Raghupathi Bhat accused of accepting kickbacks from Tebma Shipyard

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February 11, 2012

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Udupi, February 11: Udupi Block Congress President Pramod Madhwaraj on Saturday accused Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat of receiving Rs 10 lakhs as a kickback from the controversial Tebma Shipyard.

Speaking to media persons Pramod said that like his mentor and former chief minister BS Yedyurappa, Bhat too received the money through the Pariwar Samudaya Trust, by cheque. Producing the copies of the bank statement of both Tebma Shipyard and the Pariwar Samudaya Trust, in support of his allegations, Pramod showed the transfer of Rs 3 lakhs, Rs 3.5 lakhs and Rs 3.5 lakhs to the Trust on Feb 28, 2008, Mar 4, 2008 and Mar 7 respectively from Tebma to MLA Bhat's Trust.

As Bhat is a beneficiary of the Tebma Shipyard his protests against the Shipyard and lip sympathy to the fishermen were all an eyewash, Pramod said.

It is to be noted here that Pramod had accused Bhat of benefiting to the tune of crores of rupees from the government sponsored Rave Party as he is one of the partners in hosting the party. In return Bhat accused Pramod of withdrawing from the protest against Nagarjuna power plant half a way, as he was offered a kickback.

Replying to Bhat allegationst him, Pramod said as he was the highest taxpayer in the district with well-established enterprises in his name, he need not beg before others. As BJP is ruling the state, they were free to conduct any inquiry against him on the issue and they should not miss this opportunity to inquire, he said.

“Sadananda Gowda, as an MP opposed Nagarjuna and as the CM he is supporting it. District in-charge minister Dr VS Acharya had opposed the project when he was not in power and supported it when in ruling. Likewise MLA Raghupathi Bhat when in opposition opposed it and now supporting it. Kaup MLA Lalaji R Mendon, has been changing his stand every now and then. If all those BJP leaders take up a protest against Nagarjuna he would surely join the agitation”, Pramod challenged.




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February 27,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 27: About 60kg of unaccounted gold ornaments worth Rs. 21 crore were unearthed by officers of the Commercial Taxes Department of Karnataka Government.

The ornaments were recovered after the department conducted surprise inspections and raided business premises of wholesale jewellery dealers in Ranganatha Mansion and Sakalajee Market in Chickpet area of Bengaluru on Tuesday.

"The raid was based on information that many traders from other states visit the city and carry gold jewels without any valid documents and supply it to local jewellers without invoices," said Srikar MS Commissioner of Commercial Taxes in a statement.

The officers raided the premises of 23 jewellers and found 60 kg gold ornaments in stock which were not covered by valid documents. A penalty was levied on the undocumented ornaments.

"It is informed that the enforcement wing is keeping a close watch on the interstate movement of gold, silver and all the dealers in the state are hereby advised not to buy any goods without valid purchase invoices, added Srikar MS.

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April 30,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 30: Four ministers of Karnataka have gone into self-quarantine after they got here in touch with a video journalist of native channel who has examined optimistic for COVID-19. The listing contains state’s Deputy Chief Minister Dr Ashwath Narayan.

All 4 introduced the quarantine on Twitter.

Mr Narayan, dwelling minister Basvaraj Bommai , medical training Minister Dr. Sudhakar and tourism minister CT Ravi tweeted to say that they’ve examined detrimental for coronavirus however will likely be beneath self-quarantine.

They mentioned they got here in touch with a video journalist from a neighborhood tv channel  who was discovered COVID-19 optimistic on April 24. He had met the ministers between April 21 and April 24.

At least 40 different contacts of the video journalist, together with his household and journalists from numerous media retailers have been quarantined, reported news agency.

Earlier this month, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani put himself in quarantine after an MLA who attended a gathering with him turned out to be coronavirus-positive.

Karnataka to date had 532 circumstances of coronavirus. Of them, 215 sufferers recovered and 20 sufferers died.

Earlier immediately, the state authorities determined to chill out lockdown restrictions in plenty of districts the place the coronavirus has not had a serious affect. The authorities is permitting industries to operate in these areas with sure circumstances.

The listing contains spots in Chamarajnagar, Koppal, Chikmagaluru, Raichur, Chitradurga, Hassan, Shivamogga, Haveri, Yadgir, Kolar, Udupi, Davanagere and Kodagu districts.

Manufacturing will likely be allowed within the particular financial zones in these districts and standalone outlets exterior municipal limits will likely be allowed to operate.

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June 29,2020

Mangaluru, June 29: An elderly man, who was under quarantine at a lodge was inhumanly dragged on the floor and abandoned on the roadside by his own son. 

The shocking incident occurred in broad daylight at Deralakatte on the outskirts of the city today. 

The father and son are said to be natives of Uppala in Kasaragod district. The duo stayed in a hotel room at Deralakatte after returning from Mumbai a few days ago. 

Today the son dragged his father mercilessly on the floor and escaped after abandoning him on the road side. A CCTV camera has captured the incident. 

The jurisdictional Konaje police are trying trace the miscreant.

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