Pramod Madhwaraj is 10th richest state minister in India

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August 9, 2016

Udupi, Aug 9: Pramod Madhwaraj, the minister for fisheries, sports and youth affairs, Karnataka is the 10th richest state minister in India, according to a report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

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Mr Madhwaraj, who represents Udupi constituency in Karnataka Legislative Assembly, had entered the state cabinet through a recent cabinet reshuffle.

Son of former MLA Late Malpe Madhwaraj and former minister Manorama Madhwaraj, the Mogaveera community stalwart is the proprietor of Raj fish meal and oil company, Malpe, which is the largest manufacturer of fish meal and fish oil in India.

Mr Madhwaraj is the chairman of Canara Jewel Tex Pvt. Ltd, which runs a large mall of gold and sarees in Udupi district, called The Wedding Palace'. He is the managing partner of Coronet fish products, an exporter of canned fish. He is also the chairman of Malpe Manipal Builders.

Four from Karnataka

Interestingly, four of the country's 10 richest state ministers are from Karnataka, and 97% of this south Indian state's ministers are crorepatis. Energy minister D K Shivakumar is the second richest state minister in the country with assets worth Rs 251crore.
Labour minister Santosh Lad comes in third with assets worth Rs 186 crore. Planning minister M R Seetharam ranks sixth with assets worth Rs 136 crore and Mr Madhwaraj is in 10th place with Rs 105 crore.

Those with high assets have their liabilities too and again, Shivakumar tops this list with liabilities of Rs 105 crore, Seetharam comes in third with Rs 53 crore, Madhwaraj is fourth with Rs 44 crore and water resources minister M B Patil ranked 10th with Rs 19 crore. Patil's assets are worth Rs 40 crore.

Andhra Pradesh minister Ponguru Narayana who is the richest minister with assets worth Rs 441crore and liabilities of Rs 44 crore.

The 'poorest' minister in the country is Samajwadi Party's Tej Narayana from Faizabad constituency in Ayodhya, who has declared assets of just Rs 66,612.

ADR in a statement said it sourced the details from the affidavits filed by ministers at the time of submitting nomination papers to the Election Commission. Declarations of a total of 609 ministers out of 620 have been analysed from 29 state assemblies and two Union Territories by ADR.

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Comments

Rikaz
 - 
Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016

These richest should start some kind big industries and provide employment opportunity to all unemployed around that area.

Youth
 - 
Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016

dear all,

I dont know anything about other ministers, But Mr. Pramaod he is a well known person. he thinks about the poor people. you guys might not knowing, how much he donate the money to all kind of activities and for the people. At last he is not even interested in corrupted money. God has given him alloott.. Please think twice to comment if you dont know anything.

HONEST
 - 
Tuesday, 9 Aug 2016

Hope his richness helps the POOR of our society...

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March 5,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 5: As many as 29 police officers and personnel were examined by Udupi Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesha, head of the magisterial enquiry into the police firing in the city in December 2019 which killed two anti- Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protesters.

A total of 176 police personnel have been directed to present their evidence before the magistrate for the enquiry.

ACPs K U Belliappa and Kodandarama presented his evidence on Wednesday, while ACP (central sub division) M Jagdish and ACP (traffic) M Manjunatha Shetty submitted their evidencein writing.

The next hearing is slated to be held on March 9 when statements of 41 officers including DCP (law and order) Arunangshu Giri will be recorded.

City police commissioner P S Harsha has been asked to submit his evidence on March 12, Jagadeesha said.

The enquiry report is to be submitted to the government on March 23.

Jagadeesha said he will seek an extension in the case of any delay in the recording of evidences.

Two people - Nausheen and Jaleel - were killed in the firing on December 19, 2019 during the protests here against the CAA.

The Karnataka government had decided to hold a CID probe and a magisterial enquiry into the incident.

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Karnataka on Tuesday reported its biggest single-day spike of 6,259 Covid-19 cases and 110 fresh deaths, taking the total infection count to 1,45,830 and the toll to 2,704, the health department said.

The day also saw a record 6,777 patients getting discharged after recovery, outnumbering the fresh cases. Out of 6,259 fresh cases, a total of 2,035 cases were from Bengaluru Urban district. The previous biggest single-day record was on July 30 when the state added 6,128 cases.

A bulletin from the department said cumulatively 1,45,830 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state and it included 2,704 deaths and 69,272 discharges. Out of the 73,846 active cases, as many as 73,212 patients were stable in isolation at designated hospitals while 634 in the intensive care units.

Among the fresh deaths, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 30 followed by Dakshina Kannada (13) and Mysuru (9).

Most of the people who succumbed either had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI), the bulletin said. Besides Bengaluru Urban, the other districts which reported higher fresh cases on Tuesday are Mysuru 662, Kalaburagi 285, Ballari 284, Belagavi 263, Dakshina Kannada 225, Davangere 191, Dharwad and Hassan 188. Bengaluru Urban district continued to top the list of positive cases with a total of 63,033 infections, followed by Ballari 7,638 and Dakshina Kannada 6,388.

Among discharges too Bengaluru Urban tops the districts with 27,877 discharges, followed by Ballari 3,724 and Kalaburagi 3,470. A total of 14,89,016 samples had been tested so far, out of which 42,458 on Tuesday with 29,488 being rapid antigen tests.

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March 3,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 3: Bengaluru mayor Gautam Kumar on Tuesday said that the decision to ban protests in front of Town Hall was made by the council and not only by him.

"The decision to ban the protest in front of the Town Hall was made by the entire council and not only my decision. Also, the things which are approved by the councillor are also read by the ruling party leaders," Bengaluru mayor told media.

"Still it is the discretion of the Commissioner to take a call after the council also. As of now, we have banned any protests in front of Town Hall," he added.

Meanwhile, Congress leaders staged a protest against Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Mayor Gautam Kumar and BJP at Council BBMP building against the decision.

"If people will start protesting, it will badly affect the traffic of the city," said Kumar, while commenting on the protest. If they want to talk about the matter, let us have a healthy discussion. I don't have a problem with and I don't think the ruling party has a problem too," he added.

On Sunday, pro-Kannada activist and former MLA Vatal Nagraj staged a protest in front of Sir KP Puttanna Chetty Town Hall (Bangalore Town Hall) against the decision taken by Bengaluru mayor.

Talking to reporters, Nagraj had said: "He does not know the history of the Town Hall. It is a historic building and protests can be staged there."

"Mayor's decision is against Bengaluru's tradition and culture, that's why we are condemning it and are protesting against this decision. We will not allow Mayor's programs in Bengaluru and he will be shown black flags", he added.

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