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Wakf Board plans to start medical, engineering colleges

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September 19, 2012

Bangalore, September 18: The Karnataka State Board of Wakfs is all set to set up its own engineering and medical colleges in Bangalore and Mulbagal of Kolar district, respectively.

Addressing reporters on Tuesday, R Abdul Reyaz Khan, chairman of the Board, said the decision to set up colleges was taken at the recent Board meeting. “The Board wants to set up its own educational institutions on the lines of the Haryana Wakf Board. The engineering college is planned near Yelahanka in Bangalore,” he said.

He said that a decision was also taken to generate revenue from the 150 commercially-viable Wakf properties in the State, 10 of which are in Bangalore. He said each of these properties had the potential to earn between Rs 50 lakh and Rs one crore a month.

Education purposes

He said that the Board was giving impetus to education and that 30 per cent of the revenue generated from these properties would be reserved for education purposes.

Rubbishing the allegations made against the Board by Karnataka Minorities Commission chairperson Anwar Manippady recently, Khan said the Board was in the process of filing a defamation suit against him.

Khan said the Board or its officials had not made any attempt to destroy or tamper with the property files.

“There is no truth in the allegations made by Manippady, he shouldn't be speaking so recklessly. The first and second floors of the Board's building are being renovated. Hence, the one lakh-odd files have been kept in one room. The files are being segregated district wise, year wise and subject wise.

The State Secretariat Training Institute has trained our personnel to number and maintain the files. When we have taken all these measures, Manippady has been going to the media with false allegations, to further his interests. We will definitely file charges against him,” he said, adding that there was 24-hour vigil to ensure that the files weren't manhandled.

He said it had been established that there were 40,725 Wakf properties in the State on 1,14,994 acres and 26 guntas of land.

Of this, 51,742 acres had been encroached by private players and about 20,000 acres were encroached by government institutions.

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May 2,2020

Mangaluru, May 2:  Fishermen in the coastal districts fear that the fishing season ending on May 31 every year might be rescheduled early this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a statement department of fisheries on sturday said fishing season is closed for 61 days every year before the arrival of the monsoon.

As per the data with the Fisheries Department, this year the number of fishes caught has set a record.

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July 17,2020

Mangaluru, July 17: For the first time, Dakshina Kannada saw over 3,00 new coronavirus cases in a single day. The coastal district today recorded 311 positive cases. 

The number of active cases in the district is 1,725 while its overall tally stands at 3,074.

Out of the 26,242 samples tested so far, 23,168 were tested negative. 

As many as 1,278 people were discharged after fully recovering so far including 115 people who were discharged today.

The district also recorded deaths of 8 covid-19 patients in past 24 hours including a woman. The deceased are aged between 53 years and 78 years. 

With this the total number of deaths in the district mounted to 71 including 12 patients from other districts who were admitted in hospitals here. 

Meanwhile, Karnataka reported 3,693 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, which raised the virus case count to 55,115. The number of recoveries reached 20,757, including 1,028 on Friday.

At 115 fatalities, the state witnessed its biggest single-day jump. Bengaluru accounted for 75 of these 115 deaths. The number of active cases in the state are 33,205, including 508 patients who are in ICU. The state's death toll reached 1,147 while that of Bengaluru stands at 582.

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June 24,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 24: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah criticised the current state government rates for COVID-19 treatment in private hospitals and said that the patients must be treated free of charge in all hospitals.

"The state government has fixed rates for treating COVID-19. The current rates are shocking to the people," Siddaramaiah said.
Questioning the state government, he said, "Where can people pay these rates fixed by the government per day? Looking at these rates can be heartbreaking for the people. This raises the question of whether the government is sensitive to people's issues."

"The government must promptly announce free treatment and set up a standard treatment protocol. The government should appoint a panel of experts to continuously monitor whether treatment is being properly administered and create an environment where the public is free from anxiety," Siddaramaiah added.

Karnataka on Tuesday reported 322 fresh COVID-19 positive cases and eight deaths.
According to the state health department, the total number of positive cases has mounted to 9,721 and 150 deaths. So far, 6,004 people have been discharged. 

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