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Railway budget very disappointing for Karnataka: Siddaramaiah

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February 26, 2016

Bengaluru: Feb 26: Slamming the railway budget presented by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has termed it a “very disappointing” budget for Karnataka.

kerlaAddressing reporters at his home office Krishna' in Bengaluru on Thursday, Siddaramaiah said the Centre had “completely neglected” Karnataka, except announcing the suburban railway project.

He said the State government had written to the ministry ahead of the budget, requesting several projects, none of which had been considered.

The pending projects are double-tracking of Bengaluru-Mysuru and Sakleshpur- Subramanya lines; high-speed rail link between Bengaluru and Mysuru; extension of the Bangarpet-Mulbagal line to Chittoor; Mysuru-Kushalnagar-Madikeri line and a new train between Yeshwantpur and Chikkamagaluru; express trains between Bengaluru- Mysuru, Bengaluru-Tumakuru; Gadag-Harapanahalli and Hosapete-Swamihalli (new lines), he said.

“There are four Union ministers from the State and 17 BJP MPs. None of them has bothered to put pressure on the Centre to consider these proposals.”

Siddaramaiah said though Karnataka had been offering extensive tracts of land for railway projects, the Centre was only considering other states such as Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

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April 30,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 30: Yet another case of covid-19 reported in the coastal city of Mangaluru today.  

The Dakshina Kannada district administration confirmed that a 58-year-old woman hailing from Boluru area in the city was tested positive for the coronavirus.

The woman was undergoing treatment in First Neuro Hospital at Padil where a woman from Bantwal (identified as P-501), who died of coronavirus had undegone treatment before being shifted to Wenclock. 

With this, total number of positive cases in Dakshina Kannada district has gone up to 22.

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March 23,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 23: The Karnataka Government will impose stricter restrictions till March 31 to tackle the spread of COVID-19, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Monday.

''While all non-essential government establishments will also be closed from today, we are discussing on whether there should be a total shutdown similar to what was in place on Sunday during 'Janata Curfew'. We will take a call on this after discussing this with Opposition leaders by evening,'' he added.

Addressing press persons after a meeting with doctors and experts from private hospitals, the Chief Minister said free food will be served to the poor in Indira Canteens all through the day.

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January 12,2020

Mysuru, Jan 12: Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar on Saturday said that the State government is planning to introduce 'Bag less Day’ in a week from next Academic year across the State.

He said that the State government is also working out on reducing the weight of the School bags carried by children.

The Minister was speaking after inaugurating ‘Civic sense is my duty – Questioning is my right’ programme organised at Kautilya Vidyalaya in Kanakadasanagar here.

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