29,2020

New Delhi, May 29: Opining that there is no harm in importing ideas from abroad Swadeshi Jagran Manch, an affiliate of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has suggested that India should take a cue from Pakistan and turn the “locust threat” into “chicken feed.

In an interview, Ashwani Mahajan, national co-convener of Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) said: “I saw an article which shows that Pakistan has turned the locust threat into an opportunity by converting it into chicken feed”

“If there is a good idea originating from anywhere, we should be open to exploring such ideas. We should adopt good ideas. There is no harm in that,” he added.

He also shared the article on Twitter and wrote: “Pakistan turns locust threat into chicken feed. Need to understand the idea and replicate it in India.”

The article stated “an innovative pilot project in Pakistan’s Okara district offers a sustainable solution in which farmers earn money by trapping locusts that are turned into high-protein chicken feed by animal feed mills”.

“It was the brainchild of Muhammad Khurshid, a civil servant in the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, and Johar Ali, a bio-technologist from the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council,” according to the article.

Both Pakistan and India have been hit by locust attacks. These are desert locusts, which is one of the 12 species of short-horned grasshoppers. Swarms can comprise billions and travel up to 130 km in a day.

India has been battling the locust attacks with moderate success since December. However, the onset of monsoon could bring more trouble.

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