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Davanagere, Belagavi among first 20 smart cities; Mangaluru disappointed

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January 28, 2016

Mangaluru, Jan 28: Karnataka’s coastal city of Mangaluru has failed to make it into the list of first 20 smart cities among 97 cities of India chosen for the ambitious project.

smart cityUrban development minister Venkaiah Naidu announced the list of the first 20 cities to be developed as Smart Cities on Thursday. The list included two cities from Karnataka: Davanagere and Belagavi.

“They had sent us a list of 97 cities. There was a competition among these names and 20 cities have been selected,” Naidu told a news conference.

These cities would be developed to have assured water and power supply, sanitation and solid waste management, efficient urban mobility and public transport, IT connectivity, e-governance and citizen participation.

Here is the complete list of the cities:

1. Bhubaneswar
2. Pune
3. Jaipur
4. Surat
5. Kochi
6. Ahmedabad
7.Jabalpur
8.Visakhapatnam
9. Solapur
10 Davanagere
11. Indore
12. New Delhi
13. Coimbatore
14. Kakinada
15. Belagavi
16. Udaipur
17. Guwahati
18. Chennai
19. Ludhiana
20. Bhopal

Comments

Zahoor Ahmed
 - 
Thursday, 28 Jan 2016

join hands to Make Mangalore smart. Encourage Communal harmony build Mangalore as a Educational, Medical, Tourism, IT Hub.
without any political support.

Optimistic
 - 
Thursday, 28 Jan 2016

Mangalore would have been a second Mumbai due to communal minded people , investors don't want to loose money by investing on unsmart people.

rikaz
 - 
Thursday, 28 Jan 2016

Mangalore will always be number one! dont need Modi courtesy at all...

Kushwant Bhat
 - 
Thursday, 28 Jan 2016

These Bull of the Gate Master Blaster Naidu where supports to us, now you Bajjis and Raggis Criminals understand how your Rulers do so no problem do not worry we Mangalore Definitely always upper than the Raggi Mudda Davanagare or Belghavi, we will sit and see Naidu Baba, you really show your Andra Habit with us man.

Jai Hoo Siddanna.
Jai Bharath Matha.

IBRAHIM
 - 
Thursday, 28 Jan 2016

HAHAHAHA,

DONT WORRY FIRST PLACE IN COMMUNAL CITY......

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July 2,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 2: As many as 3,363 students from Covid-19 containment zones have appeared for SSLC examinations in different parts of Karnataka till yesterday. On the first day of exam, i.e., on June 25, only 998 students these zones had written the exam.

In the past few days the number of containment zones has increased across the state in general and Bengaluru in particular. In all, 32 students could not appear for the exam as they turned positive.

While on June 25, the number of students who were found unwell during the check up at exam centre was 201, it was 613 on Wednesday. Students who are sick and those from the containment zones take the exam in a different room.

The social science exam on Wednesday saw an attendance percentage of 97.96 (7.68 lakh). This was against 98.78% last year. There were 7.45 lakh fresh candidates, 20,000 private candidates and 593 from outside the state.

Five students in Yadgir district were given question papers based on the old syllabus for maths exam on June 27. Their answerscripts will be evaluated separately and action will be taken against the officials.

Malpractices assisted by schools by switching off CCTV cameras were reported in Ballari and Koppal. “We’ve completed all the core subjects. Now only languages are left. We’ll complete them too in a safe environment,” said S Suresh Kumar, primary and secondary education minister.

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August 5,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 5: The Janata Dal (Secular) will contest all the 243 assembly seats in Bihar, the elections for which are due in October-November this year, its state unit chief Haldhar Kant Mishra announced on Tuesday.

Mishra said party supremo Deve Gowda has asked him to expand JD(S)'s base and also to prepare itself for contesting all the constituencies in view of the zeal and enthusiasm shown by party workers and office-bearers.

Deve Gowda announced the decision during a virtual meeting with presidents of party's various cells and office- bearers, he said.

He assured that the party will provide all kinds of support for its expansion and selection of candidates for the Bihar polls, Mishra said.

The former prime minister told the party functionaries that several leaders from Bihar are in touch with him and they will join the JD(S) to play their part in the elections, he added.

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May 2,2020

Mangaluru, May 2:  Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Spokesperson P V Mohan on Saturday urged the district administration to find the source of coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada (DK) district.

He asked the district administration to ascertain from where a woman from Bantwal's Kasba contracted virus on April 19.

''We do not want to convert Dakshina Kannada into Nanjangud,'' Mr Mohan said referring to the mysterious case of Patient 52 from Nanjangud who has been identified as the main source of virus to the rest of the positive individuals in Nanjangud.

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