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Siddu govt to develop minority colonies, modernise madrasas

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May 23, 2016

Bengaluru, May 23: Municipal Administration and Minorities Affairs Minister Qamarul Islam said that Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka has, over the past three years, allocated Rs. 2,528 crore for minority welfare, as opposed to Rs. 1,145 crore set aside by the previous BJP government during its five-year tenure.

muslimsReleasing a booklet on the achievements of his department in the past three years, in Kalaburgi recently, the Minister said the government has laid more emphasis on education of minorities.

He also said the government has decided to introduce three more schemes for minority welfare — for comprehensive development of minority colonies, for modernisation of madrasas, and for a time-bound capability-building programme for minority students studying in Urdu medium.

He said that Karnataka is the only State in the country to establish exclusive residential schools for minorities. The State has 16 Morarji Desai residential schools and six Navodaya Residential Schools for the minorities.

He said the State's efforts to establish exclusive residential schools for the minorities have received appreciation from the Union government as well.

The Minister said in the first phase, the government had filled up 1,000 posts of teachers, wardens and cooks in these schools, adding that recruitment for another 1,540 posts was under way.

The Minister said there are proposals to establish a few more residential schools.

He also said the State has been a “trendsetter” in extending financial assistance to minority students to pursue higher education abroad, and in the last two years, 50 students have been provided scholarships and financial assistance of up to Rs. 20 lakh.
He said Karnataka also has the highest number of minority hostels — a total of 256. Of these, 132 were established in the past three years, he said.

He said while 45 minority hostels were functioning in their own building, measures have been initiated to identify land and take up construction of their own building for the remaining hostels.

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welwisher
 - 
Monday, 23 May 2016

No benefit is received from the Karnataka Government for the minority. All bull shit... Simply eating money from the central government.

SK
 - 
Monday, 23 May 2016

While giving the bullshit figures, CAN he give the beneficiary places, so that the truth can be checked....All barking dogs......

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May 23,2020

Mudigre, May 23: The throat swab sample of a Primary Health Care doctor at Mudigere in Chikkamagaluru district tested negative for COVID-19. 

It was wrongly tested positive for COVID-19 on May 19, clarified DC Dr Bagadi Gautham. 

The doctor's throat swab was tested again in Shivamogga and Hassan labs where it has tested negative. He will be discharged from hospital, said the DC.

All the 28 contacts of the doctor too tested negative. 

A total of 485 primary contacts and 961 secondary contacts of the doctor were quarantined after the throat swab of the doctor was tested positive. All the contacts who have been quarantined will be sent back home from quarantine centres, added DC.

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May 9,2020

Chikkamagaluru, May 9: Karnataka Minister for Tourism C T Ravi on Friday said that Indians who are stranded abroad are being repatriated into the country on the pre-condition of quarantine.

“The Centre is repatriating Indians who are stranded in around 37 countries, amid the lock-down, of which people from Saudi Arabia and Dubai will be brought via ship for free. These people will have to undergo the mandatory quarantine period once they land in the country,” Ravi told media here.

The government has accorded priority to the elderly and pregnant women during the repatriation process. The state government has held due discussions with the Centre in this regard, he added.

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January 7,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 7: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday said the much-awaited cabinet expansion will take place in about a week to 10 days and that he wants to complete the exercise before his proposed visit to Davos to attend the World Economic Forum meet later this month.

"Cabinet expansion has to be done in a week or 8-10 days. There is also information that Amit Shah will be coming to Bengaluru on January 16 or 18. Before that I will go to Delhi and get things cleared and will expand the cabinet at the earliest," Mr Yediyurappa said.

Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, he said he wanted to complete the exercise before his Davos visit.

"I will make all efforts to expand the cabinet before that," he said.

With Mr Yediyurappa making it clear that 11 of the disqualified JDS-Congress MLAs who got re-elected in the December 5 bypolls on BJP tickets will be made ministers, lobbying has been on within the party for the remaining ministerial berths.

Currently, there are 18 ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the cabinet that has a sanctioned strength of 34.

Cabinet expansion will not be an easy task for the Chief Minister as he will have to strike a balance by accommodating the victorious disqualified legislators as promised and also make space for the old guards, upset at being "neglected" in the first round of the induction exercise.

He also has to give adequate representation to various castes and regions in his cabinet and also deal with the allocation of key portfolios.

The Chief Minister, who has indicated that the ministry expansion may take place any time after Sankranti, is likely to travel to Davos on January 20, according to sources.

BS Yediyurappa, along with Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Mansukh Mandaviya, as well as Chief Ministers Amarinder Singh, Kamal Nath, are expected to join over 100 Indian CEOs at Davos in Switzerland later this month for the WEF's 50th annual meeting, which will be attended by thousands from across the globe.

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