Rs 28,000-cr power scam: Ready for narco test, says Shobha

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October 28, 2017

Udupi, Oct 28: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP and BJP state general secretary Shobha Karandlaje on Saturday denied any involvement in the reported power purchase scam during BJP’s rule in Karnataka.

Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Shobha said she is ready for a narco-analysis test, if required, to prove her innocence. 

A House committee headed by Energy Minister D K Shivakumar is readying a report, which purportedly has details about the scam that cost the state exchequer Rs 28,000 crore.

DKS-HDK meet

On Friday, Shivakumar held an hour-long meeting with JD(S) State president H.D. Kumaraswamy at his JP Nagar residence which led to speculation that the government was set to speed up probe into the scam.

The committee is probing into a complaint from Kumaraswamy about purchase of power to the tune of ₹28,000 core, allegedly violating norms. Shivakumar has convened a meeting of the committee on October 30, and had appealed to Kumaraswamy to attend the meeting to provide further details to substantiate his charge. 

Kumaraswamy had resigned from the committee, but his resignation was not accepted. Shivakumar had also said that the committee representatives would visit Kumaraswamy in his residence if he could not attend the meeting.

Kumaraswamy said the Energy Minister visited him to show him the draft of the committee report, which probed into the alleged power purchase scam.

“Shivakumar showed me draft of the report prepared by officials and invited to participate in the October 30th meeting,” Kumaraswamy said, adding that “no political issues were discussed”.

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Sunday, 29 Oct 2017

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Wellwisher
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Saturday, 28 Oct 2017

What about crores of Rupeed valid benami estate

 

 

All wake up against jumla baaji nauranghi etc .

 

We need developments new projects employments. Not scam communal 

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July 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday hit out at state Health Minister B Sriramulu for stating that "only God can save Karnataka" from COVID-19 and asked him to resign from his post.

Speaking to media here in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah said, "The government cannot say that we are helpless. Why is the government in power? You have power and you have money. It is your primary duty to serve the citizens of the state."

On being asked about Karnataka Health Minister's statement, the Congress leader said: "Let him resign and go out. God will help you only if you will put all your efforts."

Meanwhile, President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee DK Shivakumar tweeted "Karnataka's Health Minister saying 'Only God can save Karnataka' reflects poorly on @BSYBJP govt's ability to handle the Covid crisis. Why do we need such a government if they cannot tackle the pandemic?"

Sriramulu had said on Wednesday that either people should inculcate awareness or only God can save them from COVID-19.

"Who can save us at this time? It's either God or people should inculcate awareness in them. Congress leaders are involved in political mudslinging at this time. This is not fine and it will not help them in any way," the Minister had said.

"It is a crucial time, in the interest of the general public. I request all the Congress leaders not to indulge in loose talk regarding the issue, it leads to more panic situation among the general public. We are ready to adhere to any punishment if we did any wrong thing," he had added.

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February 2,2020

New Delhi, Jan 2: India on Sunday reported the second case of novel coronavirus with a person from Kerala with a travel history to China testing positive, officials said.

"The patient has tested positive for novel coronavirus and is in isolation in a hospital," the health ministry said.

The patient is stable and is being closely monitored, it said.

India's first novel coronavirus case in India was also reported from Kerala with a student testing positive.

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August 6,2020

Karwar, Aug 6: In a shocking incident, a 40-day-old girl child was murdered by her own parents in Sirsi town in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district.

The accused are Priyanka (21) and her husband Chandrashekhar Bhat (42), residents of Ramanakoppa in Sahasrahalli in Yellapur.

According to police, the couple did not want a girl child and hence threw it into a well. The couple was arrested by the police the very next day.

The incident came to light after the child’s maternal uncle, Abhishek Jagadeesh Singh Choudhari, a resident of Rajeev Nagar in Sirsi, lodge a complaint with Yellapur police station. 

He had claimed that his sister Priyanka’s baby had been kidnapped and subsequently killed. 

Priyanka had claimed that she woke up around 2.30am on August 2 to find that her baby, Tanushri, was not in her cradle. Her husband’s family subsequently started searching for the baby, which they found dead inside a well. 

Choudhari suspected that Tanushri had been kidnapped, and had been killed by her abductors to erase any evidence of their crime.

Uttara Kannada superintendent of police Shivaprakash Devaraju constituted a team to crack the crime, and the cops, who subjected the parents to an interrogation, found that they were the culprits.

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