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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
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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
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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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February 27,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 27: Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Wednesday said the Union Government will take up the issue of establishing a US consulate in Bengaluru during bilateral talks with the US officials in the future.

Speaking at a seminar on Videsh Sampark here, Mr Muraleedharan said after Delhi and Mumbai, a large number of visa applications come from Bengaluru. “We will take up the issue of establishing a US consulate in Bengaluru during bilateral talks,” he said.

Earlier, the chief secretary of Karnataka TM Vijay Bhaskar urged the centre to consider the state government’s demand of setting up a US Consulate in Bengaluru. At the moment visa applicants have to travel to Chennai for the purpose.

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February 26,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 26: Customs officials at Mangalore International Airport on Wednesday arrested a man for trying to smuggle gold worth over Rs 26 lakh by concealing it in his rectum.

The accused has been identified as Moideen Arzan, a resident of Uppala, Kasaragod.

According to police, he arrived from Dubai by an Air India flight and was attempting to smuggle the gold which he had converted in the form of paste and concealed in rubber capsules inside his rectum.

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Azmath
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Thursday, 27 Feb 2020

"Get rich quick and by any means syndrome"
Those Economy Saboteurs/ Smugglers are very Desperate People whose means of livelihood depends Solely on their Criminal Activities. 

 

WHAT is driving these people so crazily into CRIMINALITY?!

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April 5,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 5: Opening of Karnataka's borders to Kerala at this point in time will be like "embracing death," chief minister B S Yediyurappa said on Saturday making clear his government's stand not opening the state border.

The chief minister repeatedly said that for his government interest of the people of the state was supreme.

Yediyurappa made his stand clear in a letter to former prime minister and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda.

Gowda had recently written to the chief minister on March 31 seeking relaxation of the border restrictions on "humanitarian" grounds.

He had also written to Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressing his anguish against Karnataka authorities for imposing restriction and promising to raise the matter with prime minister Narendra Modi.

Stating the decision to close the border was not sudden, Yediyurappa said, it was a conscious decision after analysing the health situation in the area following the spread of COVID-19.

The chief minister cited the Indian Medical Association, Mangaluru branch data regarding the spread of Covid-19 in Kasargod of Kerala and surrounding areas which was alarming.

Noting that the region has nearly 106 positive coronaviruscases, he said, "this is the region with most number of infections in the country."

If this restriction is removed, it puts the health of the people of Karnataka in to risk and create a situation of "embracing death", so we will not be able to open the border, Yediyurappa said.

He also clarified that there was no prejudice behind his government's decision, and the interest of the people of the state was of utmost importance.

"...There is also no political maliciousness. We want to have good and brotherly relationship with neighbouring states," he said, adding that opening the border will open a pandora's box that will be disastrous for the state.

Yediyurappa also thanked opposition parties for their support to his government in its fight against COVID-19.

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